Nintendo GO ????

I dont know if u guys know this..Nintendo revolution to be called Nintendo GO ... Wonder what the GO stands for ??

Link = http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/23/nintendo-revolution-nintendo-go/

Just browsed around and found out that GO means 5 in japanese...SO its makes sense as this is nintendo' s 5th console.........

Wow, EVERYBODY here is stupid. Yesterday, Nintendo GO, Zelda on DS AND the Genesis stuff was all being discussed in the GDC thread. I don' t see why they all need their own...

Also, it' s not definately going to be called Nintendo GO. It' s not official at any rate. I certainly think ' N5' is possible, and it' s been rumoured to be called that for a long while, but nothing is official and Nintendo may decide to keep the name Revolution.

Jesus majik...i didnt know it was already discussed...no need to go all ballistic...

no need to go all ballistic...

I get the impression that ' going ballistic' is some sort of trademark with him.

The Revolution will NOT be called " Go" .

You know Majik not everyone is on 6 hours a day everyday.

ORIGINAL: Game Junkie

You know Majik not everyone is on 6 hours a day everyday.

Care to elaborate?



I just didn' t understand why, if there' s a thread called GDC and the stuff being talked about in here as well as the other separate threads, is directly related to GDC. Then wouldn' t it be wise to see if what you' re going to post a topic about is already under discussion?

For the record, i think " ballistic" is too strong a definition to describe my post. You guys are obviously just really sensitive!

I think they were actually hinting in a not-so-round-about way that Nintendo' s next-gen console will be known as the Nintendo Ballistic! Kinda has a nice ring to it to!

Terry Bogard - currently the most Unhelpful member of the Kikizo forums.

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I still maintain they should have stuck with NITRO for the DS!!!

Hmmm... I actually rather like the sound of the Nintendo DS so I can' t entirely agree with you there. Even still, the Nitro would have grown on me as well I suppose if the future would have unfolded in the manner it did with the DS. (Of course, why wouldn' t it?)

As for the " Nintendo GO" , I' m hoping that Nintendo plays this as the japanese equivalent of five rather than the actual word " Go" . I' ve always been quite fond of the console name N5, I think it just has a bit of a sleekness too it that suits the smooth aesthetics of the console itself. None of this applies if they ultimately don' t change it though... I also like the title " Revolution" , so I wouldn' t be upset if they kept it. In fact, I don' t belief I' ve ever actually seen a complaint about that moniker.

If they' re going to change it though, they should be fine in terms of public perception. Outside of relatively hardcore gaming circles, the Revolution is not a widely known console. (If you ask ten people on the street what the " Revolution" is, what would you expect to hear? Pose the same question for the PS3. What is the difference?) The real spotlight will be placed upon the Revolution this E3, so a name change would still be acceptable from a marketing standpoint.

Try asking if people know of Nintendo Revolution and you will get more " yes" replies. The power of the Nintendo brand is the same as the Playstation brand.
The reason why Sony has never changed the names of their consoles is because the name " Playstation" is more related to videogames than the name " Sony" .
It' s the opposite with Nintendo. Everyone knows about Nintendo but who the hell knows what " Gamecube" is.

You guys are obviously just really sensitive!

LOL! maybe they are just SPECIAL! Ha!

As for the " Nintendo GO" , I' m hoping that Nintendo plays this as the japanese equivalent of five rather than the actual word " Go" .

The slide came from Japan and if it was going to be NINTENDO GO in the west then it wouldnt have been NINTENDO GO on a Japanese slide. Its meant to be N5 which has been around for ages. Whetehre it will be called that or not its still cool and sounds about right. How would they incorporate Revolution into the logo?

I like the sound of G... O...
rolls more smoothly than DS for me Hope it is not Go

Jeez! It ISNT " GO" for crying out loud.

Majik has already mentioned it and i mentioned it in my previous post. Since the slide originated in Japan, and " GO" is Japanese for " Five" then " Nintendo GO" simply means " Nintendo FIVE" or " N5" .

It wouldnt be called Nintendo GO in the west, it would be called " Nintendo GO" in Japan. For me and you it would be " N5" .

Its also still speculation!

I say they call it the " Nintendo Ultra" !

Damn, why does that sound familiar?

Sulphur_Genius I know what was said if you were refering to me

G... O...D... S.. lol hmmm

I was saying Gee/Jee Ohh the sound of which I like

I hope Nintendo isn' t trying to give themselves a slick ego boost

ORIGINAL: Chee Saw

I say they call it the " Nintendo Ultra" !

Damn, why does that sound familiar?

I never liked Ultra 64, it was a bit rubbish really!

Perhaps they should call it the Nintendo Playstation since Nintendo technically own the rights to the Playstation name.

OK this is crazy talk, but I think they should call it... bear with me here I know I' m gonna sound like an absolute insane nut for even daring to suggest this but.... they should call it... the Nintendo Revolution.

Super Nintendo Revolution!!

Terry Bogard - currently the most Unhelpful member of the Kikizo forums.

ULTRA Nintendo Revolution!

Nintendo Entertainment System...

Nintendo Playstation


Or..



Ãœber Super Nitendo Intertainment Gamecube

Nintendo Entertainment System...

Nintendo Entertainment System Revolution

OR


NES Revolution

Terry Bogard - currently the most Unhelpful member of the Kikizo forums.

Perhaps they should just call it David.

The remote is small like a pebble right?!

I agree with Joe, we have all been calling it the Nintendo Revolution so why would they now want to change the name of the machine? At the same time I do have to admit that the best sounding name for the console is the N5, just sounds good.

agree with Joe, we have all been calling it the Nintendo Revolution so why would they now want to change the name of the machine?

Consoles almost always have codenames; Dreamcast was called " Blackbelt," " Dural," and " Katana" , Gamecube was called " Dolphin" etc...

Nintendo keep reffering to the console as " codenamed Revolution" and although there is no doubt to the popularity of the name, it doesn' t exactly say games console does it!

N5 is the likely candidate, ...it has tons of marketting potential and fits with the logo. I mention the logo because the cube shaped logo present since N64 is now synonemous with Nintendo and it would be foolish for them to abandon that branding.

Ofcourse i could be completely wrong!

Yeah, the cube shaped logos. That probably what made the N64 such a success. With huge sales crushing the Playstation and.. oh wait that' s right that never happened. As far as I remember the N64 was actually the start of Nintendos decline. And when the Gamecube , which was really all about cubes, was released Nintendo really went down hill. I think they better dump the whole cube thing. I don' t think Nintendo wants people to think of the N64 (childish games no cd-rom etc.) or the Gamecube (bad 3rd party support, no innovation, no DVD etc.) when they see the Revolution logo.
N5 works nice. But don' t make it a cube logo.

N64 wasn' t a huge success because they used an overly expensive medium that was lacking in all areas barr loading times.

childish games no cd-rom etc

Conkers Bad Fur Day was childish? Goldeneye? Killer Instinct Gold? Perfect Dark?

I see what you' re getting at and i partially agree. Nintendo should have been aiming at a more mature audience, ...but the quality of the games on their console was 2nd to none! Playstation games didn' t have shit on N64 games as far as quality was concerned.

Wasn' t N64 voted as the number one video games console of all time recently on G4' s ' Top 10 Games Consoles' ??? ... Ha, it still outsold Sega Saturn and THAT used CD' s and had more mature games!

People look at Nintendo' s consoles and seem to judge them by NINTENDO' S own games. All Nintendo needs is more 3rd party support!

I' ve heard people say that Gamecube is also for children and that it only has childish games, which is complete bullshit. The console itself was designed badly (specifically the launch colour), the pad could have been better and Nintendo didn' t market it as well as their rivals.

But the cube shaped logo doesn' t make me think of N64 or Gamecube, but rather Nintendo. But perhaps you' re right and the logo maybe SHOULD go. DS has a cool logo so maybe it' ll be something more like that...

I must reply since the only system that disappointed me more than the N64 was the 3DO. The N64 had graphics that resembled vomit, even for its time. I think I enjoyed about 5 games max on that system. God how I hated it.

Hahahahahaha.....

Conkers Bad Fur Day was a great example of how the machine could perform and had very nice textures (for it' s time). But most developers didn' t quite know how to deal with the 4KB texture cache and because that made detailed textures tricky to render, it usually ended up very blurry.

Rare figured out how to load several layers of tectures at once which resulted in sharper visuals but by the time it was ready there were only a few games it got used in and they were towards the end of the consoles life.

Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine was a nice looking game, certainly one of N64' s better looking titles and the N64 version had more polygons and more detailed textures than even the PC version of the game.

Also, when launched, Killer Instinct Gold was the most visually impressive game ever and even though it didn' t get as good a port as id deserved it still looked nice.

I do however agree with you. 3DO sucked!

But perhaps your NTSC television made the already blurred textures even worse, ...maybe the colours bled more than mine, or maybe it looked worse on your tv because it had a lower line resolution.

Or maybe i just haven' t played my N64 in a while and can' t remember just how bad the graphics were...

The N64 was designed for NTSC, the PAL version is an afterthought like everything PAL. Anyway I used S-video which is the sharpest signal you can get from the N64 without opening it up and modding it for RGB. Even your SCART cables will only provide S-video at best for the N64... unless it is modded. Even still, s-video looked freakin' great on the SNES, Saturn and every other system. It' s just that the N64 loved to produce those foggy visuals with murky color and lots of dithering.

Well, since the discussion about the name is apparently over and Majik mentioned the cube logos, I' d like to ask about the opinion everyone has about the logo beside the name, the cube-like design using plus signs. If this picture is real (if) then that logo looks like it would be the logo for the Revolution/N5. What is everyone' s opinion about it? Personally I' m not sure about it. I don' t see what plus signs have to do with Nintendo or their new console.

I loved the N64, Playstation had nothing on it. Although I have to admit that after being used to xbox going back to the 64 its shocking as to how blurry the graphics are, they didn' t seem muddy to me back in the day but try dusting off your old N64 and see for yourself. escpecially after playing on a 360. We' re lucky to live in such times where we used to think the N64 had revolutionary graphics. We' re at the perfect age in history to witness first hand the evolution of computer technology. I love the 21st century.

I don' t give a damn what the thing' s called! As long as the games are better than what was on the Gamecube. I mean, I WILL be getting one, but it would be nice to have more than one game that I like.

Actually, I think Nintendo SHOULD exercise their rights to the " Playstation" name! As ginjirou wrote...

ORIGINAL: ginjirou

The power of the Nintendo brand is the same as the Playstation brand.
The reason why Sony has never changed the names of their consoles is because the name " Playstation" is more related to videogames than the name " Sony" .
It' s the opposite with Nintendo. Everyone knows about Nintendo but who the hell knows what " Gamecube" is.

I feel that this is an accurate (and very astute) observation. So what would happen if it was the " Nintendo Playstation" . Think they could take the number one spot on name recognition alone?

I don' t see what plus signs have to do with Nintendo or their new console.

D-pads. Or at least i THINK that' s the idea behind it....

The N64 was designed for NTSC, the PAL version is an afterthought like everything PAL

Well i can' t argue with that. Not that i want to argue at all.

So what would happen if it was the " Nintendo Playstation" . Think they could take the number one spot on name recognition alone?

Nope, i think the mob wouldn' t be able to see past Nintendo using a name that has become synonemous with Sony.

You' ve got me wrong Majik. I kind of liked the N64. My point was that the N64 wasn' t a commersial success and it sold very bad and the same thing happened to the Gamecube. This has made Nintendos cube logos to feel somewhat...lame.
What I was trying to say was that I don' t think Nintendo wants people to think of their past " failures" when they see the Revolution logo. That' s why I think they should give up the cube style. They should try something new that people can associate with innovation and Nintendos quality and gameplay.

No no, i completely understand where you are coming from dude. I wasn' t directing anything specifically at you, ...but rather the mobs perception of the previous pair of Nintendo consoles.

I understand what you mean about the logo, and i' m coming to agree with you. It' s just that when you look at Playstation, or the Apple logo, you know without thinking exactly what it is, and i think Nintendo need that because this...



...feels dated now. Maybe it' s just me.

What was cool about the N64 logo in particular is the way in which Rare used it. Like in Perfect Dark, they had the metallic, sharp version and Conker attacked his, called it stupid and hit it off the screen with his chainsaw...



I need to find examples to illustrate my point i think...

In the mean time, what do we think of this...

Oh, I' m glad you understood me.
I actually like the old Nintendo logo. It gives me warm feelings and it looks like it really stands for quality. But maybe I' m just getting nostalgic.
I think the plus-logo looks like it could be anything. It' s not unique in any way and similar logos are used by hundreds of other companies. It' s also a little cold and it doesn' t give me an impression of the things that Nintendo stands for, even though the cross might look like Nintendos d-pads. I think the logo looks to " advanced" to fit the sleak Revolution design and Nintendos approach to being user friendly. They should come up with a much more simple logo.