Goodbye Revolution. Hello Wii.
Japan's Nintendo announced Thursday that its new gaming console -- known during development as "Revolution" -- will be called "Wii" and will be unveiled next month.
"Wii", the replacement for Nintendo's "Gamecube", is scheduled to be launched by the firm on its home market and in North America in late 2006 to compete with Sony's upcoming PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's XBox 360.
The name deliberately sounds like "we" to emphasise what the firm hopes will be its universal appeal, Nintendo said. "Wii will break down the wall that separates video game players from everyone else," it said in a statement.
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