Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Well, the so-called r is a sound in between the English r and l, so it's neither really. I never expected Nintendo to stick with Revolution. It was a working name, like its past two systems have had. Remember Project Reality and Project Dophin? Or should I say Nintendo 64 and GameCube?

And, sean, I love your sig pic so so much! Where did you get it?! Point me in the direction!

Yeah, Gaff's right about the 'r' sound, it is halfway, but in standard romaji (Japanese written phoenetically in English), the sound described is written as 'r'. I honestly don't think the Japanese would have that much of a problem pronouncing it at all, especially if they can pronounce 'megadoraibu', 'pureesuteeshan', 'doriimucasto', etc. etc. And knowing them, they'd probably end up coining their own abbreviation too - something like 'rebo'.

I thought the name Nintendo 64 was so dumb when it came out (I thought the machine was dumb, ugly, and poorly designed too, but that's another matter), especially seeing as it was no longer all about the BIT anymore - in point of fact, it was all about the polygons...stupid polygons. With the piles of crap that came out in those days, I reckon they should have stuck with perfecting 2D instead of experimenting with 3D commercially and in public. Fighting games come to mind particularly. But I digress, I thought it was cool how everyone just started calling it 'the 64' (or in Japan, they often called it 'rokujuuon' - a shortened version of 'roku-juu-yon'). Anyway, I thought that ultimately the 'GameCube' was a good name for a console. 'Wii'? Well, from a marketing standpoint it's probably a good idea - the two eyes could become a picture of two people in the logo or ad or something.