Japanese people have a funny habit of abbreviating names. For instance if you have a "Family Computer," people call it "Famicom". We at Nintendo had thought of giving it a name that can not be abbreviated. It is a very short official name, and we wanted to add other words to create a new additional name. Such as "Wii Sports" "Wii Play" and so on. We debated how the Wii might be thought of in the English speaking countries. And we came to a conclusion that there is no other choice but to use this short, appealing name.
—Why Not Revolution, Miyamoto? - Kotaku
Real reason: Not many know, but Japan's government is hanging on by a thread. It's like African countries in that way, with many coups d' é tat every year. A name like "Revolution" would send Japan in a ten-year chaotic civil war, where men go to fight and die, pitting brother against brother, and the women must sell their delicious bodies to feed themselves and their half-and-half children (who I have disowned).
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