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Revealed: The Many Uses Of ‘Wii’ Before Nintendo Came Along

multiplayerblog.mtv.com — Among the millions of newspaper and magazine articles I discovered more than 1900 pre-Nintendo references to “Wii,” including numerous people and companies all known, in some way, as “Wii.”

Who dugg this? Made popular Aug 15, 2008

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  • GangsterCompute, on 08/14/2008, -3/+35Lame article, msaleem.
  • mediaspree, on 08/14/2008, -3/+31MTV is wiitarded
  • AndrewDB, on 08/15/2008, -2/+26Anyone remember when MTV used to be about music?

    I feel old now. :(
  • Spaceboy492, on 08/15/2008, -3/+18Studies also show that "wiiiii!" is the most common phrase uttered by children on slides.
  • Raybdbomb, on 08/15/2008, -1/+14Who gives a *****? Buried for being lame.
  • ErickStevenson, on 08/15/2008, -3/+15MTV sucks... what happened to the Music Videos?
  • str1fe, on 08/15/2008, -1/+11Save it for Twitter.
  • inactive, on 08/14/2008, -1/+9I'm sure you could find 20 other organizations that have anagrams like "HIV" or "AIDS". Is it really that suprising?
  • dizzythegreat, on 08/15/2008, -0/+6Ayds was a weight loss thing in the 70s, I think.

    "Why suffer through diet and exercise when you can ENJOY Ayds?"
  • inactive, on 08/15/2008, -1/+7Nuh uhh its "wiiii!"
  • effoffpunk, on 08/15/2008, -3/+8penis.
  • ghostrc, on 08/15/2008, -1/+6When they first changed the name to Wii, alot of people said "Im still going to call it the Revolution".

    I wonder if their still calling it the Revolution.....
  • cusoman, on 08/15/2008, -0/+4Agreed, and the fact that it took 2 days to reach the front page should say something about how messed up this system is. Msaleem and the rest of the diggtard submission army needs to go.
  • jayhawk88, on 08/15/2008, -3/+7Say what you will, but this piece literally defines the term "filler article".
  • scottsutherland, on 08/15/2008, -3/+5Most commonly used by dyslexic history professors teaching world war one.
  • Jidsy, on 08/15/2008, -0/+2WOW.... I mean seriously.... Wow!!


    Slow news day?
  • itsaplayonwords, on 08/15/2008, -0/+2I thought it would be a bunch of actual products or companies people cared about with the name Wii. And then I read the article..
  • inactive, on 08/15/2008, -2/+3Yes - I want the article about those now.
  • frenchkick, on 08/15/2008, -1/+2i hope this blog dies a painful death
  • xNarrowSoulx, on 08/15/2008, -0/+1Buried for linking to MTV.
  • Weezergames, on 08/15/2008, -0/+1Thats not music. I guess MTV means something else.
  • xNarrowSoulx, on 08/15/2008, -0/+1Not really.

    http://digg.com/world_news/BREAKING_Georgia_signs_ ...

    But you still get dugg because that was after this article =].
  • daridave, on 08/15/2008, -0/+1Same here. The "Revealed:" in the topic got me to bury it. Like it was some kind of big secret... who cares!?
  • leerayIG88, on 08/15/2008, -0/+1banana fingers!!!
  • jonshipman, on 08/15/2008, -0/+1Native "North" Americans
  • uberfu, on 08/15/2008, -0/+1"Why he made the papers: The late Wii Seeks passed away in 2007 after a spending years trying to raise awareness for the rights of Native Americans in Canada."

    If they were in Canada - wouldn't they technically be called "Native Canadians"?
  • ElBeh, on 08/15/2008, -0/+1http://graphjam.com/2008/06/18/song-chart-memes-mt ...
  • zer0nix, on 08/15/2008, -0/+1no, because they are native americans. :|

    i don't know if canada considers the native americans citizens but native tribes do not split along country lines.
  • debenson, on 08/15/2008, -1/+1Agreed @mediaspree, this was completely wiitarded!
  • CrankEighty, on 08/15/2008, -0/+0(dirty joke about wii here)
  • trunk8, on 08/15/2008, -1/+1Yeah, like in 1981. It was all downhill from there...
  • inactive, on 08/15/2008, -0/+0We would like to sue
  • hoginthefog, on 08/15/2008, -1/+1thanks mtv?
  • gswarriorfan, on 08/15/2008, -1/+1world war wii
  • inactive, on 08/15/2008, -1/+1My thoughts exactly.

    Buried for MTV.com and horrible article.
  • prgmctan, on 08/15/2008, -5/+3Go back to your hole
  • laserpilot, on 08/15/2008, -2/+0Wii Bored

    (by the article)
  • meruru, on 08/15/2008, -6/+2I believe that is "weeeeeee"
  • LordofChaosIori, on 08/14/2008, -35/+5I know this has nothing to do with the article... but I was without internet for a month because of a huge hassle with ATT, and my god... I missed digg more than I ever thought I would. I'm so happy to be back. ^__^

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