WiiPointer, WiiCulture, and !!M Trademark Registered by Nintendo Japan

Posted Jun 19, 2006 at 3:09AM by QJ Staff Listed in: Wii Tags: !!M, Japan, WiiCulture, Wiimote, WiiPointer
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Nintendo Japan has just registered three new trademarks relating to the Wii - WiiPointer, WiiCulture, and !!M. While the first two patents are pretty straightforward and may lead to quite obvious inferences, the third one will be a bit hard to speculate on.

WiiPointer may refer to the currently known Wiimote. Putting the iPod culture in mind, where everything that refers to the ubiquitous Apple MP3 player is prefixed with the letter "i", WiiCulture may serve as a label for all things Wii.

Now the name of the third one is pretty interesting in itself. In case you haven't noticed, !!M is Wii upside-down. Now what could this pertain to? With talks of an instant messaging service for the Wii, dare we speculate !!M to be the name for the rumored service? Hmm...

Since all three names are now registered by Nintendo, rest assured we'll hear more about WiiPointer, WiiCulture, and !!M in the coming days (or months but hopefully not years). Soon as QJ hears more, we'll let you know.

Via gamefront

 
 
 

Comments [refresh]

by Nigel Un0 - 2006-06-19 00:59
» DUH!

is it as obvious to anyone else that !!M is Wii upside down?

by Nigel Un0 - 2006-06-19 01:02
» OOPS!

Note to self, read whole article before posting!

by gg - 2006-06-19 01:03
» DUH

Upside down and flipped horizontal, actually.

In fact...Someone register "M!!", quickly.

by h3inousguy - 2006-06-19 05:03
» Wiiculture...

Wiiculture probably has to do with wiiconnect24... like how nintendos pitchin the whole idea as, we the gamers... so probably means people who play wii...

by cooljay - 2006-06-19 06:09
» dont you know?

its so companies dont use these names in the future. there would probably be a website created called wiiculture sooner or later but nintendo doesnt want that to happen. and !!M is so a ripoff console doesnt get made by a 3rd party (like the PopStation)

by :-\ - 2006-06-19 07:48
» uh..

Are you actually suggesting someone would name their console "!!M"?

by zanz - 2006-06-19 13:44
» to number 6

someone named their console Wii... !!M is cooler is you ask me!



Nintendo !!M (Nintendo "Eem")

by JyJ - 2006-06-19 23:46
» !!M

No. '!!M' is pronounced *Gasp* M!

by billy boy - 2006-06-20 05:34
» !!m

it means IM from aol so u can talk to your friends

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