Ya, the name doesn't appeal to gaming enthusiasts, then again that wasn't their aim. Their aim was for mass appeal, not enthusiast appeal. I liked 'Revolution' better, i remember everyone though 'Wii' was just a joke to throw people off it's real name.

Though the Wii is very fun for shooters, Metroid was great and games like Ghost Squad are good fun too, i like arcade style shoot-em-up-on-rails. Although to be honest I hate that they went for standard definition only and used such weak hardware in favor of making it tiny with a built-in game cube including ports and memory card slots. I would have been much more happy getting rid of the GC hardware and ports in favor of adding more powerful hardware, even if only slightly more powerful enough to get up to the 720p mark.

------------------------------------

I am a signature virus, please copy and paste me into your signature to help me propagate.

Microsoft Windows has established secondary meaning IN THE 25 YEARS SINCE GETTING A TRADEMARK.  When MS got the trademark, "windows" was a generic term (and still is, if you're referring to, for example, opening a new window).

There's also some evidence that the trademark wouldn't hold up in US courts -- a few years back, MS sued the makers of Lindows for infringement.  Lindows eventually caved and changed their names to Linspire (a brand which is no longer used), BUT it bears noting that MS lost its suit in the US courts.  It fared better in Europe (and possibly South America; my memory's hazy and I can't find a source on that one), and threatened an appeal in the US, and ultimately Lindows backed down under the threat of MS's far superior resources, but it DOES bear noting that the US courts dismissed MS's suit.

As far as I know, "Microsoft Word" is not trademarked, precisely because "word" is such a generic term.