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Re:Crunchpad renamed "JooJoo" will cost $499 on sale Dec. 11 by Luc on Monday December 07, 2009 @03:25PM (#982050)
The name sounds _exactly_ like 'little kid's toy' in French, so, indeed, it follows that it will carry those connotations to French speaking people (you're not one, I'm guessing). Shakespeare may have found a rose by another name smelling just as sweet, but in the centuries since his time we've learned that varieties called 'poo-poo' just don't sell at the garden center.
Re:Crunchpad renamed "JooJoo" will cost $499 on sale Dec. 11 by dejb on Monday December 07, 2009 @06:35PM (#982524)
The 'Wii' sold OK in English speaking markets so I don't see what the problem is.
Re:Crunchpad renamed "JooJoo" will cost $499 on sale Dec. 11 by cturner on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @01:43AM (#983203)
Ha - I'd thought this was smart. We expect Japanese things to be a bit oddball by our standard, and this delivered.
Re:Crunchpad renamed "JooJoo" will cost $499 on sale Dec. 11 by Teulon on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @12:27AM (#983099)
Nintendo also has a lot more marketing to back up their choice of name.
Re:Crunchpad renamed "JooJoo" will cost $499 on sale Dec. 11 by bdr on Monday December 07, 2009 @04:46PM (#982250)
Not exactly the same. An English speaker would pronounce d-sounds before the js in "JooJoo" that wouldn't be there in the French "joujou".