It has emerged that there was a possibility that Nintendo were considering naming the original Nintendo DS system, City Boy. The City Boy was an attempt by Nintendo to make the Game Boy Brand hip and new for a more mature audience. The name made it possible for Nintendo to continue with the Game Boy brand, while trying to appeal to the urban crowd that was becoming increasingly interested in video games.
Just a city boy, born and raised in South Detroit~ ♪ :P
He took the midnight train, going anywhere.
a singer in a smokey room
OH I JUST CAN’T WAIT TO BE KING!
Lol wrong song! The smell of wine and cheap perfume…
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on
“It goes on and on and on”
And so does this thread.
WEST PHILADELPHIA BORN AND RAISED!!!
Called it.
Wow, first?
Interesting news either way. Love rejected system names.
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Wow, gay? Youre not first until you take my penis out of your butt.
What kind of name would have been THAT? Weird…
Glad they chose DS
That would have been an awful name, but then again a name doesn’t really matter.
Now we probably would call our 3DS : “City Boy TriDi” haha. Or maybe “Treedity Boy” or something haha.
The name not only matters, it’s actually one of the most important things. Marketing anything, not just video games, requires you to call your product something memorable, recognizable and not stupid… Haha
True. That’s why I said city boy would be an awful name. Me personally I wouldn’t care what the name was, I would do my research and if the product can do what I need it to do, I’ll buy it.
I miss the gameboy series. When I call my dsi a gameboy my friends kids are like dude what are you talking about. But still ds is a lot better than city boy.
Old habits die hard. I still call my 3DS, “a Gameboy” and occasionally I call my iPod Touch, “a Palm”. Then again, I occasionally say “Coke” meaning generic cola.
bad name, probably would’ve made me and the redneck community ignore it
New York “City Boy” .. you’ll never have a bored day! (Pet Shop Boys)
LoL
City Boy sounds stupid. Glad Nintendo chose DS.
“The City Boy was an attempt by Nintendo to make the Game Boy Brand hip and new for a more mature audience. The name made it possible for Nintendo to continue with the Game Boy brand, while trying to appeal to the urban crowd that was becoming increasingly interested in video games.” This sounds like the “hardcore” audience Nintendo’s trying to get back with the Wii U.
they have no idea the bullet they dodged by not naming it a stupid name like that.
Now we gon city boy wit it, city boy wit it…
random news, but interesting…
Super Mario 64 City Boy?
Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake
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