Nintendo goes on a Wii domain name buying spree

KrishMay 29 2006

Nintendo does not own the wii.com domain name. This name was bought in by Willamette Industries of Portland, Oregon in 1994 and they use it only to link to its Weyerhaeuser.com website.

Go Nintendo now has published a whole lot of registered Nintendo Wii domains that will redirect a surfer/gamer to the homepage of Nintendo.com. Well, we are not sure whether they will be using all of those domain names fully or not, however, they will surely redirect each one to the Nintendo site. You might be wondering why they have registered all the names, some of which look distantly connected to the gaming world, like cooking, management, parents love, well, your guess is as good as mine. We are also clue less. May be they don't want to take any risk and don't one any smart webmaster to take advantage of the 'Wii' name illegally.

Nintendo has not yet approached the firm with an offer to buy the wii.com domain name.

The names it has registered are:

WiiSports.com

WiiKaraoke.com

WiiCooking.com

WiiPower.com

WiiLove.com

WiiVC.com

WiiWorld.com

WiiFamily.com

WiiFun.com

WiiMusic.com

WiiLife.com

WiiConnect24.com

WiiHistory.com

WiiStory.com

Wiiareone.com

WiiSchool.com

WiiNews.com

WiiMagazine.com

WiiPuzzle.com

WiiChannel.com

WiiExecxutive.com

WiiGeneration.com

WiiActive24.com

WiiAnimation.com

WiiChallenger.com

WiiGetTogether.com

WiiManagement.com

WiiBreeding.com

WiiCountry.com

WiiLanguages.com

WiiScenario.com

WiiParents.com

WiiCreator.com

WiiAlive24.com

WiiJourney.com

WiiStudent.com

WiiVenture.com

WiiFitness.com

WiiPuzzle.com

WiiScience.com

WiiBeauty.com

ShallWii.com

WiiGirls.com

WiiBoys.com

WiiEarth.com

WiiMoney.com

WiiFitness.com

WiiScience.com

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