The Wii was announced in april, 2006, to be the next Nintendo game console.  However, google just recently released a trend tracking tool that is incredibly specific.

Because of this, I was able to extrapolate the following graph. This graph shows that the Nintendo wii was likely first searched around June, 2005, in Japan.  I believe that this is when Nintendo first came up with the name.  Therefore, the Wii name was identified as a possible name almost a year beforehand.

Is this useful at all?  Probably not.  I do, however, think it is interesting that the actions of companies could possibly be inferred by the searches their employees do.

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