Ridiculous Game Titles

PostRe: Ridiculous Game Titles by **Alvin Flummux** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:46 pm

Extralife wrote:It must be about a crisis concerning the moon. Then again, it probably follows the Japanese naming rule of having nothing or very little to do with the actual premise.

Bang on. Very likely it'll be about an idyllic peaceful world being threatened or overrun by pure evil, which can only be thwarted by an androgynous young boy. That's what most JRPGs are about, anyway. [/Sweeping generalisation]

PostRe: Ridiculous Game Titles by **Jax** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:54 pm

Legendary: The Box is just Legendary now. They realised how rubbish it sounded.

PostRe: Ridiculous Game Titles by **franklk** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:00 pm

Green Gecko wrote:Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie

It's just too long and obvious.

that's what I was thinking

PostRe: Ridiculous Game Titles by **Cropolite** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:12 pm

The Orange Box is a shite name for such a masterpiece.

PostRe: Ridiculous Game Titles by **Vermin** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:37 am

Leisure Suit Larry always bothered me. Such a crappy title.

PostRe: Ridiculous Game Titles by **Use_The_Forks** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:19 am

BMX XXX

PostRe: Ridiculous Game Titles by **Danzig** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:22 am

Sins of a Solar Empire is a bit of a rubbish name.

PostRe: Ridiculous Game Titles by **Pokémon** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:02 am

Hero of Canton wrote:
Pokémon wrote:
Hero of Canton wrote:
Pokémon wrote:Another Code: Two Memories

You've clearly not played the game.
Yes I have mr. wiseguy, it's one of my favorite DS games. Just don't care for the title at all. The main title is stupid and the subtitle is stupid, and combined they are even worse.

But in the context of the game they make perfect sense.

So what? That doesn't make it a good or inspired title. It's like calling Super Mario "Jumping on Goombas: Mushrooms and Fire Flowers". It's despcriptive, but that's it.

PostRe: Ridiculous Game Titles by **Balloon Sod** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:25 am

Quest 64, or, to give it its UK name, Holy Magic Centuary.

As N64 Pro once described it "3 completly random words pieced together".

PostRe: Ridiculous Game Titles by **Judoscar** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:44 am

How about these beauties ...

Communist Mutants From Space

Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes

Tactics Ogre: Let us cling together

Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja

And the best ......

Sticky Balls

PostRe: Ridiculous Game Titles by **Octoroc** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:51 am

Has anyone mentioned Fat Worm Blows A Sparky yet?

It was a "Crash Smash" as I recall...

PostRe: Ridiculous Game Titles by **Judoscar** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:01 am

It was a Crash Smash (best mag ever from those days - along with Zzapp 64).

PostRe: Ridiculous Game Titles by **Loire** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:58 am

Cropolite wrote:The Orange Box is a shite name for such a masterpiece.

Agreed. Although I did like the cover.

PostRe: Ridiculous Game Titles by **TheTurnipKing** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:04 am

The wonderfully named "Bastard!"

PostRe: Ridiculous Game Titles by **Judoscar** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:20 am

I have never seen Bastard! What was the platform?

PostRe: Ridiculous Game Titles by **Gandalf** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:49 am

Back on the 'ol C64

PostRe: Ridiculous Game Titles by **SEP** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:12 pm

Judoscar wrote:I have never seen Bastard! What was the platform?

Judging by the emulator used, it was on the SNES.

PostRe: Ridiculous Game Titles by **TheTurnipKing** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:15 pm

MCN wrote:
Judoscar wrote:I have never seen Bastard! What was the platform?

Judging by the emulator used, it was on the SNES.

Yup, SNES. It was a manga/anime licence, so it's possible there's actually games on other platforms, too.

PostRe: Ridiculous Game Titles by **Dandy Kong** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:18 pm

A lot of the game titles mentioned in this thread are brilliant IMO with absolute winrar Freshly Picked: Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland.

You get ridiculous names when a game originally for platform A gets ported to platform B and has references to both platforms in the title: Super Mario 64 DS is one example, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 is another. (4th super Mario game on the GBA, 3rd on the NES).

PostRe: Ridiculous Game Titles by **Octoroc** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:24 pm

Have you ever "blown a sparky" Dandy?

Anyway:

Oh the irony!

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