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Re: Ridiculous Game Titles
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:46 pm
by Alvin Flummux
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]
Re: Ridiculous Game Titles
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:54 pm
by Jax
Legendary: The Box is just Legendary now. They realised how rubbish it sounded.
Re: Ridiculous Game Titles
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:00 pm
by franklk
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
Re: Ridiculous Game Titles
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:12 pm
by Cropolite
The Orange Box is a shite name for such a masterpiece.
Re: Ridiculous Game Titles
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:37 am
by Vermin
Leisure Suit Larry always bothered me. Such a crappy title.
Re: Ridiculous Game Titles
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:19 am
by Use_The_Forks
BMX XXX
Re: Ridiculous Game Titles
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:22 am
by Danzig
Sins of a Solar Empire is a bit of a rubbish name.
Re: Ridiculous Game Titles
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:02 am
by Pokémon
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.
Re: Ridiculous Game Titles
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:25 am
by Balloon Sod
Quest 64, or, to give it its UK name, Holy Magic Centuary.
As N64 Pro once described it "3 completly random words pieced together".
Re: Ridiculous Game Titles
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:44 am
by Judoscar
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
Re: Ridiculous Game Titles
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:51 am
by Octoroc
Has anyone mentioned
Fat Worm Blows A Sparky yet?
It was a "Crash Smash" as I recall...
Re: Ridiculous Game Titles
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:01 am
by Judoscar
It was a Crash Smash (best mag ever from those days - along with Zzapp 64).
Re: Ridiculous Game Titles
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:58 am
by Loire
Cropolite wrote:The Orange Box is a shite name for such a masterpiece.
Agreed. Although I did like the cover.
Re: Ridiculous Game Titles
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:04 am
by TheTurnipKing
The wonderfully named "Bastard!"
Re: Ridiculous Game Titles
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:20 am
by Judoscar
I have never seen Bastard! What was the platform?
Re: Ridiculous Game Titles
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:49 am
by Gandalf
Back on the 'ol C64
Re: Ridiculous Game Titles
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:12 pm
by SEP
Judoscar wrote:I have never seen Bastard! What was the platform?
Judging by the emulator used, it was on the SNES.
Re: Ridiculous Game Titles
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:15 pm
by TheTurnipKing
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.
Re: Ridiculous Game Titles
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:18 pm
by Dandy Kong
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).
Re: Ridiculous Game Titles
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:24 pm
by Octoroc
Have you ever "blown a sparky" Dandy?
Anyway:
Oh the irony!