I love how video game titles had the name of the console in the title

[Ikagura]

Either with Super for the Super NES, 64 for Nintendo 64 but also when they tried to make the name GB (like Metal Gear Solid Ghost Babel) or DS (Advance Wars Dual Strikes). It kinda stopped around the 7th Generation.

Do you have clever examples for these?

 

[J.F.C]

 

[moonbits]

advance wars
hue hue

 

[Deleted member 884]

Mario Kart DS.
Super Mario 64 DS.
Mario Party DS.
Kirby Super Star Ultra DS

 

[Prism_Red]

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A lot of GBA titles has Advance on it.

 

[notleonbelmont]

it made me think that Mario 64 was the 64th Mario title when I was a kid


edit: I got one, Metal Gear Solid 3D: Snake Eater

 

[Nidoking's iconNidoking]

I especially like when DS games would "hide" it with titles like "Bleach Dark Souls" instead of just calling it Bleach DS.

Ironically, games slowed down on these console naming conventions around the time the internet became the standard way we'd shop and look things up. That "64" really helps searching "Super Mario." But so many games started just using the name of the first entry in the series, like "Mortal Kombat" or "Sonic the Hedgehog." Just odd.

 

[DunkeyKong]

A lot of Nintendo games do that lmao, even in 7th gen like New Super Mario Bros Wii and U. Nintendo 3DS too with the 3D name in the title, like Super Mario 3D Land

 

[Ikagura]

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And A2 is basically Advance 2?

I especially like when DS games would "hide" it with titles like "Bleach Dark Souls" instead of just calling it Bleach DS.

Ironically, games slowed down on these console naming conventions around the time the internet became the standard way we'd shop and look things up. That "64" really helps searching "Super Mario." But so many games started just using the name of the first entry in the series, like "Mortal Kombat" or "Sonic the Hedgehog." Just odd.

I need to do that Bleach game someday, it's by our truly Treasure.

Usually reboots are doing that (which I hate, Doom 2016 will still be called 2016 in my eyes to avoid confusion).

Mario Kart 7 was apparently called as such to not confuse people with the name 3DS being close to DS as I read.

 

[fake-kun]

Star Fox 64.

Mega Man X was initially conceived as Super Mega Man.

 

[Ikagura]

Star Fox 64.

Mega Man X was initially conceived as Super Mega Man.

Somehow I prefer the Pal title Lylat wars.

Perhaps because Star Fox 64 isn't actually a sequel but more like a reboot and that Lylat is the system the game is set in.

I do like that title simply because it sounds like Star Wars as well (one of the inspirations of the franchise with Thunderbirds).

Megaman X confused people as Megaman had roman numbers in the titles (until 8 I think). I understand that X is a different subseries but before Internet it was confusing.

 

[Sumea]

A lot of Nintendo games do that lmao, even in 7th gen like New Super Mario Bros Wii and U. Nintendo 3DS too with the 3D name in the title, like Super Mario 3D Land

To be frank, 3D is not a thing of 3DS, and it mostly works without the 3DS tie in when the sequel came out on Wii U, 3D Land/World are just very unique 3D mario games, so I would this in the "isn't" category myself. Lot of 3DS games have 3D in the title but because they have 3D not because 3DS as much, very gray area.

I also have to say I liked the cheeky DS game names. Resident Evil Deadly Silence, Guilty Gear Dust Strikers, the list is sizable and fun.

 

[Nidoking's iconNidoking]

And A2 is basically Advance 2?


I need to do that Bleach game someday, it's by our truly Treasure.

Usually reboots are doing that (which I hate, Doom 2016 will still be called 2016 in my eyes to avoid confusion).

Mario Kart 7 was apparently called as such to not confuse people with the name 3DS being close to DS as I read.

I never understood reboots doing that. It's needlessly confusing. I get it's a new start, but they can't add anything? I'm looking at you, God of War... you aren't even a total reboot, you're a sequel!

 

[Dyne]

I think this is almost exclusively a Nintendo thing.
Honestly... I don't hate it.

 

[Ikagura]

To be frank, 3D is not a thing of 3DS, and it mostly works without the 3DS tie in when the sequel came out on Wii U, 3D Land/World are just very unique 3D mario games, so I would this in the "isn't" category myself. Lot of 3DS games have 3D in the title but because they have 3D not because 3DS as much, very gray area.

3D was also used back when games went into the third dimension (like Duke Nukem 3D or Bubsy 3D).

The funny thing is when it's actually the third instalment that has gone 3D.

I also have to say I liked the cheeky DS game names. Resident Evil Deadly Silence, Guilty Gear Dust Strikers, the list is sizable and fun.

I liked RE: DS.

I need to try Dust strikers but it's more like a Smash Bros/Jump Superstar clone than an actual fighting game.

I never understood reboots doing that. It's needlessly confusing. I get it's a new start, but they can't add anything? I'm looking at you, God of War... you aren't even a total reboot, you're a sequel!

I heard it was called "rebranding" so they make a clean slate for a newer audience, acting as if nothing existed before (to the detriment of older fans) to prevent confusion.

Imagine if God of War PSP4 was called "God of War VIII". There's also a reason why around the 4th - 5th entry in a franchise they tend to drop the numbering (like with the Alien starting from Covenant or even Yoshi's Island being internally called Super Mario Bros. 5).

PS: Why the blue text?

I think this is almost exclusively a Nintendo thing.
Honestly... I don't hate it.

Yeah, they don't really do that at Sony or Microsoft.

Even Megadrive titles rarely put "Mega" in their title.

Although Saturn games were fond of calling games "Virtua" something (especially with Virtua Fighter).

 

[fake-kun]

Somehow I prefer the Pal title Lylat wars.

Perhaps because Star Fox 64 isn't actually a sequel but more like a reboot and that Lylat is the system the game is set in.

I do like that title simply because it sounds like Star Wars as well (one of the inspirations of the franchise with Thunderbirds).

Megaman X confused people as Megaman had roman numbers in the titles (until 8 I think). I understand that X is a different subseries but before Internet it was confusing.

I once read some old European game magazines on the Internet Archive out of curiosity. I remember a lot of them complained about the name change.

 

[Sumea]

3D was also used back when games went into the third dimension (like Duke Nukem 3D or Bubsy 3D).

The funny thing is when it's actually the third instalment that has gone 3D.


I liked RE: DS.

I need to try Dust strikers but it's more like a Smash Bros/Jump Superstar clone than an actual fighting game.

Yeah, I just threw two examples from top of my head, I think Deadly Silence is stuck in my head because it was one of first games I went "ooooh I see what they did there!" back in 7th grade and my DS flashcart full of games.

 

[DunkeyKong]

To be frank, 3D is not a thing of 3DS, and it mostly works without the 3DS tie in when the sequel came out on Wii U, 3D Land/World are just very unique 3D mario games, so I would this in the "isn't" category myself. Lot of 3DS games have 3D in the title but because they have 3D not because 3DS as much, very gray area.

I also have to say I liked the cheeky DS game names. Resident Evil Deadly Silence, Guilty Gear Dust Strikers, the list is sizable and fun.

Yeah unfortunately that feature wasn't used that much too. I like that title though, cheeky indeed

 

[Ikagura]

Yeah, I just threw two examples from top of my head, I think Deadly Silence is stuck in my head because it was one of first games I went "ooooh I see what they did there!" back in 7th grade and my DS flashcart full of games.

And Dawn of Sorrow for Castlevania? Then later with "DominuS Collection" to avoid royalties or referencing a Nintendo console on a non-Nintendo hardware.

 

[notleonbelmont]

And Dawn of Sorrow for Castlevania? Then later with "DominuS Collection"

I actually never noticed that

 

[Sumea]

And Dawn of Sorrow for Castlevania? Then later with "DominuS Collection".

I actually got my DS late enough that Portrait of Ruin was the hotness (and also a benchmark of good flashcart SD card, it took years to find out it was likely very subtle anti piracy or such at work that is now more universally fixed at least in Twilightmenu if I know right) - But I kinda missed Dawn of Sorrow.On same topic, I did like Harmony of Despair on PS3 a lot, so "Castlevania HD" - lol.

 

[Dyne]

I bet a lot of Switch 2 games are going to have 2 in the title.
So predictable.

 

[Sumea]

I bet a lot of Switch 2 games are going to have 2 in the title.
So predictable.

BREATH OF THE WILD 2 LETS GOOOO

 

[Ikagura]

I think this is almost exclusively a Nintendo thing.
Honestly... I don't hate it.

I remember that Phantasy Star Portable is called as such because it makes the acronym PSP.

Sadly neither Portable Ops nor Peace Walker tried this (despite the letter P being used in both).

It's harder to make a full name with P S and P in it I think.

I once read some old European game magazines on the Internet Archive out of curiosity. I remember a lot of them complained about the name change.

People complains over the smallest thing.

It's still fundamentally the same thing.

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I bet a lot of Switch 2 games are going to have 2 in the title.
So predictable.

I don't think most games were called "S"


Also I found back this TV tropes page https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SuperTitle64Advance

I actually got my DS late enough that Portrait of Ruin was the hotness (and also a benchmark of good flashcart SD card, it took years to find out it was likely very subtle anti piracy or such at work that is now more universally fixed at least in Twilightmenu if I know right) - But I kinda missed Dawn of Sorrow.On same topic, I did like Harmony of Despair on PS3 a lot, so "Castlevania HD" - lol.

It took me decades before I noticed that HoD meant HD lol.

 

[Lee__Kanker]

Either with Super for the Super NES, 64 for Nintendo 64 but also when they tried to make the name GB (like Metal Gear Solid Ghost Babel) or DS (Advance Wars Dual Strikes). It kinda stopped around the 7th Generation.

Do you have clever examples for these?

I never noticed Ghost Babel...

Advance wars is a negative example; why wasnt it called DS Wars??

It went famicom wars, game boy wars, game boy wars turbo, advance wars....and then advance wars again what the heck