Nonsensical titles

[Desert Stream~]

A lot of games have titles that make no sense. List your favorites here

I personally like how there's 15 main series games titled "final fantasy"

 

[TY]

Tiberian Sun: From what I gathered everytime the battlefield looked grim and dark, so where the hell is the sun?

 

[Somewhere_]

I have no idea where the word "Minecraft" came from...

 

[Aisu]

Grand Theft Auto. Stealing cars is the most minor crime that's performed in the game.

 

[Lipstick Vogue]

I have no idea where the word "Minecraft" came from...

I've not played the game but don't you mine and craft things in Minecraft?

 

[Somewhere_]

I've not played the game but don't you mine and craft things in Minecraft?

I was being sarcastic lol... I play Minecraft regularly to this day and started in like 6th grade or so. I'm quite veteran at the game and its my favorite of all time. xD

 

[machomuu]

The Legend of Zelda.

 

[Zeostar]

I've never understood why the Earthbound series is also called Mother.

 

[machomuu]

I've never understood why the Earthbound series is also called Mother.

It's a Beatles reference, referring to a John Lennon song of the same name.

AFAIK it's also for thematic reasons, most noticeable in Mother 3.

 

[Zeostar]

It's a Beatles reference, referring to a John Lennon song of the same name.

AFAIK it's also for thematic reasons, most noticeable in Mother 3.

Oh, that's actually very cool.

It explains so many of the references.

 

[Starry Windy]

Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe's Japanese name is odd yet amusing for me.

Dedede Daioh no Dedede de Den Z (デデデ大王のデデデでデンZ) Talk about so many Dededes...

 

[NergyTheMighty]

Here's a classic from Japan:

Summertime High School. A Young Man's Notes – How a New Exchange Student Like Myself Ran Into His Childhood Friend On The School Tour, Then For Some Reason Became Super-Popular With The Girls For His Daily Scoops On The School Photography Club Even Though He Only Takes Panty Shots, And What He Thinks As He Goes On Dates During His Summer Of Island School Life.

Quite a mouthful, eh? :t154:

 

[coolnameguy91]

A lot of games have titles that make no sense. List your favorites here

I personally like how there's 15 main series games titled "final fantasy"

As a fan of the series, I also find it amusing that there are 54 of them, not counting phone games or the original FFXIV

 

[coolnameguy91]

I have no idea where the word "Minecraft" came from...

I think it had something to do with rafting minec

 

[coolnameguy91]

Grand Theft Auto. Stealing cars is the most minor crime that's performed in the game.

It was by far the most prominent mechanic in the original top-down games.

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

Here's a classic from Japan:

Summertime High School. A Young Man's Notes – How a New Exchange Student Like Myself Ran Into His Childhood Friend On The School Tour, Then For Some Reason Became Super-Popular With The Girls For His Daily Scoops On The School Photography Club Even Though He Only Takes Panty Shots, And What He Thinks As He Goes On Dates During His Summer Of Island School Life.

Quite a mouthful, eh? :t154:

Nah, completely normal XD

 

[Pyrax]

A lot of games have titles that make no sense. List your favorites here

I personally like how there's 15 main series games titled "final fantasy"

IIRC, the FF1 was meant to be Square's(?) final game before shutting down. Hence 'final fantasy'.

 

[coolnameguy91]

IIRC, the FF1 was meant to be Square's(?) final game before shutting down. Hence 'final fantasy'.

Yeah, it was basically Squaresoft's desperate last attempt to make something that'd turn a profit. Then it made so much profit, they had to make more