Author Topic: Best Title Ever (Read 6823 times)

IceCold · « **on:** March 17, 2005, 07:56:48 PM »

I just thought of making a thread of the best/most clever/wittiest title that any video game has had. There are many but I'll just mention two of my favorite ones

Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem

For those of you who don't know (don't worry - I didn't at first either), a requiem is a song that is sung at someone's funeral. So, in this game, literally it means a song sung because sanity is dead. Figuratively, it symbolizes the end of someone's sanity. This really ties in to the game because it actually is about being insane etc - those who have played it will know. Anyway, it is extremely clever, and I wonder how long it took to think of it lol.

The Legend of Zelda: A LINK to the Past

I love this title lol. It may be a simple pun but w/e

S-U-P-E-R · « **Reply #1 on:** March 17, 2005, 08:45:17 PM »

MADE IN WARIO

The broken English and tremendous Wario-egotism to make this title a winner.

PaLaDiN · « **Reply #2 on:** March 17, 2005, 08:56:12 PM »

Grim Fandango.

A fandango is a spanish/mexican dance, I think. Which means the title alludes to the grim dance of death, with mexican overtones... it fits the game so well and yet you have to wonder how they came up with a title that awesome.

And Sanity's Requiem as well.

Mario · « **Reply #3 on:** March 17, 2005, 09:43:25 PM »

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Originally posted by: S-U-P-E-R
MADE IN WARIO

The broken English and tremendous Wario-egotism to make this title a winner.

Hell yes.

I almost cried when I heard it would be called Wario Ware here.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #4 on:** March 18, 2005, 01:57:27 AM »

Paladin: They watched the mexican dance of the death, one dev remarked how the paper bag masks they used (

) reminded him of textured polygons and Grim Fandango was born.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #5 on:** March 18, 2005, 04:06:45 AM »

My favorite title also goes to my favorite game period, Link's Awakening...I love how I was confused by the name of the game until near the end...

ib2kool4u912 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 18, 2005, 09:49:26 AM »

Haha Bill, i remember when i first realized what that title meant. Then i also realized the whole Nightmare being the bosses too. Pretty cool.

vudu · « **Reply #7 on:** March 18, 2005, 10:00:33 AM »

The best title ever is Super Mario Advance 3: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

nickmitch · « **Reply #8 on:** March 18, 2005, 02:53:51 PM »

Spanky's Quest sounds hillarious to me.

Artimus · « **Reply #9 on:** March 18, 2005, 04:30:18 PM »

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Originally posted by: kingvudu
The best title ever is Super Mario Advance 3: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

That's definitely the funniest

Infernal Monkey · « **Reply #10 on:** March 18, 2005, 06:17:48 PM »

Viewtiful Joe, simply because the EB dude kept thinking I was asking for Beautiful Joe and telling me it wasn't in the database so it'd probably been cancelled.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #11 on:** March 18, 2005, 07:03:21 PM »

Bill: I wasn't surprised because that goddamn Club Nintendo magazine spoiled it for me.

Rancid Planet · « **Reply #12 on:** March 20, 2005, 08:00:46 PM »

Two words...Shaq...Fu

Two more words...crap...game

Gamefreak · « **Reply #13 on:** March 21, 2005, 03:06:31 PM »

while this certainly isn't the best, Far Cry is a pretty good title. Unlike most games where the title is extemely generic, formulaic, and boring (Dark Forces 3: Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast?), the title is actually pretty clever, describes the game well, sounds cool, and it's not so obvious (like being named after the main character or object or something) and most people have no idea what it means.

AMac2002 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 21, 2005, 05:10:14 PM »

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse

09n · « **Reply #15 on:** March 22, 2005, 08:31:11 AM »

For me the game that has provided me with the most over all entertainment (I know I checked all of my games) is the now cast down Pokemon blue. Over 110hours of pure enjoyment. Mind you I am easily interested hey look a bug... two hours later sorry but that was one interesting bug. However if you want a more recent game it is Zelda the winjd waker.K not ve"ry long but ultra fun. It is closely followed by Zelda Ocirina of time. Hey another bug, bye guys...

vudu · « **Reply #16 on:** March 22, 2005, 10:28:01 AM »

09n - I don't think you grasp the point of this thread.

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I just thought of making a thread of the best/most clever/wittiest title that any video game has had.

This thread isn't about the best game, it's about the best game title.

ThePerm · « **Reply #17 on:** March 22, 2005, 10:46:38 AM »

good titles have an adjective infront of a noun

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #18 on:** March 22, 2005, 11:12:28 AM »

Final Fantasy, because there was never thought to be a second one after it. And I just like how it sounds.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #19 on:** March 22, 2005, 11:27:55 AM »

The best title ever is the Japanese title for F-Zero: Maximum Velocity.

F-Zero for Gameboy Advance.

Pretty straightforward huh? It just says "this is a product and thus we're not even going to pretend to make up a real name." It's the game equivalent of "The Beatles' Second Album".

Infernal Monkey · « **Reply #20 on:** March 22, 2005, 02:58:41 PM »

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
The best title ever is the Japanese title for F-Zero: Maximum Velocity.

F-Zero for Gameboy Advance.

Pretty straightforward huh? It just says "this is a product and thus we're not even going to pretend to make up a real name." It's the game equivalent of "The Beatles' Second Album".

Ah, but it can't beat the well thought out titles like Wave Race 64, Pilotwings 64 or Star Fox .... 64.

"Is this the 64th game in the series?"
"No

"
"Um"

Stay tuned for Super Mario Revolution, Wave Race Revolution and Star Fox Revolution!

RABicle · « **Reply #21 on:** March 22, 2005, 11:48:17 PM »

I like wacky Japanese names the best or plain old stupid ones.
Right not I'ld say Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance is tied with Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse for best name of uncoming game.

Robotor · « **Reply #22 on:** March 27, 2005, 04:28:24 PM »

There's this terrible NES game called "Booby Kids" I rember seeing it when I was 12, during my crazy emulation years. I thought "OH SNAP!, a game with boobs." The title screen showed a young lad smiling, so I figured base gameplay would be peeping on girls taking showers or something. I was really confused when I saw the first level. It was set in jurrasic times, and there was a bunch of dinosaurs. My 12 year old mind instantly thought "cavegirls", but upon pressing "b" I saw that I could lay traps. It turns out that the "booby" does not refer to female anatomy, but to booby traps.

Instead of naming the game "Booby Trap Kids", or "Trap Kids", or even "Kid who makes holes for dinosaurs to fall in", they went with the misleading title of "Booby Kids." If that's not the most misleading title ever I don't know what is, it's also one of the funniest because of the fact that it tricked me.

IceCold · « **Reply #23 on:** March 27, 2005, 07:17:40 PM »

Thank you Robotor, you just made my day.

Rancid Planet · « **Reply #24 on:** March 27, 2005, 10:40:14 PM »

Robotor, you should check out the little known title for the NES...Breast Feeding Children

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