Misspellings on games and box art

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My Monopoly Master System cartridge says Mono Poly on the label.
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Not a misspell, but Astal had no spine text. Dumb mistake :mrgreen: .
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equalsign wrote:Not a misspell, but Astal had no spine text. Dumb mistake :mrgreen: .
I've always wondered about that. Was it a mistake or on purpose?
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Lightening Force could be an actual name for a game about a crew traveling around and making things lighter.
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noiseredux wrote:
Dictionary.com wrote:light·en·ing   /ˈlaɪtnɪŋ/ Show Spelled[lahyt-n-ing] Show IPA
noun Medicine/Medical .
the descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity, occurring toward the end of pregnancy, changing the contour of the abdomen and facilitating breathing by lessening pressure under the diaphragm.
That argument is invalid because the title isn't of that context. It was intended to be spelled after the element of lightning. Despite the error ending up as another word, it still isn't in its intended form.

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Zing wrote:Lightening Force could be an actual name for a game about a crew traveling around and making things lighter.
That would be Lighting Force :wink: I like the idea of space faring gyn/midwives teaching green-skinned alien women the lamaze technique.
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Yancakes wrote:
Zing wrote:Lightening Force could be an actual name for a game about a crew traveling around and making things lighter.
That would be Lighting Force :wink:
I was thinking "lighter", like Michael Jackson's skin color.

Or maybe lighter, as in weigh less.

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Zing wrote:
Yancakes wrote:
Zing wrote:Lightening Force could be an actual name for a game about a crew traveling around and making things lighter.
That would be Lighting Force :wink:
I was thinking "lighter", like Michael Jackson's skin color.

Or maybe lighter, as in weigh less.

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Maybe it's a group of heroes who crack jokes in tense moments, lightening the mood?
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Yancakes wrote:That would be Lighting Force :wink: I like the idea of space faring gyn/midwives teaching green-skinned alien women the lamaze technique.
:lol: This makes me laugh. My wife is a Midwife (CNM) She has not done any space alien births that I am aware of, but I can't speak to the legal residency status of some mothers that she has tended to at a county hospital.
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c0wb0y wrote: "Games that depict childbirth - human or alien."
There's an XBL indie game called Baby Launcher ;)
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