Anyone else tired of stupid game titles?

[o.pwuaioc]

There's no "Contra II", and Contra 4 ain't really Contra 4, but whatevs.

[AppleQueso]

This shit pisses me off too. Just stick to simple names and numbers. For example, it should be:

Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat 2
Mortal Kombat 3
etc.

If you are ashamed by how high the numbers may get, change the title to something different and start from 1 again.

To be fair, MK only stopped numbering games when it stopped being in arcades. Hardly an excuse I know but yeah.

Also, no roman numerals ever. Sometimes you can't tell if they are numbers or letters. Why make it confusing like that, when we already have a perfectly good number system already?

Funny you bring up MK since the official titles for 2 and 3 are "Mortal Kombat II" and "Mortal Kombat 3" respectively. They switched from roman numerals to arabic ones!

[GameMasterGuy]

Same happened in Megaman, but it was a necessity due to there being a "Megaman X" completely unrelated to Megaman 10.

[AppleQueso]

Same happened in Megaman, but it was a necessity due to there being a "Megaman X" completely unrelated to Megaman 10.

The original Rockman games were always arabic numerals though. They pretty much just shifted the title numbers to what they were supposed to be.

MK on the other hand I'm sure only switched because the arabic "3" logo thingy looked so damn cool.

[brunoafh]

Something that peeves me a bit is super ridiculous Japanese game titles that have like 10 kanji in them. It's completely unnecessary and makes things very confusing. I imagine looking through used game stores in Japan is enough of a bitch, game titles like Mamoru-kun wa Norowarete Shimatta Meikai Katsugeki Wide-Han and Onore no Shinzuru Michi wo Yuke are just too much.

[AppleQueso]

Mamoru-kun wa Norowarete Shimatta Meikai Katsugeki Wide-Han

Holy shit this is actually real. I googled it thinking you were just bullshitting. And they say Street Fighter's bad with needlessly convoluted titles!

[ExedExes]

Wonder Boy
Wonder Boy in Monster Land
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair
Wonder Boy V Monster World III (aka Wonder Boy in Monster World)
Monster World IV

I think Wonder Boy is the most confusing.

THIS

[ExedExes]

There's no "Contra II", and Contra 4 ain't really Contra 4, but whatevs.

Konami has been one of the worst offenders.

Contra
Super Contra (Contra "2")
Contra 3 The Alien Wars
Contra 4 (DS)

and the TMNT series

TMNT
TMNT 2: The Arcade game (TMNT in arcades)
TMNT 3: The Manhattan Project
TMNT 4: Turtles In Time (TMNT2 in arcades)

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[Inazuma]

Mamoru-kun wa Norowarete Shimatta Meikai Katsugeki Wide-Han

Holy shit this is actually real. I googled it thinking you were just bullshitting. And they say Street Fighter's bad with needlessly convoluted titles!

I can think of a few long ones. Get a load of this Famicom title:

長靴をはいた猫 世界一周80日大冒険
Nagagutsu wo Haita Neko: Sekai Isshuu 80 Nichi Dai Bouken
Puss in Boots: An Adventure Around the World in 80 Days

And of course this fun DS game:

燃えろ！熱血リズム魂　押忍！闘え！応援団２
Moero! Nekketsu Rizumu-damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2
Burn! Hot-Blooded Rhythm Spirit: Hey! Fight! Cheer Squad 2

[noiseredux]

Same happened in Megaman, but it was a necessity due to there being a "Megaman X" completely unrelated to Megaman 10.

The original Rockman games were always arabic numerals though. They pretty much just shifted the title numbers to what they were supposed to be.

MK on the other hand I'm sure only switched because the arabic "3" logo thingy looked so damn cool.

Mega Man 2, 3, etc = NES
Mega Man II, III, etc = GB