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I actually really liked playing Snipperclips – it's a clever and unique little puzzle game. Here are a couple more words the R could stand for: Ridiculous, Regretful, and Rectum, which is where they pulled this title out of.įirst things first: If your video game title reminds consumers of the existence of Dave Coulier, you've failed HORRIBLY. I never thought I'd see a developer actually admit to saying 'F- it, just throw a letter on there,' but there you go. But it also means Rangers, to represent the diverse and colorful group of Bomberman characters who patrol the galaxy.'

It symbolizes Returns & Reborn because this game is such a homage to SNES and SB3. 'R is a throwback feel for the devs to when games could simply have a letter and allow that letter to carry many meanings. Here's a Konami rep's explanation as to what it means: 'But Jeff!' you say, 'What if the developer has a good explanation for it?'įunny you should mention that. What I can't overlook, however, is that stupid R. However, Bomberman is a holdover from the '80s, so I'm willing to give it a pass just like Robocop and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Now that I think about it 'Super Bomberman' isn't a great title to begin with. Regardless, Square really went all out for this pièce de résistance crap. I'll be honest, my eyes glazed over as soon as I saw the squiggly 'X' that hangs down below the baseline. However, the bad titles don't end there – because it's a compilation, Final Chapter Prologue contains several other abominations: Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (a classic), Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover (wowza!), and Kingdom Hearts 0.2: Birth by Sleep – A Fragmentary Passage. Also, we all know it's not going to be the last Kingdom Hearts game, so give us a break already! I guess you technically could have a prologue to a final chapter, but more often than not that's just referred to as the second-to-last chapter. Kingdom Hearts HD II.8 Final Chapter Prologue has a lot to unpack: the 'HD' is because it's a high-def remake, the 'II.8' is because Nomura likes fractions and doesn't mind mashing together Roman and Arabic numerals like a complete madman, and the 'Final Chapter Prologue' is just a lot of babble that doesn't mean anything. We might as well just get the Kingdom Hearts entry out of the way, since it wouldn't be a Dumbest Video Game Titles list without it. Kingdom Hearts HD II.8 Final Chapter Prologue It hasn't made a damn bit of difference so far, but that won't stop me from selflessly volunteering my duties once again. More to today's point, however, I have experience analyzing terrible video game titles from previous years, which I did to help the industry understand the importance of a good name.

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I devised a ton of brilliant names for the next Kingdom Hearts and Disgaea games (that were ignored by the developers, but it's a free world so do what you want), and I've aided my fellow editors in perfecting their review headlines on multiple occasions. A bad title, on the other hand, can doom a developer's hard work to the bargain bin – because no one wants to sniff the video game equivalent of a bouquet of crapweeds.Īs longtime readers know, I'm something of an expert when it comes to titles.

A good title, like a good piece of box art, can sell a game all by itself. Sure, Juliet may have wisely quipped, 'A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,' – but that didn't stop her and Romeo from dying gruesome deaths because they had the wrong damn names.Īs it turns out, names really do matter – especially when it comes to video game titles. If you're like me, you probably subscribe to the age-old adage, 'You can't judge a book by its cover.' However, while that sentiment might apply to the Javys and Suriels of the world, it's not unconditional.

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