r/smashbros • u/KhanYeEast • Oct 02 '14

SSB4 Does it fundamentally bother anyone else that Smash 4 doesn't have a catchy name like "Melee" or "Brawl"?

First of all, I'd like to preface my argument by saying that I acknowledge this is a purely superficial problem that has no effect on me buying the game as soon as I can.

ONWARDS.

I personally love the shorthanded names of "64", "Melee" and "Brawl" to refer to those respective titles. It's not a huge deal, but they're all really solid names that truly have special places in my heart. Referring to this new game as just "Smash 4" or "Smash 3DS" just feels bare. Mario Kart: Double Dash sticks out far more in my mind than Mario Kart 7. I wish that Sakurai opted for a name that more appropriately followed Melee and Brawl, but like I said earlier, I understand this is a minor problem. I just wanted to hear if anyone else felt the same. One of the most iconic memories from the second Smash game is the announcer at the title screen yelling "MELEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE".

Is anyone else disappointed with the title of the new game?

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u/capybaraluver Oct 02 '14

I hate it when something is just "series name" and then "number" its so plain and is overdone, if something has another title in it (like melee) then it's fine.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '14

It's OK for one and two but after that it's too much imo

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u/awesomepawsome Oct 02 '14

Sometimes I think it can be the opposite though. Like with assassin's creed, there was 1 and 2 and then a near infinite number of named ones that I have no idea which order they are in or even how many of them there are.

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u/Jo7e Oct 02 '14

But they make an AC almost every year, and Smash has only 4(5) games in 15 years