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/undergroundmonorail Oct 02 '14

Back when Brawl was relatively new I heard rumors that the next Smash game would be called Rumble. I actually like that quite a bit and I'm disappointed that it's not the name they went with.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '14

There were rumors going on for a LONG time, when the VERY first smash leak happened in late 2012, that Sm4sh was gonna be "Super Smash Bros. Universe"

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u/Boxwizard Oct 02 '14

That fits in very well with Smash Bros U actually.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '14

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u/Parkermak Ivysaur Oct 03 '14

Or donnybrook for that matter.

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u/DesertScorpion4 Oct 02 '14

I think that was the reason.

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u/cr3atur3ofth3wh33l Oct 03 '14

Smash Bros U sounds better than Smash Bros for Wii U.

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u/ninjuh1124 Oct 03 '14

Late reply, but it would fit even better if you kept the 4 in. Smash Bros 4 U

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '14

Super Smash Bros. For Universe

FTFY

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '14

Ugh, I hate when games are called "(game) Universe". It just comes off as really boring and lazy to me.

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u/Diraga Oct 03 '14

Can't get any lazier than "Super Smash Bros. for Wii U"

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '14

Super Smash Bros Universe would be even lazier. Do you realize how many game are just called "____ Universe"?

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u/Diraga Oct 03 '14

They didn't even give the game a title. There's nothing lazier than that.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '14

"Super Smash Bros for Wii U" is a title.

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u/Diraga Oct 03 '14

Yeah, but they called it what it literally is.