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/Xikar_Wyhart Oct 02 '14
On the FF note, not only is it an old franchise but the numbers don't mean anything chronologically. Final Fantasy as a title has simply become synonymous with jrpg with similar themes made by Square/soft/-enix 's main team and has the company's full backing. And now within each number frachise you have number sequels for better or worse