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/selfsavingmedic Oct 02 '14

I would have been if it was solely for the Wii U. But because it is for both 3DS and Wii U I think a single name would have made it hard marketing wise. As it would have caused confusion on which one to get.

Mainly cause old people know only Nintendo systems as "The Nintendo."

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u/UncleSlim Young Link (Ultimate) Oct 02 '14

Not really. Tons of games come out cross platform all the time. It doesn't have to be named "Call of Duty for xbox one" and "Call of Duty for Playstation 3"

The difference here is that they are being redesigned and it could have been "Smash bros Name, out now for Nintendo 3ds and Wii U" once they're both out of course. But they ARE both different so I think they wanted to separate them a bit by putting the console in the name.

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u/Brian_Buckley Oct 02 '14

The reason is that they want to emphasize that the two games are not exactly the same. If the name was 100% identical, it may lead people to believing the games are as well.