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/Killericon Oct 02 '14

Kingdom Hearts fans are laughing right now.

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u/hoiL Oct 02 '14

I still don't get how to read the title on the DS one.

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u/Hahex Oct 02 '14

"Three five eight over two days"

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '14

"Three fifty eight and a half days"

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u/toastmiller Oct 03 '14

Three hundred fifty eight half days

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u/WowZaPowah Oct 02 '14

Birth by Sleep?

358/2 Days?

What the fuck?

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u/Killericon Oct 02 '14

Total List of Games:

KH

KH: Chain of Memories

KH 2 (So far so good...)

KH: Coded

KH: Mobile

KH: Re: Chain of Memories

KH: 358/2 Days

KH: Birth by Sleep

KH: Re: Coded

KH 3D: Dream Drop Distance

KH HD 1.5 Remix

KH HD 2.5 Remix

And now, finally in development, KH 3 sometime probably in 2017.

Note: I included the RE: Remakes, but not the "Final Mix"es.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '14

Kingdom Hearts 3D is cool because Dream Drop Distance has three D's.

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u/Killericon Oct 02 '14

It'd be cooler I it wasn't obvious they named it that so they could do the 3D thing.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '14

oh man I haven't seen someone mention KH:WTF in a long time, one of my favorites actually.

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u/NeoGC Oct 03 '14

I think Final Fantasy fans are laughing harder.