It was called WHAT!?!

[Canadamus Prime]

Metroid

You don't see the Metroids for most of the game than they pop up scare you and... ...become Mooks for the rest of the game.

Yes, but they were the focal point around which the whole story revolved.

Not all the games.

True, but to call those games anything else would fail to establish them as part of the Metroid franchise.

 

[lwm3398]

Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando

Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal

... Wait, those are actually awesome. Uh... Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter. It's just so generic. 'The Next Chapter'? That is to game titles what 'Reloaded' is to movie titles.

 

[whycantibelinus]

I've always thought Gears of War was a stupid name, I like the games though.

 

[badgersprite]

Mass Effect is a bit of a weird name. I understand that it's the name given to the effect of Element Zero, but that's kind of like naming the Sonic games 'Newton's Laws of Motion' or 'Forward Momentum', or calling Portal 'Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle'. I guess the great thing about a name like that though is that it tells you nothing about the game. You don't associate it with anything but the game itself.

Worst game name I've ever heard though is, "Irritating Stick!" oO How can you go beyond that? Irritating Stick!

 

[Mirroga]

There is in fact a basejumping game on Steam called:
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!!

It would've been more stupid if you completed the actual name of the game. I can't even think of a way to talk normally about the game without spurting its title.

 

[Pain_Inflictor]

http://www.gmanx.com/album/MGS5.jpg

 

[hortez the champion of the frozen wastes]

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth II The Rise of the Lich King.

Couldn't they have shortened it a bit?

WITCH king dammit.

"Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie"

Pretty good game, actually. One of those few licensed ones that actually got it "right" (like Goldeneye). ...but why does the title on the box have to be so long?

Really? Good? Did you get past the part where you inexplicably fall into the floor as you are being hunted by amazons, or the part where they think it is a good idea to make a survival game first person? (You need to see your body in a survival game people)

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

Case and point...

What is the Gizmondo?

http://www.teamteabag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/touchdic.jpg

I kid you not.

What does the -ahem- DIC mean?

 

[A Weary Exile]

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth II The Rise of the Lich King.

Couldn't they have shortened it a bit?

WITCH king dammit.

"Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie"

Pretty good game, actually. One of those few licensed ones that actually got it "right" (like Goldeneye). ...but why does the title on the box have to be so long?

Really? Good? Did you get past the part where you inexplicably fall into the floor as you are being hunted by amazons, or the part where they think it is a good idea to make a survival game first person? (You need to see your body in a survival game people)

Oh, sorry sorry sorry! Didn't mean to do that! I don't even play WoW, but my friends never shut up about it so I get confused.

An edit is in order.

 

[A Weary Exile]

tim schafer is making a new game called "[b/]Deathspank[/b]"

that's the name of the main character too

It's Ron Gilbert who's making it, not Schafer, unless he's working on it with Gilbert than never mind this post.

And yes, that is an awful name.

 

[The3rdEye]

the Movie: The Videogame

 

[Mirroga]

the Movie: The Official Videogame of the Movie

Fixed for more inappropriate tendencies.

 

[theSovietConnection]

I can haz cookie nao?

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

Halo
Master chief, no matter however you spin it, is no saint.

its named after gigantic super-weapons that float around a planet in game. They look like the planet has a halo because of their large size even in comparison to the planet

 

[The3rdEye]

the Movie: The Official Videogame of the Movie

Fixed for more inappropriate tendencies.

Well done sir.

 

[stone0042]

Case and point...

You win

 

[Pilot Bush]

Lost: The Game

Well, okay, it's actually Lost: The Video Game, but it doesn't have quite the same retarded ring to it.

just as I and everyone else who read this comment Lost: The Game

 

[WolfThomas]

Close, he was supposed to be called "Monkey Kong" but they mistranslated the M to a D. At least that's what I heard.

Acutally I believe that's an urban legend, Shigeru Miyamento believed "donkey" meant "stupid" in English, and assumed the name Donkey Kong would convey the sense "stupid ape" to an American audience, he has repeatedly stated this in interviews and that at no point was it a mistranslation.

Unless he's lying...

 

[Irridium]

I was at a Chucky Cheeses recently and I saw an arcade game called Faster than Speed

My mind almost exploded trying to contemplate the title.

Seriously, Faster than Speed

 

[Kuchinawa212]

Halo
Master chief, no matter however you spin it, is no saint.

its named after gigantic super-weapons that float around a planet in game. They look like the planet has a halo because of their large size even in comparison to the planet

*faceplam* It's just a joke. I know why it's named after the super killy rings. But the joke was that MC himself shouldn't have a halo since he's killign anything the moves