Antiyonder
Overlord
Yeah, the thread is based off The Angry Video Game Nerd's video.
Note- Just to be clear, I don't lose any sleep over video game franchises not having a consistent titling system. This is merely for discussion, and fun even .
Mine:
1. The name Dragon Quest in the US was already used on another game, so the US translated games were called Dragon Warrior in which we had:
- Dragon Warrior (1989)
- Dragon Warrior 2 (1990)
- Dragon Warrior 3 (1991)
- Dragon Warrior 4 (1992)
- Dragon Warrior 7 (2001)
- Dragon Quest 8 (2005)
- Dragon Quest 9 (2010)
So, not only did the title change around the 8th installment, we have two sequels that are missing? Heck, I heard somewhere that Dragon Quest 6 was originally going to be translated to the SNES as Dragon Warrior 5. That wouldn't disrupt the flow of the series at all.
Now let's look at the handheld remakes to see how well they did:
- Dragon Warrior 1&2 (2000)
- Dragon Warrior 3 (2001)
- Dragon Quest 4 (2008)
- Dragon Quest 5 (2009)
- Dragon Quest 6 (2011)
While we don't have any missing sequels, it would certainly be nice if they could just stick to one title (yeah right).
2. To cash in on the success of Rockman, Nintendo of Japan decided to do have some games made for the Game Boy. The series would be titled Rockman World and went on for five games. The US titling goes like this:
- Mega Man In Dr. Wily's Revenge (1991)
- Mega Man 2 (1992)
- Mega Man 3 (1992)
- Mega Man 4 (1993)
- Mega Man 5 (1994)
First one is okay since it is distinguishable from the NES title, but here's a description difference between the JP and the US version:
Japanese Player on Rockman World 3: You face four robot masters from Rockman 3 and 4 for the most part.
American Player on Mega Man 3 for the Game Boy: You face four robot masters from Mega Man 3 from the NES and Mega Man 4 from the NES for the most part.
See how simple the description would have been if they went with Mega Man World?
Note- Just to be clear, I don't lose any sleep over video game franchises not having a consistent titling system. This is merely for discussion, and fun even .
Mine:
1. The name Dragon Quest in the US was already used on another game, so the US translated games were called Dragon Warrior in which we had:
- Dragon Warrior (1989)
- Dragon Warrior 2 (1990)
- Dragon Warrior 3 (1991)
- Dragon Warrior 4 (1992)
- Dragon Warrior 7 (2001)
- Dragon Quest 8 (2005)
- Dragon Quest 9 (2010)
So, not only did the title change around the 8th installment, we have two sequels that are missing? Heck, I heard somewhere that Dragon Quest 6 was originally going to be translated to the SNES as Dragon Warrior 5. That wouldn't disrupt the flow of the series at all.
Now let's look at the handheld remakes to see how well they did:
- Dragon Warrior 1&2 (2000)
- Dragon Warrior 3 (2001)
- Dragon Quest 4 (2008)
- Dragon Quest 5 (2009)
- Dragon Quest 6 (2011)
While we don't have any missing sequels, it would certainly be nice if they could just stick to one title (yeah right).
2. To cash in on the success of Rockman, Nintendo of Japan decided to do have some games made for the Game Boy. The series would be titled Rockman World and went on for five games. The US titling goes like this:
- Mega Man In Dr. Wily's Revenge (1991)
- Mega Man 2 (1992)
- Mega Man 3 (1992)
- Mega Man 4 (1993)
- Mega Man 5 (1994)
First one is okay since it is distinguishable from the NES title, but here's a description difference between the JP and the US version:
Japanese Player on Rockman World 3: You face four robot masters from Rockman 3 and 4 for the most part.
American Player on Mega Man 3 for the Game Boy: You face four robot masters from Mega Man 3 from the NES and Mega Man 4 from the NES for the most part.
See how simple the description would have been if they went with Mega Man World?