Why Do Gaming Titles Sort of Lie?

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Комментарии • 798

  • @relaxalax
    @relaxalax  Месяц назад +397

    boy howdy we're almost at 500k! It's been my dream for years to achieve this, so if you're new and like this kind of stuff please consider subscribing!
    This video was a challenge for me to do a single revision script and not overthink it. So I definitely just overllooked a ton. Originally, it was going to be a pure April Fools but I actually got more into it than anticipated. Please post other titles in th comments though. Don't even explain - just put the title of the game.

    • @BlastKetchup
      @BlastKetchup Месяц назад +1

      Alax! i love you ( no homo)

    • @jaariboo6528
      @jaariboo6528 Месяц назад

      I find it insane that you haven’t hit atl the 1 million yet

    • @BrandonCrAzYyt
      @BrandonCrAzYyt Месяц назад

      I'm surprised you're not at 500k already

    • @kodyrowe-manns6360
      @kodyrowe-manns6360 Месяц назад

      What's the song at 4:05 ?

    • @danielwhitehurst8432
      @danielwhitehurst8432 Месяц назад

      Happy to see how far you've come alax. I think you truly have a talent when it comes to making entertaining yet educational content :). Keep doing the things you love and you'll receive every blessing you deserve🙌🏾

  • @SquirrelMario
    @SquirrelMario Месяц назад +1285

    Smash for 3DS/Wii U should’ve been called Smash Duel. Sure, a duel is typically between only two people but still. It would’ve been a great pun. Duel and Dual sound the same. Dual as in two consoles and each console having two screens.

    • @0nion_Rings
      @0nion_Rings Месяц назад +110

      That is actually such a good name. Wish it was real.

    • @rosstheboss6266
      @rosstheboss6266 Месяц назад +69

      Thing is Sakurai goes on record that he thinks of them as separate games. I can see how this wouldn’t work as a marketing thing. Cause the casual audience wouldn’t buy both versions. If they think it’s the exact same game.

    • @Metazform8
      @Metazform8 Месяц назад +9

      Nintendo hire this man!

    • @prognosticii
      @prognosticii Месяц назад +5

      Realize that Smash is called Big Brawl/Scuffle Smash Brothers in Japanese

    • @nicholaslewis57
      @nicholaslewis57 Месяц назад +7

      @SquirrelMario Smash bros alpha and omega were my initial name picks back in 2013. Why sakurai?

  • @animeguy2356
    @animeguy2356 Месяц назад +832

    I was actually thinking about Summertime High School: A Young Man's Notes-How a New Exchange Student Like Myself Ran Into His Childhood Friend on the School Tour, Then for Some Reason Became Super-Popular with the Girls for His Daily Scoops on the School Photography Club Even Though He Only Takes Panty Shots, and What He Thinks as He Goes on Dates During His Summer of Island School Life randomly recently

    • @robbycooper6787
      @robbycooper6787 Месяц назад +83

      The title should have ended at a young man’s notes

    • @dr.robertnick9599
      @dr.robertnick9599 Месяц назад

      Or how it is referenced by in the community: AYMNHANESLMRIHCFOTSTTFSRBSPWTGFHDSOTSPCETHOTPSAWHTAHGODDHSOISL

    • @Mimi.1001
      @Mimi.1001 Месяц назад +62

      I believe that game is actually a game adaption of a light novel. The titles of those are usually all insane(ly specific) because the market is heavily competitive, but the labels only get to publish a handful novels every week, so authors really have to compete for their audience with outstanding and "descriptive" titles (Nowadays the most popular web novels are often chosen). You may know some ridiculous manga/anime titles, these are usually adaptions of light novels too.

    • @pepe2011pley
      @pepe2011pley Месяц назад +17

      @@Mimi.1001 Actually no just doing the trend of light novels just being a sinopsis. But It's a more complex game that the title let it out. Actually just making panty shots can softlock you the game XD. Because for some reason the game has a reputation meter and a jail and requirements to meet girls or do anything. So if you behave some ways you fuck it up. It's very strange chill vive of a game.

    • @Mimi.1001
      @Mimi.1001 Месяц назад +6

      @@pepe2011pley Oh, nice to know I suppose, I really just assumed based on the title :D I have assumed it would've been more like a classic visual novel as well.

  • @clarumin
    @clarumin Месяц назад +277

    The fact that Alax didn't mention 'Yeah! You Want "Those Games," Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them!' in this video should be considered a cardinal sin

    • @BlooperStupid
      @BlooperStupid Месяц назад +19

      God, Iove that title

    • @carlosemilio5180
      @carlosemilio5180 Месяц назад +16

      Ah yes, the game with the most "I swear I'm not copying 2016-2020 warioware" ass menus

    • @dumaass
      @dumaass 25 дней назад +3

      Dude, the YYWTGRSHYGNLSYCT OST goes so FUCKING hard.

  • @yukimoe
    @yukimoe Месяц назад +432

    Kinda surprised you didn't mention "Yeah! You Want "Those Games," Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them!" because it's one of the titles of all time

    • @Mimi.1001
      @Mimi.1001 Месяц назад +33

      It's also such a dumb concept for a game (That being full versions of often deceiving mobile game ads).

    • @pacomatic9833
      @pacomatic9833 Месяц назад +39

      @@Mimi.1001 Well, as the title said, we *did* want those games.
      There was so much demand yet no supply. Somebody's gotta fil the void!

    • @benamisai-kham5892
      @benamisai-kham5892 Месяц назад +12

      ​@@Mimi.1001my only gripe is the price of it. There's a void to be filled because there's a market that isn't being capitalized on.

    • @BinglesP
      @BinglesP 23 дня назад +4

      Genuinely, YYW"TG,"R?SHYG!N,L'SYCT! is a good game, even if it solely exists to fill a void of games that exist solely through false advertising of games that don't exist. Even if the sound design on some of the gamemodes kind of suck- to be honest- it's otherwise really engaging and charming
      And to think it came out of D3 Publisher of all things(essentially the Japanese equivalent to THQ/Bam! Entertainment/etc.)

    • @WohaoG
      @WohaoG 17 дней назад +3

      The game was made to be refunded
      It was to either make you
      A. Not fall for those ads because you have the game
      or
      B. Not fall for those ads because you've played the game and know it wasn't fun

  • @geeshta
    @geeshta Месяц назад +135

    1. Last of Us
    2. I Guess We Forgot Some of Us
    3. Holy Shit There's Still More Of Us?
    4. There Seems to Actually Be An Infinite Amount of Us

  • @BlamedAxis
    @BlamedAxis Месяц назад +314

    my favorite example of ridiculous names is "Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R"

    • @Toxic-Pyro
      @Toxic-Pyro Месяц назад +34

      Guilty Gear: The Missing Link
      Guilty Gear X: By Your Side
      Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival
      Guilty Gear XX Accent Core
      Guilty Gear 2: Overture
      Guilty Gear Xrd SIGN
      Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator
      Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2
      Guilty Gear Strive

    • @Shaflugi
      @Shaflugi Месяц назад +14

      At least I can pronounce that one. How the hell do you pronounce Xrd?

    • @yoshifan2334
      @yoshifan2334 Месяц назад +21

      @@Shaflugi eks-urd (as in X third because it’s the the third game with the X subtitle)

    • @mc3941
      @mc3941 Месяц назад +10

      +R still be a goated game tho

    • @s_oba
      @s_oba Месяц назад +1

      lmao i just commented this

  • @theplinko9840
    @theplinko9840 Месяц назад +226

    Link travels to the past in 5 separate games. Exactly zero of those games are titled “A Link to the Past.”

    • @robertlupa8273
      @robertlupa8273 Месяц назад +7

      Wait, then what is Link to the Past about then?

    • @theplinko9840
      @theplinko9840 Месяц назад +30

      @@robertlupa8273 traveling between the light and dark worlds. I guess the idea is that LttP is a prequel to the first two Zeldas, but that’s a pretty weak reason to call it “Link to the Past” since that’s never even mentioned in game.

  • @keiviroque5666
    @keiviroque5666 Месяц назад +81

    [ 9:16 ] That’s actually not the reason why it’s called Final Fantasy. The actual reason is because they wanted a name that could be shortened to FF, so they just came up with cool words that started with F. They were even going to call it “Fighting Fantasy” but couldn’t due to copyright, so they went with Final Fantasy instead.

    • @Trafficallity
      @Trafficallity Месяц назад

      fucking firefighters

    • @rafaeladdevico226
      @rafaeladdevico226 Месяц назад +7

      They wanted to surf on the hype train of Free Fire, right?

    • @curtisleblanc5897
      @curtisleblanc5897 Месяц назад +22

      Fighting Fantasy fans when Peaceful Reality shows up:

    • @Exmotable
      @Exmotable 23 дня назад +2

      dude just wanted to make a comedy video so i guess he only did some surface level research for a lot of this shit

    • @Gameboy-2007-yt
      @Gameboy-2007-yt 5 дней назад

      @@curtisleblanc5897 more like Initial Reality

  • @nosignal2240
    @nosignal2240 Месяц назад +193

    Can't believe you didn't mention Guilty Gear. Even the tamer titles like "Guilty Gear X" completely fall apart when you hear how they pronounce it.

    • @pizzajohn4434
      @pizzajohn4434 Месяц назад +51

      wasnt strive originally going to be called Guilty Gear:Guilty Gear

    • @jambott5520
      @jambott5520 Месяц назад +37

      ​@@pizzajohn4434Why didn't they call it that, that would have been fucking awesome

    • @ajshiro3957
      @ajshiro3957 Месяц назад +18

      And then there's Blaze Blue

    • @crinsim7536
      @crinsim7536 Месяц назад +14

      Kid named guilty gear 2: overture (this is the (iirc) 11th game in the series) and happens after the first bunch of games, being between guilty gear XX Accent core +R and guilty gear Xrd sign)

    • @pizzajohn4434
      @pizzajohn4434 Месяц назад +12

      dont forget Xrd (they cant call it Guilty Gear XXX)

  • @KUR0.KALAM1TY
    @KUR0.KALAM1TY Месяц назад +61

    I can definitely tell you what the BEST video game title is. Persona 4 Arena Ultimax has an absolutely hysterical title in Japan. “Persona 4 The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold”.

  • @bluetoadettethegoddess6104
    @bluetoadettethegoddess6104 Месяц назад +99

    Wow... PvZ had some *wild* concept names

    • @ItsPForPea
      @ItsPForPea Месяц назад +35

      My favourite:
      *JESUS LIVES!*

    • @eugeniomorichon5624
      @eugeniomorichon5624 Месяц назад +4

      ​@@ItsPForPeano way real itsPforPea

    • @LostSoulSilver
      @LostSoulSilver Месяц назад +33

      Lawn of the Dead is genuinely great. They should use it for something

    • @ItsPForPea
      @ItsPForPea Месяц назад +2

      @@eugeniomorichon5624 Yes I'm a real person how'd you know?

    • @ItsPForPea
      @ItsPForPea Месяц назад +14

      @@LostSoulSilver They were going to use it, but they feared from copyright strike by the owner of of the title "Dawn of the Dead". They sent a request for using the name but never got an answer.

  • @Eichro
    @Eichro Месяц назад +43

    I find it cool how "Battlefield 1" avoids the same trap that "Mortal Kombat 1" falls. There is no game titled "Battlefield", the first one was titled "Battlefield 1942".

    • @CanalAleblasco77
      @CanalAleblasco77 Месяц назад +8

      Yep, and It takes advantage that by setting it on WW1 since there wasn't any Battlefield based on that War, although Battlefield V being set in WW2 is more confusing if you know that both Battlefield 3 and 4 were set on a more modern setting

    • @Eichro
      @Eichro Месяц назад +2

      @@CanalAleblasco77i guess they couldnt call it "Battlefield 2"

    • @CanalAleblasco77
      @CanalAleblasco77 Месяц назад +1

      @@Eichro Yeah, since Iirc, Battlefield 2 doesn't exist either

    • @Eichro
      @Eichro Месяц назад

      ​@@CanalAleblasco77 It does exist, actually

    • @Satellaview1889
      @Satellaview1889 Месяц назад +1

      @@Eichro Which is kinda confusing, because as we said, 1 didn't come until later. So we effectively reinvented math to count from 2, up to 1.

  • @jimkas3606
    @jimkas3606 Месяц назад +18

    This video feels like an 80 year old grandpa who has never played a video game, but is also feels like a gaming nerd made it at the same time

  • @CyberYeast75
    @CyberYeast75 Месяц назад +123

    Pizza Tower: Yeah, it's in the name.

    • @BinglesP
      @BinglesP Месяц назад +4

      *Cue that edit my acquaintance posted on his Twitter about that Paw Patrol "Pizza Tower" building episode*

    • @YeetoTheYeetafic
      @YeetoTheYeetafic Месяц назад +2

      same with super mario and luigi (if you even play as him you player 2 losers) eating magic mushrooms that make them go through puberty and stars that arent drugs at all

  • @lohto3
    @lohto3 Месяц назад +17

    In the first Dragon Quest game, the final boss is the Dragonlord. A lord that's a dragon™. He kidnaps the princess, has taken over a lot of the world, so the hero is on a quest™to defeat him. The rest is just sort of its legacy.
    Technically, dragonlords appear in 2 and 3, and in 4 to 6 there's a dragon god that's prominent, but eh.

    • @Chris-bz2rf
      @Chris-bz2rf Месяц назад +1

      Don't you also fight a Dragon while saving the princess?

    • @lohto3
      @lohto3 Месяц назад +3

      @@Chris-bz2rf Yeah, a green dragon. Optional fight though. You can also encounter a bunch of green, blue and dread dragons as random enemies in certain places.

  • @andrewkerr7697
    @andrewkerr7697 Месяц назад +20

    The sun being the *NEW! logo for the Universe was a fucking banger

  • @WolfXGamerful
    @WolfXGamerful Месяц назад +16

    My favorite game title ever is the name of a romhack. Like if you tried to speak to someone and you had a lisp, but they don't understand the accent, so all they'd be able to understand is
    Yeth.

  • @Az_Negative
    @Az_Negative Месяц назад +47

    Some how Alax always finds a way to add that Donkey kong scream😂

    • @pro-toman
      @pro-toman Месяц назад +3

      AND IT NEVER GETS OLD! I love it

  • @rickydargence5948
    @rickydargence5948 Месяц назад +28

    Crazy how Mario staples nowaday came out of DokiDoki Panic, a tie-in game to a TV channel event or some shit. (Shy guys, Birdo, the character's abilities like floaty Peach, slippery Luigi and fast toad).

    • @gooeydude574
      @gooeydude574 Месяц назад +3

      If only Wart could come back

    • @Taenarius
      @Taenarius Месяц назад +5

      Slippery Luigi is actually from the lost levels, but Luigi's kicking jump comes from that game.

    • @TyGuy2462
      @TyGuy2462 Месяц назад +3

      As well as Bob-ombs, Pokeys, Snifits, and Ninjis

    • @RainLion10
      @RainLion10 12 дней назад +1

      @@Taenarius Both Luigi's traction and high jumps come from The Lost Levels

    • @Taenarius
      @Taenarius 12 дней назад

      @@RainLion10 While you are correct, nothing I said merited a correction. Luigi's classic jumping animation is from SMB2.

  • @solidskullz5736
    @solidskullz5736 Месяц назад +139

    I’ve heard that Triangle Strategy is a really good game but holy shit the name is bad. Could they really not come up with something better than that, it sounds like a placeholder

    • @kwisowofer9872
      @kwisowofer9872 Месяц назад +53

      It was supposed to be a placeholder title until they couldn’t think of anything else and kept it

    • @SurfingKyogreNL
      @SurfingKyogreNL Месяц назад

      ​@@kwisowofer9872same happened with Octopath Traveler, but that one isn't nearly as bad

    • @Mimi.1001
      @Mimi.1001 Месяц назад +23

      It's weird they called it "Project Triangle Strategy" first, because the title was tentative. Especially when they did the exact same thing with Octopath Traveler too, so why bother in the first place?

    • @steveqi9309
      @steveqi9309 Месяц назад +10

      As someone was played the game, the name actually makes sense, since the concept of three of something constantly shows up in the game.
      Three nations, three ideologies, three (main) side characters, three resources each nation specializes in, the central river of the world having three branches, having three choices every time the main story branches out, and course, three main endings corresponding with each ideology.

    • @Zerorenren4761
      @Zerorenren4761 Месяц назад +6

      ​@@Mimi.1001A lot of people were talking about the game with that name and since most people were getting used to it they thought that for marketing reasons it would've been better to keep it as "Triangle Strategy".

  • @ado-
    @ado- Месяц назад +85

    0:54 it's funny because i literally didn't read the title i just saw the relaxalax notif

  • @TheRealBatabii
    @TheRealBatabii Месяц назад +73

    Luigi's Mansion 3 basically IS "luigi's hotel"

    • @crabulonbestgirl9130
      @crabulonbestgirl9130 Месяц назад +14

      Hotel Luigi you mean

    • @TheWartH0g
      @TheWartH0g Месяц назад +8

      Hotel Luigi, spiritual successor to Hotel Mario (both action horror games)

    • @TheWartH0g
      @TheWartH0g Месяц назад

      ​@@crabulonbestgirl9130STOLE MY JOKE AS I WAS WRITING IT

    • @kingtoad6462
      @kingtoad6462 Месяц назад +5

      so does that make dark moon "luigi's mansions"

    • @pizzapeppino
      @pizzapeppino Месяц назад

      They had to keep the brand name.

  • @tinyninja7716
    @tinyninja7716 Месяц назад +22

    That ending freestyle was legendary. Rhyming chambers with gamers 🗣️🔥

  • @L.V.N.A
    @L.V.N.A Месяц назад +28

    i feel pretty targetted knowing i'm working on a game litterally called "not a filler name"

  • @valuedimmensely_partial
    @valuedimmensely_partial Месяц назад +56

    Persona 5 Tactica Strikers Royal definitive edition S Tricksters Edition Featuring Dante From Devil May Cry game of the year

  • @bucket9144
    @bucket9144 Месяц назад +3

    I think they call it Left 4 Dead because there's four people who were left for dead. Also because the game likes presenting itself as a Hollywood movie, each level's loading screen is a poster the credits always say "in memory of whoever died" or "starring whoever is still alive"

  • @ShadwSonic
    @ShadwSonic Месяц назад +9

    "Sonic the Hedgehog"
    Yep.
    "Mortal Kombat 1"
    Uh huh.
    "Tomb Raider"
    Fits the pattern.
    "Ninja Gaiden"
    Definitely problematic.
    "Donkey Kong Country"
    OBJECTION! The GBC game is a port of the SNES original!

  • @2_many_alts
    @2_many_alts Месяц назад +23

    Ah yes. The classic for 3DS / Wii U N64 DS ver. Ultimate Deluxe tropical freeze panic world 5 1/2 Plus mode vs Mario!

  • @GUNUFofficial
    @GUNUFofficial Месяц назад +15

    ITS NOT EVEN A DIRECTORS CUT, THE DIRECTOR WASN'T INVOLVED WITH THE DX PORT OMG AS A SONIC FAN I WANT TO... UURRRGH
    IT SHOULD HAVE JUST BEEN DX HOLY CRAP

    • @Mimi.1001
      @Mimi.1001 Месяц назад +4

      What does Director's Cut even mean for a game? It ain't a movie, you usually wouldn't want something to be cut from the original, do you?

    • @thrasher698
      @thrasher698 Месяц назад +8

      They called it a director's cut because the director has been cut 😅

    • @raunakgujralsongs9135
      @raunakgujralsongs9135 Месяц назад +4

      ​@@Mimi.1001director's cut means The original vision of the director

    • @Mimi.1001
      @Mimi.1001 Месяц назад

      @@raunakgujralsongs9135 I know, but neither was the actual director involved here, nor can you really change ("cut") scenes for a game like you can for a movie. I suppose in some cases you can restore some unused stuff, modify the level design or cutscenes, but then you have to ask why those changes weren't in the original release version, but somehow in this re-release. For movies time constraints are more common, like it would be too long for a theatrical audience or whatever, thus validating a director's cut.

    • @Deliveredmean42
      @Deliveredmean42 Месяц назад

      Ever heard of the cutting room floor? Just like in movies they are reason of cutting content, story beats or even characters in games as or more often than movies. Publishers demands to release it at a certain time so they can't fit ideas or concept perfectly to make sacrifices, the usual. And yes, a Game Director exist, which a Director's cut does make sense for games too... As long as its not done as a marketing ploy which most of the time it is. Tho sometimes in other countries in Japan its called Final Mix, which change gameplay balances, added unfinished content or even new ones to improve the game to its best possible version.@@Mimi.1001

  • @flarefoxington9380
    @flarefoxington9380 Месяц назад +65

    Super Mario Combats Climate Change is probably one of my favorite games to this day.

    • @olizalzeortolan8322
      @olizalzeortolan8322 Месяц назад +1

      Ikr the cop 21 level is so good

    • @FriskDrinksBrisk
      @FriskDrinksBrisk Месяц назад +3

      I prefer Super Mario Proves The Earth Is Round, personally.

    • @TyGuy2462
      @TyGuy2462 Месяц назад +2

      @@FriskDrinksBriskHaha would that be Odyssey or Galaxy?

    • @FriskDrinksBrisk
      @FriskDrinksBrisk Месяц назад +2

      @@TyGuy2462 I had Galaxy in mind, but it could be either one ;3

  • @genehayes
    @genehayes Месяц назад +7

    Another thing worth mentioning is Japanese culture values quantity of information over brevity or minimalism, which is why titles are so descriptive. One example is "Ponyo" in Japan being "Ponyo on the Cliff By the Sea". See also: any Japanese web design

  • @jcr1842
    @jcr1842 Месяц назад +5

    Bruh seeing that frindle book cover unlocked memories that I have not thought about for so long omg

  • @ramkindalethal5253
    @ramkindalethal5253 Месяц назад +5

    "Featuring Dante from the devil may cry series and knuckles plus r rev 2 combat evolved rising 3d ultra special delux ultimate edition"

  • @ebasongaming
    @ebasongaming Месяц назад +4

    Wasn't expecting a Frindle jumpscare in 2024 but here we are

  • @charziz6693
    @charziz6693 Месяц назад +20

    Alax has conditioned me to laugh whenever that stupid minecart clip shows up

  • @toxicshroom3686
    @toxicshroom3686 Месяц назад +4

    Im really impressed...
    No mention of Kingdom Hearts : Union χ[Cross]
    Nor
    Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

  • @OccuredJakub12
    @OccuredJakub12 Месяц назад +6

    I mean for Xenoblade, Persona and Fire Emblem, how CAN you title them in a way that they could in 2+ words convey their gameplay idea? JRPGs, all RPGS, are kinda defined by focusing on story and variety more than some unique gameplay idea. And they still work IMO.
    Xenoblade Chronicles - main guy's weapon, on the cover, biggest gameplay element, it's an RPG so we be chronicling the journey
    Fire Emblem - Fires of war, emblems and symbols of nobility. Kinda works...
    Persona - main gameplay gimmick, main story conceit, usually also on the cover. Plus, it even explains the main theme of the series too, masks and social life etc.

  • @Yipper64
    @Yipper64 Месяц назад +7

    12:10 for someone named relaxalax he does not seem relaxed.

  • @Candjstudios2024
    @Candjstudios2024 Месяц назад +3

    In the year of our Lord, 1987, got the fourth installment of fighting fiends (the first ever monster tamer game, the first installment being a 1982 arcade game, 13 years before pokémon), and what did they call the fourth game? Fighting fiends 4: the golden quest - NES. Not only did they have to specify with the fourth game, and give it a subtitle, but the had to specify it was for the NES.

  • @JerseyDevils21
    @JerseyDevils21 Месяц назад +4

    The frindle of games is a wild analogy

  • @thatonedumbe
    @thatonedumbe 13 дней назад +2

    5:15
    [Insert that one cereal stickman meme]
    He will not include a rhythm heaven reference in here

  • @nahelvaldez3062
    @nahelvaldez3062 Месяц назад +5

    I'm curious about how well PVZ did in the timeline where they named it "Grave-Yard"

  • @robbycooper6787
    @robbycooper6787 Месяц назад +24

    11:30 that’s not a game, it sounds like a crappy novel about someone going to 2 high schools in Japan with nothing interesting happening except them bumping in to their old friend, then they both move on
    Edit: 11:44 that’s a porn magazine

    • @Mimi.1001
      @Mimi.1001 Месяц назад

      I'm pretty sure it's actually an adaption of a light novel.

  • @MrTimy06
    @MrTimy06 Месяц назад +12

    9:12 this luigi pic killed me

  • @tempest6027
    @tempest6027 Месяц назад +5

    for a moment i was really confused when i saw you saying circlespace instead of squarespace like i actually thought that meant something

  • @s_oba
    @s_oba Месяц назад +5

    wait till bro hears about Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R

    • @Pepagg8
      @Pepagg8 27 дней назад +1

      Guilty gear Xrd Revelations aint the best either (the fuck do they mean by Xrd)

  • @Andstetay
    @Andstetay Месяц назад +3

    The longest title song bit is kinda a bop actually

  • @jmf_drawings
    @jmf_drawings Месяц назад +76

    6:49 *_"It Takes Two... two what?"_*
    Two playable characters.
    They're both literally just standing there, in the tittle.

    • @tambettammisto7423
      @tambettammisto7423 Месяц назад +2

      Exactly. This video is so dumb 💀💀💀

    • @ado-
      @ado- Месяц назад +9

      "The legend of Zelda" "what's the legend" play the game lol

    • @captainweekend5276
      @captainweekend5276 Месяц назад +22

      I think he's saying "to what?" he knows there's two, but it gives you no indication of what it takes two to do.

    • @jinjer420
      @jinjer420 Месяц назад +11

      You realize that was a joke, right?

    • @BinglesP
      @BinglesP Месяц назад

      Why yes, they are standing right there, on the disconnected dot of a lowercase i

  • @harryvpn1462
    @harryvpn1462 Месяц назад +6

    Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +R

  • @icedcapplord710
    @icedcapplord710 Месяц назад +4

    Guilty Gear players know bad titles better than anyone else. I'm still trying to figure out what number an Xrd is

  • @Glue_Eater06
    @Glue_Eater06 Месяц назад +6

    Can't forget the classic title I'm In Love With Your Dead Grandmother Presents: Noah Smalljohnson's Puzzle Game

  • @gooeydude574
    @gooeydude574 Месяц назад +4

    There are three games with the initials SMB:
    Super Mario Bros, Super Monkey Ball, and Super Meat Boy

  • @Dalvory
    @Dalvory Месяц назад +2

    6:11 First of all, thank you for yet another wave of 2000's nostalgia this 1999 baby won't be rid of for at least a week. 😭
    Also 6:18 that made me burst out laughing. Not ashamed to admit.

  • @luigiboi4244
    @luigiboi4244 Месяц назад +6

    I was pleasantly surprised when I paused the video to read the newspaper and instead of some lorem ipsum nonsense filler, it was several honest-to-goodness paragraphs that were discussing the topic of "Mario VS Climate Change" as well as Donkey Kong's new game. All that for a joke that lasted about 5 seconds. Got to respect the quality!

  • @RealNikTrustMe
    @RealNikTrustMe Месяц назад +4

    11:10 i like how this goes from reading a game's name to a lin manuel miranda parody

  • @collectivesplonk
    @collectivesplonk 5 дней назад +2

    11:15 really came out here with the fuckin' Hamilton bars, Lin Manuel Miranda is pissing himself in fear rn

  • @JHamron
    @JHamron 19 дней назад +1

    I don't know why it just struck me that Alax's style is very classic JonTron-core and honestly I've been wishing for more of that lately

  • @XMan2001X
    @XMan2001X Месяц назад +8

    0:53 Losing it? I don’t think he even HAD it!

  • @galaxycamerata
    @galaxycamerata Месяц назад +2

    9:11
    I feel like I need to take a long stiff drink not from having seen it, but from having noticed it _immediately._

  • @shadowflame68
    @shadowflame68 Месяц назад +3

    If "Disco Elysium" doesn't make sense to you after playing the game, you might need to play it again, because they do *literally explain* the meaning of that phrase within the game XD

  • @Nocturne232
    @Nocturne232 Месяц назад +1

    I love the running joke of donkey kong in the Minecart falling being a reoccurring theme in every video

  • @ichi_san
    @ichi_san Месяц назад +8

    this was an awesome video!! the title stuff was so funny, and i enjoyed the editing a lot.
    also awesome section on how much cooler Japanese games sound in Japanese. Like Fire Emblem Three Houses' Japanese title has a really complex idiom and shin megami tensei sounds metal af in Japanese

    • @lpfan4491
      @lpfan4491 Месяц назад

      Fans generally just put the japanese title as "four seasons" because that sh*t sounds cool in japanese, but it really cannot be translated without sounding weird as heck.

    • @luk3to
      @luk3to Месяц назад

      Fire emblem: snow, flower, moon, wind...
      I prefer when they are called "goddess of dawn/red moon" or something like that.

    • @steveqi9309
      @steveqi9309 Месяц назад

      What’s the idiom for three houses?

    • @massgunner4152
      @massgunner4152 Месяц назад

      Is kinda hit or miss because sometimes they just try be obnoxiously simbolic or plain edgy.

  • @Medleypon
    @Medleypon Месяц назад +10

    As a Melty Blood player, I can confirm that the titles may be confusing, but it's part of the charm. Same goes with Under Night In-Birth, who probably has it WORSE.

    • @harryvpn1462
      @harryvpn1462 Месяц назад +4

      WTF IS A SYS:CELES

    • @Laggggin
      @Laggggin Месяц назад +1

      Wouldn’t street fighter be up there too bc of the sub titles their games have like SF2 championship edition, world warrior, super turbo and etc.

    • @Medleypon
      @Medleypon Месяц назад +3

      @@Laggggin Something like "Championship Edition" makes WAY more sense than "Exe:Late [cl-r]."

    • @Chaos-15
      @Chaos-15 Месяц назад +3

      Undernight is aiming for that "Edgy Anime Bullshit" aesthetic and we appreciate it for it.

    • @Medleypon
      @Medleypon Месяц назад

      @@Chaos-15 Yeah, you get it! 🤝

  • @CJ-mk3nf
    @CJ-mk3nf 25 дней назад +1

    Genuinely surprised Kingdom Hearts didn't make this list, some of those titles sound like Nomura was pressing the "auto complete" button on his keyboard

  • @justforlawlsandtrolls
    @justforlawlsandtrolls Месяц назад +3

    This is my Favorite Relax Alax video purely because it mentions YIIK for half a second

  • @TaleOfTheToaster
    @TaleOfTheToaster Месяц назад +3

    Good time for this to appear while I'm currently playing an open beta called, in full: Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road - Worldwide Beta Test Demo "Leave Your Inazuma Mark on the World!"

  • @xProErax
    @xProErax Месяц назад +1

    You know I thought this was going to be a retread kind of like how the Smash 4 menu was redone in a new version of his old video, but I love the ending segment of this video alone to make it stand out

  • @kashino55archive94
    @kashino55archive94 Месяц назад +2

    I can't believe you didn't mention "Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game Complete Edition"
    Perhaps not the longest, but it's nigh impossible to shorten.
    The smallest syllable count I was able to reach was 5.

  • @TheRandomYTDude
    @TheRandomYTDude 11 дней назад +2

    Im sorry this guy is quite literally scott the woz with a different voice

  • @chewiedog1
    @chewiedog1 27 дней назад

    Surprised Alax didn't mention my arch nemesis
    "Yakuza: Like a Dragon Gaiden, The man who erased his name"

  • @comradeScallion
    @comradeScallion Месяц назад +7

    MILK REFERENCED YEAHH! what the FVK is MENTAL WELLNESS

  • @Keith_Norman
    @Keith_Norman Месяц назад +6

    It's been awhile and honestly this entire video can just be combined with Kingdom hearts

    • @DarkOverlord96
      @DarkOverlord96 Месяц назад +1

      Kingdom Hearts titles make sense in context, though.

  • @jackiebunny3029
    @jackiebunny3029 Месяц назад +2

    Fun fact, final fantasy was actually going to be called fighting fantasy first

  • @IcyDiamond
    @IcyDiamond Месяц назад +6

    Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates it!

  • @SpicyChedderJack
    @SpicyChedderJack Месяц назад

    Considering a big part of the aesthetics of Soft Circle French Bread fighting games is walls of text (since they try and bring in aspects of the Visual Novels they are either adapting or emulating) a convoluted long title makes sense.

  • @ASDTruLegend
    @ASDTruLegend 20 дней назад

    One of the best videos ever. That ending was pure pure pure gold!

  • @EnigmaticGentleman
    @EnigmaticGentleman Месяц назад +1

    Dude, there was a Dragon in Dragon Quest 11 an hour into the game. Granted the main quests of these games never seems to revolve around a Dragon.

  • @SadToffee
    @SadToffee Месяц назад +3

    I swear man these videos always go by so fast. just goes to show how well made they are.

  • @shyguy-te5bx
    @shyguy-te5bx Месяц назад +2

    The end bit reminded me of the peanut bar bit from community

  • @apskk_gui
    @apskk_gui Месяц назад +2

    I feel like you’ve made a video about this topic 3 times already, and i love every single one of them lmao

  • @davidvkimball
    @davidvkimball Месяц назад

    Your point at 6:40 makes me think of Perfect Dark - how they came up with the title? Rare just combined words that "sounded cool" and that's the combination they came up with! 😂

  • @LARAUJO_0
    @LARAUJO_0 Месяц назад +2

    Triforce of the Gods is such a badass title; why did they change it to Link to the Past in English?

    • @garretdrake2347
      @garretdrake2347 Месяц назад

      because nintendo of America at the time said no references to religion

  • @Punaparta
    @Punaparta Месяц назад +1

    I like how Touhou games have a Japanese title and an elaborate English subtitle for maximum nonsense. Some of my favourites:
    東方夢時空 ~ The Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream
    Touhou Yumekijuu ~ The Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream
    Eastern Dream Spacetime ~ The Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream
    東方紅魔郷 ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
    Touhou Koumakyou ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
    Eastern Scarlet Devil Land ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
    (Yes, if you translate the Japanese, you get "Scarlet Devil" twice.)
    東方妖々夢 ~ Perfect Cherry Blossom
    Touhou Youyoumu ~ Perfect Cherry Blossom
    Eastern Ghostly Dream ~ Perfect Cherry Blossom
    (Note that in Japanese, the rare character 々 indicates that the preceding kanji is to be read twice. I'm not experienced enough to know why it's not supposed to be "Ghostly Ghostly Dream".)
    東方文花帖 ~ Shoot the Bullet
    Touhou Bunkachou ~ Shoot the Bullet
    Eastern Word Flower Album ~ Shoot the Bullet
    東方緋想天 ~ Scarlet Weather Rhapsody
    Touhou Hisouten ~ Scarlet Weather Rhapsody
    Eastern Scarlet Perception Heaven ~ Scarlet Weather Rhapsody
    東方非想天則 ~ 超弩級ギニョルの謎を追え
    Touhou Hisoutensoku ~ Choudokyuu Ginyoru no Nazo o Oe
    Eastern Unperceiving of Natural Law ~ Chase the Enigma of the Gargantuan Guignol
    (You may notice that this one is entirely in Japanese. Also that the main title is similar to Hisouten above - except that the kanji for hi is different. And no, I have no idea what a Guignol is.)
    ダブルスポイラー ~ 東方文花帖
    Double Spoiler ~ Touhou Bunkachou
    Double Spoiler ~ Eastern Word Flower Album
    (Yes, this time the title is in English and the subtitle in Japanese - or rather, the title is in English, _in katakana._ Also, the subtitle is the same as the Japanese title of Shoot the Bullet, above.)
    妖精大戦争 ~ 東方三月精
    Yousei Daisensou ~ Touhou Sangetsusei
    Great Fairy Wars ~ Eastern Three Fairies
    弾幕アマノジャク ~ Impossible Spell Card
    Danmaku Amanojaku ~ Impossible Spell Card
    (This one doesn't quite translate. "Danmaku" is technically the name of the genre that the game - and most games in the series, in fact - belongs to. It literally means "bullet curtain" and is what "bullet hell" type shmups are called in Japan. Also, the term is often used in-universe to refer to the magic bullets that the characters are able to create from thin air. Amanojaku, on the other hand, is a species of yōkai that this game's main character belongs to.)
    秘封ナイトメアダイアリー ~ Violet Detector
    Hijuu Nightmare Diary ~ Violet Detector
    Secret Sealing Nightmare Diary ~ Violet Detector
    東方剛欲異聞 ~ 水没した沈愁地獄
    Touhou Gouyoku Ibun ~ Suibotsu shita Chinshuu Jigoku
    Eastern Strange Tale of Avarice ~ Submerged Hell of Sunken Sorrow
    (Strangely, this is the only installment in the series that also has a wholly different official English title: Touhou Gouyoku Ibun ~ Sunken Fossil World.)
    バレットフィリア達の闇市場 ~ 100th Black Market
    Bulletphilia-tachi no Yami-Ichiba ~ 100th Black Market
    Bulletphiles' Black Market ~ 100th Black Market

  • @Rafael_Oiticica
    @Rafael_Oiticica Месяц назад +1

    The random DK screaming never fails to make me crack up

  • @wrennnnnn
    @wrennnnnn Месяц назад +1

    Grew up on this man's content and he still somehow he keeps getting better

  • @KazShiro
    @KazShiro 24 дня назад

    8:30 missed opportunity to add "featuring Dante from Devil May Cry &Knuckles"

  • @Shiuki21
    @Shiuki21 Месяц назад +1

    Lin Manuel Miranda needs to hire this man for that ending

  • @grim2667
    @grim2667 Месяц назад +1

    alax's favorite clip of any game ever is donkey kong in a minecart falling off the rails

  • @loompedoompe
    @loompedoompe 21 день назад +2

    It turned into Hamilton two thirds of the way though oh my god yea

  • @kirbylover37
    @kirbylover37 Месяц назад +1

    The "OHHHH" for Mario 64 was super funny

  • @sRtAoIrNm
    @sRtAoIrNm Месяц назад

    I have really been enjoying the last few videos quite a bit, keep up the great work

  • @S-Fan2006
    @S-Fan2006 Месяц назад +21

    3:46
    Sister Location: Am I a joke to you?

    • @user-ky3of8ng6t
      @user-ky3of8ng6t Месяц назад +5

      Custom night and ennerd night: allow us to indroduce ourselves.

    • @S-Fan2006
      @S-Fan2006 Месяц назад +3

      @@user-ky3of8ng6t the Ennard night is an alternate ending that’s still on Night 5, the custom night is still a valid argument.

    • @O-OBoys
      @O-OBoys Месяц назад +6

      @@S-Fan2006 The custom night technically wasn't in the game when it released though, however, counting final products it does have more than 5. Pizzeria sim also only has five nights though

    • @katwhiskers8
      @katwhiskers8 Месяц назад +1

      sb also only has like- one night, maybe two if you're counting the dlc

    • @Improvisado64
      @Improvisado64 Месяц назад +1

      @@O-OBoys Pizzeria Simulator has 6 nights, which is convenient for it since it doesn't feature "Five Nights" in the title :P

  • @trashbintf2
    @trashbintf2 18 дней назад

    Whenever someone's making fun of game titles, I always think back New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, "a title which consists of three adjectives, a letter that refers to a console the game is not for, the instantly recognizable name of an internationally famous video game character, and the word 'bros'".

  • @Liggliluff
    @Liggliluff 26 дней назад +1

    (6:33) You say "the west", point at USA and overlay it. But then go on to list these games:
    Far Cry - Germany
    Outlast - Canada*
    Payday - Sweden
    Watch_Dogs - Canada*
    Battlefield - Sweden
    it takes two - Sweden
    While Overwatch and Titanfall was developed in USA, 2 out of the 9 you listed.
    *Canada is in North America, which could be what was referred to here, but that's still 4 out of 9.
    Edit: Then from 7:10 more titles are added: The Last of Us, Left 4 Dead, Call of Duty, Gears of War, which are all developed in USA at least.

  • @idkwhothisis-uv8tq
    @idkwhothisis-uv8tq Месяц назад

    The rap at the end was legendary. You should make an extended version into a video, with a full few verses and a chorus. I would jam to it

  • @kolby125
    @kolby125 Месяц назад +2

    11:14 IS HE THE NEXT ONE OUTTA THE HOOD❓❗🔥🔥🔊🔊🔊🤔🤔

  • @Pfincess
    @Pfincess 3 дня назад

    As someone who played Cthulhu saves the world as a kid, I get it.

  • @3spoons366
    @3spoons366 Месяц назад

    6:06 ive been documenting all of these for a long time now and i wont tire from it

  • @Mike-sp7zv
    @Mike-sp7zv Месяц назад +2

    5:34 "Sooonic annnnd sega alllll starrrssss raaacing!..Transformed!!"