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[daninthemix]

Jrpgs have some pretty nonsensical titles. Lets have a competition and see who can come up with the worst title grounded in reality. The winner gets an armlet that grants +7 weeb. I'll go first.

Legend of Fantasy: Monstrum Refantazio

 

[Guilty_AI]

Death end re;Quest

 

[Power Pro]

Legend of Legacy

 

[Plies]

Final Fantasy, obviously.

When does it ever end??

 

[Plies]

When does it ever end??

It ended with FFX, jabroni.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Infinite Undiscovery
Anything kingdom hearts

 

[RagnarokIV]

It ended with FFX, jabroni.

Some "journalists" say it started with FFX as a sexual awakening.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Metaphor: ReFantazio
Stanger of Paradise

 

[Little Mac]

I remember laughing my ass off when Square Enix unveiled Octopath Traveler … also Vanillaware's Unicorn Overlord. Ridiculous titles but both games are badass tbh.

 

[Robb]

 

[AV]

Kingdom Hearts:

Re:Chain of Memories
358/2 Days
Dream Drop Distance

Nonsense franchise

 

[Plies]

Some "journalists" say it started with FFX as a sexual awakening.

 

[a multicultural team of v]

Final Fantasy, obviously.

When does it ever end??

If it's the Final Fantasy, why are there 16 of them?

 

[RagnarokIV]

To be fair, at the time we were told turn based combat is archaic, nobody wants it. Real time and hybrid systems are better etc. so it did bravely default to the styles from RPGs of old.

 

[lachesis]

Lady Stalker.

 

[rotorfire]

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3: V Generation

It's the semi-colon that gets me.

 

[adamsapple]

Infinite Undiscovery

like what the fuck does that mean .. you're undiscovering shit infinitely?

 

[AV]

Final Fantasy, obviously.

When does it ever end??

It was supposed to be their final game originally at least!

 

[Plies]

Infinite Undiscovery

like what the fuck does that mean .. you're undiscovering shit infinitely?

Yeah, you got it.

This is basically what astrophysics is all about.

 

[IlGialloMondadori]

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana

Surprised it wasn't mentioned yet.

 

[Branded]

Infinite Undiscovery

like what the fuck does that mean .. you're undiscovering shit infinitely?

I'm convinced our Japanese brothers and sisters just come up with random English words and phrases because to them the only criteria has to be that it sounds cool.

 

[BbMajor7th]

Various Daylife... or maybe CONCEPTION Plus: Maidens of the Twelve Stars.

 

[Branded]

I mean this isn't even English anymore: UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late[cl-r]

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris

 

[Fbh]

 

[TintoConCasera]

Being an ESL most of those sound fine to me lol.

I googled which one has the longest title because I'm sure there are some very ridicuolous names out there, but was kinda surprised to find out that my beloved SMT series holds that Guiness World Record with this one: Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs The Soulless Army

Longest JRPG title in English

www.guinnessworldrecords.com

 

[Kurotri]

 

[Darkkahn]

I see this one is too deep for you.

 

[Kurotri]

I see this one is too deep for you.

yeah I've never played it lol

 

[Sleepwalker]

The legend of legacy

 

[kruis]

Kingdom Hearts:

Re:Chain of Memories
358/2 Days
Dream Drop Distance

Nonsense franchise

Nonsense franchise ...? Is that a new Kingdom Hearts title I've completely missed ... ??

 

[Unknown?]

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3: V Generation

It's the semi-colon that gets me.

Came here to mention one of these games. XD

 

[HRK69]

.hack//G.U. Last Recode

 

[Diddy X]

"Holy shit, man, that's one badass tattoo, what does it mean?"

 

[Punished Miku]

That was part of the short SQEX "literal names" arc.

Various Daylife
Dungeon Encounters
Voice with Cards

Rumors are they canceled another RPG at the time called Group with Weapons.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Infinite Bravely Fantasy if… 2.71828/4: Royally Re-Squared Ultimate Edition.

 

[BlakeofT]

Kingdom Hearts:

Re:Chain of Memories
358/2 Days
Dream Drop Distance

Nonsense franchise

Just to add to this... 358/2 Days is pronounced "Three Five Eight Days Over Two".

 

[Radical_3d]

"Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra"

…


Yeah… that happened…

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

Not JRPG, but I can't stop thinking of "Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2, ,3, Revolution, Generations..." when it comes to ridiculous long name ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Susurrus]

"Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra"

…


Yeah… that happened…

All 3 Xenosaga subtitles are titles of philosophies by Friedrich Nietzsche. So there's a theme there.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel

 

[Myths]

Anything from SE

 

[Porcile]

Opoona.

 

[Paltheos]

Infinite Undiscovery

like what the fuck does that mean .. you're undiscovering shit infinitely?

Maybe my vote. Resonance of Fate's another candidate. Tri-ace's naming conventions are weird, man. Do they just pick cool-sounding English words from a box and mash them together?

Maybe one of those Neptunia games should win, but I also kind of group them with Disgaea where the title's trying to be ridiculous and so it doesn't count.

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana

Surprised it wasn't mentioned yet.

Lacrimosa's an uncommon word, but its use makes sense in context. Thank you, Jindo, my lord, for this wonderful and sad orchestral piece. And even if you don't know what it means, this title's not weird enough. There's only one word that raises an eyebrow.

 

[WoJ]

I love this thread. I love absurd sounding JRPGs.

 

[LazyParrot]

void* tRrLM2(); //Void Terrarium 2

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga

Disclaimer: not a dig as I love Atlus games.

 

[Duchess]

Back in 1998, I was in the shop in the UK, and a girl was standing with her boyfriend. He was browsing the PS1 games. She picked one up, studied it for a moment, and then, looking totally exasperated, said:

"Final Fantasy 7?! Jesus Christ, how many of these games have they made?!"

 

[ClanOfNone]

Are a lot of the Japanese titles just weird and/or bad translations, or do they just love nonsensical titles?

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Early 360/PS3 had some weirdly named ones