Wow, “Game Titles - Scott the Woz” uploaded at 9pm ET is even better than “Game Titles - Scott the Woz” uploaded at 8pm ET! I didn’t even think that was possible
I'll never forget when I met Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario and my childhood. I asked him to sign my copy of Super Mario 64, and he looked over the label before remarking, "I've always wondered, is this game called Super Mario 64, or Super 64 Mario?" I told him I hoped he could answer that for me. I can't see the game title the same ever again.
Fun fact: Resident Evil was originally going to be called Homeowner Bad but was changed to Resident Evil so that once the seventh entry came out they could incorporate the VII into the logo.
The title of Biohazard 7: Resident Evil made a lot of sense in Japan because it's the first game since the original to take place in... well... _an evil residence._ So they probably just saw an opportunity to finally use the international version's title over in Japan. They also probably didn't intend for the title and subtitle to be swapped overseas, but I'm betting the localizers just looked at that and thought "hey wouldn't it be funny if..."
@@christonadams9046 I think Like a Dragon as a subtitle works, as Ichiban isn't supposed to replace Kiryu, they both have equal value, therefore, he's Like A Dragon.
Ooooh that makes sense. And yeah honestly can't blame localizers for changing the "Biohazard 7" since most of people would be like "wait what's a Biohazard... and are there 6 prior?", so they did probably the most logical thing to keep the nod to the Japanese title as the Japanese title did a nod to the western
One interesting example: The "To the Moon" series. It's a game series that doesn't have an over-arching title, each game has it's own unrelated title. The original game was "To the Moon" Then there was the spinoff "A bird Story" Then "Finding Paradise" Then "Imposter Factory" Each game has it's own completely seperate title, no overarching title for the series as a whole.
FYI, in PAL regions both Circle of the Moon and Lament of Innocence were also known only as Castlevania. So that's four games in the series with the same title for parts of the world.
Yeah, it's stupid. Japan kind of does the same thing with 5 games being called simply "Akumajou Dracula", but at least they are all telling the same story. CV1, SCV4, Chronicles, Vampire Killer (MSX) and Haunted Castle (Arcade).
@Jack Wrath SHUT UP GET OUT OF MY HEAD SHUT UP GET OUT OF MY HEAD SHUT UP GET OUT OF MY HEAD SHUT UP GET OUT OF MY HEAD PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE SHUT UP GET OUT OF MY HEAD
@ANTI BLM & LGBTQ, ANTI DRUG SELLING,ANTI IGNORANCE The anti-drugs part of your name is the only thing I agree with. I don't know what the heck anti-ignorance is, ignorance is supposed to be bad. Now the two other parts, that's just plain wrong. You're only supposed to hate BLM protestors that loot stores and commit arson, and the LGBT people that push their "look at meee, love mee" identity for clout.
"Most of these consumers treat each new Call Of Duty, Need For Speed, and Madden like a bag of chips. Open, consume, dispose of." I have never heard a better description of those games.
I was honestly waiting for Scott to mention "Untitled Goose Game" and when I got to the end of the video and he didn't I was disappointed, but then I realized the obvious reason he didn't....the game is clearly untitled.....that clever bastard.
Favorite clever-ish game title is still Kirby Triple Deluxe. It was the first Kirby on 3DS and the 10th mainline Kirby platformer, so they abbreviated it as 3DX, or Triple Deluxe. Also 3D, DDD, Dedede, and thus Dedede plays a large role in the story. It's cute!
And the "triple" part isn't a lie, as the two sub-games included in it are a bit more fleshed out than past ones, basically counting as their own games, and of course later getting proper expanded versions on the eShop. It's a bit of a weird title at face value, but it's 3 games in one, and of course has the other deeper layers you mentioned for those wanting to look deeper.
14:00 "This is THE banana" has a certain irony to it, considering the Cavendish banana is the most commonly exported species of banana, and is comprised exclusively of clones, since it is incapable of reproducing sexually due to over-specialized breeding leading to a lack of functional seeds in the species. If a major disease were to attack the Cavendish, left unchecked, it would wipe out the majority of the global banana trade due to a lack of genetic diversity.
worst part is, this is already quite possible as there already was one such fungal disease that wiped out the gros michel banana, which is actually why we switched to the cavendish in the first place. bananas just cant catch a break.
The thing about Scott'svideos is that, at the end I was like "wow, it's been half an hour already?" They do say that time flies when you are having fun!
27:23 the worst part about games that use the “new” title is how poorly it ages. New super Mario bros on the DS is over 16 years old(it came out in may 2006)a good portion of the human population are younger than the game with “new”. The worst part is that no matter how old the game is, it’ll always be new, even when it can legally drink. By the time it came out on the Wii U virtual console, the game was about 9 years old but still flew the banner “new”
True. It’s especially confusing trying to shop for a “New Nintendo 3DS.” Is the seller saying the 3DS is new in the packaging? Or is it just the model called “New 3DS?”
Ratchet & Clank has a similar deal. The first three entries on the PS3 are called “Future” - Future: Tools of Destruction, Future: Quest for Booty, and Future: A Crack in Time. They’re only called that cause they were the next-gen entries at the time, and Hell even the epilogue game doesn’t use that title. It’s not Ratchet & Clank Future: Into the Nexus, it’s just Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus
I actually recall Sakurai saying that Wii U was 4 and 3DS was 5, making Ultimate 6, which never made sense due to Wii U and 3DS essentially being the same game.
9:51 For RE7's subtitle of "biohazard", it does actually make some sense. You fight mold enemies in the game and mold is an actual biohazard irl since it produces toxins EDIT: Something else I remembered is that the biohazard subtitle also works in terms of the story. Ethan goes to Louisiana to find Mia and after he does, he is only able to leave if he defeats Eveline, who we find out is a B.O.W. that manifests itself as a little girl. Plus Ethan fights the Bakers who mutate into bioweapons themselves. (SPOILERS FOR RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE) And of course, as we find out in RE8, Ethan died towards the beginning of RE7 and is himself a mold creature the entire rest of the game. So RE7's subtitle makes sense in both a gameplay sense and story sense
Yeah I thought it was a weird issue for him to bring up- biohazard grosses me out with the mold and bugs and grime in a way none of the others have ever pushed
And it makes even more sense for the Japanese version, the series has always had biohazards as the main theme, and 7 is the first one to actually have evil residents as the antagonists.
@@projectpitchfork860 Exactly, hence why the main title of "Biohazard" in Japan makes sense for every game, so it should make sense as a subtitle for RE7 where again, mold is considered an actual biohazard. Plus the subtitle does have some story significance, which I added on to my original comment
@@ToonJotaro18 the subtitle "Biohazard" would literally work on any of the RE games though, there ain't much special about 7 that would make it THAT much more important. Biohazards are the major theme behind the series, and EVERY SINGLE GAME in the series has them to some extent.
9:49 In defense of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, adding the 'Biohazard' subtitle not only references the franchise's Japanese title, but it represents the 'back-to-basic' direction Capcom emphasized with this new entry. The game served more or less like a soft reboot and return to the survival horror that made the RE series famous, so having "Biohazard" or "Resident Evil" as the official subtitles was subtle indication to long-time fans that the game had returned to the franchise's roots.
@@vagamer522 That's why it's "more or less" a soft reboot. The game was completely removed of Resident Evil lore until Capcom shoehorned Chris Redfield and the Umbrella Corporation into the ending and DLC like a chronic stomach infection.
I'd like to add to this: In defense of Super Metroid, the baby grows to be big, and is a Metroid, so technically while Super Metroid is a goofy name, it's also descriptive of the main goal of the game.
@@CYB3R2K You take that back and apologise to the children. That being said, 7 also has the destinction of having "resident evil" make sense again, after the first one the title just are two words that they kept just to know it's part of a series.
one of my favorite silly game title series has to be guilty gear. you have: guilty gear: the missing link guilty gear X guilty gear XX guilty gear 2 (this one isnt even a fighting game) guilty gear Xrd (like X the third) guilty gear strive (where the IV is highlighted) mind you this list is extremely simplified and does not include all the different updates and versions
Scott's rant on Battlefield titles was waaaay too relatable. I've been a full-on fan ever since Battlefield 4, and it took me a really long time to get a grasp of the franchise's release timeline...
i would like to point out that at 12:32 scott actually put down his name as "Scott 'Will Eventually Take A Look At The First Mega Man' Wozniak (working title)", now that's dedication
The reason theres a "Super mario 3D land" and a "Super mario 3D world" is a direct reference to Super mario world and Super mario land on the Gameboy and SNES. One being the smaller and portable version, being restricted to simply a piece of land/country, while world representing the entirety of it, the whole big thing. Perfect for a hefty console plugged into a TV. I find these games pretty clever with that knowledge. Although its clear it confuses anyone who doesn't catch the reference, which seems to be everyone.
I can’t believe he made a video about Game Titles and didn’t mention the greatest title in all of gaming history: Disney’s Video Game starring Hercules
That's actully the 2nd greatest game title in gaming history (it's a common misconception). The actual greatest vidoe game title in all of history is.... Peter Jackson's King Kong The Official Game of the Movie
Ace Attorney is a funny example. All the games have their own unique name alongside the main series name, but only in the localized version. In Japan, the games just use the series name followed by a number. No special titles. Guess special names sold well outside of Japan?
15:04 I had to deal with this so much as a kid. I played a lot of LEGO games growing up, and the ads for them implied that all the platforms a game released on were the same version. However, at least for the DS ports, the gameplay was vastly different. So much content would be cut or changed, but my young self did not know that. As a result, I always thought that Star Wars III, Harry Potter Years 1-4, and Indiana Jones (1) were just really bad for the longest time. It wasn’t until I found a cartridge for Lord of the Rings for the DS (a game that I already had for the PS3) that I realized the differences in game versions didn’t stop at graphical upgrades. It just would’ve been so nice if TT advertised or at least titled the significantly altered ports to indicate how they deviated from other versions.
I remember buying lego marvel super heroes for the 3ds as a kid and being totally confused that it was completely different from the trailers I watched online
@@ericf.a8623 Exact same thing happened to me. I loved watching that game on YT and playing it on my friend's Wii U. Got my parents to buy me the 3DS version as a kid and it's still one of the worst things I own.
@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3 And why did they have to call it the New Testament anyways?! Old Testament 2: The adventures of Jesus Christ would've made so much more sense.
The OG 'Game Titles - Scott The Woz' was a true masterpiece. I remember it like it only came out a few minutes ago. It was a time like no other, you honestly just had to be there.
Before “Shin Megami Tensei” Atlus released “Megami Tensei” on the original Famicom, which was based on a book series called Digital Devil Story, but everyone just called it Megami Tensei because that was the subtitle of the first book in the series. Megami Tensei means “Reincarnation of the Goddess” roughly, but the point of adding “Shin” is that after the SNES came out in japan, just like how tons of games here added "Super" to their titles, in Japan "Shin" was added alot, but not the kanji used in SMT's title, the different one that means “New” 新 SMT used the other kanji that means "True" 真. So basically, the play on words is a "homophone" Where the word is pronounced the same way as another word, but it has a different meaning based on how it's spelled. It's like if you made a game called "Sword of the Black Night" Saying it outloud, it would sound like you're saying Knight, because the context implies thats the word you're using, but you're not. The context here is releasing on the super famicom when a ton of other "Shin" games were coming out, but instead of meaning the new version of the game, you read it as “The True Reincarnation of the Goddess” 真・女神転生
@@charliekahn4205 Because that’s actually “Shi” 死 and it would paint a hopeless picture for the game when the title is supposed to be beautiful. The twist is that the “Goddess” is actually the spirit of Tokyo and the Japanese people, rising again after tragedy and being unbroken, just like after the atomic bombs.
Scott: "You can only get so far without [game titles]" Me: Alright, so I need a game about an Italian plumber who eats mushrooms and saves a princess from a giant fire-breathing worms, with his brother, and they can consume a fungus that makes them bigger or a flower that makes them shoot rocket fuel out of their hands. Can you get me that? Clerk: f*k it, give him *clu clu land*
Some people get mad when Sonic '06 is called "Sonic Adventure 3". Apparently, that's much more offensive than the game's official title, "Sonic the Hedgehog".
Can I just say, the 2013 reboot for Devil May Cry, titled "DmC: Devil May Cry", is a title that is a crime against humanity. Thankfully, the series unrebooted itself, going from Devil May Cry 4, the reboot DmC: Devil May Cry, to Devil May Cry V... with a roman numeral.
Devil May Cry 5 does not use a roman numeral. The logo literally has a "5" in it, and the official title used on the website, the game box, press releases, and even internally at Capcom is "Devil May Cry 5".
I want to see a series that titles its sequels by amount of reduncancy. GTA 2 would be called GTA: Grand Theft Auto; GTA 3 would be called GTA3: GTA Grand Theft Auto, etc.
18:34 I just notice that the video of Scott Hates Breath of the Wild, have the new UA-cam layout, while the footage comes from the old 2017/2021 layout.
Not gonna lie, I was a little iffy about the first "Game Titles - Scott the Woz" video, but now that this "Game Titles - Scott the Woz" video dropped, I'm completely hyped!
12:30 I'm so incredibly happy that he's still keeping up with the "Scott 'Will Eventually Take a Look at the First Mega Man' Wozniak (Working Title)" bit. It's the background gag that gets better every time. EDIT: Add "Scott Hates Breath of the Wild" to the list.
My favorite (or rather, least favorite) example of video game title confusion is definitely Harvest Moon vs Story of Seasons. For those who don’t know the Japanese game series Bokujou Monogatari (which translates to Farm Story) was originally called Harvest Moon in the West, but after Marvelous and XSeed decided to stop working with the localizer Natsume, it was decided that Natsume still had the rights to the name Harvest Moon and is allowed to publish games under that title. The real Bokujo Monogatari games are now called Story of Seasons, but Natsume is making their own farming games using the Harvest Moon names to try to confuse fans into buying the wrong games and convince them that Story of Seasons is the knock-off even though it’s the other way around. So Harvest Moon A Tale of Two is an authentic Bokujo game but Harvest Moon 3D The Lost Valley isn’t, while Story of Seasons is the real deal… and all came out on the same console, the 3DS. Confusing, isn’t it?
@Holonboy Wow, I had no idea about that! Natsume sure does play dirty… When I was a kid Harvest Moon 64 was my favorite game, in fact it is still my favorite game to this day, and the fact that Natsume put their name in the opening credits before the actual game developers absolutely tricked me into thinking they’re the ones who made it. They also put their name above Victor Interactive Software’s (now part of Marvelous) on the title screen, and even put their name on the front of the game’s American box, while the actual creator’s logo was nowhere to be found! It really hurts that the company I idolized for supposedly making my favorite game as a child was misleading me the whole time, and that they tried to use fans’ misplaced trust to make a quick buck off of the actual developers hard work!
Fun fact: The reason why Nintendo uses 'New' alot is because of the translation from Japanese to English. The word 'Shin' in japanese means new, so when it's translated to english, it comes out as new.
20:48 I bought this game when my town lost power and internet for a week or two because of a storm that covered everything in ice. I think all of that really clouded my judgement and led me to get.
358/2 days makes sense when you realize Roxas was only ever really alive for an entire year and lost everything he had grown to love in the space of 2 days. It's shockingly heartbreaking
12:04 - EA actually had a similar naming problem a decade earlier with their _Triple Play_ baseball games, as somehow that series' titles wound up being a year ahead of the rest of EA's yearly sports games; example being _Triple Play 2001,_ which came out in March of 2000, weeks before the start of the 2000 MLB season. The next year they set about correcting this once and for all, starting with 2001's generically-titled _Triple Play Baseball_ and then _Triple Play 2002_ finally righting the ship... just in time for the series to be rebooted the next year with _MVP Baseball 2003_ anyways.
You should have mentioned the NES and GB Mega Man games. It's genius. The NES Mega Man games all use Arabic numerals while the GB games all use Roman Numerals. And the first GB Mega Man uses a subtitle so it can't be confused with the fist NES game. Then the GBC Mega Man X games ruined it by being called Xtreme when they're anything but...
I think my favorite franchise when it comes to title fiascos is punchout . First off we have the arcade game called punchout and then we have the arcade sequel called super punchout. Soon after Nintendo released a boxing game and watch which they rebranded in some places as punchout despite having nothing to do with the arcade games. Then they tried to port the arcade game to NES but due to hardware limitations ended up creating a completely different game with a puzzle focus, new opponents and actual story and named protagonists, featuring multiple rounds and in genral playing very differently from the arcade version but just being called punchout featuring either mike Tyson or mr dream. Then they made a Super Nintendo sequel which played much more like the arcade games than the NES games did and because it was on the Super Nintendo it was called super punchout giving it the same name as the arcade game, despite being a completely original game with 10 original fighters and having 16 fights as opposed to the 5 fights in the arcade version. So it’s not a port of the arcade super punchout nor is it a sequel to the NES punchout because it has nothing to do with it story wise. Then they decided to make it even more confusing when next level games made a punchout game on the Wii and instead of giving it a unique subtitle or anything like that it’s just punchout and it’s like a weird spiritual reboot of the NES game, not a sequel and has nothing to with the arcade game, and it is just different enough structurally and content wise to not be a remake either. Basically Nintendo released 4 completely different games names punchout and 2 completely different games named super punchout and that’s not even getting into the mess that is it’s spin-off arm wrestling in the arcade, which features the same announcer(don James), some punchout characters like bald bull, is made as a conversion kit in addition to a standalone cabinet just like super punchout was to punchout, yet it’s title give no inclination that these games are related.
0:35 Shocked he only briefly covered Kingdom Hearts later, and that fact that the title used at the said timestamp is pronounced "Kingdom Hearts: 358 Days/2" despite not being put in that order... (It is telling the story of 2 characters, Roxas and Xion.)
3D World and 3D Land always made sense to me. Super Mario World was a console title, and Land was for the Gameboy. Continuing the trend with World for consoles, and Land for handhelds.
@ well, even in the earliest iteration it's clear they at least wanted to differentiate naming conventions between handhelds and consoles. I guess "land" is viewed as a smaller idea than "world" which makes sense. There's really not much more I could think of beyond that
I tell myself that the canonical explanation for the title Super Metroid is how the infant metroid ends up becoming giant and powerful - thus a "Super" Metroid.
Something a lot of people forget, Duke Nukem 3D was actually the 3rd game in the series. Being the first animated in 3D made the name seem clever even though many games were using 3D at the time because 3D was new. Not to be confused with games on 3DS which had 3D as the title because it was the first time in 3D by having depth perception with a special screen.
For the weird over-eplanatory European titles, i can think of a simple explanations for that. Asides from a few series who got a specific localisation in French, German or Spanish, when a game come to Europe, it's usually one single European versions (multi-language if europeans are Lucky, english only if the dev don't have the money/don't think a world exist outside of the US) . And that single European version uses the same title, in english everywhere. so while some english words are more or less understandable by anyone, either because they're widely borrowed word like "star" or "cool" or because they refer to something that has the same (or very similar), english name everywhere, other are not as self-explanatory to a non-english speaker as they are to a english. Exemple: "Mario Strikers". Out of context, a non english speaker won't imediately get that it's about football, because the player who shoot at the goal is only called a striker in english. French, Spanish, Germans, Italians have their own words for that. "Mario Striker charged Football" that's clear. Football is called like that, or something close like futbol, everywhere. Dream Team bros has no excuse, though.
0:55 usually in the MCU they don’t give us these big cameos till the end but Scott new that the fans would want target employee there at the start of the story
Another case would be the Story of Seasons (Bokujo Monogatari) series, which used to be localized by Natsume as Harvest Moon, then after the producers of Bokujo Monogatari acquired a localization company of their own, they needed to change the name of their games since Natsume owns the rights for "Harvest Moon", this is why Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town was remastered under Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town a few years ago
On the subject of titles with the year in them, you also have the King of Fighters series which did the reverse of Just Dance where it started out as a yearly arcade release from 1994 to 2003, then switched to roman numerals when development started taking longer (the series is now on its fifteenth main entry). What gets kinda confusing for those not in the know is you have enhanced versions of a couple entries that had years in the title, most prominently King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match and King of Fighters '02 Unlimited Match, which came out years after the vanilla releases.
28:56 very much yes, especially when it has two, like Gravity Daze, being first "Project Gravity" and then the Japanese title, "Gravity Rush". I understand that like, the main character is in a Daze, but Gravity Rush is so much more exciting
The funny thing about the cross is, it's not supposed to be an x, it's supposed to be ×, but so many series just use an x which just adds to the confusion most people have regarding ×.
The funniest thing about Pokken Tournament is that here in germany, they actually *did* call it Pokemon Tekken. Because Pokken sounds like Pocken, the german word for Pox. And I know Pokemon basically spreads like pox, but still not the best way to advertise your game.
I'm from Europe - in here, we call this video "Game Titles - Scott the Woz Bros."
Who's the other bro?
Is this a reference to the Mario and Luigi RPG’s?
Mam cię Pisarski na gorącym uczynku! Proszę o dokument tożsamości w postaci kopii gry The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
In France only, it's also called "Sexy Games"
im bros from bros europe bros, we bros call bros this bros video bros
Wow, “Game Titles - Scott the Woz” uploaded at 9pm ET is even better than “Game Titles - Scott the Woz” uploaded at 8pm ET! I didn’t even think that was possible
lol
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i know right!
HELL YEAH
999999999x times better!
Man, a rerelease just minutes after the first? These definitive editions are getting WILD.
as soon as I saw he reuploaded it I downloaded the Day One edition
edit: it's exactly the same, so I wonder why he reuploaded it
Scott the woz lost media, "games titles - Scott the woz" early versions
and it even reused the same title as the original, really pathetic what companies are doing nowadays
@@user-rr4pp5bb7t In 10-15 years someone will make a UA-cam video with that exact title and get 10 million views
@@AsteroidBK I’ve got the day zero edition
I'll never forget when I met Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario and my childhood. I asked him to sign my copy of Super Mario 64, and he looked over the label before remarking,
"I've always wondered, is this game called Super Mario 64, or Super 64 Mario?"
I told him I hoped he could answer that for me. I can't see the game title the same ever again.
Legend.
The quest is not over!
UUUGH, now I'm gonna have that in the back of my mind forever
It's the same when I met him too, he signed my copy of new super Mario Bros on the ds and he asked something similar lol 😁😁
even he doesn't know and it's a him MARIO! D:
25:47 - 26:05 He went through that section and didn't even bring up "Peter Jackson's King Kong - The Official Game of the Movie". Proud of him.
Also Street Fighter The Movie The Game
That title gave me brain fracture
@@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149 Allow me to fracture your brain even more. The King Kong game was actually pretty good
Don’t forget Lego the Lego Movie Videogame
@@NoahDaArk it truly was. I should go play Peter Jackson’s King Kong - the official game of the movie for Nintendo GameCube
Game Titles - Scott The Woz is truly the best video title for a video about game titles.
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Hey Vailskibum. With you removing 94 in your name today, this video feels appropriate
hello Vailskibum
Hello Vailskibum!
Sup Vail. I hope you're having a good day.
Fun fact: Resident Evil was originally going to be called Homeowner Bad but was changed to Resident Evil so that once the seventh entry came out they could incorporate the VII into the logo.
Tf did the homeowners do
@@theartillery9724 own homes
@@warzed6220 thats bad
landlords 😤😤😤
It’s kind of crazy how this is actually real
The title of Biohazard 7: Resident Evil made a lot of sense in Japan because it's the first game since the original to take place in... well... _an evil residence._ So they probably just saw an opportunity to finally use the international version's title over in Japan. They also probably didn't intend for the title and subtitle to be swapped overseas, but I'm betting the localizers just looked at that and thought "hey wouldn't it be funny if..."
Also the main villain of 7 is a living biohazard so the subtitle Biohazard does make sense beyond just being a nod to the Japanese title
I find it funny how Yakuza sorta did the same thing with the 7th game called Yakuza: Like a Dragon, which is the franchise's title in Japan
@@giorgioantoniocalado3397 exactly! idk what the fucking issue is!
@@christonadams9046 I think Like a Dragon as a subtitle works, as Ichiban isn't supposed to replace Kiryu, they both have equal value, therefore, he's Like A Dragon.
Ooooh that makes sense.
And yeah honestly can't blame localizers for changing the "Biohazard 7" since most of people would be like "wait what's a Biohazard... and are there 6 prior?", so they did probably the most logical thing to keep the nod to the Japanese title as the Japanese title did a nod to the western
One interesting example: The "To the Moon" series.
It's a game series that doesn't have an over-arching title, each game has it's own unrelated title.
The original game was "To the Moon"
Then there was the spinoff "A bird Story"
Then "Finding Paradise"
Then "Imposter Factory"
Each game has it's own completely seperate title, no overarching title for the series as a whole.
Imposter?
Sus?
Completely unrelated but I love your Fluttershy PFP :P
@@kakyoindonut3213 Perish in the eternal flame of hell.
Imposter
@@octomium Perish in the eternal flame of hell.
FYI, in PAL regions both Circle of the Moon and Lament of Innocence were also known only as Castlevania. So that's four games in the series with the same title for parts of the world.
Yeah, it's stupid. Japan kind of does the same thing with 5 games being called simply "Akumajou Dracula", but at least they are all telling the same story. CV1, SCV4, Chronicles, Vampire Killer (MSX) and Haunted Castle (Arcade).
Castlevania IV, more like Castle-IV-ania
@@deadfr0g or, Cast-I-e-V-ania.
@@bekkfxst Castievania
@@leap123_ precisely.
I really like scott’s dedication to consistency. It just sounds wrong to not have a bleep
I prefer without bleeps because bleeps aren't used in media I watch, including TV
@@Liggliluff Scott sounds so weird without bleeps
Yes G4 you heard that comment correctly
If not for the bleeps, this foul-mouthed garbage would be totally unwatchable.
@@qk7x if you’re 5
I actually sneezed a second before Scott said "Bless you" for TMS. It freaked me out for a second lol.
Bless you
Only OG's remember the first "Game Titles - Scott the Woz" video.
Yeah the good old days
we will miss it
What happened?
I do
The good old days
It’s so cool to see that Scott is so proud of his work that he uploads it twice in one day!
I think it was because it was glitching and not showing the video
Let's play "Find the difference!"
@Jack Wrath SHUT UP GET OUT OF MY HEAD
SHUT UP GET OUT OF MY HEAD
SHUT UP GET OUT OF MY HEAD
SHUT UP GET OUT OF MY HEAD
PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE
SHUT UP GET OUT OF MY HEAD
@@lemoncookie5090 yeah when I tried to watch it earlier idk it was private lol
@ANTI BLM & LGBTQ, ANTI DRUG SELLING,ANTI IGNORANCE The anti-drugs part of your name is the only thing I agree with. I don't know what the heck anti-ignorance is, ignorance is supposed to be bad. Now the two other parts, that's just plain wrong. You're only supposed to hate BLM protestors that loot stores and commit arson, and the LGBT people that push their "look at meee, love mee" identity for clout.
What a classic video, I remember it coming out the first time like it was a few minutes ago.
yes
@Jack Wrath PLEASE
SHUT UP GET OUT OF MY HEAD
Why was it reuploaded?
@@TVEE he forgot to bleep a f*ck
"Most of these consumers treat each new Call Of Duty, Need For Speed, and Madden like a bag of chips. Open, consume, dispose of." I have never heard a better description of those games.
Next ya it's $2... lol. Gottta admit EA & Activision found the money glitch.
Cough pokemon cough star wars
@@Tonjit41 I agree with pokemon, except 3 years instead of every. At least the legends game was good.
As for star wars, not my area of expertise.
i play all sorts of different old cod’s all the time.
I was honestly waiting for Scott to mention "Untitled Goose Game" and when I got to the end of the video and he didn't I was disappointed, but then I realized the obvious reason he didn't....the game is clearly untitled.....that clever bastard.
lol
Scott the Woz fans praising Scott for literally anything every video:
Obviously
he probably just forgot it lol, no need to make up a complicated reason for it
@@chopstickingstylus shush
Favorite clever-ish game title is still Kirby Triple Deluxe.
It was the first Kirby on 3DS and the 10th mainline Kirby platformer, so they abbreviated it as 3DX, or Triple Deluxe. Also 3D, DDD, Dedede, and thus Dedede plays a large role in the story. It's cute!
DX is also an acronym that stands for Deluxe
And the "triple" part isn't a lie, as the two sub-games included in it are a bit more fleshed out than past ones, basically counting as their own games, and of course later getting proper expanded versions on the eShop. It's a bit of a weird title at face value, but it's 3 games in one, and of course has the other deeper layers you mentioned for those wanting to look deeper.
@@SophisticatedGoat222 I love it when it's obvious that the developer made up the title before making the game but somehow managed to pull it off
Honestly any game that somehow acknowledges that king Dedede is in it as a Good game in my book. That goes for Mario 3d land as well
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I love Scott the Woz but I love Game Titles - Scott the Woz even more
I like “Review of Game Titles - Scott the Woz” more
@Jack Wrath SHUT UP GET OUT OF MY HEAD
@ANTI BLM & LGBTQ, ANTI DRUG SELLING,ANTI IGNORANCE you have fat toddler hands for feet
14:00
"This is THE banana" has a certain irony to it, considering the Cavendish banana is the most commonly exported species of banana, and is comprised exclusively of clones, since it is incapable of reproducing sexually due to over-specialized breeding leading to a lack of functional seeds in the species.
If a major disease were to attack the Cavendish, left unchecked, it would wipe out the majority of the global banana trade due to a lack of genetic diversity.
banana lore
I'd play a game about this.
Ironic that the most phallic fruit cannot reproduce sexually.
Wait so they're not even technivally organic?
Wtf
worst part is, this is already quite possible as there already was one such fungal disease that wiped out the gros michel banana, which is actually why we switched to the cavendish in the first place.
bananas just cant catch a break.
The thing about Scott'svideos is that, at the end I was like "wow, it's been half an hour already?" They do say that time flies when you are having fun!
Darn, with the Break In outro, it's 1 second shy of 30 minutes
@@seroujghazarian6343 Knowing Scott, he did that on purpose for some reason us mere mortals cannot comprehend :V
@@Pizza7478 maybe he wanted to have a "hey! It's not 30 minutes!" moment
27:23 the worst part about games that use the “new” title is how poorly it ages. New super Mario bros on the DS is over 16 years old(it came out in may 2006)a good portion of the human population are younger than the game with “new”. The worst part is that no matter how old the game is, it’ll always be new, even when it can legally drink. By the time it came out on the Wii U virtual console, the game was about 9 years old but still flew the banner “new”
True.
It’s especially confusing trying to shop for a “New Nintendo 3DS.”
Is the seller saying the 3DS is new in the packaging? Or is it just the model called “New 3DS?”
@@fecxorfecxor768 the concept of a used new 3ds is hilarious and even better is that when it’s new you have call it a new new 3ds
@@tahamohammad8842 NEW Tales from the Borderlands
I mean, in their defense, no matter the time there's a good chance somebody is younger than it
Ratchet & Clank has a similar deal. The first three entries on the PS3 are called “Future” - Future: Tools of Destruction, Future: Quest for Booty, and Future: A Crack in Time. They’re only called that cause they were the next-gen entries at the time, and Hell even the epilogue game doesn’t use that title. It’s not Ratchet & Clank Future: Into the Nexus, it’s just Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus
For those new to the Scottverse, this video is a prequel to “The Art of Box Art" and it’s spinoff “Game Packaging”.
This is a spin off from game title-Scott the wiz.
Where does the "From Reveal to Release" section on working titles fit in?
28:35 Fun Fact: In Germany, Pokkén Tournament is called "Pokémon Tekken", because "Pokkén" sounds like a Disease.
Pokemon Tekken the first name someone thought of and i respect the balls to put that boring of a title on it
6:59 My headcanon for Smash 4 is that "For Wii U/3DS" in the title is a pun. After all, you read the title aloud as "Super Smash Bros 4 Wii U/3DS"
Oh my gosh you’re right.
Okay.
Thats clever ngl
I actually recall Sakurai saying that Wii U was 4 and 3DS was 5, making Ultimate 6, which never made sense due to Wii U and 3DS essentially being the same game.
Why the hell is Zyphon here?
9:51 For RE7's subtitle of "biohazard", it does actually make some sense. You fight mold enemies in the game and mold is an actual biohazard irl since it produces toxins
EDIT: Something else I remembered is that the biohazard subtitle also works in terms of the story. Ethan goes to Louisiana to find Mia and after he does, he is only able to leave if he defeats Eveline, who we find out is a B.O.W. that manifests itself as a little girl. Plus Ethan fights the Bakers who mutate into bioweapons themselves. (SPOILERS FOR RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE) And of course, as we find out in RE8, Ethan died towards the beginning of RE7 and is himself a mold creature the entire rest of the game. So RE7's subtitle makes sense in both a gameplay sense and story sense
Yeah I thought it was a weird issue for him to bring up- biohazard grosses me out with the mold and bugs and grime in a way none of the others have ever pushed
And it makes even more sense for the Japanese version, the series has always had biohazards as the main theme, and 7 is the first one to actually have evil residents as the antagonists.
You fight biological hazards in every RE game.
@@projectpitchfork860 Exactly, hence why the main title of "Biohazard" in Japan makes sense for every game, so it should make sense as a subtitle for RE7 where again, mold is considered an actual biohazard. Plus the subtitle does have some story significance, which I added on to my original comment
@@ToonJotaro18 the subtitle "Biohazard" would literally work on any of the RE games though, there ain't much special about 7 that would make it THAT much more important. Biohazards are the major theme behind the series, and EVERY SINGLE GAME in the series has them to some extent.
9:49
In defense of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, adding the 'Biohazard' subtitle not only references the franchise's Japanese title, but it represents the 'back-to-basic' direction Capcom emphasized with this new entry. The game served more or less like a soft reboot and return to the survival horror that made the RE series famous, so having "Biohazard" or "Resident Evil" as the official subtitles was subtle indication to long-time fans that the game had returned to the franchise's roots.
Though if that's the case wtf is up with Blue Umbrella thing.
@@vagamer522 That's why it's "more or less" a soft reboot. The game was completely removed of Resident Evil lore until Capcom shoehorned Chris Redfield and the Umbrella Corporation into the ending and DLC like a chronic stomach infection.
I'd like to add to this: In defense of Super Metroid, the baby grows to be big, and is a Metroid, so technically while Super Metroid is a goofy name, it's also descriptive of the main goal of the game.
Even though its by far the least focused on biohazard looking scenarios and style. Even 6 felt more biohazard
@@CYB3R2K You take that back and apologise to the children.
That being said, 7 also has the destinction of having "resident evil" make sense again, after the first one the title just are two words that they kept just to know it's part of a series.
Holy Shit, Scott talked about The World Ends with You. He literally did better than Square Enix's marketing by mention it in 2 videos.
Scott should work with them.
The what? Doesn't ring any bells
which is truly a crime against humanity on square's part because that series slaps.
one of my favorite silly game title series has to be guilty gear. you have:
guilty gear: the missing link
guilty gear X
guilty gear XX
guilty gear 2 (this one isnt even a fighting game)
guilty gear Xrd (like X the third)
guilty gear strive (where the IV is highlighted)
mind you this list is extremely simplified and does not include all the different updates and versions
We all know full well what would have happened if they added another X.
Guilty gear XXX: gone sexual
And this is JUST a BIT of the GG series, don't even get me started on the rest of the games ArcSys made
Guilty gear y=mx+b
Guilty Gear StrIVe II
this episode feels like an updated version of AVGN's chronologically confused video and i love it!
Missed change to call it Chronologically Confused 2: Scott the Woz edition.
So teue
Yes.
Now that I think about it Scott videos feel like a modern with a somewhat different kind of humor AVGN episode
@@LangeManGlenn New Super Chronically Confused 64 2: Scott the Woz Edition Remix HD
Scott's rant on Battlefield titles was waaaay too relatable. I've been a full-on fan ever since Battlefield 4, and it took me a really long time to get a grasp of the franchise's release timeline...
Love how Scott played his og outro in the beginning while talking about nostalgia, went right over everyone’s heads lmao
It doesn't.
@@GeospaciallyGone it does, listen closely
I'm pretty sure he has done that in other videos aswell
oh, i was confused
i would like to point out that at 12:32 scott actually put down his name as "Scott 'Will Eventually Take A Look At The First Mega Man' Wozniak (working title)", now that's dedication
Only the real Scott the Woz fans remember “Game Titles - Scott the Woz”
Yes
The old days
I remember
the good ol' days
yep
I love the running gag of Scott’s middle name, especially when he slips it so subtly, like at 12:31.
Scott’s middle name is “The”
where in the video
@@joostine3720 I edited it into the main comment now.
@@MaesterMike gotcha thanks lol
The reason theres a "Super mario 3D land" and a "Super mario 3D world" is a direct reference to Super mario world and Super mario land on the Gameboy and SNES.
One being the smaller and portable version, being restricted to simply a piece of land/country, while world representing the entirety of it, the whole big thing. Perfect for a hefty console plugged into a TV.
I find these games pretty clever with that knowledge. Although its clear it confuses anyone who doesn't catch the reference, which seems to be everyone.
Well I'll be damned.
I can’t believe he made a video about Game Titles and didn’t mention the greatest title in all of gaming history:
Disney’s Video Game starring Hercules
He could’ve died from a brain tumor from that.
*Action game.
Actually, it's Disney's Action Game Featuring BIRDS!!!
That's actully the 2nd greatest game title in gaming history (it's a common misconception). The actual greatest vidoe game title in all of history is....
Peter Jackson's King Kong The Official Game of the Movie
@@21stCenturyFilmmaker
that's up there with Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game, nice!
Wow I sure do love watching a UA-cam video on Game Titles by Scott the Woz for the first time today!
Lol
The Lore deepens!
Nice
@Jack Wrath 🤓
Ace Attorney is a funny example. All the games have their own unique name alongside the main series name, but only in the localized version. In Japan, the games just use the series name followed by a number. No special titles. Guess special names sold well outside of Japan?
5:51 it may be a bit of a cop-out, but there are 64 shards in total in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
So is it Kirby: The 64 Crystal Shards?
@@ivrxr8693 pls dont. There I already a full reply section here questioning titles because of Charles Martinet
15:04 I had to deal with this so much as a kid. I played a lot of LEGO games growing up, and the ads for them implied that all the platforms a game released on were the same version. However, at least for the DS ports, the gameplay was vastly different. So much content would be cut or changed, but my young self did not know that. As a result, I always thought that Star Wars III, Harry Potter Years 1-4, and Indiana Jones (1) were just really bad for the longest time. It wasn’t until I found a cartridge for Lord of the Rings for the DS (a game that I already had for the PS3) that I realized the differences in game versions didn’t stop at graphical upgrades.
It just would’ve been so nice if TT advertised or at least titled the significantly altered ports to indicate how they deviated from other versions.
I remember buying lego marvel super heroes for the 3ds as a kid and being totally confused that it was completely different from the trailers I watched online
@@ericf.a8623 Exact same thing happened to me. I loved watching that game on YT and playing it on my friend's Wii U. Got my parents to buy me the 3DS version as a kid and it's still one of the worst things I own.
Repent to Jesus Christ “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”
Romans 12:21 NIV
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@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3 Lego Bible is kinda cool, but the ds version sucks
@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3 And why did they have to call it the New Testament anyways?! Old Testament 2: The adventures of Jesus Christ would've made so much more sense.
The OG 'Game Titles - Scott The Woz' was a true masterpiece. I remember it like it only came out a few minutes ago. It was a time like no other, you honestly just had to be there.
I was there! Anyone know why he delete it,m
@@NilsMueller he didn't sensor a word
@@Kromer__ thanks, i wasn't quite sure why such a classic video needed a re-release so soon.
@@mind-of-neo ...You alright there?
@@mind-of-neo gurl it's an editing style
Before “Shin Megami Tensei” Atlus released “Megami Tensei” on the original Famicom, which was based on a book series called Digital Devil Story, but everyone just called it Megami Tensei because that was the subtitle of the first book in the series. Megami Tensei means “Reincarnation of the Goddess” roughly, but the point of adding “Shin” is that after the SNES came out in japan, just like how tons of games here added "Super" to their titles, in Japan "Shin" was added alot, but not the kanji used in SMT's title, the different one that means “New” 新
SMT used the other kanji that means "True" 真.
So basically, the play on words is a "homophone" Where the word is pronounced the same way as another word, but it has a different meaning based on how it's spelled. It's like if you made a game called "Sword of the Black Night" Saying it outloud, it would sound like you're saying Knight, because the context implies thats the word you're using, but you're not. The context here is releasing on the super famicom when a ton of other "Shin" games were coming out, but instead of meaning the new version of the game, you read it as “The True Reincarnation of the Goddess” 真・女神転生
Why not use the one that means "death"
@@charliekahn4205 Because that’s actually “Shi” 死 and it would paint a hopeless picture for the game when the title is supposed to be beautiful. The twist is that the “Goddess” is actually the spirit of Tokyo and the Japanese people, rising again after tragedy and being unbroken, just like after the atomic bombs.
So jp went through the new titles beforw en..
Now I just imagine a game without shins, and a game with shins.
When he read through the Battlefield titles I felt his pain
I felt pain when he skipped Hardline entirely
I like how when Scott is talking about nostalgia, Breakout (his old outro) is playing in the background
Breakout is still his outro on YT.
@@katsuover for his new videos he sadly has to use a different outro named break in
WAIT THATS SO CLEVER
time stamp?
nvm
Scott: "You can only get so far without [game titles]"
Me: Alright, so I need a game about an Italian plumber who eats mushrooms and saves a princess from a giant fire-breathing worms, with his brother, and they can consume a fungus that makes them bigger or a flower that makes them shoot rocket fuel out of their hands. Can you get me that?
Clerk: f*k it, give him *clu clu land*
I'd say that's a win
ah yes bowser the worms
Ah yes Bowser the giant fire breathing -turtle- *WORM*
no idea where i got the worms from lmao. should I edit?
@@spooderman6312 nah it’s funny keep it
Ahh, I see Scott has now entered the "I can't read" arc of his career.
I replayed this video after a breakup to make me laugh. Thanks for always being there for me Scott
Some people get mad when Sonic '06 is called "Sonic Adventure 3". Apparently, that's much more offensive than the game's official title, "Sonic the Hedgehog".
Yeah that was a nightmare
Can I just say, the 2013 reboot for Devil May Cry, titled "DmC: Devil May Cry", is a title that is a crime against humanity. Thankfully, the series unrebooted itself, going from Devil May Cry 4, the reboot DmC: Devil May Cry, to Devil May Cry V... with a roman numeral.
Devil May Cry 5 does not use a roman numeral. The logo literally has a "5" in it, and the official title used on the website, the game box, press releases, and even internally at Capcom is "Devil May Cry 5".
I want to see a series that titles its sequels by amount of reduncancy. GTA 2 would be called GTA: Grand Theft Auto; GTA 3 would be called GTA3: GTA Grand Theft Auto, etc.
That’s not true. It’s just called Devil May Cry 5 with the legit number.
I thought he was gonna talk about that one. DmC it's indeed s crime against humanity, just down right atrocious.
@@oddyquinn i thought the wings were the roman numeral
so nice he had to upload it twice!
This has suddenly given me a whole new perspective of sympathy for people who try to alphabetize their game catalog.
Same here
0:30 Thank you Ed. I am truly honored that the first ever thing you named was me.
0:33 me when I saw this comment
Oh my gosh you're real I'm your biggest fan
I remember when this first came out, all those minutes ago.
@Jack Wrath 🤓
Scott should create a brand new character that is just a stereotypical influencer. These impresssions of them are too good!
18:34 I just notice that the video of Scott Hates Breath of the Wild, have the new UA-cam layout, while the footage comes from the old 2017/2021 layout.
Not gonna lie, I was a little iffy about the first "Game Titles - Scott the Woz" video, but now that this "Game Titles - Scott the Woz" video dropped, I'm completely hyped!
12:30
I'm so incredibly happy that he's still keeping up with the "Scott 'Will Eventually Take a Look at the First Mega Man' Wozniak (Working Title)" bit. It's the background gag that gets better every time.
EDIT: Add "Scott Hates Breath of the Wild" to the list.
My favorite (or rather, least favorite) example of video game title confusion is definitely Harvest Moon vs Story of Seasons. For those who don’t know the Japanese game series Bokujou Monogatari (which translates to Farm Story) was originally called Harvest Moon in the West, but after Marvelous and XSeed decided to stop working with the localizer Natsume, it was decided that Natsume still had the rights to the name Harvest Moon and is allowed to publish games under that title. The real Bokujo Monogatari games are now called Story of Seasons, but Natsume is making their own farming games using the Harvest Moon names to try to confuse fans into buying the wrong games and convince them that Story of Seasons is the knock-off even though it’s the other way around. So Harvest Moon A Tale of Two is an authentic Bokujo game but Harvest Moon 3D The Lost Valley isn’t, while Story of Seasons is the real deal… and all came out on the same console, the 3DS. Confusing, isn’t it?
@Holonboy Wow, I had no idea about that! Natsume sure does play dirty… When I was a kid Harvest Moon 64 was my favorite game, in fact it is still my favorite game to this day, and the fact that Natsume put their name in the opening credits before the actual game developers absolutely tricked me into thinking they’re the ones who made it. They also put their name above Victor Interactive Software’s (now part of Marvelous) on the title screen, and even put their name on the front of the game’s American box, while the actual creator’s logo was nowhere to be found! It really hurts that the company I idolized for supposedly making my favorite game as a child was misleading me the whole time, and that they tried to use fans’ misplaced trust to make a quick buck off of the actual developers hard work!
Good riddance to Natsume. Aren't their translations pretty bad? I know A Wonderful Life has an awful one.
i love when sub-series have their own subtitles, like Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates, or Mega Man Battle Network 5: Double Team DS
Fun fact: The reason why Nintendo uses 'New' alot is because of the translation from Japanese to English. The word 'Shin' in japanese means new, so when it's translated to english, it comes out as new.
New magami tensi
Ah man the limited edition version of this video was GREAT! The guys who are watching the re-release just HAD to be there.
For real
20:48
I bought this game when my town lost power and internet for a week or two because of a storm that covered everything in ice. I think all of that really clouded my judgement and led me to get.
358/2 days makes sense when you realize Roxas was only ever really alive for an entire year and lost everything he had grown to love in the space of 2 days. It's shockingly heartbreaking
But why are you putting the whole plot in the title?
I thought it was 358 over 2 Days with the "2" resembling both Roxas and Xion as in the story and life of these 2 intertwined beings.
@@ivrxr8693it’s funny
12:04 - EA actually had a similar naming problem a decade earlier with their _Triple Play_ baseball games, as somehow that series' titles wound up being a year ahead of the rest of EA's yearly sports games; example being _Triple Play 2001,_ which came out in March of 2000, weeks before the start of the 2000 MLB season. The next year they set about correcting this once and for all, starting with 2001's generically-titled _Triple Play Baseball_ and then _Triple Play 2002_ finally righting the ship... just in time for the series to be rebooted the next year with _MVP Baseball 2003_ anyways.
So glad you managed to escape jacksfilms' dungeon! Only God knows how much suffering you had to go through binging the entire Kidz Bop track history.
Wow such an original video. Not like it happened like 45 minutes ago.
think the first one wasn’t loading properly
TRUE
It definitely didn't happen...
THATS WHAT IM SAYING
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I'm from Philippines and the title of this video is "Game titles - Scott the Woz 3D Blast"
My favorite title is Scott The Woz
Subtitle:Virginity Continues!
Same
@@tanjoy0205 yes
You should have mentioned the NES and GB Mega Man games. It's genius. The NES Mega Man games all use Arabic numerals while the GB games all use Roman Numerals. And the first GB Mega Man uses a subtitle so it can't be confused with the fist NES game. Then the GBC Mega Man X games ruined it by being called Xtreme when they're anything but...
18:52 the fact that I actually sneezed before Scott said this makes it all the more unsettling...
Scott is in your walls.
Me too
I think my favorite franchise when it comes to title fiascos is punchout . First off we have the arcade game called punchout and then we have the arcade sequel called super punchout. Soon after Nintendo released a boxing game and watch which they rebranded in some places as punchout despite having nothing to do with the arcade games. Then they tried to port the arcade game to NES but due to hardware limitations ended up creating a completely different game with a puzzle focus, new opponents and actual story and named protagonists, featuring multiple rounds and in genral playing very differently from the arcade version but just being called punchout featuring either mike Tyson or mr dream. Then they made a Super Nintendo sequel which played much more like the arcade games than the NES games did and because it was on the Super Nintendo it was called super punchout giving it the same name as the arcade game, despite being a completely original game with 10 original fighters and having 16 fights as opposed to the 5 fights in the arcade version. So it’s not a port of the arcade super punchout nor is it a sequel to the NES punchout because it has nothing to do with it story wise. Then they decided to make it even more confusing when next level games made a punchout game on the Wii and instead of giving it a unique subtitle or anything like that it’s just punchout and it’s like a weird spiritual reboot of the NES game, not a sequel and has nothing to with the arcade game, and it is just different enough structurally and content wise to not be a remake either. Basically Nintendo released 4 completely different games names punchout and 2 completely different games named super punchout and that’s not even getting into the mess that is it’s spin-off arm wrestling in the arcade, which features the same announcer(don James), some punchout characters like bald bull, is made as a conversion kit in addition to a standalone cabinet just like super punchout was to punchout, yet it’s title give no inclination that these games are related.
Bro made an essay on punchout for no apparent reason. Dang.
For all I knew punch out had 2 games the SNES one and the Wii one
0:35 Shocked he only briefly covered Kingdom Hearts later, and that fact that the title used at the said timestamp is pronounced "Kingdom Hearts: 358 Days/2" despite not being put in that order... (It is telling the story of 2 characters, Roxas and Xion.)
Isn't it "358 and a half days" since the game ends on day 359?
@@terrytheblackmage4799 Nope, Nomura explained it is 358 Days/ (over) 2 because "the gane covers 358 days over 2 peoples lives"
3D World and 3D Land always made sense to me. Super Mario World was a console title, and Land was for the Gameboy. Continuing the trend with World for consoles, and Land for handhelds.
Exactly my thoughts.
I never realized that, that's smart!
yeah but even back then these titles didn't make sense
@ well, even in the earliest iteration it's clear they at least wanted to differentiate naming conventions between handhelds and consoles. I guess "land" is viewed as a smaller idea than "world" which makes sense. There's really not much more I could think of beyond that
And now they have to call the next game in that style Land World 3D because there is nothing differentiating handheld and console anymore.
the fact that Scott can make a video on anything video game related is incredible
I tell myself that the canonical explanation for the title Super Metroid is how the infant metroid ends up becoming giant and powerful - thus a "Super" Metroid.
Only Scott could make a half hour video on game titles entertaining
Something a lot of people forget, Duke Nukem 3D was actually the 3rd game in the series. Being the first animated in 3D made the name seem clever even though many games were using 3D at the time because 3D was new.
Not to be confused with games on 3DS which had 3D as the title because it was the first time in 3D by having depth perception with a special screen.
Damn thank god this is gonna be the last "Game Titles - Scott The Woz" Scott is gonna release.
@Jack Wrath shut
@Jack Wrath 🤓
For the weird over-eplanatory European titles, i can think of a simple explanations for that. Asides from a few series who got a specific localisation in French, German or Spanish, when a game come to Europe, it's usually one single European versions (multi-language if europeans are Lucky, english only if the dev don't have the money/don't think a world exist outside of the US) . And that single European version uses the same title, in english everywhere. so while some english words are more or less understandable by anyone, either because they're widely borrowed word like "star" or "cool" or because they refer to something that has the same (or very similar), english name everywhere, other are not as self-explanatory to a non-english speaker as they are to a english.
Exemple: "Mario Strikers". Out of context, a non english speaker won't imediately get that it's about football, because the player who shoot at the goal is only called a striker in english. French, Spanish, Germans, Italians have their own words for that.
"Mario Striker charged Football" that's clear. Football is called like that, or something close like futbol, everywhere.
Dream Team bros has no excuse, though.
Only Scott could talk about words for 30 minutes and make it enjoyable.
0:55 usually in the MCU they don’t give us these big cameos till the end but Scott new that the fans would want target employee there at the start of the story
I love this new video! It only released 2 minutes ago but it feels like I already know where it will go!
@Jack Wrath lmao you nerd emojid yourself
@Jack Wrath 🤓
Another case would be the Story of Seasons (Bokujo Monogatari) series, which used to be localized by Natsume as Harvest Moon, then after the producers of Bokujo Monogatari acquired a localization company of their own, they needed to change the name of their games since Natsume owns the rights for "Harvest Moon", this is why Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town was remastered under Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town a few years ago
On the subject of titles with the year in them, you also have the King of Fighters series which did the reverse of Just Dance where it started out as a yearly arcade release from 1994 to 2003, then switched to roman numerals when development started taking longer (the series is now on its fifteenth main entry). What gets kinda confusing for those not in the know is you have enhanced versions of a couple entries that had years in the title, most prominently King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match and King of Fighters '02 Unlimited Match, which came out years after the vanilla releases.
28:56 very much yes, especially when it has two, like Gravity Daze, being first "Project Gravity" and then the Japanese title, "Gravity Rush".
I understand that like, the main character is in a Daze, but Gravity Rush is so much more exciting
Glad to get a sequel to Game Titles - Scott the Woz! That’s one of my favorites!
20:22 BY FAR my most favorite bit of the whole video
26:20 Disney Epic Mickey is called Mickey Epic in Europe. I don‘t really know why they thought that they HAD to change it
As a european, I have never heard anyone call it Mickey Epic. Are you sure that's correct?
The funny thing about the cross is, it's not supposed to be an x, it's supposed to be ×, but so many series just use an x which just adds to the confusion most people have regarding ×.
You see an X in a game title. Do you you pronounce it:
a. "Ex"
b. "Cross"
c. "Ten"
d. None of the above
@@LuvzToLol21 e. All of the above
@@LuvzToLol21 "multiplied by"
@@LuvzToLol21 Gonna start calling it "Guilty Gear Noneoftheaboverd"
The Cartesian product of Street Fighter and Tekken
I love Scott's writing. I mean that was half an hour of gold
yup he's awesome.
I’m glad this is my first Scott the Woz video.
Who here remembers "Scott the Woz 1 - Definitive edition?"
The funniest thing about Pokken Tournament is that here in germany, they actually *did* call it Pokemon Tekken.
Because Pokken sounds like Pocken, the german word for Pox. And I know Pokemon basically spreads like pox, but still not the best way to advertise your game.
In dutch the word pokken even literally means pox, they still called it Pokkén Tournament though haha
Goal: Start watching this on New Year's Eve at 11:36:02PM so that the ball drops on 23:56.
16:20 it had a volume 0 (pre neo geo game collection) on psp, but only in Japan.
This is already an instant classic I can just tell
4:52 I absolutely adore the Game Grumps reference thrown out of nowhere
I love your ending theme, I had it stuck in my head last night
9:49 I think “biohazard” is referring the the “mold” from the game which is pretty central to both it and village