Is there a name for Nintendo's weird method of titling games?

Basically it's shit like this that gets me down sometimes over how Nintendo releases/ports its games onto its handhelds.

In my mind I envision this situation in a boardroom somewhere at Square Enix (heck, maybe some of the Hitman Absolution trailer guys are present too).

- See, it's on the 3DS, right?
- ...right.

- And our game's in 3D, see?

- Okay...
- So instead of calling it just Kingdom Hearts 3D, why don't we add...
- Umm.
- ...on a few more words to emphasize our... D-ness. How many D-words, you ask?
- (sighs)...how many D-words.
- All the D-words.

Et voila! There you have it, folks - Dream Drop Distance! What has that got to do with the game? Who cares - it's a Japanese thing and they come up with random guff all the time! Hell, you could probably slap on Dick Donger Douchebag and no one would bat an eyelid.

Now I don't have any problem with plain ole titling like, say, Picross DS (god I forgot how much I love that game), because it's more or less there to avoid confusion with - I dunno - some other Picross title on another platform. But at some point somewhere down the line, someone went waaaaaaaaaaaaay overboard. There are other titles out there guilty of this practice, though I am loathe to dig them up. I guess it probably stems from Nintendo's habit of adding "Super" on to everything when the SNES came out? And then they did the same crap with the N64. And of course you probably saw ZombiU during E3.

So getting to my question - is there a name for this concept? Does GB have it? If not, why don't we make one up? I'm totally open to suggestions, because "Nintendo's Shitty System of Titling Games Released on its Platforms" doesn't really roll off the tongue.

I don't think Nintendo is responsible for the name of that game but I believe the pattern is alliteration.

But that's a Squeenix game

Well I suppose I should have titled it something along the lines of Weird Names of Games Released on Nintendo's Platforms but there's somewhat of a character limit in the thread titles.

This topic is so stupid.

1. Nintendo had absolutely fuck all with the naming of this game.

2. You can't name a single other game that follows this convention.

Like when that Advance Wars game for the DS came out? And they had to add Dual Strike CAUSE IT'S INITIALS ARE D AND S? Shit like that is dumb.

Although I thought this was about how godawful and long some names of Japanese games are.

@Salbert: @EXTomar: @Jack268: Again, I think he's referring more to the point that Dream Drop Distance can (kinda) be shortened to 3D. This isn't a new tread, stuff like Advance Wars: Dual Strike (DS) and Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (again, DS) have been doing it for years. He probably should have phrased it different, but I knew what he meant.

It's called a backronym.

http://www.giantbomb.com/ninja-gaiden-dragon-sword/61-21178/

@TooWalrus said:

@Salbert: @EXTomar: @Jack268: Again, I think he's referring more to the point that Dream Drop Distance can (kinda) be shortened to 3D. This isn't a new tread, stuff like Advance Wars: Dual Strike (DS) and Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (again, DS) have been doing it for years. He probably should have phrased it different, but I knew what he meant.

Yah, even going back to the Super Nintendo, When they would stick Super infront of everything.

If there isnt a page, I think there should be.

I think that there are 3 'D' words is pretty cool actually.

Consoltle? console + title.

Systle? system + title.

Dunno, send the question to the Bombcast.

@Salbert said:

This topic is so stupid.

I love you too.

Well, there's this concept page, if that helps.

I'll call it the Nintendo Curse as of now. Remember how all SNES games had to be called Super [Some previous game]? Or N64 games were [Some game] 64? Then the GBA got [Here's a game] Advance(d)? Then DS games got their freak on either with DS or this?

@BeachThunder said:

Well, there's this concept page, if that helps.

That page is great. I wouldn't have found this game otherwise.

I like that type of naming. At least they have to work on the name of game for a second.

Well I suppose I should have titled it something along the lines of Weird Names of Games Released on Nintendo's Platforms but there's somewhat of a character limit in the thread titles.

Took me way too long to figure out what you meant by titling,Tilting? Titilating? Oh, Title-ing. I'm an idiot.

I think Kingdom hearts is one of the few nintendo platform games with a truly weird title. Super Mario: Galaxy, Legend of Zelda, maybe Metroid is a little weird, but the rest are pretty standard.

@Video_Game_King: Well Dig Dug: Digging Strike is just taking the piss.

@dudeglove:

Prepare for a 3DS remake of that with exactly the same name.

@Ravenlight said:

@BeachThunder said:

Well, there's this concept page, if that helps.

That page is great. I wouldn't have found this game otherwise.

And I wouldn't have found out that a Yu-Gi-Oh game was released on my birthday. Why why why why why?

It's called Shitliteration.

@Video_Game_King: Dig Dug: Double Down?

@dudeglove:

That's one D too many.

I mean, this basically started back with the SNES right? It's kind of their thing.

@cyraxible said:

It's called a backronym.

I like that.

Oh man, the Kingdom Hearts games have the worst subtitles.

@dudeglove: Dig Dug: Three Digging Simulations

@ck1nd said:

@dudeglove: Dig Dug: Three Digging Simulations

We have a winner.