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VVVVVV

Game » consists of 6 releases. First released on Jan 10, 2010

VVVVVV, pronounced "the letter V six times", is an indie 2D puzzle platformer developed by Terry Cavanagh, in which players, rather than jumping, invert their own gravity to cover gaps and avoid obstacles.

Any one else think they messed up this Title?

#1 Posted by papercut (2966 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

I just think it should be called VVVVV instead of VVVVVV. You know, five Vs instead of 6. Five. Like the Roman numeral V. Get it? It's funny. 
 
I understand it represents the people you save in the game but, I just think it's a missed opportunity.

#2 Posted by Heartbreak (288 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

WWW

#3 Posted by sterbacblu (218 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

Sort of like how the original Left 4 Dead box had a right hand missing it's thumb rather than a left hand.  Now that would have been a huge opportunity missed.

#4 Posted by Azteck (7330 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

I thought it was one V for every crew member you rescue? In which case, they didn't mess up since you actually do rescue 6 crew members.

#5 Posted by CaptainFish (454 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

It is a crew of 6, but since you play one of them you only rescue 5.

#6 Posted by adoggz (1878 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

i dun get it how is wwv better than www?

#7 Posted by JJOR64 (18123 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

It should have been called VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV.

#8 Edited by FluxWaveZ (17868 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

It should have been called AAAAAA to represent spikes and the reactions of the player better.

#9 Posted by Korolev (1354 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

No, not really. The whole "V" thing was not only in reference to the characters you save, but also the up-down-up-down-up-down motion of the main character, the way you flip as you move, kinda makes a V shaped trajectory, and when you string the V's together, it kind of looks like a zig-zag line. As for choosing 6 V's over 5 V's, yeah, they did miss an opportunity to make a "V is the Roman numeral for 5" pun, but eh, that's probably not what they were going for anyway. Also, the spikes look like Vs.

#10 Posted by Gamer_152 (13243 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

I think six Vs is better. Like Korolev said they represent the six characters of the game.

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