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Evolician
05/05/18 6:33:33 PM
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Zelda games. They're not about Zelda. Some of the games don't even have Zelda in them at all. You play as Link so they should be called The Legend of Link! Yeah, I know Nintendo tried to explain this by saying "It's the legend of Zelda because Zelda is the reincarnation of the Goddess," or some dumb stuff but that's stupid.

Imagine if they called Super Mario 64 "The Legend of Peach." It's called Mario because you play as Mario. It's called Kirby because you play as Kirby. It's called Halo because you play as John Halo.

And then there's Metroid. It shouldn't be called Metroid. Is every game about Metroids? Nope. Metroid Prime is hardly about Metroids (more so the sequels). They can't just keep having Space Pirates (or someone else) trying to bring them back to use as bioweapons. That's stupid. The Metroids are supposed to be all dead! Samus killed them all in da second game for corn's sake!
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redeadlink
05/05/18 6:34:35 PM
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TheMarthKoopa
05/05/18 6:35:20 PM
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Donkey Kong isn't even a Donkey
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Tyranthraxus
05/05/18 6:35:22 PM
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Evolician posted...
Is every game about Metroids?

What? Yes it is. Metroids may not always appear but the game is still about them.
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l Dudeboy l
05/05/18 6:35:52 PM
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TheMarthKoopa posted...
Donkey Kong isn't even a Donkey


You fucking what mate?
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Evolician
05/05/18 6:40:52 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
Evolician posted...
Is every game about Metroids?

What? Yes it is. Metroids may not always appear but the game is still about them.

Metroid 1 & 2, yeah. Super Metroid has some Metroid is the game (and one special Metroid in particular) but I wouldn't say it's about Metroids. Metroid Fusion isn't about Metroids until Samus finds out they were trying to weaponize Metroids again. which doesn't happen until the end of the game.
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Jiggy101011
05/05/18 6:49:04 PM
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What a stupid topic. Final Fantasy isnt the "Final" of anything.
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Anime_Killer17
05/05/18 6:56:02 PM
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It's called the legend of Zelda because the main focus is always Zelda and it's her legend, link just plays a part in it.

It's Metroid because it's an homage to Alien. You don't see every film or other video game being named after the main characters.
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joe40001
05/05/18 6:57:02 PM
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TheMarthKoopa posted...
Donkey Kong isn't even a Donkey

lol
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Returning_CEmen
05/05/18 7:02:54 PM
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Luigi doesn't own the Mansion.
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Evolician
05/05/18 7:02:56 PM
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Anime_Killer17 posted...
It's called the legend of Zelda because the main focus is always Zelda

How is she the main focus of Link's Awakening? Or Majora's Mask? Or the Oracle games? She's definitely not the focus in Twilight Princess, that game is about Midna, and Zelda dies halfway through.

Anime_Killer17 posted...
it's her legend, link just plays a part in it.

You can just as easily say It's Link's legend, Zelda just plays a part in it. Which she does.
In Zelda 2 she's asleep the whole game. In the Minish Cap she's a rock the whole game. Doesn't sound very legendary. Link is the one doing legendary things.
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Banjo2553
05/05/18 7:10:27 PM
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Evolician posted...
Zelda dies halfway through.

Then it's revealed she actually...wasn't, for some reason.
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WilliamPorygon
05/05/18 7:10:47 PM
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New Super Mario Bros. is almost 12 years old
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TendoDRM
05/05/18 7:25:21 PM
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Fox McCloud isn't even a cloud.
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Raikuro
05/05/18 7:28:47 PM
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Kirby isn't even a vacuum cleaner
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dragonsmasher
05/05/18 7:31:03 PM
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Evolician posted...
Tyranthraxus posted...
Evolician posted...
Is every game about Metroids?

What? Yes it is. Metroids may not always appear but the game is still about them.

Metroid 1 & 2, yeah. Super Metroid has some Metroid is the game (and one special Metroid in particular) but I wouldn't say it's about Metroids. Metroid Fusion isn't about Metroids until Samus finds out they were trying to weaponize Metroids again. which doesn't happen until the end of the game.

But she gets saved by a vaccine made using a metroid in the opening.
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Blue_Target
05/05/18 7:34:41 PM
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The Last of Us isn't even the last in the series.
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Evolician
05/05/18 10:04:51 PM
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Nobody played Metroid Prime Federation Force but I'm going to assume that game wasn't about Metroids.

Banjo2553 posted...
Evolician posted...
Zelda dies halfway through.

Then it's revealed she actually...wasn't, for some reason.

Yeah that was always very strange to me. She just shows up and there's no explanation how or why. And then for some reason Ganondorf takes over her body???
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pegusus123456
05/05/18 10:06:18 PM
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dragonsmasher posted...
Evolician posted...
Tyranthraxus posted...
Evolician posted...
Is every game about Metroids?

What? Yes it is. Metroids may not always appear but the game is still about them.

Metroid 1 & 2, yeah. Super Metroid has some Metroid is the game (and one special Metroid in particular) but I wouldn't say it's about Metroids. Metroid Fusion isn't about Metroids until Samus finds out they were trying to weaponize Metroids again. which doesn't happen until the end of the game.

But she gets saved by a vaccine made using a metroid in the opening.

Yeah, Samus is the Metroid in Fusion lol
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CapnMuffin
05/05/18 10:08:06 PM
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Final Fantasy... 15
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Panthera
05/05/18 10:10:05 PM
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I was disappointed when Mario Odyssey didn't take me 20 years to beat
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Evolician
05/05/18 10:12:39 PM
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pegusus123456 posted...
Yeah, Samus is the Metroid in Fusion lol

You know what, that's a very fair point.

Well then it's too bad that Nintendo hasn't made a proper sequel to Metroid Fusion.
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inloveanddeath0
05/05/18 10:13:36 PM
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Jiggy101011 posted...
What a stupid topic. Final Fantasy isnt the "Final" of anything.

Some wish it was
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8-bit_Biceps
05/05/18 10:15:06 PM
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Super Smash Bros. doesn't even have Smash Bros. in it. What's a Smash Bro? Never heard of him.
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RoboLaserGandhi
05/05/18 10:17:21 PM
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Why does it have to be titled over the main character? The game is about Zelda.
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dameon_reaper
05/05/18 10:17:44 PM
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Panthera posted...
I was disappointed when Mario Odyssey didn't take me 20 years to beat


Man, I hope that's a reference to the Odyssey cuz then I'd be really pissed to actually go "aha!" about it lol

Also, i don't get this topic.

Legend of Zelda starts off about zelda and then is about Zelda on every occasion up until it isn't...but that doesn't mean squat. Legend of Zelda is about the hero, Link, and is about Link in every game and doesn't fall from that in any of the games.

Heck, in some games, you have like 4 of them because who cares about 1 Link when you can get 3 more!
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Banjo2553
05/05/18 10:24:52 PM
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Evolician posted...
Nobody played Metroid Prime Federation Force but I'm going to assume that game wasn't about Metroids.

Banjo2553 posted...
Evolician posted...
Zelda dies halfway through.

Then it's revealed she actually...wasn't, for some reason.

Yeah that was always very strange to me. She just shows up and there's no explanation how or why. And then for some reason Ganondorf takes over her body???

Same. I love the game but that was strange. I was paying attention too and, I think no mention was made whatsoever of Ganondorf resurrected and Zelda being captured, even up to the point Zant is defeated...suddenly Midna gets that idea without being told about it whatsoever. Maybe I missed something.
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dameon_reaper
05/05/18 10:29:48 PM
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Banjo2553 posted...
Evolician posted...
Nobody played Metroid Prime Federation Force but I'm going to assume that game wasn't about Metroids.

Banjo2553 posted...
Evolician posted...
Zelda dies halfway through.

Then it's revealed she actually...wasn't, for some reason.

Yeah that was always very strange to me. She just shows up and there's no explanation how or why. And then for some reason Ganondorf takes over her body???

Same. I love the game but that was strange. I was paying attention too and, I think no mention was made whatsoever of Ganondorf resurrected and Zelda being captured, even up to the point Zant is defeated...suddenly Midna gets that idea without being told about it whatsoever. Maybe I missed something.


by resurrected, you mean escaping the Sacred Realm right? I don't remember Ganon dying at any point in that game, at least.
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masticatingman
05/05/18 10:31:47 PM
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Zelda is the princess hes trying to save. Good enough for me ffs
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SpiralDrift
05/05/18 10:33:14 PM
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pegusus123456 posted...
Yeah, Samus is the Metroid in Fusion lol

Metroid is a pretty cool girl.
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Banjo2553
05/05/18 10:33:58 PM
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dameon_reaper posted...
Banjo2553 posted...
Evolician posted...
Nobody played Metroid Prime Federation Force but I'm going to assume that game wasn't about Metroids.

Banjo2553 posted...
Evolician posted...
Zelda dies halfway through.

Then it's revealed she actually...wasn't, for some reason.

Yeah that was always very strange to me. She just shows up and there's no explanation how or why. And then for some reason Ganondorf takes over her body???

Same. I love the game but that was strange. I was paying attention too and, I think no mention was made whatsoever of Ganondorf resurrected and Zelda being captured, even up to the point Zant is defeated...suddenly Midna gets that idea without being told about it whatsoever. Maybe I missed something.


by resurrected, you mean escaping the Sacred Realm right? I don't remember Ganon dying at any point in that game, at least.

Yeah.
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dameon_reaper
05/05/18 10:35:06 PM
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Banjo2553 posted...
dameon_reaper posted...
Banjo2553 posted...
Evolician posted...
Nobody played Metroid Prime Federation Force but I'm going to assume that game wasn't about Metroids.

Banjo2553 posted...
Evolician posted...
Zelda dies halfway through.

Then it's revealed she actually...wasn't, for some reason.

Yeah that was always very strange to me. She just shows up and there's no explanation how or why. And then for some reason Ganondorf takes over her body???

Same. I love the game but that was strange. I was paying attention too and, I think no mention was made whatsoever of Ganondorf resurrected and Zelda being captured, even up to the point Zant is defeated...suddenly Midna gets that idea without being told about it whatsoever. Maybe I missed something.


by resurrected, you mean escaping the Sacred Realm right? I don't remember Ganon dying at any point in that game, at least.

Yeah.


oh okay, I was being sure. Its been years since I played TP.
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GiftedACIII
05/05/18 10:40:16 PM
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Resident Evil. none of the games after the first one take place in a residence. House of the Dead. Only the first and third game took place in a "house" and even then it's more like giant tower/lab. Etrian Odysssey, only the first game took place in somewhere called Etria.
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Shadowplay
05/05/18 10:47:08 PM
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GiftedACIII posted...
Resident Evil. none of the games after the first one take place in a residence.

A large portion of 0 takes place in a "research facility" that is clearly a re-purposed mansion.
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dameon_reaper
05/05/18 10:48:08 PM
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Shadowplay posted...
GiftedACIII posted...
Resident Evil. none of the games after the first one take place in a residence.

A large portion of 0 takes place in a "research facility" that is clearly a re-purposed mansion.


It takes place in the laboratory of that residence xD
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GiftedACIII
05/05/18 10:51:32 PM
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Shadowplay posted...
GiftedACIII posted...
Resident Evil. none of the games after the first one take place in a residence.

A large portion of 0 takes place in a "research facility" that is clearly a re-purposed mansion.

It starts and a good portion was on a train though.
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Evolician
05/05/18 10:54:32 PM
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GiftedACIII posted...
Resident Evil. none of the games after the first one take place in a residence. House of the Dead. Only the first and third game took place in a "house" and even then it's more like giant tower/lab. Etrian Odysssey, only the first game took place in somewhere called Etria.

Isn't Resident Evil just the American name though? Isn't it Biohazard everywhere else?
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Rikiaz
05/05/18 10:58:06 PM
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Evolician posted...
GiftedACIII posted...
Resident Evil. none of the games after the first one take place in a residence. House of the Dead. Only the first and third game took place in a "house" and even then it's more like giant tower/lab. Etrian Odysssey, only the first game took place in somewhere called Etria.

Isn't Resident Evil just the American name though? Isn't it Biohazard everywhere else?

Not sure about everywhere but in Japan yes.
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Bass_X0
05/07/18 2:38:11 PM
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Jiggy101011 posted...
What a stupid topic. Final Fantasy isnt the "Final" of anything.


It almost was back in 1987.

It was Square's final attempt to make a successful game - either it succeeded or the company would die. It was their final fantasy as they were pinning all their hopes and the company's future on that one game.
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Evolician
05/07/18 5:41:36 PM
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Bass_X0 posted...
Jiggy101011 posted...
What a stupid topic. Final Fantasy isnt the "Final" of anything.

It almost was back in 1987.

It was Square's final attempt to make a successful game - either it succeeded or the company would die. It was their final fantasy as they were pinning all their hopes and the company's future on that one game.

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Cookie Bag
05/07/18 5:42:48 PM
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DarkTransient
05/07/18 5:44:49 PM
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TheMarthKoopa posted...
Donkey Kong isn't even a Donkey

True story, when I was like 5, "Donkey Kong" lead to me having a very, very incorrect idea of what a "donkey" actually was.
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DevsBro
05/07/18 5:47:56 PM
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I think before they'll just drop titles altogether and just make it "the new *series name*"

Super Mario Kart
Mario Kart 64
Mario Kart Super Circuit
Mario Kart Double Dash!!
Mario Kart DS
Mario Kart Wii
Mario Kart 7
Mario Kart 8
Mario Kart
Mario Kart
Mario Kart
Mario Kart

It's already what players do.
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DevsBro
05/07/18 5:50:15 PM
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GiftedACIII posted...
Resident Evil. none of the games after the first one take place in a residence. House of the Dead. Only the first and third game took place in a "house" and even then it's more like giant tower/lab. Etrian Odysssey, only the first game took place in somewhere called Etria.

I always thought "Resident Evil" meant something along the lines of "the evil within," like the evil is RESIDING in whoever's bodies, therefore it is Resident Evil.
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Zelda
05/07/18 5:53:58 PM
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whatever man
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Annihilated
05/07/18 5:55:28 PM
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Where will they go beyond Super Mario Multiverse?
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AvantgardeAClue
05/07/18 6:02:27 PM
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Reboot titles piss me off.

When someone says "DOOM", I think of the 1993 MS-DOS classic that can be played on anything. It's why I refer to the latest one as Doom 4. Cause that's what it really is.
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Bass_X0
05/08/18 3:09:09 AM
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Annihilated posted...
Where will they go beyond Super Mario Multiverse?


crossovers!

Super Mario Bros. in the Hyrule Kingdom (plays like a Mario game in a Zelda world)

and

The Legend of Zelda in the Mushroom Kingdom (plays like a Zelda game in a Mario world)
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DevsBro
05/08/18 8:53:47 AM
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AvantgardeAClue posted...
Reboot titles piss me off.

When someone says "DOOM", I think of the 1993 MS-DOS classic that can be played on anything. It's why I refer to the latest one as Doom 4. Cause that's what it really is.

There are so many things that piss me off about titles.

"Ok so what should we call our third New Super Mario Bros game?"
"New Super Mario Bros 2."
"Brilliant!"
"Third Xbox?"
"Xbox One."
"Yes!"

"Uh oh we can't call it Windows 9 because *BS reason but let's just ignore that*."
"We could always give it a name. Maybe Windows Ultra or Windows Manta or something."
"Nah instead let's pretend we can't count."

"Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry 2, Devil May Cry 3, Devil May Cry 4, DmC: Devil May Cry"

"Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and I Forget the Rest"

I literally didn't even watch the Jackie Chan Karate Kid over it.
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Bass_X0
05/08/18 1:38:03 PM
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"Ok so what should we call our third New Super Mario Bros game?"
"New Super Mario Bros 2."


I don't mind that actually. It bothers me when they don't number a sequel but skip numbers for the next sequel.

New Super Mario Bros.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
New Super Mario Bros. 2
New Super Mario Bros. U

I'm expecting the Switch game will be called New Super Mario Bros. 3.
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