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Pokémon Puzzle Challenge
Pokémon Puzzle Challenge (2000)
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Attachment Pokémon Puzzle Challenge has an unused title screen reading Pokémon Puzzle League, implying that it once shared a name with its Nintendo 64 counterpart.
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Console Difference, Title, Unused Content, Unused Graphic, Unused Text
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Spot Goes to Hollywood
Spot Goes to Hollywood (1995)
subdirectory_arrow_right 7 Up (Franchise)
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The credits for Spot Goes to Hollywood call the game Cool Spot 3, but it is unknown what game is supposed to be Cool Spot 2. It could either be counting Spot: The Cool Adventure (which was released in Europe as McDonaldland, despite the credits for Hollywood not changing in that region) as Cool Spot 2, or it could be counting the original Cool Spot as Cool Spot 2 while treating the Reversi game Spot: The Video Game as Cool Spot 1.
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Credits, Theory, Title, Unsolved Mystery
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Yars' Revenge
Yars' Revenge (1982)
subdirectory_arrow_right Atari (Company)
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The fly species in Yars' Revenge, the yar, and their home planet, Razak, are reversals of then-Atari CEO Ray Kassar's name. Creator Howard Scott Warshaw told a marketing executive this was the name's origin, but did not inform them that Kassar was unaware of the name's origins, leading them to believe the name was coined by Kassar and preventing them from informing him and getting the name changed.
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Backstory/Lore, Corporate Affairs, Development, Etymology, Title
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Atari Video Cube
Atari Video Cube (1982)
subdirectory_arrow_right Rubik's Cube (Franchise)
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Atari Video Cube was originally an unlicensed adaptation of the Rubik's Cube toy - it would eventually be released as an official Rubik's Cube product.
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Adaptation, Inspiration, Name Change, Title, Version Difference
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"Classic Home Video Games, 1972-1984: A Complete Reference Guide" by Brett Weiss, ISBN-13: 978-0-7864-3226-4. Page 33:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BzxTtml8Jq4C&dq=%22Atari+Video+Cube%22&pg=PA33&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Atari%20Video%20Cube%22&f=false
Animorphs
Animorphs (2000)
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Music, Title, Unused Code, Unused Text
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Tetris
Tetris (1989)
subdirectory_arrow_right Jeopardy (Franchise)
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Attachment In 2019, a meme image was posted by Twitter user Vecchitto showing a fake page from the Tetris manual giving the Tetrominos their own names:

• J is "Orange Ricky"
• L is "Blue Ricky"
• Z is "Cleveland Z"
• S is "Rhode Island Z"
• I is "Hero"
• T is "Teewee"
• O is "Smashboy"

Later in the same year, these fake names would appear on an episode of Jeopardy!, mistaken for official Tetris names. Despite being incorrect, the player given the question still answered correctly.
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Manual, Meme, Mistake, Reference, Title
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Zoop
Zoop (1995)
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Attachment Print adverts for Zoop give the pieces in the game their own names:

• The olive-shaped green piece is called "Ganggreenus"
• The martini-glass-shaped purple piece is called "Martinicocki"
• The boomerang-shaped blue piece is called "Infectococci"
• The baby's-dummy-shaped orange piece is called "Lockjawbacilli"
• The yellow splat-shaped piece, used as a power-up in the game, is called "Fungusamungus"
• A spiral-shaped piece, not present in the game but resembling the spring power-ups, is called "Mosquitick"

It should be noted that the splat and spring pieces are given different names in the game's manual: "Color Bomb" and "Bonus Spring" respectively.

The patterned square pieces from the Game Boy version of the game do not have names.
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Advertisement/Commercial, General, Manual, Title, Version Difference
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Name This Game
Name This Game (1983)
subdirectory_arrow_right Jaws (Franchise)
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Name This Game was a gimmick release with a self-explanatory title. Originally conceived as a Jaws game for Parker Brothers, it was rethemed with an octopus for Quaker Oats' U.S. Games branch after the license fell through. While U.S. Games originally intended to release it under the name Guardians of Treasure (a combination of creator Ron Dubren's suggestions of Guardians of the Deep and Treasure of the Deep), it was decided to make the game's name the subject of a contest where players could win $10,000 for providing a title for the game. U.S. Games was dissolved by Quaker Oats before the name could be chosen, leaving the game without an official title.
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Reskin, Sweepstakes, Title, Unreleased Content
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Flushed Away
Flushed Away (2006)
subdirectory_arrow_right Pink Panther: Pinkadelic Pursuit (Game), Simple (Collection)
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Flushed Away (released in Japan under the name "The Nezumi no Action Game - Mouse Town Roddy & Rita no Daibouken") and Pink Panther: Pinkadelic Pursuit are the only Simple series games to be based on non-Japanese licensed IPs.
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Adaptation, Regional Difference, Title
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Catalog of all Simple games:
https://www.giantbomb.com/simple/3025-1171/

Flushed Away Simple series version footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw-Ohu4F2OI
Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise
Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise (1993)
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The reason Fatty Bear never appeared in another point-and-click adventure game was due to a mixture of series creator Laurie Bauman Arnold owning the rights to the character and the name "Fatty", in spite of being intended in an endearing manner, being considered potentially offensive.
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Copyright, Corporate Affairs, General, Title
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Crayon Shin Chan: The Storm Called! Flaming Kasukabe Runner!!
Crayon Shin Chan: The Storm Called! Flaming Kasukabe Runner!! (2020)
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Adaptation, Censorship, Regional Difference, Title
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Video about Shin-Chan's US history, timestamped to the point talking about the game
https://youtu.be/U0NtRta15jY?si=eHjzE93ss4NbHAsk&t=1265

First 20 minutes of the game.
https://youtu.be/TKGaIYRcSFQ?si=oJSVpAmfDpDC8Axm
Taz-Mania 2
Taz-Mania 2 (1997)
subdirectory_arrow_right Taz-Mania (Game)
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There were two Game Boy games based on Taz-Mania developed roughly around the same time, but were released in each region at different points and under different names:

• The first game Taz-Mania was released in 1994 and was released in North America under that name, but in Europe the game was renamed to Looney Tunes 2: Tasmanian Devil in Island Chase. Despite this, the game's title screen was not changed and still reads as Taz-Mania.

• The second game was released in Europe in 1993 under the name Taz-Mania to compensate for the first one being rebranded to a general Looney Tunes game and had no indication of being a second Taz-Mania game. The North American version of the game would be released as Taz-Mania 2 in 1997, long after the European version of the game and two years after the show it was based on ended.
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Adaptation, Mistake, Regional Difference, Release Date, Release Difference, Reskin, Title
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M.U.G.E.N
M.U.G.E.N (1999)
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M.U.G.E.N. is an acronym for something, but according to Elecbyte, they forgot what that was.
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Development, Hidden Message, Mistake, Secret, Title
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Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures (1994)
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This game was not originally envisioned as a successor to the original Pac-Man, but rather a spin-off. The title was changed from Hello Pac-Man! to Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures in Western localization.
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Development, Early Idea, Name Change, Regional Difference, Title
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Reckless Rufus
Reckless Rufus (1992)
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Reckless Rufus was originally titled Awesome Dude, but Alternative Software decided to go with the former name instead.
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Development, Early Idea, Name Change, Title
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Tornado Outbreak
Tornado Outbreak (2009)
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Two early names considered for the game during development were Tornado Alley, and Zephyr: Rise of the Elementals. The game was first pitched to Warner Bros. Interactive under the Tornado Alley name in July 2006. These early design documents, alongside the documents for the unproduced Dirty Harry: Excessive Force, were later trademarked in 2008.
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Development, Early Idea, Name Change, Pitch Bible/Proposal, Title
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Tornado Alley pitch bible:
https://uspto.report/TM/77202639/SPE20080304192012/

Tornado Alley sizzle reel variant with early title:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVDY1uNt3Ig

Engadget article with Zephyr: Rise of the Elementals title:
https://www.engadget.com/2009-06-01-konami-announces-zephyr-rise-of-the-elementals.html
Transformers
Transformers (2004)
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The game went through a number of early titles throughout development including "Transformers Armada" (which was the name shipped with review copies of the game), "Transformers Armada: The Battle for Energon" and "Transformers Armada: Prelude to Energon", all of which bear the name of the show and toy line that it's based upon. However, when the game was launched at retail, the name was changed to just "Transformers" for unknown reasons.
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Development, Early Idea, Inspiration, Name Change, Suggested, Theory, Title, Unused Content, Unused Text
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Franchise: Phantasy Star
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According to a 1993 World of Phantasy Star book interview with Miki Morimoto, she stated that the meaning of the game's title was like “a planet/star of fantasy” and that Yuji Naka was the one who originally named the game Phantasy Star. He started with just the word "Fantasy", and played around with it until he figured out what to name the game. He was also influenced by a song called "Nagisa no Fantasy" (Beachside Fantasy) by his favorite singer, an idol named Noriko Sakai.
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Celebrity, Development, Early Idea, General, Inspiration, Music, Pitch Bible/Proposal, Real Life, Title
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Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy (1987)
subdirectory_arrow_right Final Fantasy (Franchise)
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The Final Fantasy series' title was long rumored to stem from the idea that it would've been Square and series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi's final game if it didn't perform well. According to these claims, Square was in dire financial straits in 1987, with Sakaguchi planning to quit the gaming industry and return to university studies. These claims appeared to be further corroborated when series composer Nobuo Uematsu affirmed them in a 2009 interview with Wired, claiming that Square's financial position was the main inspiration for the Final Fantasy name.

However, Sakaguchi debunked the rumors in a 2015 keynote address. In reality, Square always intended to give the first game in the series a name whose initials were "FF," as the Japanese pronunciation, エフ・エフ ("efu efu"), was considered pleasing to the ears. The developers' initial pick was Fighting Fantasy; however, it turned out that this name was already taken by a tabletop RPG series. Consequently, the title was changed to Final Fantasy. According to Sakaguchi, while Square indeed had their "backs to the wall" during development, "anything that started with an F would have been fine for the title."
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Corporate Affairs, Development, Early Idea, Inspiration, Legal Affairs, Misconception, Rumor, Title
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Katamari Damacy
Katamari Damacy (2004)
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Attachment The title Katamari Damacy is a transliteration of "Katamari Tamashii" (塊魂). "Katamari" is japanese for "lump/clump" or a "mass", and "Tamashii" is "soul/spirit", which roughly translates the game's title as "clump of souls", in a context of "team spirit." The two kanji-letters also look similar, using similar right-side letters (akin to 鬼).
When asked about the title, Keita Takahashi (director and producer for the first game and following sequels) said in an interview with Dengeki Online "It just popped into my head suddenly, and this is what it has been from the beginning."
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Etymology, General, Title
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