Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Jim makes a punctuation point...
Hey! Hey, you! Yes, you! Do you like games? Do you like talking about games? Of course you do! And yet, in all your time talking about games, you have never, never, shouted a title because it has an exclamation mark in it, have you? Why? Because you're a level-headed gamer! You don't need any punctuation to tell you how excited you should be! In fact, you might even go as far as to say that exclamation marks in game titles are pointless, because, 99% of the time, they are!
Welcome to my unnecessarily impassioned TED talk, live from the smallest of small hills that I will stand on until my game titles are dominantly punctuation-less (aside from the odd colon, I like a colon). Exclamation marks suck! Not in text, of course — an introduction like the one you just read would be nothing without its angry emphasis. But in game titles, they suck.
'Now Jim,' you might calmingly say as you pat my shoulder and quietly switch my coffee to decaf, 'surely this isn't that big of a problem. Exclamation marks aren't all that common in game titles.' But they are, I would reply with a wild look in my eye. They're everywhere.
There once was a time when they were limited to games that wanted to suggest a level of fun despite their apparent quality. You only need to take a glance at the 'Price (Lowest)' section of the Switch eShop on any given day to spot delightful titles like Toilet Time!, Let Me Poke Cats! and Pretty Lady Puzzle Quest! (all made up, sorry).
To be clear, marketing and selling a game appears to be a rough business, and I can see the perks of using the humble exclamation mark to say 'My game is fun! Buy it!' and get a step up on the competition. But the punctuation has become so overused that any sign of it — at that end of the eShop, at least — has come to be associated with a scam. If the title is so keen to tell you how FUN! the game is, it's likely it won't be.
While they lurked in the dark corners of the eShop, the exclamation marks were easier to ignore. But that is no longer the case. They are entering the light of the mainstream.
Overcooked!, South Park: Snow Day!, Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On! The list grows by the day. And let's not pretend that Nintendo is innocent, either. In the past 12 months alone we have seen Everybody 1-2-Switch!, WarioWare: Move It!, and Princess Peach: Showtime! all falling for the same idea that shouting the final word somehow equates to more fun.
The thing is, it doesn't. Would I be more likely to pick up 'Super Mario Odyssey!' over its punctuation-less original? No way. So why start adding needless exclamation now? It kind of makes sense for imperative 'command' titles like Everybody 1-2-Switch! and Move It!, but just because the gratingly upbeat voiceover in the TV commercials shouts the title, it doesn't mean that it needs to read the same on the box cover. Sega didn't rebrand as 'SEGA!' just to match its shouty '90s marketing campaign now, did it?
The efforts of big boys like Nintendo and Game Freak are yet to rival the granddaddy of all exclamation mark titles, Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel: Dawn of the Battle Royale!! Let’s Go! Go Rush!!, which manages to squeeze an impressive six exclamation points into one name, but it's surely only a matter of time before we see multiple marks making an appearance.
Who am I kidding? This is Nintendo that we're talking about, the team behind such multi-punctuated games as Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and Punch-Out!! Today's exclamation-focused title conventions were foreshadowed all along, I was just too blind to see them.
Enough is enough. I'm taking a stand. Let's leave exclamation marks where they belong — in text, cheap eShop games, and titles of horror films starring Jennifer Lawrence — before it's too late. Or, at the very least, let's spice things up with a question mark or two. 'Mario Kart 9?' launching Summer 2025.
What do you think? Do exclamation marks need to go? Let us know in the comments!!!
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JUICED! , but that's actually a fun game
I like them, just depends on the game. Not a deal breaker.
If this is your main issue, the industry is doing fine. I look at it as a subtle way to inject a little more happiness and enthusiasm into the game. It’s like the opposite of American Kirby. I have more issues with long titles for the sake of word count.
Nah. Even if it was lacklustre, I'll always get a kick out of the title "Tank! Tank! Tank!", so the extra enthusiasm doesn't bug me.
The most British thing I've ever read!
The industry needs to give up on releasing unfinished games is what they need to do. Day 0 patches. DLC.
And let me say that with the following;
!!!!!
If we're calling out egregious use of punctuation in game titles surely the colon needs to be mentioned? You can't throw a stone in the eshop without hitting half a dozen of them.
I think RPGs from the 90's like Vampire: The Masquerade are largely to blame. They wanted to call it simply 'Vampire' (and thereby suggest that it was the be-all and end-all of vampire RPGs) but realised they couldn't apply trademarks to a single common word. So they slapped a colon on the end and then another couple of words.
And while we're over here arguing about the overuse of individual elements of punctuation, Japanese game devs are just unloading them by the bucketload over a salad of random words.
"Windle shook his head sadly, five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind."
Terry Pratchett - "Reaper man"
It's funny that i was just reading that bit right before this article came along.
The 1-2 Switch and Wario I disagree on. Those almost sound like Nintendo giving orders thru the titles and the exclamation point emphasizes that order. But some of those others are silly - Snow Day? Haha
@MysticX Always love a great Pratchett quote! I started with Mort and was immediately hooked on his writing style and humor.
Nice Article! Next Soapbox Please On General Capitalisation In Titles, Please!
I may not say "Showtime!" out loud, but I certainly do in my head.
Keep the proper punctuation.
I'd say there are a lot more things in the gaming industry in front of the use of exclamation marks which need to go, micro transactions, 30fps, unfinished games, games as a service....
I guarantee you a lot of marketing and localization teams are pushing for less exclamation points--and more readable titles in general.
I know (by which I mean I assume) someone on the Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel: Dawn of the Battle Royale!! Let’s Go! Go Rush!! team was fighting to take out half the subtitles and 80% of the exclamation points, because it's the stupidest name for a game, but the license holders get what the license holders want, irrespective of the result. Which also explains how we get game names like UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes, NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139..., and Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days. And a whole bunch of other nonsense.
Which is before we even get into the light-novel-inspired titles. You know the ones-- full sentences of totally unnecessary description, like "Sorry, Mario, Your Princess Is in Another Castle!" or "It Was Dangerous to Go Alone, So I Took This Sword and Now I Have to Defeat the Demon King".
I feel sorry for the proofreaders who have to make sure the title is correct every time they look over another press release before it's sent out.
If I have to look up your game titles in order to talk about them, they're failing as game titles. And as for exclamation points...the fact that I didn't even know Mario Kart: Double Dash!! had them, despite having hundreds of hours in the game, should be telling enough about how little they matter.
That, or how little I pay attention lol
If we don't get a few "?" games, I will boycott...
Isn’t this a Japanese thing? Like how their word for “new” makes a game sound more exciting, too? I can do without it, but it doesn’t hinder my enjoyment of the game at all, and it shouldn’t.
When I type the game’s title, I don’t put the exclamation mark. Otherwise, my computer or phone thinks I’m starting a new sentence when that ruins my current one. Now THAT’S annoying!
@CaleBoi25
Ivy the Kiwi?
This article is ridiculous!!!
And I love it so much because of that!!!
Great job!!!
Is this a joke?
The Last of Us!
Life is Strange!
Grand Theft Auto IV!
Doom!
Quake!
I'm not having any of this BOXBOY! + BOXGIRL! slander. The AAA series don't need it, but I think the exclamation point is appropriate for some B and C tier games.
@MirrorFate2
Yes!
I disagree wholeheartedly!
Now I need the mentioned Let Me Poke Cats!
Of all the issues impacting gaming, and the problems facing the games industry, the "predicament" you choose to write about is exclamation marks?
Is this a late April Fools bit?
lol this article is amazing! Never really thought about those before, but exclamation marks in game titles is weirdddd. Also I need all those made up cheap games especially let me poke cats
Oh, look. Soapbox scraping the bottom of the barrel. Again!
People wonder why i don’t ever talk about Princess Peach Showtime!
Don’t want to lose my voice.
@Folkloner
You know the bit where newspapers review books and films?
You left out the one that bothers me the most "Hey! Pikmin". It bothers me the most b/c it's "Hey! Pikmin" and not "Hey Pikmin!". Like why put the ! in the middle of the title?😝
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey!_Pikmin
@rjejr That one makes sense to my brain because it’s a exclamation as if the word Pikmin or the box art is calling it out. The actual title of the series PIKMIN, is unchanged but it gives a sense that it’s not the title so much as Olimar yelling Hey on the Pikmin box.
Personally I'm looking forward to Resident Evil !X
@rjejr I always thought that was like a kid telling their parent to look at something like 'Hey! There's Pikmin over there.' Definitely one of the weirdest uses of punctuation I've seen in a game title
It's more of issue for me when I'm writing about a game. The sentence "Princess Peach Showtime is good" makes a lot more sense to read than "Princess Peach Showtime! is good."
Also I would legitimately believe that "Pretty Lady Puzzle Quest" was an actual game made by EastAsiaSoft if you hadn't clarified they were all fake.
I don't know... When I notice them I do shout them like Top of The Muffin, To You! As clearly it is meant to be shouted, if anything there isn't enough unnecessary punctuation. and Capitalization in games , but we can also always count on the Japanese to translate strange phrases and cool sounding words into long winded Titles for games and anime, Like Last Standing of All Our Hearts or something or Drāgon Victory 7
If the industry could survive colons, it can survive exclamation marks.
I totally agree! Exclamation marks just make every title like it's shouting! Same for ALL CAPS. ESPECIALLY WHEN COMBINED!
[small]This post was to prove a point. If I hurt your feelings, I'm sorry.[/small]
"Go Go!! Trouble Makers" (the Japanese title for Mischief Makers on the N64) laughs in your general direction 😂
To honour this article, I just tried to change my username to "OOYAH!!!" but, alas, I was not allowed to. ☹️
NintendoLife should start by removing them from the monthly game release article subtitles. You know the one that goes something like…
“Mario! FIFA! Zelda! Whatever!”
Wow!!! Great article!!!!! cool read!!!!! awsome sauce!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HEY PIKMIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@sanderev I see exclamation marks more as excitement than shouting. Agree with all caps though!
Even by video game nerd ***** this seems like such a pedantic and small thing. And thats really saying something bc most of us like to complain about small stuff (including me!!!). I guess I'm more impressed at this article than anything tho.
I hadn't taken notice, but YES! I agree!! Tone down the exclamations!!!
If this were something that bothered me I wouldn't play the big majority of the WarioWare series (Mega Microgame$!, Mega Party Game$!, Touched!, Twisted!, Snapped!, Get It Together! and eventually Move It!), Wario Land: Shake It!, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Snipperclips: Cut It Out, Together!, the BOXBOY! series (BOXBOY!, BOXBOXBOY! BYE-BYE BOXBOY!, BOXBOY! + BOXGIRL!), Good Job!, the Punch-Out!! series, the Chibi-Robo! series, Pokemon Trozei!, Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble!, Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan, Ouendan 2 (whose full title is Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2), Face Pilot: Fly With Your Nintendo DSi Camera!, and the Japanese version of Super Smash Bros. (whose name is Nintendo All-Star! Dairantou Smash Brothers).
I have other things gaming-related to worry about to think if a ! or two in the name will bother me.
And yes, I listed all those names with the ! on purpose
Hey You, Pikachu! seems to be a long forgotten example. 👍
In videogame titles, as with all written language, exclamation points are more effective when used rarely. And, more than one is never, ever necessary. ✌️
LET ME POKE CATS!!!
Haha great read!
Thanks for the fun read. Maybe this is just a phase. Metal went through this sort of thing with band names. Names went from 'Thud' or 'Wreck' to names like '...And You Will Know My Mood By What Shirt I Wear'. Good news is maybe it will fade out?
@datamonkey said:
@dartmonkey He makes a good point...!
Given the history of the old commercials it's way overdue for the next game in the series to be MORTAL KOMBAT!!
I see the point that the author is trying to make, but if I’m scrolling down the eShop listing, I’m probably more likely to notice a game with an exclamation mark than not. That doesn’t mean I’ll be more interested, but when eShop listings are the equivalent of driving along a highway with constant billboards whizzing by, having yours stand out just a little bit is better than not. I’ll always remember the billboard on the interstate that said VASECTOMY. Am I more likely to get one because of that? No, but it caught my eye, as I’m sure it just did for a couple of people scrolling through these comments.
Completely agree. If you have to talk (or shout) about something, you ain’t got it. When everyone does it, it becomes meaningless. Lazy marketing, ad infinitum.
Plus it’s a fun article underpinned by truth. Exclamation points should be used very sparingly. When I see them, my default reaction is that the writer is compensating, as described herein.
That said, I want more ?s.
@CaleBoi25 Slipping a semi-ironic selection into the exclamation-filled tag is one of the few positives of assembling those things. Don’t take that away from us!
@Wakkawipeout @Ryu_Niiyama You both make sense, but that doesn’t mean I have! to like it.😉
I can't say I have noticed it!
:0)
this is something ive thought about recently, its such a funny and odd addition it makes me wonder the reason why some nintendo games have it. wariowares unhinged, peach showtime wants to excite, 12 switch wants to cause pain
I can’t say exclamation marks in game titles bothers me at all if I’m honest and most of the examples you gave, the exclamation marks worked with imo.
Not an expert but In Japanese written culture, exclamation marks seem to be used quite often, especially in emphasis. Most of the examples of games given in that article originated in Japan, so the emphasis worked imo. Exclamation marks in titles seems a very Japanese thing to me, so most of those titles looked deserving of exclamation marks!
This gotta be a late April Fool's article.
Well, in their defense japanese titles in all kinds of art do often have lots of exclamation marks.
Fun article, I disagree. Others have mentioned that it conveys excitement in Japanese, and I'd like to mention one more example: Doki Doki Literature Club! To me, the exclamation point immediately implies excitement in a Japanese way, which I believe is the intention, since it's actually an American game. I cringe thinking about some of those titles sometimes, but I think the punctuation still says something important about the game.
And the Nintendo examples you mentioned all feel fine as they are - "Showtime!" is usually said as a one-word exclamation in English anyway. It feels natural.
Interesting thought. And it's definitely something that's crossed my mind on purchases. I haven't gotten that new Yu-Gi-Oh game cause I feel like I'll be outpaced just starting the game. The title shows it's the umpteenth game and that there is so much there that you might not be able to keep up depending on how it's dished out to you. I also haven't gotten the "longest titled game" for the other reason. If that's all you have to your game, that the title is longer than any other game, what does that say about the quality of the game? It looks like you put the most work into the title and that might turn off potential buyers...it did, I haven't bought that game and it's one I would normally try.
Mebbes all these titles are badly translated from !Kung?
@rjejr LOL true enough. Well it’s the only one that does that so you don’t have to see it again right?
Checks date to see that it's three day after April 1
So you're actually serious about this? You do know there are worse things going on in the video game industry than this, right?
Ya, ya.. This is a kind of generational thing.
80s - everything had to be awesome, tubular, etc.
90s - everything had to be EXTREME
somewhere Japan kinda went crazy with adjectives ("Super mega happy special deluxe extra edition" kinda thing)
00s to 10s - IDK. i'm sure there were things
so now we're into the 20s and it's exclamation marks.
MEH let the kids/generation have their thing. Else, you're becoming Grandpa Simpson shaking his fist at the cloud.
Oh, please go ahead and get off my lawn.
Bro, every one of this website's weekly eShop roundups has exclamations after each of the few games featured in the article's sub-heading.
If this is what you have to complain about, maybe it's time to retire the column
I'm not much of a fan of colons either, to be honest (the punctuation, not the vital organ). Even Legend of Zelda finds a way to work without them, and those games have been eschewing numerical sequels for over 30 years. A title with a colon basically means that they couldn't make up their mind what they wanted it to be, so they chose to keep both options (and sometimes more than two!)
This is like that Seinfeld episode where Elaine's boss had to speak to her about her gratuitous use of exclamation marks in her work. And I wholeheartedly agree, it's unnecessary!
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!! EXCLAMATION MARKS ARE PERFECTLY FINE!!! HOW DARE YOU SUGGEST THEY BE REMOVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I blame Double Dash for this
There was Dance! Dance! Dance! by Konami on PS1, the ancestor of DDR which flopped.
The gameplay is completely different.
You have to input the set of different button commands like Auron Overdrive before the time runs out and watch your character start to dance.
@batmanbud2 @larrythumbs This is a long standing trend in gaming history. See Activision’s 1982 Pitfall!.
Some are warranted. "Oh No!" on the Playstation is an example. The exclamation give a sense of urgency or panic. Completely different tone without the exclamation.
C'mon, we all love excessive exclamation marks when we play our Go! GO! Super Fun Time Sushi Dance!!
Jokes aside, I do feel they are using excess at times, but most times I've seen it, it fit with the expressiveness that was needed. Some like Wario yelling "move it!" Fits to a tee, and in Peach's case it's like yelling "it's showtime!", so I get it sometimes.
@Zaruboggan Hey! UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH title makes sense! And it's subtitles makes sense too! You haven't played these games, I guess. Play it yourself, watch a walkthrough, or, try to spend ~20 minutes by reading some articles on the game's Wiki Fandom, lol.
Using short phrases like "move it" and "Showtime" look more appealing with a exclamation point because they are phrases you would usually yell out. When a show director opens a show, he is not going to casually say "showtime" to his team and audience, he would say it loudly.
«The Games Industry Needs To Give Up On Exclamation Marks!»
No. Video games industry needs to give up on gacha games.
But exclamation marks are very important in coding
@Vyacheslav333 Tell you what, I'll take back "nonsense", because technically the other examples I provided also make a certain sort of "sense" when they are explained to me (even 358/2 wasn't pulled out of a hat). But that doesn't make them good or readable titles, though =P
I hate to pick on UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH, because it is a perfectly respectable fighting game series, and I know you're a big fan, but how exactly am I supposed to read UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late[cl-r] out loud?
I can't imagine the average shopper perusing storefronts (digital or physical) would have the background information that playing the game, reading a wiki, or watching a walkthrough would provide. It's so busy the title is practically imperceptible. Heck, I know about the series and I still had to google the darn thing to remember what it was called.
I'm sure the brackets and colons and dashes and all-caps have their own sort of, uh, charm, just like light novel titles and exclamation points. But that charm is lost on me.
(Take my grumblings with a grain of salt: I'm the guy who thinks calling Trace Memory by its original Japanese name Another Code was a mistake.)
But we definitely agree on gacha games!
I strongly disagree! It's fun!
"There seems to be an inordinate number of exclamation points." — Mr. Lipman
There is nothing wrong with exclamation marks. Find something more meaningful to talk about next time.
This article is a bit of fun!
Why are some people up in arms about it?!
Anyway, I often shout when I read aloud titles with exclamation marks in them! I furiously bellow the name for all and sundry to to hear!
Especially when I see a title in the Metal Gear Solid series and want everyone around me to act like a surprised guard!
!
@Zaruboggan «...but how exactly am I supposed to read UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late[cl-r] out loud?»
Lol. I'm speaking quite quick (or «fast»?), especially on English language. And I can say UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late[cl-r] really quick. 🙂
[cl-r] is pronounced as "clear", probably. In Japanese, if I'm not mistaken, it's pronounced as "kurea"(クレア).
Exe is pronounced as "ekuse"(エクセ). Almost the same pronunciation will be in English, I guess.
A few years ago, my personal record was ~211-214 words per 1 minute. On English. Yeah, it's not Eminem's level, but still. All of my English language teachers (and other teachers, classmates, people) were amazed. And their personal record was less than mine, lol.
«I can't imagine the average shopper perusing storefronts (digital or physical) would have the background information that playing the game, reading a wiki, or watching a walkthrough would provide. It's so busy the title is practically imperceptible.»
Well, I thought that foreign gamers got used to Japanese games'(media) titles and subtitles, lol.
«I'm sure the brackets and colons and dashes and all-caps have their own sort of, uh, charm, just like light novel titles and exclamation points. But that charm is lost on me.»
Hmm, understood.
«But we definitely agree on gacha games!»
🤝 🙂
I actually think they should double down and Double Dash!!
woo-hoo! Metroid Prime 4! (which I read as "Metroid Prime Four Factorial"
Here I was thinking the issue would be writing game titles and ruining sentence punctuation, because a ! is typically end of sentence so it gets confusing. Music and song titles is even worse, as artist names can be all uppercase, all lowercase, mixed case, and punctuation within names and titles. My tip: ignore it all!
I think you guys should retire the word ‘Soapbox’ and replace it with a snappier title like:
Hey!!! Let’s Confuse The American Readership With Lighthearted Tongue-In-Cheek Opinion Pieces About Largely Inconsequential Bugbears We Want To Get Of Our Chests!!! Showcase Your Inability To Grasp Nuance With A Disgruntled Comment In The Comments Section Below!!! Yeah!!!!!!!!
Didn't know I needed Prime 4 until I saw that ! Thank you Nintendo Life!
It conveys excitement and energy, in the same way that "Princess Peach: Showtime..." or "Everybody 1-2-Switch..." sound soulless and lethargic.
Down with exclamation marks. Maybe it time for the interrobang ⁉️
Three of my favorite games that had ! in them.
I guess it depends on the title. So far, for the games that use it, it works.
"Wario Ware: Move It" as it is sounds kinda bossy, as if Wario is being mean and pushy... Well, he kinda is, but Wario at least seems to be the kind of person that wants you to have fun, just as long as you aren't in his way.
An odd thing to think about but I agree
@Serpenterror
The exclamation point in Samurai Shodown is unnecessary. Not many games in the series uses it. I guess it was because the game was on Neo Geo Pocket.
I find it more a problem with anime seasons titles. The two !! doesn't help. Just put Season 2 or 2, not !! that's just useless and confusing I don't pay attention to two symbols right after each other like that. On the internet sure people use it with a meaning but for an official product no I won't notice it then how they want me to notice it meaning 2.
If they need something for space in the title/subtitle then sure.... But was it that necessary probably not. Sometimes space works. Or for 2, 3, etc. later with sequels then wherever they put the number.
It's better than I guess finding every symbol a programmer uses. What will we see page up and page down shortened soon? XD Brackets/Parenthesis used in odd ways too.
I think if they need to sure but only the one or if it fits the series themes/gameplay. Not just wow everyone is screaming it's title when they aren't. Even if in ads and it lines up to form the title not all of us are going to get it. Unless it's box art or something with someone screaming it..... or some more creative way that isn't formuliac of a box art or title.
Granted at least the Blu-ray of the series I'm referring to had both seasons but if it didn't other than the artwork alone I'd have no idea if they sold them separately or as many times fewer episodes on disks. Glad they didn't though.
Even searching for it while the name comes up if I wanted to be specific no way am I using the !! just season 1 or 2 or whatever even if the results come up regardless with the name itself without the symbols/punctuation used that way.
Games yeah I don't think wow is it that exciting. It's just not. It's a marketing gimmick I don't like and don't find helpful I find it more confusing.
Same with + or x. I get it for the sake of being a joining or crossover but even still. I'd take an & for and as an ampersand is more clear to me or something else instead. Even the * is a bit much like !! and + or x.
I don't care that much to see them but it is annoying/confusing. I mean if I already had interest why would I if a product of food is on the top/bottom shelf then eye view unless needing a ladder. I find it more effort I don't think the product is better because it's eye view if I know what I want. Let alone games or just some stupid gimmicks to titles/formulaic artwork.
So their marketing teams can get stuffed I'll buy the product because I already had interest in it. If it's an Indie physical I'm unaware of sure but even then I look at the back, either still have no idea what the game is about so look at not the game's channel for the footage on it and do a let's play or something so they not only aren't getting the views they just aren't making the product clear to me.
So from there on it's just me just working it out myself or I know what it is and if I want it. So there. Marketing courses and their tricks suck and feel like they had to approve something convincing and simple in their time in meetings. XD
The Infinity/Infinite and more repetitive words that have no correlation to the series just some buzzwords don't help either. I want more stand out titles not repetitive boring gimmicky subtitles or symbols or joining connections to words or conjunctions thank you companies.
@Maxz Good point. Opinion Piece, Nitpicks, Town Crier/Doomsayer and Pet Peeves were taken so they had to put something professional and catchy.
But yours was better. Long but accurate. 100 points. XD
I dunno, we have enough things to whine about in the industry as it is… is it really worth fussing over exclamation marks?
There's a new Frankenstein movie in the works titled: The Bride!
The video game that came to mind was Capcom's NES game
Yo! Noid, which I remember enjoying at the time.
@HistoricKombat It was added so people don't mistake the game for Samurai Shodown II (the main one with Roman numeral) as both are not port of one another.
Funny article and I guess that's its primary intention, but I strongly disagree with the notion it suggests as the exclamation marks serve a genuine purpose in most if not all titles listed as several other comments also said, not to mention that as long as Nintendo in particular and companies in general keep on making overall quality games they can add all the exclamation marks they want!
Funny seeing this article right above one, where the subheader goes "Freedom Planet 2! Botany Manor! The Gap!"
But I suppose it takes on to know one. :v
@Ryu_Niiyama Hopefully not again. 😁
@Serpenterror Man ChuChu Rocket! for the GBA is such a huge game for such a small handheld.
I don't see anything wrong with exclamation marks, personally.
If it's a party game or aimed for younger ages it seems appropriate to me. Nintendo gets a pass as their games are often for ages 5-95 and it's still usually reserved for the party games or ones primarily targeting younger audiences like the Peach game. The trouble is with Nintendo it can be hard to tell because even games like Yoshi and Kirby look like they are for younger people but actually very enjoyable for all (hence no exclamation!).
@Maxz
Every game reviews first comment should be, "why are you talking about a computer game when there are wars in this world"??????
!!!!!!!!!!!
To be fair, Japanese people are absolutely terrible at naming things, so there are plenty of games with awful names that get localized and have dumb exclamation points or subtitles, but end up actually being BETTER than the original name.
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