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Nintendo's Game Titles are Becoming Absurd

Since the dawn of the Super Nintendo, gaming’s oldest company has done its own thing when naming their products. That one worked out, likely because the SNES was an amazing piece of gaming tech. The Wii U wasn’t so lucky, struggling to find an audience amidst confused consumers who thought it was an add-on to the popular, and only slightly better named Wii. Then there was the New Nintendo 3DS, which was home to New Super Mario Bros. 2, which was the counterpart to New Super Mario Bros. U, which has just been announced for Switch by the name New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. What the hell is going on here Nintendo?

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PhoenixUp2062d ago

“Deluxe seems to have become the de facto add-on for a game making the transition from a previous system to the Switch.”

Nintendo was using the term “Deluxe” ever since 1999 with Super Mario Bros Deluxe. I like to think this NSMBU port is a callback to that.

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RosweeSon2062d ago

Call it what they want I’ll still play if the games are as good as they always are. Gaming gold so it’s name is the last of my concerns

lptmg2062d ago

They should learn with THQ how to make cheesy but badass names for remasters like Deathinitive Edition, Owltimate and Re-Mars-Tered

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13 Best Nintendo 64 Platformer Games

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