Submitted 5 hours ago by Prathas@lemmy.zip to gaming@beehaw.org
I just thought it’d be hilarious if a dev named their game, like, “Warhound 2” or something when there was never an original “Warhound” lol (and like, do so seriously, not just as a parody or joke, at least primarily so).
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo. The name is a takeoff on Super Street Fighter II Turbo, but there were no other Puzzle Fighter versions.
Not quite the same, but there is a game called Zwei!! (German for two). Its sequel is just called Zwei II, though.
Pardon the all caps, the games name is in all caps and is a 3 not 2
BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT
I was hoping that someone would (mistakenly) say Team Fortress 2.
There was a PS2 game called Anubis II, but no Anubis I. Though it was technically a sequel…to Ninjabread Man.
The Gorky series started with Gorky 17, followed by Gorky 0, and then finally Gorky 02.
The Clock Tower series kind of did this in reverse. The original was Japan-only, so when Clock Tower 2 was localized they dropped the number. And the same with King’s Field.
do you count Trepang2?
technically there WAS a trepang1 from what i’ve heard but it was a crappy game about a sea cucumber. i think Phann made a video on it. and then trepang² somehow spawned out of that
That is an incredible trajectory for a game, what the actual fuck?
Now there’s a game in my game library that I forgot about! I’ll install it and play it soon! Thanks for the reminder.
Not 2 but 3.
McPixel 1 & 3. There is no two.
Same with Goat Simulator and Goat Simulator 3
There is a MMO called Metin2 which has been really popular in the 2000s. No one knew why it was called 2, if there ever was a 1 or will ever be a 3.
Languages tend to use numbers to make a play on words, so in the original language the title might have some in-the-know meaning which is lost in translation.
That’s a good point, I was just thinking it was something about the millennium / year 2000 and onwards. Not sure if there was any lore at all or if I just didn’t understand it since the game is from South Korea originally.
Not a game, but Star Wars infamously opened with Episode IV.
It was just titled “star wars” back then though
Star Wars became Episode IV in 1980, when its sequel, The Empire Strikes Back, began with the title card “Episode V”. However, the 1977 original did not officially have the “Episode IV: A New Hope” subtitle added to its opening crawl until its theatrical re-release on April 10, 1981.
You could say Star Wars 2 was released as “Star Wars 5” I suppose
I thought Episode IV was in the initial crawl text.
You might enjoy the movie Troll 2
There was Troll before it, actually. 2 isn’t really a sequel to 1 in terms of creative intent but it was titled as such for marketing purposes because the rights owners figured a movie with no plot connections that didn’t even have a troll in it was still close enough.
This is exactly what I thought of haha. Absolute classic that everyone should watch at least once.
Dune II
Came here to say this one.
Transparent_knoll@awful.systems 25 minutes ago
Goat simulator 3 exists, despite there being no Goat simulator 2.