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* Interesting case: The producers of ''[[Call of Duty]]: [[Modern Warfare]] 2'' initially wanted to drop the ''"[[Call of Duty]]"'' supertitle, but re-appended it to the game's standard packaging and press releases after they took a few surveys and realized removing it decreased brand awareness. On the other hand, ingame menus and the console/PC refer to the game without the supertitle, and the developers officially call it just ''[[Modern Warfare]] 2'' to indicate its status as a new IP. So while ''[[Call of Duty]]'' is still an Artifact Title, that only applies to the game's publicity campaigns.
* Interesting case: The producers of ''[[Call of Duty]]: [[Modern Warfare]] 2'' initially wanted to drop the ''"[[Call of Duty]]"'' supertitle, but re-appended it to the game's standard packaging and press releases after they took a few surveys and realized removing it decreased brand awareness. On the other hand, ingame menus and the console/PC refer to the game without the supertitle, and the developers officially call it just ''[[Modern Warfare]] 2'' to indicate its status as a new IP. So while ''[[Call of Duty]]'' is still an Artifact Title, that only applies to the game's publicity campaigns.
** Not that ''Call of Duty'' could ever really become an artifact anyway (unless they changed the game to being about surviving being stranded on an alien planet or something weird). The role of the player character is ''always'' to answer the "call of duty", whatever it may be. Needless to say, the attempt at spinning off the ''Modern Warfare'' arc into its own series did not take off.
** Not that ''Call of Duty'' could ever really become an artifact anyway (unless they changed the game to being about surviving being stranded on an alien planet or something weird). The role of the player character is ''always'' to answer the "call of duty", whatever it may be. Needless to say, the attempt at spinning off the ''Modern Warfare'' arc into its own series did not take off.
* Any modern game involving [[Mario]] that includes the prefix "Super" is somewhat anachronistic since, outside of the ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' series, turning from small Mario to "Super Mario" has ceased to be part of the play mechanics.
* Any modern game involving [[Super Mario (franchise)|Mario]] that includes the prefix "Super" is somewhat anachronistic since, outside of the ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' series, turning from small Mario to "Super Mario" has ceased to be part of the play mechanics.
** The original ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' itself lacked the 2-player co-op mode from the original ''[[Mario Bros.]]'', which is the reason why the preceding game was titled ''Mario Bros.'' in the first place. While ''Super'' has a 2-Player mode, it is of the alternating type, which reduces Luigi's role in the game to a mere afterthought (since there's no point of having a separate Player 2 character if both players have to take turn). The Japanese version of ''[[Super Mario Bros the Lost Levels|Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' would try to justify Luigi's inclusion in the game by removing the 2-Player mode and making Luigi [[Divergent Character Evolution|an alternate character with his own characteristics]], while the 2-Player mode in ''[[Super Mario Bros 3]]'' allows both players to split the stages among themselves rather than having separate playthroughs for each one.
** The original ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' itself lacked the 2-player co-op mode from the original ''[[Mario Bros.]]'', which is the reason why the preceding game was titled ''Mario Bros.'' in the first place. While ''Super'' has a 2-Player mode, it is of the alternating type, which reduces Luigi's role in the game to a mere afterthought (since there's no point of having a separate Player 2 character if both players have to take turn). The Japanese version of ''[[Super Mario Bros the Lost Levels|Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' would try to justify Luigi's inclusion in the game by removing the 2-Player mode and making Luigi [[Divergent Character Evolution|an alternate character with his own characteristics]], while the 2-Player mode in ''[[Super Mario Bros 3]]'' allows both players to split the stages among themselves rather than having separate playthroughs for each one.
* ''[[Metroid]]'' seems to be desperately trying to avoid this; by ''Metroid Fusion'' the titular Metroids have been completely exterminated by the protagonist, and every game since then has been a prequel.
* ''[[Metroid]]'' seems to be desperately trying to avoid this; by ''Metroid Fusion'' the titular Metroids have been completely exterminated by the protagonist, and every game since then has been a prequel.
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