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** ''Spirit Tracks'' |
** ''Spirit Tracks'' |
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* The first ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' game deserves a special mention; its full name is "''Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragons and the Blade of Light''." |
* The first ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' game deserves a special mention; its full name is "''Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragons and the Blade of Light''." |
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** Not that "The Binding Blade" (or "Sealed Sword" if you prefer), "The Blazing Sword" (released as "Fire Emblem" in the US), or "[[Fire Emblem |
** Not that "The Binding Blade" (or "Sealed Sword" if you prefer), "The Blazing Sword" (released as "Fire Emblem" in the US), or "[[Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones|The Sacred Stones]]" aren't prime examples as well. |
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* Parodied in the print comic ''[[Hsu and Chan]]'', in which Hsu and Chan created a wheel of words that could be strung together to make names for console RPGs. One possible option was ''Blood of the Blood Blood''. |
* Parodied in the print comic ''[[Hsu and Chan]]'', in which Hsu and Chan created a wheel of words that could be strung together to make names for console RPGs. One possible option was ''Blood of the Blood Blood''. |
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* ''Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire''. In its Gamespot review, the reviewer [[Lampshade Hanging|mocked]] the Mad Lib Fantasy Title by suggesting a bunch of different titles which are simply rearrangements of the words. |
* ''Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire''. In its Gamespot review, the reviewer [[Lampshade Hanging|mocked]] the Mad Lib Fantasy Title by suggesting a bunch of different titles which are simply rearrangements of the words. |
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** Spoofed with [[Cute Witch|Marisa]]'s ''Ordinary'' Black Magician. |
** Spoofed with [[Cute Witch|Marisa]]'s ''Ordinary'' Black Magician. |
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* ''[[Dragon Quest]]''. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|It does have dragons and a lot of quests]]. |
* ''[[Dragon Quest]]''. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|It does have dragons and a lot of quests]]. |
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* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha |
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable]]: The Gears of Destiny'' |
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* Dang near the entire [[Sierra Online]] catalog, starting with [[King's Quest]], the success of which caused them to shoehorn the word "Quest" into all of their franchises possible, even when it wouldn't really make sense (''[[Police Quest]]'', anyone?). In fact, the were sued when they named their second fantasy series Hero's Quest (Already the name of a fantasy board game), before changing it's name to [[Quest for Glory]]. A few series managed to avoid it, but the only long lasting one was the [[Leisure Suit Larry]] games. |
* Dang near the entire [[Sierra Online]] catalog, starting with [[King's Quest]], the success of which caused them to shoehorn the word "Quest" into all of their franchises possible, even when it wouldn't really make sense (''[[Police Quest]]'', anyone?). In fact, the were sued when they named their second fantasy series Hero's Quest (Already the name of a fantasy board game), before changing it's name to [[Quest for Glory]]. A few series managed to avoid it, but the only long lasting one was the [[Leisure Suit Larry]] games. |
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* ''[[Dragon Age]]'', though [[It Makes Sense in Context|it makes perfect sense in context]]: It's the first ''age'' since ancient history where ''dragons'' have appeared. |
* ''[[Dragon Age]]'', though [[It Makes Sense in Context|it makes perfect sense in context]]: It's the first ''age'' since ancient history where ''dragons'' have appeared. |
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== Table Top Games == |
== Table Top Games == |
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* ''[[Dungeons |
* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' |
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* [[Old World of Darkness|Both versions of]] [[New World of Darkness|the World of Darkness]] use "Creature: The description" as their titles: |
* [[Old World of Darkness|Both versions of]] [[New World of Darkness|the World of Darkness]] use "Creature: The description" as their titles: |
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** ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]''/''[[Vampire: The Requiem]]'' |
** ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]''/''[[Vampire: The Requiem]]'' |
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*** That travesty is the puview of the rabid, festering, moron, L. H. Franzibald. May he suffer strange maladies of the scrotal variety. |
*** That travesty is the puview of the rabid, festering, moron, L. H. Franzibald. May he suffer strange maladies of the scrotal variety. |
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** Also, ''Lord of the God-Kings''. |
** Also, ''Lord of the God-Kings''. |
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** Tycho gets into it a bit with [[Dungeons |
** Tycho gets into it a bit with [[Dungeons & Dragons]], mentioning "Shadowfell". When Gabe asks "Doesn't that mean 'Darkbad'?", Tycho explains that Darkbad is below Shadowfell, and [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/3/20/ draws a diagram] for the incredulous Gabe. |
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* ''[[Questionable Content]]'', poking fun at "[[Heavy Mithril|fantasy metal]]", invented band [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=420 Mythic Slaughterbeast], with song names like ''Ethereal Bloodsport'' and ''Dark Elves' Grimoire''. |
* ''[[Questionable Content]]'', poking fun at "[[Heavy Mithril|fantasy metal]]", invented band [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=420 Mythic Slaughterbeast], with song names like ''Ethereal Bloodsport'' and ''Dark Elves' Grimoire''. |
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