History WordSaladTitle / SquareEnix

** Some of the side-games have some impressively strange and difficult to understand names. ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus'' refers to the main character's gun and symbol. ''[[Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren Advent Children]]'' is an ironic comparison of Christ to Sephiroth (and there are also a lot of children). ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIIRevenantWings Revenant Wings]]'' might be referring to the lack of emotion of the winged-species, or perhaps the various undead winged-villains. It gets worse: ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'''s old title ''Final Fantasy Versus XIII'', and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyType0''. Who even knows what all that even means?
*** ''Agito XIII'''s subtitle was changed to "Type-0." Which also makes little sense. The word Agito would have referred to the title of a Savior in the game's mythology. The game ''did'' turn out to be about a team of students named "Class Zero".
*** Not to mention that the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' games come under the collective title of Fabula Nova Crystallis (Latin for New Tale of the Crystal), despite having very little to with each other other than vague thematic connections.
*** The "Versus" part in ''Final Fantasy Versus XIII'' could refer to the game being Creator/TetsuyaNomura's vision of Final Fantasy XIII, as opposed to Yoichi Wada's game.

** ''VideoGame/TheatrhythmFinalFantasy''. "Theatrhythm" is itself a nonsense portmanteau of the words "theater" and "rhythm", referring to the stage play-esque presentation of the game and the fact that it's also a RhythmGame. It got a few sequels which are competently named (''Curtain Call'' and ''All-Star Carnival''), but the latest installment takes the cake: ''Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line'', which not only drops the "Final Fantasy" name (in reference to how it's more of a "best of" of Square Enix music rather than almost strictly ''Final Fantasy'' songs this time around) but also tacks on a new subtitle which refers to the last line of a musical composition (in reference to how ''Final Bar Line'' is supposedly the final ''Theatrhythm'' game). Unsurprisingly, Tetsuya Nomura himself bestowed the name ''Final Bar Line''.

** There's also ''Reverse/Rebirth'' (aka [[AnotherSideAnotherStory Riku mode]]) in ''Chain of Memories''. There is a bit of logic to the title when taken separately (the player goes back to replay the events of the game, but from Riku's perspective, and it depicts his RedemptionQuest) but when you put it together it makes no sense whatsoever. This is a "pun" that got LostInTranslation — if you transcribe them into Japanese kana, Reverse and Rebirth can be written the exact same way (リバース, ''ribâsu'', is a proper transliteration for both). Of course, the game uses two different transliterations to make sure it still makes sense, but even then, the Japanese pronunciations are very close if not identical.
** While the compilation that features the HD rerelease of the aforementioned ''3D'' often gets made fun of for having a ridiculous name, its meaning is fairly clear. ''Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue''. The usage of "2.8" to indicate it's a follow up to "2.5" is a bit unusual[[note]]Dream Drop Distance, taking place after all the games in the 2.5 compilation, is numbered 2.6; ''A fragmentary passage'' is numbered 0.2 (detailed below); and the ''X Back Cover'' movie ties into ''Kingdom Hearts X'', therefore sharing its numbering of 0 (also detailed below); 2.6 + 0.2 + 0 = 2.8[[/note]]. "Final Chapter Prologue" references that the three parts of the compilation are directly setting up for ''Kingdom Hearts III''.
*** Possibly taking the cake for complex titles in the series is one game in the ''2.8'' compilation: ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts02BirthBySleepAFragmentaryPassage''. The "Birth by Sleep" part references the fact that it directly picks up where ''Birth by Sleep'' left off story-wise and is effectively an extension of that game's epilogue. The "0.2" numbering is as follows: ''Kingdom Hearts X'' (detailed below) describes the earliest events in the series, therefore making it EpisodeZeroTheBeginning in all but name. ''Birth by Sleep'' is the next entry after that, making it 0.1, and this game comes directly after that, making it 0.2. "A Fragmentary Passage" refers to the EldritchLocation that the player traverses, made up of twisted bits of worlds from previous games.

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': contrary to CommonKnowledge, the first ''VideoGame/{{Final Fantasy|I}}'' was not called such because Square believed that it would be their final game. [[http://kotaku.com/debunking-the-final-fantasy-naming-myth-1707389344 The creators simply wanted a name that would abbreviate to "FF".]] It was originally going to be called "Fighting Fantasy" until they realized that ''[[Literature/FightingFantasy that title was already taken]]''.

* ''VideoGame/InfiniteUndiscovery''. When one [[MeaninglessMeaningfulWords faux-profound word-concoction]] isn't enough, why not make it [[MadLibFantasyTitle infinite?]]

** The now defunct browser game was originally titled ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsX''. This was mildly misleading because the series uses Roman numerals for numbered titles, so you'd be forgiven for reading it as "Kingdom Hearts ten." However, if you simply say the letter "X," you would still be wrong; it's meant to be pronounced "Kingdom Hearts Key," as in the Greek letter χ. Nevermind that "key" isn't and has never been the correct pronunciation of the letter's name.

* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'''s title is [[TitleDrop dropped]] and explained midway through the game- Mr. Hanekoma tells Neku that if he wants to enjjoy life, he should broaden his horizons. The Japanese title, ''It's a Wonderful World'', was also explained at the same point in the corresponding version. It's all about opening up as a person.

Creator/SquareEnix tends to be rather infamous for their... [[WordSaladTitle questionable game titles]], which often range between awkwardly descriptive to mostly incomprehensible.

Creator/SquareEnix tends to be rather infamous for their... [[WordSaladTitle questionable game titles]], which often range between awkwardly descriptive to nearly incomprehensible.

** The now defunct browser game was originally titled ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsX'' (stylized as ''Kingdom Hearts χ''). This was mildly misleading because the series uses Roman numerals for numbered titles, so you'd be forgiven for reading it as "Kingdom Hearts ten." However, if you simply say the letter "X," you would still be wrong; it's meant to be pronounced "Kingdom Hearts Key," as in the Greek letter χ. Nevermind that "key" isn't and has never been the correct pronunciation of the letter's name.

Creator/SquareEnix tends to be rather infamous for their... questionable game titles, which tend to range between awkwardly descriptive to nearly incomprehensible.