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doomcorner64 08-31-2012 09:30 AM

Oddworld: Mudoken Pops

Nepsotic 08-31-2012 10:43 AM

Imaginative.

OddjobAbe 08-31-2012 12:38 PM

Snide.

Fred The Fuzzle 09-01-2012 05:04 AM

'Oddworld: Abe's Rhapsoddy'.

I've always linked Abe's Oddysee to Homer's Odyssey (purely from titles).
Homer's Odyssey is an epic poem, a Rhapsody is 'a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation'. The definitions eerily mirror Abe HD, 'adapted for recitation' is to be 'adapted for new platforms and remade'.

I can't think of anything else that both conveys meaning and has 'od/odd' in it.

SpAM_CAN 09-01-2012 05:16 AM

To call it that the soundtrack would have to be written by Brian May and Roger Taylor.

Bullet Magnet 09-01-2012 09:28 AM

Rhapsoddy is clever.

OANST 09-01-2012 09:42 AM

OBJECTION!

STM 09-01-2012 09:55 AM

Actually....I thought it was quite good too!

Bullet Magnet 09-01-2012 10:10 AM

I couldn't tell how much of that was directed at me or Fred.

MeechMunchie 09-01-2012 10:14 AM

I couldn't tell why referencing Ace was necessary.

OANST 09-01-2012 10:19 AM

It's necessary because I'm bored, and I just found that thing.

Strike Witch 09-01-2012 10:22 AM

Also Rhapsody is the name of another obscure PSX game everyone has forgotten about.

It's a musical.

Is Abe HD a musical?

OANST 09-01-2012 10:26 AM

There's whistling.

Varrok 09-01-2012 11:41 AM

And rhyming.

Wil 09-01-2012 12:28 PM

And music.

Bullet Magnet 09-01-2012 12:29 PM

Bell chiming.

Bodd T.W. 09-01-2012 03:07 PM

And dying.

just wanted to continue the rhyme. :\

MeechMunchie 09-01-2012 03:45 PM

And moonlight, but not love or romance.

Ah well...

Let's face the music, and DANCE!
*Tappa tap*

MudokonRyan 09-02-2012 11:55 AM

I like the name Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
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Nepsotic 09-02-2012 03:13 PM

And then people would be like "Oh, a new Oddworld game", and then be disappointed to find that it is only a remake. I think it has to have RE or Oddysee in there somewhere.

Andrelvis 09-03-2012 03:49 AM

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And then people would be like "Oh, a new Oddworld game", and then be disappointed to find that it is only a remake. I think it has to have RE or Oddysee in there somewhere.

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee New 'n' Tasty

Nepsotic 09-03-2012 09:10 AM

Like somebody else said, it should just have New 'n' Tasty as a sub-heading, not in the actual title.

Connell 09-03-2012 10:00 AM

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Like somebody else said, it should just have New 'n' Tasty as a sub-heading, not in the actual title.

I was just about to come on and quote my post of that idea, but yes, I'm glad other people agree it would suit more as an extra than the actual name of the game. I think we can trust JAW to name the actual game something sensible.

Asmoden 09-03-2012 11:47 AM

Maybe, just to kill time, we should make an official ranking/vote.

Nepsotic 09-03-2012 04:55 PM

But that would be utterly pointless.

Fred The Fuzzle 09-03-2012 07:14 PM

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But that would be utterly pointless.

It could end up like the 'Dub the Dew' contest. 'Oddworld: Hitler did nothing wrong'.

Connell 09-04-2012 04:58 AM

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'Oddworld: Hitler did nothing wrong'.

I thought Lorne burnt all evidence of that game ever being planned?

Andrelvis 09-04-2012 08:02 AM

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Like somebody else said, it should just have New 'n' Tasty as a sub-heading, not in the actual title.

I agree, but I'm not sure that's in the cards.

EDIT: Also, wasn't today the today they were going to reveal the chosen name?

AlexFili 09-04-2012 09:25 AM

The Odd Side of The Moon

GlukkonGluk 09-04-2012 09:45 AM

Has anyone considered simply: "Abe"?
Simple, effective, to the point. There is an element of intrigue: who is this Abe? I want to know more! There is a certain memorability to the one-syllable word. There is the suggestion that this character is something to care about. There is a possible link to the name "Abraham" and the connotations that come with it that may interest certain people. Well? Am I or am I not a genius? :P