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Games titles that are translated from english, to another language, and back into english.
English to French to English
Sonic and Articulations
Sonic & Knuckles
Name the game that never saw release.
This horror game was cancelled, but not before a playable teaser was released on PS4.
Silent Hills
Games where the playable character is a clone.
Les Enfant Terrible produced Liquid, Solidus, and Solid who are all clones of _____ in the Metal Gear Solid Series.
Fill in the Blank
Big Boss
Identify the game by the subtitle.
Circle of the Moon
Castlevania
Spinoffs from popular games.
In 2016 many fans excited by rumors of an e3 announcement, only to be disappointed to learn that the newest title in a Prime franchise was actually a spin-off aimed at the esports market.
A more traditional new entry would be announced and released the following year.
Metroid Prime: Federation Force (3DS)
Games titles that are translated from english, to another language, and back into english.
English to Russian to English
The Command of the Rocket Projectile
Missile Command
Name the game that never saw release.
Announced in 2002 for consoles, but not officially cancelled until 2014, this Blizzard spinoff was by some reports complete before its body went to rest in an early grave. Finished box art for multiple regions has even made their way online.
StarCraft: Ghost
Games where the playable character is a clone.
In this VR title, the player takes on the role of a titular character, or at least as a clone of one. Based on a hit television show.
2017
Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality
Identify the game by the subtitle.
Zero Mission
Metroid
Spinoffs from popular games.
This spinoff of a popular mobile game took the cute hand drawn characters of the original title and turned it into a class based 3rd person shooter. It would receive a sequel of its own as well as a 3rd entry, recently announced as of September 1, 2019.
Plants Vs. Zombies
Garden Warfare
Games titles that are translated from english, to another language, and back into english.
English to Dutch to English
The Fixed Body of the Metal Apparatus
Metal Gear Solid
Name the game that never saw release.
Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm may have been a rebirth for Star Wars movies, but not for this Uncharted inspired game that was in development until at the time of the sale.
Star Wars: 1313
Games where the playable character is a clone.
Cloned by an organization called the 5 fathers, the protagonist of this series is a clone with the combined DNA of all 5. The story of one of the games sees the player track down and kill them all.
(2000)
Hitman: Codename 47
(or Hitman Series)
Identify the game by the subtitle.
The Dark Sword of Chaos
Ninja Gaiden
Spinoffs from popular games.
This spinoff game based on a best selling game from 2009, featured the voice work of Martha Plimpton, Corey Feldman and Patton Oswalt and Paul Reubens among others and was later turned into a Netflix show based on the spinoff game.
Minecraft: Story Mode
Games titles that are translated from english, to another language, and back into english.
English to Spanish to English
Tremor
Quake
Name the game that never saw release.
Rock Star Games announced this title on the Sony stage at E3 2007. An open-world stealth game steeped in the world of spies and espionage, nothing was ever said of it again after its initial announcement.
AGENT
Games where the playable character is a clone.
For some reason this game has been re-made twice since its initial release in 2006 on the Xbox, PS2 and PC.
It was remade for the Wii in 2009. And given an HD remake in 2017 for PS4, Xbox One and Switch.
Based on a comic book series of the same name, published by 2000AD, in this game you play as a soldier in a clone army known as the Genetic Infantry. The protagonist of the game saw his squad wiped out early in the game and implanted their personalities into his gun, backpack and helmet and they quip with you for the remainder of the campaign.
Rogue Trooper
Identify the game by the subtitle.
The Room
Silent Hill
Spinoffs from popular games.
This spinoff of a popular franchise from 2018 was poorly reviewed, featured no returning characters, and though it technically expanded the story of the previous game in the franchise (2015) it sent the player character to a different dimension entirely.
Metal Gear Survive
Games titles that are translated from english, to another language, and back into english.
English to Italian to English
Vixen of the Star
Star Fox
Name the game that never saw release.
Rare in that copies of the game were shipped to stores before it was cancelled, this 2011 sports title was cancelled and recalled after the demo released was so buggy that it became a joke, and the demo too had to be pulled.
Copies of the game made their way to ebay and became a collectors item after a few shipments were "lost" when recalled by Electronic Arts.
NBA Elite 11
Games where the playable character is a clone.
This 2007 title features a player character who is never told that he is a clone but clues are littered throughout the game that infer it. You also later kill the character who you were a clone of.
Bioshock
Identify the game by the subtitle.
Land of the Babes
Duke Nukem
Spinoffs from popular games.
Announced alongside its mainstay series at E3 2015, this mobile resource management title was released the week it was announced and went on to outsell the more hyped franchise sequel that it was announced alongside.
Fallout Shelter