phart010 | 1,708 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 (edited) For example NES-UM-USA-1 is Super Mario Bros 3. We all know that the first part is the game system, the second part is the title, the third part is the region and the fourth part (if present) is the revision. But what exactly does the game title code stand for? How does UM stand for Mario 3? UM certainly does mean something, they didn’t just arbitrarily assign two letters. So what does it stand for? Let’s try to identify the meaning of as many game title codes as we can in this thread. If you take a guess at something and someone corrects you, please edit your post to include the correction Edited August 5, 2021 by phart010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,708 Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share Posted August 5, 2021 (edited) SNES Breath of Fire SNS-BF-USA BF=Breath of Fire (duh!) SNES Super Castlevani 4 SNS-AD-USA AD=Akumajou Dracula SNES Final Fantasy II SNS-F4-USA F4= Final Fantasy 4 SNES Final Fantasy III SNS-F6-USA F6=Final Fantasy 6 SNES Congo’s Caper SNS-J2-USA J2=Joe and Mac2 SNES Joe and Mac 2 SNS-J3-USA J3=Joe and Mac3 SNES Rival Turf SNS-RB-USA RB=Rush’n Beat SNES Super Mario Allstars SNS-4M-USA 4M= 4 Mario games SNES Super Mario Allstars + Mario World SNS-5M-USA 5M= 5 Mario games Edited August 5, 2021 by phart010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,940 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 What he said there, they borrow from the Japanese name (the castlevania one) or they use some pair of letters from the english name. There's always some sense to it where it fits as a code that makes sense. Some like the last 2 with allstars and allstars+mario world, sneaky smart if you think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,520 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 4 hours ago, phart010 said: How does UM stand for Mario 3? UM certainly does mean something, they didn’t just arbitrarily assign two letters. So what does it stand for? By the time SMB 3 came out, they probably exhausted a considerable number of game codes. My guess is UM is sUper Mario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,708 Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Tulpa said: By the time SMB 3 came out, they probably exhausted a considerable number of game codes. My guess is UM is sUper Mario. My guess would have been Ultra Mario Bros. Ultra is this next order of magnitude after Super and we already know Nintendo would make use of the word Ultra because they used it for the project codename Ultra 64 Edited August 6, 2021 by phart010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyMulk | 64 Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 UN Squadron: SNS-E8-USA (“Area 88”, which begins with a short E sound of sorts in Japanese). With UM, I assume they’d run out of letters at the point and didn’t know how to abbreviate it until some kind soul said, “Uh…Mario?” 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,940 Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 9 hours ago, DaddyMulk said: UN Squadron: SNS-E8-USA (“Area 88”, which begins with a short E sound of sorts in Japanese). With UM, I assume they’d run out of letters at the point and didn’t know how to abbreviate it until some kind soul said, “Uh…Mario?” Japanese name is why dude. Area 88. But romanized in Japanese print it's E-ri-a (Area) Hachii juu(80) Hachi(8). Hence E8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin532 | 467 Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 I'm pretty sure they picked what ever code was available. Some of them probably are an abbreviation of the title. Others are just random. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyMulk | 64 Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 On 8/9/2021 at 10:46 AM, Tanooki said: Japanese name is why dude. Area 88. But romanized in Japanese print it's E-ri-a (Area) Hachii juu(80) Hachi(8). Hence E8. As a translator with 20 years of experience, I’m well aware of this. I was trying to explain it to the non-native speakers out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,708 Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 (edited) NES The young Indiana Jones Chronicles NES-YJ-USA YJ= Young Jones (or Young Jaleco) NES Vice Project Doom NES-9G-USA I have to assume the G means “Gun” as the Japanese title for this game is Gun Dec Edited August 13, 2021 by phart010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,940 Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 17 hours ago, DaddyMulk said: As a translator with 20 years of experience, I’m well aware of this. I was trying to explain it to the non-native speakers out there. Sorry just went by your 'Uh Mario' comment and went with it. That didn't feel like an explanation, more like humor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyMulk | 64 Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 20 minutes ago, Tanooki said: Sorry just went by your 'Uh Mario' comment and went with it. That didn't feel like an explanation, more like humor. No worries. The second one was an attempt at humor, but yeah, mixing actual info with the jokes can be deadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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