I just thought it'd be hilarious if a dev named their game, like, "Warhound 2" or something when there was never an original "Warhound" lol (and like, do so seriously, not just as a parody or joke, at least primarily so).

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[–] 29 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Pardon the all caps, the games name is in all caps and is a 3 not 2

BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    This is the game that came to my mind too but apparently 1 and 2 are available on itch.io

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    I sought out the product pages on itch.io and Steam:

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  • [–] 22 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    There was a PS2 game called Anubis II, but no Anubis I. Though it was technically a sequel...to Ninjabread Man.

    The Gorky series started with Gorky 17, followed by Gorky 0, and then finally Gorky 02.

    The Clock Tower series kind of did this in reverse. The original was Japan-only, so when Clock Tower 2 was localized they dropped the number. And the same with King's Field.

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    Fire Emblem 7 was just called "Fire Emblem" internationally (first one to be released out of Japan). Even the actual first Fire Emblem had a subtitle in Japan, like all of them, but no, this one will just be "Fire Emblem" for you, that's not confusing at all.

    And then there's that terrible trend...

    Castlevania (N64) is just called Castlevania... for reasons. And so is Circle of The Moon in Europe. None are remakes or retelling of the first Castlevania. Also, consider Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), and Prince of Persia (2008).

    Kirby's Return to Dreamland is titled "Kirby's Adventure Wii" in Europe, despite not being a Kirby's Adventure remake. I'm including this one even though it technically has the "Wii" to distinguish it because there was an actual Adventure remake that, of course, did not have Kirby's Adventure at all in its name (Nightmare in Dreamland).

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  • [–] 18 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Not quite the same, but there is a game called Zwei!! (German for two). Its sequel is just called Zwei II, though.

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    There exists a fantastic German metalcore band called "We Butter The Bread With Butter", a name I always found to be funny. You don't have to know anything about them except that they are awesome.

    They are so good that have several tribute bands. One of them is from their home town and they are called "I Can't Believe It's Not We Butter The Bread With Butter". I always found that to be absurdly hilarious.

    My point is, it's 2026 and the Germans are finally developing a sense of humor. I for one think that's better.

    Entshuldigung, woher ist den ausfahrt?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 months ago*

    Oh, I've played Zwei II: The Ilvard Insurrection. Its music is absolutely fantastic. The game is called "Zwei!!" because the gameplay has you constantly toggle between two protagonists with markedly different fighting styles, entirely referencing the gameplay with no intention to "skip" "Ein." I couldn't tolerate the first one, but give the second a go sometime if you ever come across a copy! The band jbl behind Falcom is truly incredible; you can hear the main theme manifest repeatedly in so many diverse, cool ways throughout the soundtrack.

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  • [–] 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    DOTA 2. The original DOTA is a custom map for Warcraft 3 (Defense of the Ancients).

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    power punch II!

    it was a mediocre fighting game for the nes. it’s original title was mike tyson’s intergalactic power punch, but after the aforementioned mike tyson was arrested for sexual assault, it was renamed power punch II despite power punch 1 never existing.

    the rumor goes that it was originally pitched to nintendo as a sequel to punch-out, but either because it was kinda crap or because of mike tyson’s arrest, it was rejected. but this is debated.

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I mean, team fortress two was the first game in the series. Team fortress “1” having been a mod for a different game.

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    Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo. The name is a takeoff on Super Street Fighter II Turbo, but there were no other Puzzle Fighter versions.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Not a game, but the movie 'Troll 2', the worst rated movie on IMDB, was named such without an original with the hopes to give it more "legitimacy"

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago*

    Although the movie was titled "Troll 2" to capitalize on the minor success of Troll (1986), it has no connection to the plot or production of the earlier film.

    Seems like one of those situations where they shoehorned their script into an existing franchise. They did that a lot with horror movies.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Not 2 but 3.

    McPixel 1 & 3. There is no two.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago

    Atari released Sprint 2 in arcades in 1976. It was followed by Sprint 4 and Sprint 8 in 1977, and then Sprint One in 1978.

    In this case, the numbers refer to the number of concurrent players, not the order of release.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Not a game but there's an Spanish movie called "Vivancos 3: if you like it we'll do the first two". It was a flop so...

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Does BattleBit Remastered count? There was never a released game called BattleBit, and it was named that as a joke by the devs, because of how many times they had to redo things.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    For a long time, I thought Street Fighter 2 was one such game.

    There is no "Street Fighter" home console release. It was arcade only, and wasn't even popular outside of Japan.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Quest 64 exists despite Quest 63, Quest 62, ... Quest not existing.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    You might enjoy the movie Troll 2

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    There was Troll before it, actually. 2 isn’t really a sequel to 1 in terms of creative intent but it was titled as such for marketing purposes because the rights owners figured a movie with no plot connections that didn’t even have a troll in it was still close enough.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3. There is no 1 or 2. However, it only exists as a virtual arcade cabinet in DOOM 3.

    Edit: Apparently you can also find it as a secret in DOOM (2016).

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    There never was a Leisure Suit Larry 4. That number got skipped.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    Al Lowe had originally planned to make part 4 as a massive multiplayer online game, but there were too many technical complications. Additionally, Al had writers block. So he skipped to part 5 saying it additionally afforded him a new start to get out from his writers block. He was supposed to get back to it one day, but never did.

    I own all of the others. Part 3 (Passionate Patti In Pursuit Of The Pulsating Pectorals) is the best and the original Part 1 is runner up. All I ever wanted was a Part 4 though.

    It's Al's 80th birthday in 13 days (July 24, 1946). Maybe he'll get us something

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    I can't think of any but plenty of 2's had a previous game that most people had not heard of and never played while number 2 was a huge success. street fighter comes to mind.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    Episode 63 of Welcome to Nightvale is called There Is No Part 1: Part 2.
    It's a podcast, but it does fit your requirement more precisely than perhaps any videogame.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    There's Eat Lead: Return of Matt Hazard. The game does set it up as a joke, but it's also kind of the entire point of the game. You're playing a 25-year-old franchise whose last game was over half a decade prior. Your franchise got bought by a nepo baby whose father basically owns a chain like GameStop. He hated your games, so he decided to make a new one, kill you off for good, and replace you with a new protagonist. This is the first and only game. It's not a very good game, but it's got some laughs.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    Not a game, but Star Wars infamously opened with Episode IV.

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  • [–] 21 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    It was just titled "star wars" back then though

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago

    Star Wars became Episode IV in 1980, when its sequel, The Empire Strikes Back, began with the title card "Episode V". However, the 1977 original did not officially have the "Episode IV: A New Hope" subtitle added to its opening crawl until its theatrical re-release on April 10, 1981.

    You could say Star Wars 2 was released as "Star Wars 5" I suppose

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Dune 2 came out shortly after a completely unrelated Dune game by a different studio, with the 2 added just so people could distinguish them.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Can't think of any that started with 2, but there are many examples of sequels making their way to the states masquerading as the first title in a series.

    Shadow Tower released on PS1 in Japan only. Shadow Tower 2 was released in Japan on PS2, but when it was released in America, it was just called "Shadow Tower" since no one had heard of the first one.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I was hoping that someone would (mistakenly) say Team Fortress 2.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Not a 2, but there was Clayfighters 63 and 1/3. But that was just a play on the "[Name] 64" naming convention that N64 games commonly used.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Goonies 2 on NES, the original Goonies was Famicom only and never made its way to the NES console.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Threes! Pretty sure there is no Ones! or Twos! preceding it...

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    There was an old Flash game called Pandemic 2. Iirc, there wasn't a Pandemic 1, which struck me as odd.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Breath of Death VII does not have any prequels.
    Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen was subtitled part 5, as Ogre Battle was intended to be a 7 part series, but only 4 games got released.

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    https://archive.org/details/dune-mr-abandonware

    I present to you, dune.

    I only know about this because I am old.

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    If we're including n64 style naming convention, Corn Kidz 64. Pretty sure the name got it's name from the fact it looks and controls like an n64 title. Otherwise, no idea since the obvious, IMO, TF2 was already mentioned.

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