History TitleDrop / Videogames

* ''GoldenSun'' has a title drop, but if you play only the first game you wouldn't know it, since the term only shows up in the lead-up to the final battle of the second game.

* ''MegaManBattleNetwork 4'' manages to shoehorn its subtitle (''Red Sun'' or ''Blue Moon'', depending on the version) in ''twice'' -- once for the tournament and once for the giant laser. Near the end we learn that [[spoiler:the tournament was a front for finding a netbattler to stop the asteroid]], except this falls through because that was the BACKUP plan.
* Towards the end of ''SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'', when the party members are briefed on the TheFederation's plan to launch a counterattack on the [[HumanAliens Balmarians]], it's revealed the name of the plan is "[[OperationBlank Operation SRW]]". After the briefing, when the other party members are wondering what SRW stands for, AscendedFanboy [[SuperRobotWarsAlpha Ryusei Date]] guesses it right, but none of the others believe him.
** To be exact, Ryusei believes it stands for "Super Robot Wars", while ManicPixieDreamGirl [[SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Excellen Browning]] jokes that it's "Sexy Romance Weapon".

** Some older [=SRWs=] would TitleDrop the game during the final scenario, as in the case of ''SuperRobotWarsCompact'', where the last scenario is called "Super Robot Wars".

* In the ''TouhouProject'' games, [[CallingYourAttacks Spell Cards]] have names which generally take the form of something like '''Love Sign "Master Spark"''', and this is used for a Title Drop a few times for the final Spell Card of the FinalBoss. In ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'', Yuyuko's final spell card (before her DesperationAttack) is titled '''Cherry Blossom Sign "Perfect Cherry Blossom of Sumizome"'''; in ''Mountain of Faith'', Kanako's final attack has no "sign" part of its name (though it is far from unique in that regard) and is simply called '''"Mountain of Faith"'''[[note]]Only on Easy and Normal mode though; on higher difficulties it is "Virtue of Wind God"[[/note]].

* In the ''KingsQuestII'' FanRemake, a TitleDrop is used when [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Caldaur and Lavidia]] hear the reason Graham is seeking to open the Door of Destiny.

* Dante's demon-hunting business in ''DevilMayCry'' shares its name with the game.

* As just almost every single game in the ''ElderScrolls'' series is named after an ingame setting[[hottip:*: the intro to Arena notes that Arena is an alternate name for Tamriel]], none of the games' subtitles should count. But [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]] however, does in a much very blatant and glorified manner in it's epic opening FMV.

* In John Woo's ''Stranglehold'', Damon Zakarov tells [[Main/BigBad Big Bad]] Wong, in his demands that he hand over Hong Kong to him, "Your stranglehold has lasted far too long."
* While the [=ARMs=] in ''[[WildArms Wild ARMs]]'' have always been an important plot element in every game, the series never did a full [[AC: TitleDrop]]...until [[VideoGame/WildArms4 the fourth game]] where [=ARMs=] are weapons made from {{Nanomachines}}, and the most powerful of them assimilates the inmates of [[TheAlcatraz Illsveil Prison]], turning them into, you guessed it, Wild [=ARMs=].

* The main heroines of ''{{Tsukihime}}'' and ''FateStayNight'' has the title of the game, or part of it, as the name of their true ending. Actually makes a lot of sense in the case of ''Tsukihime'' (Moon Princess) since the title is direct reference to her.

** Although in Gilgamesh's ''FinalFantasyXII'' boss cameo, his ultimate attack is called Ultimate Illusion, a synonym to Final Fantasy.
** Additionally, the 5-person Band Attack used by the the final party of ''FinalFantasyIV'' in its sequel [[FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears The After Years]] is called "Final Fantasy."
** Also, in ''FinalFantasyVIII'', the Japanese version of Edea's speech in Galbadia plays out a little differently from the English translation, and includes a line referencing the series.

* In the ''TouhouProject'' games, [[CallingYourAttacks Spell Cards]] have names which generally take the form of something like '''Love Sign "Master Spark"''', and this is used for a Title Drop a few times for the final Spell Card of the FinalBoss. In ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'', Yuyuko's final spell card (before her DesperationAttack) is titled '''Cherry Blossom Sign "Perfect Cherry Blossom of Sumizome"'''; in ''Mountain of Faith'', Kanako's final attack has no "sign" part of its name (though it is far from unique in that regard) and is simply called '''"Mountain of Faith"'''[[hottip:*:Only on Easy and Normal mode though; on higher difficulties it is "Virtue of Wind God"]].

** The fangame ''Concealed the Conclusion''[='=]s Stage 5 is titled '''Concealed the Conclusion''' ([[GratuitousEnglish in English, in a Japanese game]]). Ironically, it is also the stage where the [[DreamApocalypse conclusion]] is ''[[WhamEpisode revealed]]''.

* The penultimate quest in the last content patch for ''WorldOfWarcraft'', which involves the players and one of their faction's leaders [[spoiler: escaping an [[CurbstompBattle encounter]] with]] [[BigBad Arthas Menethil]]. This leads directly into the raid on Icecrown Citadel, and is named "Wrath of the Lich King".

* You get to find the Mask of the Betrayer in NeverwinterNights2 Mask of the Betrayer, but it isn't actually referred to anywhere in dialogue as such.
** The opening sequence video for NeverwinterNights Hordes of the Underdark closed with a TitleDrop.

* In ''TheMatrix: Path of Neo'', when [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TLJb9NZN0I the Wachowskis' avatars show up to explain they changed the ending for the benefit of the medium]], Larry summarizes the original ending from the movie in an increasingly sped-up voice. This is what he says normally:

* The ''CommandAndConquer'' franchise has two title drops. Once in the final Soviet cutscene of ''Yuri's Revenge'' where Yuri drops the franchise name and once in ''Tiberian Sun'' where Kane yells "THE TIBERIAN SUN HAS RISEN!"

* In ''VisualNovel/CorpseParty: Book of Shadows'', one chapter is called ''Shangri-La''[[hottip:*:Itself a reference to ''Blood Covered'''s opening theme]] and deals with a NightmareFetishist stranded in Tenjin. He enthusiastically describes his horrific surroundings as a 'Corpse Party' and compares it to Shangri-La.

** The Bloodmoon expansion for [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]] mentions the Bloodmoon event. Some of the games mentions the actual Elder Scrolls, but never in situations relevant to the main plot.

* All the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' games after ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' have subtitles, and engage in subtitle drops:

** Probably the most meta one in the series, though, is a repeated ''series acronym drop'' from Drebin in ''Metal Gear Solid 4'', as he screams (about a tank that is chasing them) 'we've got an MGS on our asses!' and 'We've gotta shake off the MGS!'. The scene ends with the MGS getting flipped into a ravine as the characters carry on. [[TrueArt Interpret that as you may]].

** Oh, and don't try to count the number of times Snake says ''"Metal Gear!?"''.

* The final map of the ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' GameMod ''Hell Revealed'' is named... wait for it... Hell Revealed.

* LegacyOfKain has two examples. In Soul Reaver it's "Become my soul reaver. My angel of death." In Soul Reaver 2, the Elder God tells Raziel "You are always and will always be my soul reaver."

* In ''MetroidPrime'', you can tell the creature the Space Pirates have been studying will turn out to be pretty nasty once you learn that it's been code-named...well, take a wild guess.

* Yugo of ''BloodyRoar'' has a move named "Bloody Roar".

* The meaning behind the title of ''{{Suika}}'' is only revealed in the true ending, where [[spoiler:it becomes Ojou's new name by combining the kanji for water and summer.]]

** Also, in the second and the third games, Guybrush askes LucasArts (via telephone) and LeChuck what's ''The Secret of Monkey Island'', dropping the first game's title.

** '''[[BidBad Solidus:]]''' And we will become '''The [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty Sons of Liberty]]!'''

* Skillfully used in the first ''{{Geneforge}}'' game--the title initially seems to be just an oblique reference to the series' essential conceit--bioengineering in a fantasy environment by use of magic. However, when it turns out to actually be [[spoiler: the name of the LostTechnology that serves as the series' ongoing MacGuffin and ArtifactOfDoom]], the player instantly recognizes his goal for the remainder of the game.

* Akin to the [[JamesBond Bond]] [[TitleDrop/{{Film}} films]], the various console games also had name drops such as '''From Russia With Love''' and '''Everything or Nothing'''.

** In the final patch of Cataclysm, Deathwing yells "[[BadassBoast I]] [[IAmTheNoun AM]] [[ThisIsSparta THE]] [[TitleDrop CATACLYSM]]!" at the start of the Madness of Deathwing encounter, in which he attempts to use an attack called Cataclysm that essentially is him finishing the job he started by breaking out of Deepholm, and which the raid ''must'' interrupt to avoid instantly wiping.

* In John Woo's ''Stranglehold'', Damon Zakarov tells [[Main/{{BigBad}} Big Bad]] Wong, in his demands that he hand over Hong Kong to him, "Your stranglehold has lasted far too long."

** Despite Sion being technically the main heroine of {{Melty Blood}}, being the main heroine of the entire series gets Arc the title drop in that game. Her Blood Heat Arc Drive is named "Melty Blood."

* " I am a {{Prince of Persia}}!"

* This happens in ''IWannaBeTheGuy'', towards the end.

* ''"I used to find joy in the company of others. Now, I have only {{the company of myself}}."''
* ''VideoGame/{{World of Goo}}'' Corporation.

* At the end of ''[[RainbowSix Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield]]'' it is explained that the BigBad was like a raven picking the bones of an old war and the other BigBad his shield protecting him until his children were ready to fly.
* In the ''KingsQuestII'' FanRemake, a TitleDrop is used when [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Caldaur and Lavidia]] hear the reason Graham is seeking to open the Door of Destiny.

** Strangely enough, in later games they're referred to as "the Sacred Rings" by the Covenant.

* Last line of the second expansion pack for ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'', ''Dissolution of Eternity'':

* In ''VisualNovel/CorpseParty: Book of Shadows'', one chapter is called ''Shangri-La''[[hottip:*:Itself a reference to ''Blood Covered'''s opening theme]] and deals with a NightmareFetishist stranded in Tenjin. He enthusiastically describes his horrific surroundings as a 'Corpse Party' and compares it to Shangri-La.

* In most games ''TheLegendOfZelda'' series, the subtitle inevitably gets dropped early on, pointing a giant neon arrow at something important. No points for guessing the Ocarina of Time is going to be important in a game called ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''.

** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater''', the subtitle is taken from the operation Snake carries out for the most of the game, named as such because he's taking on the members of the Cobra unit.

* All the ''MetalGearSolid'' games after the first have subtitles, and engage in [[AC:Sub{{Title Drop}}]]s:
** '''Solidus''': And we will become '''The [[MetalGearSolid2 Sons of Liberty]]!'''
** In ''[=MGS3=]''', the subtitle ''SnakeEater'' is taken from the operation Snake carries out for the most of the game, named as such because he's taking on the members of the Cobra unit.
** '''[[spoiler:Ocelot]]''': Behold! '''GunsOfThePatriots!'''
*** Said "Guns of the Patriots" being [[spoiler:Ocelot's plan to hijack the SOP (Sons Of The Patriots) system]].
** For fairly obvious reasons, ''Portable Ops'' didn't manage. It tried hard, though, and involved an optional scene where Snake commented about how the operation felt 'portable'.
** Probably the most meta one in the series, though, is a repeated ''series acronym drop'' from Drebin in ''MetalGearSolid 4'', as he screams (about a tank that is chasing them) 'we've got an MGS on our asses!' and 'We've gotta shake off the MGS!'. The scene ends with the MGS getting flipped into a ravine as the characters carry on. [[TrueArt Interpret that as you may]].
** ''Metal Gear: Ghost Babel'' averted this as well. There is a "[[MacGuffin Project Babel]]" in the plot, which forms half of the subtitle, but the subtitle ''Ghost Babel'' was mainly chosen because it conveniently [[SuperTitle64Advance shared the same initials]] as the GameBoy.
** Oh, and don't try to count the number of times Snake says "Metal Gear".

* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' -- welcome in that we get to find out what the hell they were smoking when they came up with that one. (Turns out it's suggesting that the parts of the world you ignore might as well not exist, and with [[EmoTeen Neku]] (who is told this) that means a lot might as well not exist. Thank you, [[AC:TitleDrop]]!)

** Don't forget in the same game, Sonic's explanation to Metal Sonic as to why he lost to them

* In ''PhoenixWrightAceAttorney: Trials and Tribulations'', when Luke Atmey insists on describing himself as an "Ace Detective," Phoenix awkwardly introduces himself as "Phoenix Wright...Ace Attorney." Of course, being Phoenix Wright, the whole scene is not an especially important conversation, especially because Pearl and Maya insist on also being an "Ace"...spirit medium and apprentice, respectively.

* ''IcewindDale'' and ''Heart of Winter'' do this -- ''Icewind Dale'', the name of the region it takes place in, much more easily, of course. ''Heart of Winter'', on the other hand, does it much more subtly:

** Of course, the actual significance of the title is made clear when it's explained that [[spoiler:the Marker create a sort of "dead space" around itself that keeps the Necromorph bacteria and the resultant creatures dormant]].

** And of course, ''Shattered Skies'' as the name of [=AC04=]'s eighth mission, and part of your commander's speech before the final mission.

** ''Tiberium Wars'' may have one as well: in-game and even in cutscenes, the events of the various games in the Tiberium franchise are referred to as the First, Second and Third Tiberium War. Then there's the Firestorm Crisis, the events of the titual expansion pack.

* Lampshaded in the preview for ''[[HomestarRunner Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]] Episode 2: Strong Badia the Free'', as well as in the game itself:

* Akin to the [[JamesBond Bond]] [[TitleDrop/Film films]], the various console games also had name drops such as '''From Russia With Love''' and '''Everything or Nothing'''.

* ''GodOfWar'' drops it many times, first with Ares and then [[spoiler: Kratos]] being referred to as "God of War".

** In the dialog box just before starting ''Lonesome Road,'' the option to go ahead says "Walk the Lonesome Road." Also, the phrase "Lonesome Road" is sprayed on a wall in one of the first areas, and the Lonesome Road perk is awarded at the end.

* As just almost every single game in the ''ElderScrolls'' series is named after an ingame setting[[hottip:*: the intro to Arena notes that Arena is an alternate name for Tamriel]], none of the games' subtitles should count. But [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsTwoDaggerfall Daggerfall]] however, does in a much very blatant and glorified manner in it's epic opening FMV.