Is there an official name?: Lego Crossover Game

I called the series Lego Crossover Game when I wrote the page because I didn't know of any official name. Is there one that we should rename this to?

There has to be. It's not actually a crossover. "Lego Game Series"? "Lego Adaptation Game"??

Um, in what way is it not a crossover? Is there some official definition this doesn't fit?

You're talking about Lego Indiana Jones, Lego Star Wars, and Lego Batman, right? Unless there are Bionicle characters, there's no actual crossing over of continuities, just the original work done in a Lego style.

Where is that definition from? It's still crossing franchises.

Fanon. I.E.: that's how I define it. YMMV, of course.

You can't use Personal Dictionary for a rename thread.

A) I didn't start the thread.
B) It's not my Personal Dictionary. I'm just going by my perceptions of common use of "crossover."

Also, the games don't meet the Trope definition of Crossover, so that's a potential problem, too.

edited 19th Jan '11 11:01:38 PM by BlackWolfe

I'm going to agree it's not really crossover. It's lego style, but the plot and the characters are all the base media. Lego Style Games? I mean, crossover tends to involve two works, but in this case Lego isn't a work. It's a medium.

edited 19th Jan '11 11:01:51 PM by shimaspawn

If it's your definition, then you can't call for renaming a page just because you don't think it means that.

This was asking for an official name to rename the series to, not nitpick the actual definition of "crossover".

It's not Crossover as TV Tropes defines Crossover.

I did not "call for renaming." I put in a vote in favor. You started this.

No, you started the issue over whether this was a crossover. I started a thread about if there is a name the series uses.

And we can't use only the TV Tropes definition, as this site is used to define tropes, not replace the dictionary.

There doesn't appear to be an "official" name. Lego Game Series seems the best fit, to distinguish Lego (title goes here) from games in the Bionicle or other games with Lego in the title.

No it doesn't, as that could imply any video games with Lego, or even non video games.

And you still need a better call for a rename than you just not liking how I use the word "crossover" with the name. At least in the OP I asked if there is an official name.

I've made my point, you've made yours. It's seeing a bit of use as is, but not a whole lot. At this point, I'm ducking out of this discussion and we can just wait to see if it gets auto-locked or more contributions.

There doesn't seem to be an official name for the series to my knowledge. I will say that crossover doesn't feel right. I tend to think more "Batman meets Sailor Moon" when I think crossover as do many people I talk to. Adaptation sounds better I think. It doesn't carry the implications of "Batman meets Harry Potter and the Cabbage Patch Kids" and is more specific than Lego Game Series which is indeed far too vague a name. That could include Lego Rock Raiders and Lego Racers which have little to nothing to do with Lego Starwars and Lego Batman.

That's why I liked Lego Style Games or Lego Style Game Series. It's a bit clearer.

How are those a bit clearer? They still just imply Lego games of any kind, not that these are video games using other franchises.

Just because it doesn't fit some unofficial definition of "crossover" doesn't mean it's not a crossover between Lego and the other franchises.

I'm not against a rename, but I am against doing it for a poor reason. And the actual definition of "crossover" is very broad, thus meaning the name here fits that.

Not a crossover.

It is very broad, but how you're using it fits none of those categories either.

Well no one gave a better name. But I just realized that there is a term related to this. Does Lego Licensed Game work?

No, that's worse because that sounds like it's just games about Lego characters.

As obvious as it is, it's still worth noting that all Lego games are tie-ins for the license Lego acquired with the respective toyline (Star Wars, Batman, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter). They are, in a word, Lego Licensed Games (awkward as it sounds).

edited 20th Jan '11 12:23:12 PM by Stratadrake

TT Games' Lego Video Game Franchise would probably be the most correct. But that's super-long. TT Games Lego Franchise? TT Games Lego Games?

The way that Crossover is used in the current title does not match our definition of Crossover, any of Wikipedia's definitions, nor does it match any of the definitions you linked to.

Whether there's an official name or not, it should probably be renamed.

EDIT: @Stratadrake: Isn't the Lego Rock Star game outside of that definition?

edited 20th Jan '11 12:30:00 PM by ccoa