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).
There is this Game called Apidya
According to the Creators they named the Game Apidya 2 to provide some exitement.
Very good Game with Music by Chris Huelsbeck.
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.
You might enjoy the movie Troll 2
This is exactly what I thought of haha. Absolute classic that everyone should watch at least once.
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.
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.
I mean, team fortress two was the first game in the series. Team fortress “1” having been a mod for a different game.
Team Fortress Classic was the first stand alone game in the series, sold as its own thing if we’re not gonna count the original Quake mod.
Same with DOTA
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.
Dang, now that’s a name I haven’t read in a loooong time…
Not 2 but 3.
McPixel 1 & 3. There is no two.
Same with Goat Simulator and Goat Simulator 3
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).
Interesting. I’ve never heard of it.
There never was a Leisure Suit Larry 4. That number got skipped.
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
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.
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.DOTA 2. The original DOTA is a custom map for Warcraft 3 (Defense of the Ancients).
TIL what DOTA stands for
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.@Simon_Shitewood I remember Breath of Death VII. Not a bad game.
Goonies 2 on NES, the original Goonies was Famicom only and never made its way to the NES console.
Not a game, but Star Wars infamously opened with Episode IV.
It was just titled “star wars” back then though
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
I thought Episode IV was in the initial crawl text.
ETA I’ve just checked and apparently it was added in the special editions, the original 1977 crawl just started with the story.
Not originally.
