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ReyVGM:
I hear you. I struggle with the same stuff, but I got some "rules" that I follow to avoid going crazy.

If the name is different in box/title screen, then I either pick the longer name or I merge them both. So Gilligan's Island becomes Adventures of Gilligan's Island, and Gyromite becomes Gyromite: Robot Gyro.

As for games with creator titles in front, I just go with what's most popular. I really dislike doing the whole comma thing, such as: Amazing Tennis, David Crane's.
I don't put Disney in front of any of the titles, otherwise the letter "D" would be filled with Disney entries.

JonLeung:
Though you can't exclude Disney if the rest of the title doesn't stand on its own.  For example: Disney Infinity, Disney Universe, Disney Sing It, etc.  I guess there are always common sense exceptions.  Though there are trickier ones like Disney's Hide & Sneak...

Thankfully the box vs. in-game title is more of an issue in older generations, when the art/marketing department or whatever didn't seem to connect/collaborate with the actual in-game title designer.  I guess it's not surprising for the art to be different when the resolution of a game wasn't able to replicate a title as artistically as it could be when drawn by an actual artist for the box.  However, you'd think it wouldn't be hard to talk to at least be sure the game title is consistent...

Nowadays they just render the title for the game and use that same image for the box.  Or the other way is possible, I suppose.  Thankfully no problem with consistency on that front (though we still have all the other issues).

Another thing I don't like is when you're not sure if something is a tagline or a subtitle.  Why does the box for the NES version of Galaga say "Demons Of Death"?  That sounds more like a subtitle than a tagline, but who actually calls it "Galaga: Demons Of Death"?  "Faria: A World Of Mystery And Danger!" is really wordy, and I would have thought the "A World Of Mystery And Danger!" would be the tagline, except that it's right there on a ribbon in the title.  Argh.

ReyVGM:

--- Quote from: JonLeung on May 19, 2022, 08:53:58 am ---

Another thing I don't like is when you're not sure if something is a tagline or a subtitle.  Why does the box for the NES version of Galaga say "Demons Of Death"?  That sounds more like a subtitle than a tagline, but who actually calls it "Galaga: Demons Of Death"?  "Faria: A World Of Mystery And Danger!" is really wordy, and I would have thought the "A World Of Mystery And Danger!" would be the tagline, except that it's right there on a ribbon in the title.  Argh.

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Haha, true.

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