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I'm going to use the Strike series as examples.

I'll start with "Urban Strike", as it is commonly rejected as the proper title on this DB. Instead the majority of Moderators will mistakenly accept "Urban Strike: The Sequel to Jungle Strike" as the proper title.  I'm unable to say with 100% certainty as to why this is; I have a theory that it is due to "2. Game names should reflect the box of the game, with the exception of games that break scraping in LaunchBox."; this should be more clearly defined. I'm basing my theory off of the comments seen here:  

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":The Sequel to Jungle Strike" is not part of the title, it is literally a "subtitle" or "tag-line"; an explanation that this is a sequel to the previous game in the Strike series; hence the use of a : (colon)

"Urban Strike: The Sequel to Jungle Strike" is considered an "alternate name" or "alternate title", this is an honest mistake (I have experienced firsthand the complexity and depth of English and can attest to it being more intricate than many other languages).

Here are all of the sources I found easily:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_(video_game_series) 

• https://vgcollect.com/item/32316

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Strike

• https://www.mobygames.com/game/urban-strike

• https://www.amazon.com/Urban-Strike-Sega-Genesis/dp/B000035XPI

• https://www.walmart.com/ip/Urban-Strike-Sega-Genesis/825558852

https://www.ibiblio.org/GameBytes/issue21/creviews/urban1.html

https://www.ibiblio.org/GameBytes/issue21/creviews/urban2.html

https://www.sega-16.com/2006/10/urban-strike/

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/company/78612-granite-bay-software 

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image.png.b043feb767a8cadc8170e7fd8765fe16.pngA number of sources and explanations above pertain to https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/19862 as well. In regard to those that clearly don't, one may search those websites for the proper title, example: https://www.mobygames.com/game/jungle-strike.

 

TIP: Google Site (site colon) has the potential to be quite useful. Example of how I use a site colon frequently

geekhack.org: Unicorn X Legend

- input into google search bar or most web browser address bars.

Feel free to post about other games with subtitles or taglines that you are unsure about. We'll analyze them together!

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