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Does Fragile Dreams have the best videogame name ever?

Does Fragile Dreams have the best videogame name ever?

The game formerly known as Fragile has a new name, perhaps to avoid confusion with Nine Inch Nails albums. It now has what I think is my favorite videogame name: Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon. When you read it you progress from "huh?" to "hmm" to "well..." to "okay, that's totally weird and cool and it makes me want to know more about the game". For instance, what happens if you don't handle the dreams with care? Why are there ruins on the moon? Are you saying farewell to the ruins, in which case where are you going? Where is there to go once you've gone to the moon? Or are these some sort of special farewell ruins?

All that aside, this is a Japanese adventure/RPG based on using the Wiimote as a flashlight to explore a haunted world. Not Ju-On haunted, but Miyazaki haunted. Dig this bullet point from the feature list.

Emotional Story about Abandonment, Loneliness and Redemption - The game's focus is on human drama as a boy wanders a post-apocalyptic world in search of answers and companionship.
Except for the post-apocalyptic bit, sounds like a typical Friday night to me!

Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon was created by tri-Crescendo, the studio that did Baten Kaitos on the Gamecube, a sadly overlooked RPG with an effective card collecting gimmick. More recently, they made Eternal Sonata which was about -- no joke -- Frederic Chopin on his deathbed. Fragile Dreams was released earlier this year in Japan and will be published in North America next spring by Xseed. And just because I love the name so, let me type it again: Fragile Dream: Farewell Ruins of the Moon.

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the image was probably edited for size.everything would look fine. but perfect circles could be obvious....More »


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By merryprankster at 6:03 PM ON 11/05/09

Cool name, But wyt do you assume that the ruins need to be on the moon. I image a dreamland with a ruined temple dedicated to the moon. Perhaps what happened at this temple holds the answers the the fragile dreaming.

ummm...yeah, good name. Hope it's a twin stick shooter. ;)

By Tom Chick at 9:49 PM ON 11/05/09

Ooh, another option that just occurred to me: maybe the moon itself is ruined! I hope the moon is okay. I shall have to play this game to find out.

By merryprankster at 4:01 AM ON 11/06/09

Yes! Maybe the moon itself lies in ruins, prompting it to leave our dreams. (or is it us leaving the ruined moon, I can't remeber my dreams are so fragile these days.)

By nothings at 1:56 AM ON 11/07/09

that moon already LOOKS ruined, given that it is oval instead of circular.

By budgethero at 9:14 AM ON 11/07/09

the image was probably edited for size.everything would look fine. but perfect circles could be obvious.


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