Fleshing out the name of your game often gives it added substance and meaning. Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix for example, tells players that it’s a game in the Street Fighter II series, while the HD Remix part tells us that it’s an updated version of an older game with better graphics and maybe some extra features. Fair enough. The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II: Rise of the Witch King is another example of where a long-winded title lets you know exactly what it’s all about without getting too confusing.
How about this then… ‘Summertime High School. A Young Man’s Notes – How a New Exchange Student Like Myself Ran Into His Childhood Friend On The School Tour, Then For Some Reason Became Super-Popular With The Girls For His Daily Scoops On The School Photography Club Even Though He Only Takes Panty Shots, And What He Thinks As He Goes On Dates During His Summer Of Island School Life.’ No, really.
Unless you can prove us wrong we believe this is the longest ever name for a PlayStation game, an exaggeration of the long names that Japanese light novels are known to have. If you’re wondering what the game’s narrative is all about then there’s no real need to investigate any further beyond the title, which sums it up perfectly.
This is a brand new PS3 and PS4 title that has recently been released in Japan, though the short version of ‘Summertime High School’ appears to be what most people are calling it. As the words ‘school’ and ‘photography’ appear in the title, you can also correctly presume that this niche Japanese title also involves plenty of opportunity to take up-the-skirt panty shots of unsuspecting pupils. It’s unlikely to get a Western release, but stranger things have happened.
Here’s the trailer…