Nonsensical game names interpreted by online dictionaries

Hoshigami: Ruining Blue Earth

Dictionary.com suggests: Homogamy (interbreeding of individuals with like characteristics)

Merriam-Webster.com suggests: Ischemia (deficient supply of blood to a body part that is due to obstruction of the inflow of arterial blood)

Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone

Dictionary.com suggests: Gotra (a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage)

Merriam-Webster.com suggests: Hydra (a many-headed serpent or monster in Greek mythology)

Hexyz Force

Dictionary.com suggests: Hexes (a witchs spells or charms)

Merriam-Webster.com suggests: Hexose (a monosaccharide, such as glucose, containing six carbon atoms in a molecule)

Virtual Hydlide

Dictionary.com suggests: Hydride (a binary compound formed by hydrogen and another, usually more electropositive, element or group)

Merriam-Webster.com suggests: Alidade (a part of a surveying instrument consisting of the telescope and its attachments)

BlaZeon: The Bio-Cyborg Challenge

Dictionary.com suggests: Blazon (to set forth conspicuously or publicly; display; proclaim)

Merriam-Webster.com suggests: Blazing (of outstanding power, speed, heat, or intensity)

DoDonPachi

Dictionary.com suggests: Gordon Pasha (a 19th century British general and administrator in China and Egypt)

Merriam-Webster.com suggests: Daytona Beach (a city in northeast Florida)

Espgaluda

Dictionary.com suggests: Escalade (a scaling or mounting by means of ladders, especially in an assault upon a fortified place)

Merriam-Webster.com suggests: Spatulate (shaped like a spatula)

Droplitz

Dictionary.com suggests: Droplets (little drops)

Merriam-Webster.com suggests: Droplight (an electric light suspended by a cord or on a portable extension)

BONUS ROUND

Double trouble! Two made-up words for the price of one! Its a neologism extravaganza!

Dissidia Duodecim Final Fantasy

Dictionary.com suggests: Isidia (coralloid outgrowths from the thallus in certain lichens)
Dictionary.com suggests: Duodecimo (a book size determined by printing on sheets folded to form 12 leaves, or 24 pages)

Merriam-Webster.com suggests: Dissuade (to advise a person against something)
Merriam-Webster.com suggests: Duodecimal (of, relating to, or proceeding by twelve or the scale of twelves)

Lucas Sullivan

Lucas Sullivan is the former US Managing Editor of 12DOVE. Lucas spent seven years working for GR, starting as an Associate Editor in 2012 before climbing the ranks. He left us in 2019 to pursue a career path on the other side of the fence, joining 2K Games as a Global Content Manager. Lucas doesn't get to write about games like Borderlands and Mafia anymore, but he does get to help make and market them.