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Hoshigami: Ruining Blue Earth

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)

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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)

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