Donmai

Alias Dark Souls -> Dark Souls I

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Looking around, I'm fairly certain the majority of games on the site have a 1 appended to them because the name of the first game is also the name of the series, i.e. Portal 1/Portal (series), Devil May Cry 1/Devil May Cry, Bioshock 1/Bioshock

Dark Souls, its successors, and Demon's Souls are collectively known as the Souls series/games, so there's no need for a 1 here.

Personally, I think the 1 could be removed from a lot of the other games, though Bioshock and Devil May Cry should get the (series) qualifier like all the others.

Even though the first game isn't officially called Dark Souls I, it's common to add a 1 to the first entry in a series to avoid confusion when a standalone game later turns into a franchise. It might not be strictly necessary here, but I can see how it can be confusing if someone tries to search Dark Souls and doesn't realize they're just getting the first game and not the series.

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