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Scorpions are an eight-legged arachnids with two large pincers and a venomous stinger on the tail, used to kill or subdue prey and defend against aggressors. Though their sting can be very painful to humans, few scorpion species can kill a healthy adult.
While screenshots were possible in many games using third-party programs, many games have official use for screenshots. Whether that be being able to take them, and have them uploaded to the internet or your hard drive, or have them serve in game purposes.
Games that have seasons have their environment change depending on the time of the year.
The shark is an underwater animal that is often stereotyped for its vicious killing of prey. In video games, they are used as enemies in underwater levels or a plot device used to keep the player away from the ocean.
Those creatures that go 'baa' and grow wool on their backs.
No point in gathering coins, gold, gil, money, or whatever if you can't buy anything with it.
The skeleton is the framework of the human body.
Crunchy frozen water fallen from the sky. Many games feature a snow world, a snow level, or otherwise-connected regions of wintery landscapes.
Squirrels are small rodents that have big bushy tails and a fondness for nuts. Characters can range from Nutty of Happy Tree Friends to Conker
Often used to show their dominance over those tiny creatures called insects, and sometimes just for fun!
3D Stereoscopy is the use of two images generated from slightly different angles in order to create a 3D effect. This usually requires the use of 3D glasses to separate the left/right image for each eye.
Supply and Demand are the two fundamental forces that guide an economy. Many games feature these two forces in either a self-contained or player-driven fashion.
Animals that have the ability of speech and in some cases are anthropomorphic.
Tanuki are a type of raccoon dog native to Japan. In folklore, they are capable of shape-shifting.
Tarantulas are described as "fuzzy" creatures for their small amount of fur/hair ,which causes itchiness from some of these spiders. Although they rarely attack people in most places, they will bite the person, iflicting painful liquids or venom, however most have been said that they inflict more itchiness than venom.
Whether it has voice over or not, text bubbles are a way of reading the dialog that a character on screen is saying and or thinking.
A species of striped feline.
Primarily found in mouse-driven computer games, tooltips are an interface element that display information while the cursor is placed over particular on-screen elements.
Totaka's Song is a hidden easter egg in a number of Nintendo's games dating back to the early 1990s. It can typically be accessed by waiting for a set period of time at a specific place.
The act of buying a particular good for a low price at one location, and selling it at another location for a higher price, resulting in a profit.
A common fish in both freshwater and saltwater. There are about 20 different types of trout.
Reptiles known for their hard shells.
Twins are two offspring conceived simultaneously as a result of the same pregnancy. They can be of the same or different sex.
Extra objects, characters, or content in a game that can only be accessed after completing a certain task such as completing the game, or by using cheat codes.
Some video games feature characters that play video games themselves, with the player sometimes taking control of the character playing the game-within-a-game. This also includes game characters who explicitly mention that they play video games.
Variable and dynamic simulation of weather conditions can be used to add variety, atmosphere (a rainy day in an RPG) and/or challenge (rain on the racetrack in a driving game) to a game.
Games that send and post special information on the Wii console's message board in the system menu. Such postings can include messages or images.
Nintendo Wii game that use Wii Speak for voice chat.
Wolves are mammals closely related to dogs and are known for howling in moonlit forests and hunting in packs to pester players in numerous RPG games.
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