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8-bit can be a reference to actual computing power, or it can be a retro look for videogames that want to recall a bygone era.
A protagonist who lacks some or all of the qualities traditionally seen as heroic.
Captain Qwark in My Blaster Runs Hot says things like, "I don't think these graphics do my abs justice."
The company responsible for the creation of the Protopet.
These are often a departure from the conventional gameplay of a game. There have also been compilations; games including only minigames. The Mario Party series has a lot of minigames, too!
Captain Qwark is never deliberately evil, he just tries so hard to gain publicity as a hero that his selfish, and often dim-witted ways mess everything up.
Whether you've done some bad things in the past, or inadvertently helped open up a portal that unleashed an army of aliens that would destroy the world, video game heroes have countlessly fought for that one loftiest of goals, redemption.
A superhero is a fictional character of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do in the public interest.
A team of the galaxy's finest 'heroes' assembled by Captain Qwark, to help defeat Dr. Nefarious.
Even in settings with many different races, sometimes a specific character will be of a race no one else in the setting recognizes. While usually it is a plot point, occasionally it is a running joke that nobody knows what species they belong to. Usually the characters are very unique.
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.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
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