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The ability to fling oneself around an environment gracefully. Wall-running, jumping, massive drops, climbing, and other physical activities are what acrobatics is all about.
Amiibo is Nintendo's NFC figurine and card program that works across multiple games. Amiibo work natively with the Nintendo Wii U via the NFC reader in the Wii U GamePad and the New Nintendo 3DS. In 2015, Nintendo will release an accessory for the original Nintendo 3DS that lets players use Amiibo on it as well.
An often used plot device where the main character wakes up and has lost all their memories. The game usually centers around getting your memory back or uncovering the events that lead to your confusion.
When someone is androgynous, they have a mix of masculine and feminine aspects, or they have the appearance of being in between male and female. A common aesthetic in Japanese media and games.
Attachments are objects in video games that augment the user's abilities.
AVALANCHE is an anti-Shinra group. They believe that the extraction of Mako energy harms the planet. That's why they target the Mako Reactors with their attacks.
Baditude is being "edgy" in an obviously forced or fake manner. Games with baditude often feature excessive swearing, gratuitous violence, and content meant to shock or offend.
A derivative form of Cyberpunk which heavily revolves around biological technology.
A condition in which two male characters are socially close, but not sexually or romantically, and are often partners.
A Concept mostly in MMORPGs. A Buff allows the player to increase their stats for a short period of time.
Shows up in Final Fantasy Tactics.
Better known as CPR, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is tactic to help revive an unconscious victim of cardiac or respiratory arrest.
The Cetra is a human race from Final Fantasy VII. They have the ability to "speak" with the planet.
Species of large yellow birds used as transportation in the Final Fantasy series. Chocobos have also starred in their own games.
Global Warming is the rising of the Earth's temperature. As temperatures rise, ice caps melt, ocean levels rise, and climates are drastically altered.
A clone is a being created as a perfect genetic duplicate of another being, right down to the DNA.
The act of dressing in clothing generally associated with the opposite sex, often employed in video games for comic effect or for sexual excitement.
One or more events from someone's past that negatively affected them. Plenty of video game characters have such pasts.
"Dear Diary, this entry is addressed to myself, given that soon I will likely suffer a bump to the head, drink a mysterious substance, be attacked by a psychic, or do one of many other things that can cause me to forget about what it is I'm writing right now."
A pervasive feeling of sadness, perpetual boredom, or both, which can dramatically affect a person's life.
Eco-terrorism is terrorism conducted with the aim of saving the environment.
A situation where the player must quickly escape from a building currently in the process of blowing up. Could either be a cinematic or actually gameplay.
When the main character at some point has to escape from a confined area, be it a dungeon, a prison cell, or a penal colony.
When a character in a video game must explore their own psyche to progress through the game. Although this can be metaphorical, more often than not, the character does so literally.
Somewhat of a cross between Amnesia and Insanity, this is where a character replaces their own real original identity with a new false identity (i.e. a false reality/persona/memories), usually caused by either internal psychological trauma or external brainwashing.
Flashbacks take a player into a flashback sequence. Often playable, but not always.
Abilities or objects that can only be obtained by killing a god or if gods themselves offer them to a character.
Games featuring guests introduce playable, established characters from outside of a franchise. Primarily but not exclusively seen in fighting games.
When a conscious character perceives something that either does not exist or is a contorted reality manifested by the character's unstable psyche.
Special or stronger units than standard ones, usually found in strategy games. This is not necessarily the same thing as a superhero or a game's protagonist.
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