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Game » consists of 24 releases. Released August 1982
Sequels that have the player controlling a different character than the preceding game(s).
When Nintendo dropped the price of the 3DS a couple months after release, those early adopters who bought the system before the price drop and registered it by signing into the eShop became the Nintendo 3DS Ambassadors.
As part of the Switch Online subscription, Nintendo offers a selection of NES games through the downloadable Nintendo Entertainment System application.
Nitpickers are the avian adversaries of Donkey Kong Jr.
Characters that are initially portrayed as evil, but eventually turn out to be good or not as serious of a threat. This also includes villains who remain evil the entire game, but contain some sense of moral goodness or ambiguity.
Everyone that is born has parents. These games feature adults with children of their own.
These games take the select button literally. Pushing up and down (or any other button) to select an option will do nothing.
Video game combat in which combat actions are performed in real-time, rather than through a turn-based structure.
The original protagonist of a game becomes an antagonist in the sequel.
A location where the player character is relatively assured to avoid patterns of incoming fire or enemy movement.
A sequel (also called a follow-up) is a game that carries forward the gameplay concepts, and often the story, of a previous game to which it is officially linked.
A level in which everything is displayed on-screen at once, with no scrolling, flip screen, or 3D movement. Many '80s games consist entirely of single-screen levels.
An enemy debuting in Donkey Kong Jr.
Sparks, also known as L'il Sparkies, are a recurring enemy in the Mario universe. They are an electricity-emitting orb that normally follow a specific path.
A two-dimensional image or animation overlaid into a scene. The foundation of early 2D games, making up everything from props to the player-controlled character.
Games whose main character is so egotistical that the whole game just HAS to be named after them.
Just as heroes sometimes fall from grace, occasionally someone who works for the forces of evil will turn their life around and become a good guy.
The Virtual Console is a platform service that first appeared on Nintendo's Wii and later on the 3DS and Wii U. Games from past consoles are emulated to run on the new hardware with the added benefits of system-level save states and other features.
Player characters that are infants, children, or adolescents.
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