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Console games that derive from a past PC exclusive release, either due to popular demand or poor sales.
A combat system in which all the player character's offensive and defensive moves are mapped to a single button. Depending on the game, this can lead to a surprising level of complexity.
A system of social and economic organisation which focused on a hierarchical organisation of society. Decentralization of political authority and military power were common in feudalistic societies. Japan and Europe in the medieval period were heavily feudalistic in their organisation.
Parrying is a specialized block mechanic, often with a tight input window, which prevents the player from taking damage. While some games allow this through a timed directional input towards the opponent, other games tie this to deliberate block inputs as a "Perfect Guard".
Shellcreepers are the turtle-like enemies from Mario Bros., and precursors to the Koopas.
Bet a little or bet the house. How much you win depends on how much you wager.
An umbrella term for any sexual orientation or gender identity that is not straight.
Ninji are ninja enemies seen infrequently in the Mario series.
Phanto is a flying mask enemy from Super Mario Bros 2. It pursues the player relentlessly if they are holding a key.
Beezos are Shy Guys with insect-like wings mounted on their backs. They are armed with tridents and attacks by charging towards the player in a straight line.
Shy Guys are masked hoodlums of the Mushroom Universe.
Tweeters are bird-like enemies that are very similar to Shy Guys.
Trouters are enemy fish that leap from the water in Sub-Con.
Porcupo are purple porcupine-like enemies that vex Mario and his friends.
Panser are a species of fireball-spewing flowers.
Flurries are clumsy snow creatures that appear in ice levels of Super Mario games.
Cobrat is a large serpent that often hides in vases in Sub-Con.
Police are paid protectors who enforce the law through legal use of force. They are supposed to help ensure public safety and social order. Their motto is to protect and to serve.
A game that has holiday themes was either initially designed as a game for a holiday, or one that has holiday elements in a level, or as an additional unlockable feature, either through the use of the system clock, or an additional download.
A Christian holiday widely celebrated in the western world. It is often associated with festive spirit and presents.
CD or DVD based games that are shipped in a single package with 2 or more discs due to limited storage capacity.
In text based games, most, if not all the game play, or graphics is created with words.
An orphan is a child that has both of his/her natural parents absent from his/her upbringing. The absence could be from the parents' death, abandonement, or "accidental" disappearance.
Games are sometimes divided by chapters, sections, acts, etc.
The use of separating portions of a games story into separate chapters that have definitive beginings and ends, similiar to a serial dramas on television.
Oni are a type of ogre/demonic creature from Japanese folklore. They are known for attacking and pillaging villages.
A large omnivorous mammal that can be white, brown, or black. Despite their ferociousness, they are also associated with being soft and cuddly, as in teddy bears. Bears are also known to eat stairs. Scientists say that because "bears eat stairs" rhymes the bears are naturally inclined to do so.
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.
A nocturnal bird of prey capable of turning its head 135 degrees in either direction.
These are games based on toys or toy franchises.
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