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Podoboos are living fireball enemies usually found in Castles in the Mario games. The original ones would only jump out of lava in simple patterns.
Goombas are common enemies in the Mario games.
Toads are a species of intelligent mushrooms and the dominant species of the Mushroom Kingdom.
Fairies appear in many games, usually as a race that will assist players with magic. Fairies are almost exclusively female.
Some games have inspired the creation of literature.
Games that have had an Original Soundtrack album released.
Levels that progress forward by themselves at a fixed rate.
A feature in Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo 3DS games allowing linked multiplayer with only one cartridge.
The 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on July 15-17.
Japanese PC online digital distribution service for emulated retro games, launched on 24 November 2001, years before similar services from Steam, Virtual Console, or XBLA.
Games that include real photography on the game's cover.
Slashing weapons are designed to cut and slice rather than causing blunt trauma. Examples include swords, axes, claws, naginatas, or even whips.
Hammer Bros. are a species of Koopa that throw hammers at plumbers.
Games whose main character is ball-shaped, sometimes with a face and/or hands/feet, but mostly just spherical.
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, commonly refers to the programmed behaviors of NPCs in a game, whether it's the fact that a soldier takes cover behind a wall in Gears of War, or that townspeople cheer upon your arrival to their village in Fable.
A concept where the game must be restarted if you are killed. It is a mechanic found in most arcade games, but the term is usually used in reference to the RPG genre where the mechanic is less common, particularly "roguelike" games as well as strategy games such as Fire Emblem or Final Fantasy Tactics where characters die if they are defeated in battle. Often used as a significant plot device.
A game where you eventually receive a map of an area. Like in Metroid Prime you have map download stations to get a map outline of the area. This is the same concept in the exploring Castlevania games.
Achievements are extra challenges added into video games that sometimes carry a point value or unlock bonus material, and are sometimes solely for bragging rights.
Greatest hits is a general term for re-releases of games which have sold a certain number of copies, as part of a program managed by the console manufacturer.
It's not just for airplanes anymore: Game mascots and MMO players alike have taken to the skies. Players can use flight to quickly navigate large levels, find hidden items, or take opponents down.
A character in the game actually increase in size. This may be a temporary or permanent transformation.
When the President wants to go for a burger, you know that all your cake is a lie.
The wings on its back allows it to hop or fly. They are not as common as normal Koopa Troopas, but they pose a bigger threat.
A place to fall, often bottomless, usually resulting in death.
Falling Debris, rocks, or other items that may possibly cause damage to the player character.
Fish that shoot out of the water with great speed in Super Mario Bros. If not jumping through the sky, they can be found in the oceans of the Mushroom Kingdom.
Game mechanics traditionally found in role-playing games that are incorporated into a non-RPG title.
When a certain amount of time is given to the player to reach a goal or finish an objective.
Classic form of numbering that gives things a more regal feel.
Games that let you choose the path you take through the story-line.
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