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Rocker is an Electric only Pokemon trainer that uses weak electric Pokemon such as voltorb. He has live electric wires in his hands!
Engineer is a hard working Pokemon trainer. He is depicted as a construction worker and is most often found with magnetons accompanying him.
Juggler is a Pokémon trainer that can be found almost anywhere. He has many Voltorbs and some of the Jugglers even have mysterious ties into Team Rocket.
Cool Trainer are an uncommon trainer in the Pokemon Universe. There are male and female versions, and they usually use evolved Pokemon and have healing items along with better intelligence than most of their trainer counterparts.
Hiker is an opponent type in the Pokemon series. He can be found near caves and mountains with ground or rock Pokemon such as Graveler and Dugtrio.
An opponent type in the Pokemon series. They can be found near bodies of water with water-type Pokemon like Magikarp and Goldeen.
Gambler are a type of trainer that like to roll the dice! Their name was later changed to gamer, than again changed to PI.
Bad things come in twos. In video games you will often run into two villains who are inseparable and you will inevitably have to fight both of them at once.
In games, punctuation marks, especially question marks and exclamation marks are used for a number of reasons, including locating quest givers and indicating surprise.
These are games that begin with the player waking up. More often than not this occurs in RPGS, but is certainly not exclusive to the genre.
A ponytail on the side of their head as oppose to the more common back-of-the-head ponytail. Not to be confused with pigtails.
The most prestigious awards in the British videogame calender, the BAFTA Video Game Award honour the achievements of the best game developers and their games.
People who have Psychic Abilities. They appear in games, often using their abilities as weapons (Example: Telekinesis in Psychonauts)
Grass element means using magic associated with Grass the most of the time. If any kind of magician uses grass-related spells this concept applies to it. Also, grass Pokemon and plant Digimon.
When the developers of a video game include a replica of their own office in the game, usually as an Easter Egg.
Anything that can be used to ward off hostile enemies and creatures, or prevent them from spawning within the area of effect.
When a game inclüdes an accènt in its title.
The Thunderbird is a legendary creature in Native American mythology.
When given a choice, most games place Yes above No in the list of available options. These games do not.
Water that has been exposed to electricity. Often functions as a puzzle the player must solve to proceed.
A type of fighting in games where a character has another creature fight on their behalf.
First, there was the game. Then, the TV show. And now, the game based on both.
Some games let players customize their character (or characters). Degree of customization may vary, with some games simply allowing to choose between different types of clothes, while others provide more detailed tinkering of features such as the distance between a character's eyes or hair color.
Whether with a button press or menu, taunts destroy friendships and can even make the computer go crazy.
Present in Super Mario Galaxy and Bayonetta. Generally the ability to walk upside down, on the ceiling, on on walls. Having magnetic boots can accomplish this.
A large wild cat, which typically comes in either black, white and pink varieties.
Players can design a base or dungeon for their characters to inhabit.
An objective where players have to ward off enemies for a set duration.
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.
When the title of the game does not appear immediately at the beginning of the game, but rather after the first mission or prologue.
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