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Game titles that make a statement of fact or opinion.
These games were popular enough to warrant an anime, whether it was a full television series, an OVA (original video animation), or a feature-length movie.
More commonly known as a "time loop", these games feature events that force the players through the cycle of repeating one (or a few) day(s). This is often presented as the result of time travel or other strange phenomena.
Horror games influenced predominantly by the look, feel, and themes of Japanese horror cinema, or non-horror games that allude to the cultural horror aesthetic. J-Horror, or psychological horror, is sometimes classified as a sub-genre of survival horror.
A term used by fans to describe a visual novel that contains a linear storyline with no player choice or gameplay. The name originates from VisualArt's KineticNovel brand which began in 2004 with the release of Planetarian.
A love triangle is when three (or more) people are in some kind of romantic relationship with each other. They can become messy and complicated. It may or may not be competitive.
Two or more characters are featured on the game's box art.
Some DS games can use this accessory for a rumbling experience.
Romance in video games can either be interactive, in which the player attempts to woo another character, or an unchangeable part of the story of a given game.
Scary Children in scary games. Some speak, some don't but they all stare.
Shrine maidens, or miko, are girls or young women who perform various duties at Shinto shrines.
Originally the title to a franchise created by Chunsoft, the term "sound novel" is now used to describe a genre of games that simulate reading a novel enhanced with sound.
A tragic hero is a protagonist who makes several mistakes to fall from glory, or is affected by tragedy and seeks revenge or redemption.
A sub-genre of adventure games, visual novels are a form of interactive fiction that usually have very little in terms of gameplay but often focus more on extensive storytelling, character interactions, decision-making and branching narratives.
A personality archetype with a name that arose from Japanese Otaku fandom. It describes women with friendly, kind exteriors that deep down inside are actually rather cruel or possessive.
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