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Games that feature co-operative play for 4 players.
A quick burst of speed either forward or backward whilst in the air.
A person leading a double life. This character has more than one way in which they present themselves to the world.
Characters either begin with multiple outfits, unlock them through play, or purchase them as in-game items. These costumes are sometimes integral to play.
Male version of Femme Fatale. An attractive male who has regular, frequent dalliances with women or more sinister, uses his charm to seduce woman to use them for his own needs.
There's nothing cooler than planting a bomb, turning the camera around, and walking away nonchalantly as it blows up behind you. As everyone knows, true heroes don't look at explosions.
Sometimes, rather than building a character model from scratch, a developer will sometimes use a real person as a template and use his or her physical attributes to create a similar character model to be used in their video game. In some cases that real reason will appear as themselves in games.
A concept in games with multiple characters, a screen with pictures of all playable characters with the possibility of stat listings.
Comic book or manga characters who are also in video games. There are tons of games with superheros such as Batman and Spider-Man out there.
The CP System is a family of arcade system hardware manufactured by Capcom for their arcade games from 1988 to 1999, including the Street Fighter II and Street Fighter III games.
Games involving characters that round up local hoodlums for the good of the community.
A non-interactive sequence within a game most often used for plot advancement.
A simple dance pose which became popular in the late 2010s. Similar poses have existed in the tokusatsu genre since the 70s.
First-Person is a vantage point that attempts to simulate looking through a game character's eyes. It is most commonly found in first-person shooters, racing games, and visual novels, and to a lesser extent in other genres, such as RPGs, 3D platformers, and adventure games.
A phenomenon by which one or more aspects of a character are exaggerated to the point of becoming a much bigger and more pronounced part of their identity than they previously were, even to the point of becoming the character's defining characteristic. Named after The Simpsons character Ned Flanders, who in-between the show's earliest and latest seasons had his religious background exaggerated to the point of becoming an intolerant Fundamentalist.
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.
Video games that are based on comic books, manga and graphic novels.
Whenever there's a new Pixar, superhero or Harry Potter movie they have to make one of these.
Inventor of many high-tech gadgets, Iron Man has proven to be one of the smartest people in the Marvel Universe.
A group of outcasts who protect the galaxy.
When a developer begs and pleads and offers to do laundry for even a tiny guest appearance, sometimes those famous characters will still flake on them. At least they still have their laundry.
Uses Havok Physics in the game Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, and Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects.
Special or stronger units than standard ones, usually found in strategy games. This is not necessarily the same thing as a superhero or a game's protagonist.
When a character or group of characters does something extremely brave on behalf of another character or group of characters, knowing that they will get killed or seriously injured in the process.
Featured on some of the Marvel Zombies covers, where they are all homages. As well as being homaged when he first put the suit on.
A combo that can be extended indefinitely. They are often unintentional inclusions in the game, though they undeniably shape the games for better or worse
Video games developed in Japan but based on Western IPs.
Hulkbuster armor and Mark 38 armor.
The small models within the Lego franchise which represent people. They appear almost in every Lego game.
These games are based off of established licenses, such as movies, comics, or TV shows. Examples are the James Bond 007 and Spider-Man franchises.
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