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Game » consists of 8 releases. Released Jun 11, 1999
Boo is a ghost-enemy in the Mario universe who pursue Mario until he looks in their direction. They earned their reputation for being "shy" this way. Don't turn your back on them!
An enormous type of fish that has appeared as an enemy in a number of Mario games.
The 1999 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles California on May 13-15.
Rings that your character can fly through. Usually used for mini missions and extra playtime (filling)
Golf is a sport in which golf balls are hit with golf clubs in holes on a course. The fewest swings wins.
Gravity is a physical phenomenon, specifically the mutual attraction between all objects in the universe. In a gaming setting, gravity determines the relationship between the player and the "ground," preventing the player or game objects from flying off into space, and hopefully acting in a predictable/realistic manner.
In many games there is a ranking system, the players with the highest point value are listed in a "high score" table.
One of Bowser's most common minions. They are protected by a hard shell.
A stylistic choice of employing small polygon counts for meshes.
Sports games that feature pre-existing videogame characters, rather than real athletes.
When a game has several playable characters of different species, real or fictional.
Two or more characters are featured on the game's box art.
Nintendo 64 classics made available to subscribers of the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack.
Characters that are overweight have more body fat than normal for their race, or at least look it. A character that is overweight may or may not have great strength.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
A distribution of power depending on the accuracy of timed button presses.
The daughter of a monarch or monarchs.
A designer can use a racial stereotype to make a character easier to understand, though in the process the character may come across as offensive and hurtful.
A game that takes gameplay mechanics, characters, or story elements from an existing series in a separate and different direction, sometimes changing genres along the way.
The player character is seen at a distance from a number of different possible perspective angles. There is generally a movable camera but it can also be in a fixed position. It most commonly refers to a viewpoint behind the player character.
Games whose main character is so egotistical that the whole game just HAS to be named after them.
Toads are a species of intelligent mushrooms and the dominant species of the Mushroom Kingdom.
Extra objects, characters, or content in a game that can only be accessed after completing a certain task such as completing the game, or by using cheat codes.
The Virtual Console is a platform service that first appeared on Nintendo's Wii and later on the 3DS and Wii U. Games from past consoles are emulated to run on the new hardware with the added benefits of system-level save states and other features.
A bipedal dinosaur species known for its great appetite and egg-laying abilities.
A video game character as it appeared in an earlier time of its life.
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