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A leaderboard is a way for players of any multi-player game to know where they rank within the game's community.
Sports games that feature pre-existing videogame characters, rather than real athletes.
Games that feature support for Nintendo's Mii avatars.
These are often a departure from the conventional gameplay of a game. There have also been compilations; games including only minigames. The Mario Party series has a lot of minigames, too!
Using gestures with the controller to control on-screen actions. Alternatively, these gestures can also be detected by motion-sensing cameras.
A game in which the player competes in several different real or invented sports events.
Nintendo Network is the online service for Wii U and 3DS.
Nintendo's online service. It supported the Wii and Nintendo DS.
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.
The Piantas inhabit the island resort of Isle Delfino in the game Super Mario Sunshine. Piantas are also present in other Mario franchise games.
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 spiny fish that chases Mario. Occasionally jumps out of the water.
These men and women are present to officiate sporting events and racing games. Notable referees in the article are: Lakitu, John Madden, Punch-Out! Referee and DJ Jazzman.
A page about different rivals seen in video games, such as Shadow the Hedgehog, the numerous rivals from Pokemon games, and so on.
A rocket start is an element that appears in most fictional racing games; it is an important technique to gain boost at the start of a race by accelerating at the right time. This technique is inspired by the Mario Kart series. It is also used in other games, too!
No point in gathering coins, gold, gil, money, or whatever if you can't buy anything with it.
Shy Guys are masked hoodlums of the Mushroom Universe.
This exploitation of the original Starsiege: Tribes' physics model speeds up player movement down declining surfaces.
Crunchy frozen water fallen from the sky. Many games feature a snow world, a snow level, or otherwise-connected regions of wintery landscapes.
The use of a board to ride down a snow-covered slope.
Protagonists that have gravity defying hair styles and often appropriately spikey personalities.
Sudden Death occurs when two or more players/teams have the same score at the end of the game. It can also be a penalty that activates when a player of match is taking too long. The players will then have to get rid of each other in a hurry.
Games which are released to coincide with the Olympic Summer Games.
Propelling oneself with kinetic usage of limbs while submerged in liquid (or otherwise fluid material).
Tennis, but on a table. Also known as Ping Pong or Pong.
Animals that have the ability of speech and in some cases are anthropomorphic.
Toads are a species of intelligent mushrooms and the dominant species of the Mushroom Kingdom.
The 2009 Tokyo Game Show (TGS) took place between 24-27 September at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Tokyo. The theme for the show was 'Game, it's so energetic!'
When a normal jump isn't enough and when a double jump just wont cut it, there is the triple jump. Just like a normal jump and a double jump, with the extra third jump in the end. Few games utilize this, and the more common double jump is often instead.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
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