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Games that feature co-operative play for 4 players.
Action RPG (Action Role-Playing Game), also known as ARPG, refers to RPGs (role-playing games) that use direct, real-time, reflex-oriented, action combat systems, instead of the more abstract turn-based or menu-based battle systems.
Animation Priority concerns game animations (attacks, evades, specials moves, etc) that have a high level of priority over player inputs. Instead of being able to see instant reaction from player inputs, the player must wait for the on-screen animation to complete.
Allows additional camera control mapped to the right Circle Pad as well as the shoulder buttons through multiple control types. Not supported by the demo in any region.
Save transfer, cross-platform multiplayer, local Wii U <-> 3DS multiplayer
A system allowing players on different gaming platforms to play together.
This cat race appears throughout the Monster Hunter Franchise. They have become one of the most popular icons of the series.
A gaming genre of its own, but also frequently featured as a mini-game in other titles, especially RPGs.
FreeLC is free downloadable content. It is a sub-category of DLC which encompasses only free downloadable content.
A subgenre of Action RPGs, focused on Boss Fights, mission-based structure, and loot/grinding for materials. Popularized by Capcom's Monster Hunters series
So you can smoke those chumps playing with a controller.
Loading Screens are specific screens that are displayed while a game is loading resources so that the player has something to distract them while the game loads. Loading Screens can be images, text or even mini-games - and sometimes a combination of all three.
Ludroth are aquatic leviathans introduced in Monster Hunter 3.
Entering in-game menus like quest logs or inventories does not pause the gameplay.
Capcom's proprietary engine developed for PC, Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii.
A species of cetacean with a long tusk.
Nintendo Network is the online service for Wii U and 3DS.
A function of the Wii U that allows games to be played exclusively through the Wii U GamePad.
Games which allow players to interact with others over the internet.
Sometimes you just don't want to pull out your stylus or get fingerprints on your DS screen. These games don't make you.
Options menus give you the option to change anything the game lets you change. Whether you want subtitles or not, sound effects or not, the game to be harder or not, anything you want that the game lets you change, you can change in the options menu.
The fourth annual PAX East took place March 22-24, 2013 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
The tenth annual PAX Prime took place August 30-September 2, 2013 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington. It was the first 4-day PAX.
Certain early physical 3DS games didn't came with digital manuals.
Player versus Environment, commonly abbreviated as PvE, is a gaming term that originated in MMOs to refer to gameplay in which players fight against computer controlled creatures or characters.
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!
Video game combat in which combat actions are performed in real-time, rather than through a turn-based structure.
Games which don't allow you to play with friends located in other geographical regions (usually continents).
Games that have an open gameplay structure that allow players to interact with the world as they choose.
A shield bash is the act of using one's shield as a weapon to stun, knock back, or otherwise inflict damage on an enemy.
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