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Game » consists of 10 releases. Released Oct 11, 2006
A race of half-human, half-dragon warriors.
While completely normal from the neck down, these characters seem to be lacking a bit of skin up top. Creepy.
Slashing weapons are designed to cut and slice rather than causing blunt trauma. Examples include swords, axes, claws, naginatas, or even whips.
A cloud of fine particles.
SNK fighting games are notorious for boss fights of ludicrous difficulty. Common symptoms of SNK Boss Syndrome include absurdly high attack priority, overpowered special attacks, and AIs that read button inputs. Though it's most common in SNK games, the syndrome has also appeared in games by other companies.
A mode in the game, often an unlockable, allowing players to listen to individual music tracks, voice clips and/or sound effects.
Spamming, in video games, refers to the rapid, repeated use of the same item or action. For instance, "grenade spamming" in COD4 is the act of a player throwing a large amount of grenades in succession into an area so that they may get a lucky kill or simply distract the enemy.
Featured mainly in fighting games, special attacks usually require more than just pressing a button to activate. They are usually unique or at least varied between characters.
Elite and specially trained/equipped military troops and law enforcement tasked with carrying out specific and dangerous/sensitive objectives beyond the remit of regular military personnel. Many games feature special forces operators or units as protagonists or enemies.
The Spike Video Game Awards recognized the best games of 2006.
Stage Fatality is where a defeated player/opponent was finished off into some deadly objects or plunging to falling areas.
A Stance may grant player characters access to unique abilities and attributes.
In auto racing, standing starts have the cars or go-karts stationary in the starting grid as the race begins. To commence racing in a standing start, a set of red lights is needed before the green one goes off to start the race.
Not to be confused with just any metal case, SteelBook is a brand of metal packaging for disc-based media.
Often used to show their dominance over those tiny creatures called insects, and sometimes just for fun!
Using one's own tail as a weapon.
In the original Mortal Kombat timeline, a race of mutant warriors from Outworld who are aligned with Shao Kahn.
The Tekunin are a cyborg ninja clan in the Mortal Kombat series, started by Sektor in the original timeline and Triborg in the reboot.
The ability to manipulate objects with one's mind. Telekinesis is often displayed as an incredibly powerful ability.
Throwing weapons include knives, shurikens, axes, darts or even explosives such as grenades and molotov cocktails.
Levels that take place in or on a train or subway.
A game mode that allows you to train for combos, moves, etc.
A mechanical system designed to capture or cause harm. Either the player can set traps for their enemies or others set them for the player.
They possess even greater knowledge than old men with beards.
The turkey call is a Bruce Lee-esque sound made by characters in fighting games (notably Marshall Law, Forrest Law and Liu Kang).
The Undead is an umbrella term describing creatures that do not exhibit the key fundamental attributes that are associated with life, such as respiration, and blood circulation. They are divided into two main categories: Ethereal and Corporeal, depending on whether or not they have a body.
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.
Easily emasculating the puny jab, this devastating technique is associated with crimson geysers and leveled Piston Hondas. Favored by undead ninjas and diminutive boxers alike.
Primarily found in fighting or sports games, the versus screen typically masks the load time of an upcoming matchup. Sometimes codes may be entered here that will affect the game.
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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