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A concept in games with multiple characters, a screen with pictures of all playable characters with the possibility of stat listings.
Classic form of numbering that gives things a more regal feel.
A broad spectrum of games can be described as remakes, from straightforward graphical overhauls to extensive revision of gameplay and story elements. In the most basic sense, a remake keeps the original's core gameplay and plot but makes significant changes to peripheral aspects.
Special locations in game that allow the player to manually save their progress.
A mode that allows a game to be replayed after a first completion, carrying over items, experience, weapons, and other elements from the first playthrough.
Games which have served as the basis of a comic book or vice versa.
Whether by item or otherwise, temporary invincibility provides the user a brief moment where they are impervious to attack.
These games let players see the credits without needing to play the game first.
It's all in the family.
A concept found in many puzzle and casual games. Matching blocks of the same color or type to gain points and/or erase the blocks.
Typically found in fighting games, combos are a series of strung-together moves.
A gaming genre of its own, but also frequently featured as a mini-game in other titles, especially RPGs.
Wii U games supporting the Pro Controller either in addition to or as a replacement for the Wii U GamePad.
If the protagonist is standing on an unstable platform for a certain amount of time, it will eventually drop. Usually there is a pit below, or some other hazardous danger.
Games that have had television shows based on them.
Frozen water. Ice can be slippery and it can be fun for ice skating.
Mercenaries, Soldiers for Hire, have been found fighting in conflicts since the dawn of human warfare. These hired guns show a desire to turn their talent in the art of death to a more profitable profession.
Bats are small, very social flying mammals. They may frequent caves or haunted houses.
Retroachievements is a community created and curated site that adds Achievements and Online Leaderboards for supported emulators and platforms like Raspberry Pi
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.
Games that feature an antagonist--someone who opposes the game's protagonist--that is a woman.
The concept of a game referencing another game through mockery, parody or even directly. A game reference to the same franchise does not count.
A crossover occurs when a character from one franchise makes a special appearance in a game from an unrelated franchise. Some games are specifically designed to be crossovers that bring together characters from two or more franchises.
When Nintendo dropped the price of the 3DS a couple months after release, those early adopters who bought the system before the price drop and registered it by signing into the eShop became the Nintendo 3DS Ambassadors.
Games that have other games, usually older games from the same game series or publisher, hidden inside them and that you can play. Sometimes available in the game world or hidden as collectibles or behind challenges. this page both lists the games that are inside other games and the games that host the latter.
Female characters who are designed with highly idealized figures and proportions, outfits that are revealing and/or form-fitting, and prone to ending up in completely over-the-top poses designed to show off their bodies.
This is a place of special vulnerability. Particularly used in boss fights or when simply fighting Giant Enemy Crabs that cannot be defeated by usual means.
A boss that players fight multiple times throughout the game. They usually follow the player as they progress.
A condition which affects a character's effectiveness, either positively or negatively. Common examples include Poison or Haste.
Clouds that, for some reason, can be stood on without falling through.
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