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Game » consists of 20 releases. Released Apr 18, 2006
A gaming genre of its own, but also frequently featured as a mini-game in other titles, especially RPGs.
Fog plays an important role in many games. In games like Silent Hill, it's an atmospheric element. In other games, it's artificially added to reduce draw distances to save memory and increase framerate.
In Japanese games, this is the practice of placing hiragana readings above any kanji to make reading text easier.
The seventh annual Game Developers Choice Awards celebrated the best games of 2006.
These spooky entities are the spirits of the dead, returned from beyond their graves for generally sinister purposes. There's generally about even odds whether a particular ghost will be helpful or malevolent towards the living, but some ghosts just want to be left alone entirely.
The sunken ship is filled with ghosts
Abilities or objects that can only be obtained by killing a god or if gods themselves offer them to a character.
This tag is for all games and characters that deal in the concept of gods, demigods, half-gods and the like.
When a character's spoken voice consists entirely of grunts or simple expressions of emotion, even if the character is able to say a lot more through text-based dialogue.
A digital storefront which donates some of its profits to charity.
Enemies in RPGs that are visible on the overworld map and that are engaged in combat when touched. Examples include Earthbound and Paper Mario.
A rather unpleasant experience, where your journey takes you to the insides of a bigger creature, followed by a desperate attempt to make it 'through', alive and undigested.
A gameplay mechanic allowing players to store their items and freely carry them around.
Myths, religions, and folklore from Japan. The two main religions of Japan have traditionally been Shintōism and Buddhism, although like most nations, there is much further complexity. A great deal of legends and figures from neighboring countries were also adapted for Japan.
A yōkai from Japanese folklore. It's a weasel with sharp sickles on its appendages (sometimes just front legs and tail) and thought to cause windstorms.
The ability to control the direction and/or behavior of lightning; this may also be connected with the ability to generate lightning. Many games involve characters with lightning element attacks. These are unique because of their potency with water.
Many games allow you to buy stuff, these are the dudes who help sell it to you. Typically they also engage in light conversation.
Some games feature protagonists that are not humanoid in nature. These are creatures that do not have human characteristics (i.e. stand on 2 legs, have 2 arms, a body and a head).
PlayStation Plus is a premium PlayStation Network subscription service.
A narrative that takes an unexpected turn. Commonly, plot twists come in the form of revealing that the player character is not actually who they thought.
The point in an otherwise nonlinear game where the player can do little else but to progress. Such points are most commonly found just before endgame content.
The daughter of a monarch or monarchs.
Puzzles may need to be solved before the player can progress to the next section of the game. Often it may not be clear to players exactly what the puzzle is, or whether the an in-game items needs to be attained before it is even possible to solve it.
In Okami's universe, Red Imps carry lutes that they can throw around and defend with.
Often translated (incorrectly) from Japanese "Tai" to "Red Snapper." Lives on reefs, or ocean floors with a max depth of 200 m with habitats ranging from the South China Sea up to the Sea of Japan.
Game mechanics traditionally found in role-playing games that are incorporated into a non-RPG title.
Various fish species that fall under the Salmonidae family, known for traveling to the ocean from riverbeds upon hatching and returning to the freshwater beds to spawn.
The native, polytheistic religion of Japan. It encompasses a number of local belief systems from different Japanese regions and has been used for political gain in several key moments in Japan's history.
Characters who at some point possess the ability to shrink in size.
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