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A balance mechanic in fighting games that reduces the damage of an attack each time it is
Going barefoot is to go without the assistance of any type of footwear including shoes, boots, socks, wraps, etc.
The Mad Gear Gang is a street gang that plagues Metro City in Final Fight. A number of its members went on to make appearances in Capcom's Street Fighter franchise.
Tanuki are a type of raccoon dog native to Japan. In folklore, they are capable of shape-shifting.
Electric Wind Godfist (最速風神拳 Saisoku Fūjinken or Fastest Wind Godfist) is an enhanced version of the Wind Godfist attack in the Tekken series, and a signature move of the Mishima clan.
A common type of bug where players can leave the intended confines of the game world or map. Exploited in many multiplayer games for easy kills.
Games with support for the Wii Motion Plus peripheral.
Tennis is a sport that involves making a ball hit your opponent's side of the court by hitting it with a racket.
Found in games with point-totals in which a single point is added to the tally each time a continue is used.
A familiar design choice for video game consoles in the 1970s.
Rappies are birds who have been featured as enemies in Sega's Phantasy Star games. Because they appear in both the original turn-based games, as well as the newer online titles, they act as a mascot for the series as a whole.
A race of genetically-modified beings who have strong innate photon abilities who appear in the Phantasy Star Online and Phantasy Star Universe series.
The race of androids in the Phantasy Star Online and Phantasy Star Universe series.
In Phantasy Star Online, a MAG is a pet creature that accompanies the player while providing stat and combat enhancements. It has qualities and care requirements similar to tamagotchi, which includes feeding.
A tiered reward system usually involving players having to purchase to acquire certain rewards.
A graphical engine created by Sonic Team which is mainly used for lightining effects.
A type of gossip people spread around that may or may not affect people in general.
Text profiles that summarize a character's history and their role in a story. Often paired with concept or CG art.
Also known as the "Sega Titan Video", the ST-V is a mid-'90s cartridge-based arcade system by Sega. As it is based on the Sega Saturn hardware, many of the games released were quickly ported to that home system.
The event of a character's flesh and organs disappearing so rapidly that they are fully skeletonized in a matter of seconds. Usually done for comedic effect.
Most games have a suggested retail price, but these games insist on it.
A crosshair which becomes larger when the player shoots or moves which decreases accuracy, discourages shooting on the move and promotes firing in small bursts.
The act of killing a fellow teammate in a game, to boost score or just for fun. This often results in being booted from games, and several games allow the server to do this automatically.
Possibly the greatest advancement in shirt technology since the invention of the button, the half-tuck shows one has class and simultaneously doesn't give a damn.
This is a situation where the targeting reticule turns red, indicating the ability to hit the enemy, but when you fire, the projectile actually hits an obstacle (usually right in front of the character. Primarily occurs in third-person shooters.
Although the United States has not been subject to a major invasion since the War of 1812 with the British Empire, it is the subject of many modern themed games. It usually spurs on the protagonist to save the United States of America from certain doom.
The "adult" stage of Crawlers that fail to infect a human with the chimeran virus.
Floating Chimeran creatures that collect infected humans.
A strain of the Chimera virus believed to be superior to the normal "Hybrids".
An arcade/minigame where the objective is to force popping moles back into their holes by hitting them on the head with a mallet. Games with similar elements of gameplay go here.
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