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The single most important thing in the world, love is a powerful story telling element that can connect characters or drive a story. There are many video game characters who have fallen in love with someone or something.
Marriage is when characters, typically a pair of them, are joined in loving (or not so loving) matrimony!
The extraction of valuable minerals from the earth.
This feature typically found in RPGs lets you capture enemies and then use them in your own party. This mechanic is used heavily in games like Pokemon.
A small, closed-off area in a game containing enemies that opens at some trigger point. Often used to surprise the player, or as an alternative to spawning enemies out of thin air.
Using gestures with the controller to control on-screen actions. Alternatively, these gestures can also be detected by motion-sensing cameras.
Nintendo's online service. It supported the Wii and Nintendo DS.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
A game created for the female demographic which puts the player in control of a female protagonist who tries to win the hearts of attractive men. Also called GxB (Girl x Boy) games by some Western fans.
In some games, total immersion is helped along by allowing players to purchase and customize their own housing.
PlayStation Move is a motion control system for the PlayStation 3 console, allowing for fluid control of objects in a simulated 3D space.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
These are the characters who may or may not wind up in a relationship with the protagonist of the game. Sometimes the player gets to choose if this relationship will develop, while in other instances it is just left up to your imagination at the end of the game.
A gathering of people who believe in the same higher power(s), and follow the rules laid out by the mortals chosen to be their prophets. Video games generally try to shy away from negatively portraying real religions to avoid controversy, however they make ample use of fictional in-game religions.
Romance in video games can either be interactive, in which the player attempts to woo another character, or an unchangeable part of the story of a given game.
Games that have an open gameplay structure that allow players to interact with the world as they choose.
Those creatures that go 'baa' and grow wool on their backs.
No point in gathering coins, gold, gil, money, or whatever if you can't buy anything with it.
Player assignable points that unlock or enhance skills allowing for character customization.
A blob consisting of some icky substance, the slime monster is one of the most used RPG monster clichés besides rats.
Tanuki are a type of raccoon dog native to Japan. In folklore, they are capable of shape-shifting.
The ability to move from one area to another instantaneously - typically through some sort of special power or device.
Tokyo Game Show 2008, the world's second biggest video game trade show, was held from October 9th to 12th 2008 at the Makuhari Messe.
A transformation is a different stage or form for something. Usually an upgrade.
A designated place or container in the game used to hold trophies, typically those earned from completing specific tasks.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
Wii and Wii U games that can be played using the Classic Controller (Pro).
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