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Characters that are overweight have more body fat than normal for their race, or at least look it. A character that is overweight may or may not have great strength.
A nocturnal bird of prey capable of turning its head 135 degrees in either direction.
Game bundled with gaming hardware (usually a console) in order to boost sales. Most often these games are first party titles, meaning that the hardware and software are products of the same company.
Penguins are flightless birds that are found in usually cold areas; they have appear in several videogames, notably the Club Penguin franchise.
A species of carnivorous plants that reside in pipes. Some specimens can spit fireballs.
A place to fall, often bottomless, usually resulting in death.
Player versus Player, commonly abbreviated as PvP, is a gaming term that originated in MMOs to refer to gameplay in which players fight against other player controlled characters.
Podoboos are living fireball enemies usually found in Castles in the Mario games. The original ones would only jump out of lava in simple patterns.
Pokey is a cactus enemy often (although not uniquely) seen in the Mario series. It's body segments can be individually destroyed.
A poltergeist is a soulless spirit that is invisible to the human eye. It manifests itself by moving and manipulating objects.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
Porting is a term used when a game designed to run on one platform is converted to run on a different platform. Quality varies, though some titles are packaged with extras.
Power Ups can be used to give the controlling character, or any other character, temporary or permanent upgrades.
Loose sand mixed with water. Don't struggle...you'll only sink faster.
Rabbits, or bunnies, are smallish mammals with long ears and a cottony tail.
A multicolored spectrum of light shaped in an arc.
The act of an enemy growing more aggressive due to player action.
A boss that players fight multiple times throughout the game. They usually follow the player as they progress.
Ability to see a character's body in mirrors, water, or other surfaces.
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.
A larger or smaller version of an enemy encountered elsewhere in a game. Larger variants are often used as bosses.
Retroachievements is a community created and curated site that adds Achievements and Online Leaderboards for supported emulators and platforms like Raspberry Pi
Platforms that revolve.
The Rule of Three dictates that a certain action must be repeated three times, usually when fighting a boss battle, in order to complete an objective.
Games that have an open gameplay structure that allow players to interact with the world as they choose.
Games that allow save file data to be transferred from one save slot to another.
'Dorrie'
A creature which is made up of mostly identical segments and has an elongated shape.
Plants that have at least some rudimentary thoughts or intelligence. They may be rooted or mobile, beneficial or dangerous.
The shark is an underwater animal that is often stereotyped for its vicious killing of prey. In video games, they are used as enemies in underwater levels or a plot device used to keep the player away from the ocean.
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