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The 27th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards celebrate the best games of 2023, as voted by industry professionals.
Sure, these days have almost every game sporting the newfangled 3D, but way back when, everyone had to live with plain old 2D. 2D, or two dimensions, limit the game to scrolling backgrounds, but some games even now make use of this basic concept.
Games that feature co-operative play for 4 players.
Anthropomorphism is the concept of an object, concept or character that has human qualities or traits, such as speech, a level of intelligence similar or higher than a human's and self consciousness. "Anthro" means "of human" and related to the concept of humanity.
Boo is a ghost-enemy in the Mario universe who pursue Mario until he looks in their direction. They earned their reputation for being "shy" this way. Don't turn your back on them!
Bullet Bills are enemies in the Mario franchise. They are one of the games' more challenging enemies.
A tough beetle-like creature with a hard outer shell that is immune to fireballs.
Fish that shoot out of the water with great speed in Super Mario Bros. If not jumping through the sky, they can be found in the oceans of the Mushroom Kingdom.
Cooperative play in games allows humans to play together as a team to accomplish a task. Instead of playing against a human opponent, the team must defeat an AI. Cooperative Play in some games also means 2 human versus 2 human, this occurs in some Billiards games. (Scotch Doubles / Doubles)
From mirroned Luigi's cap to the typos.
Dry Bones are skeletal Koopa Troopas that have been reanimated through magical means. Their ability to reform after being knocked apart can make them quite troublesome.
An elephant is the largest land mammal who has big ears, a trunk for a nose, a tail, and tusks. Supposedly they have good memories, hidden graveyards, a love of peanuts, and a great fear of mice.
The sixteenth annual Game of the Year awards from Giant Bomb and the first to ever be recorded live in front of an audience.
Goombas are common enemies in the Mario games.
Goombrats are a species of Goomba.
A very common collection of enemies in the Super Mario Bros. franchise. Some famous Koopas include: Lakitu, Hammer Bro., Bowser Jr., and the King of Koopas himself, Bowser!!
The wings on its back allows it to hop or fly. They are not as common as normal Koopa Troopas, but they pose a bigger threat.
One of Bowser's most common minions. They are protected by a hard shell.
Mecha-Koopas are small mechanical versions of Bowser himself.
A variation of the Piranha Plant. They're almost indestructible - very few things can defeat them.
Ninji are ninja enemies seen infrequently in the Mario series.
Piranha plant saplings.
An overworld is a simplified view of the game world that allows players to freely move to different locations or levels.
A species of carnivorous plants that reside in pipes. Some specimens can spit fireballs.
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.
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!
Denizens of the Flower Kingdom. They are analogous to the Toads but are flower-themed.
Power Ups can be used to give the controlling character, or any other character, temporary or permanent upgrades.
Side-scrolling games present the world as viewed perpendicular to the direction the characters are facing on screen. With a heavy focus on lateral movement, objectives are often met by moving from one end of a stage to the other.
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