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Game » consists of 19 releases. Released Sep 13, 1985
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.
Sidekicks, different from partners, are less powerful, less important characters who support the main protagonist and generally stick by their side.
A lead character who never says a word, despite being spoken to.
A soccer slide tackle is a sideways slide that attempts to knock the ball away from your opponent's feet. It can also be used in a non-sports setting - e.g. to slide tackle an enemy to the ground or simply pass through a narrow gap.
Clouds that, for some reason, can be stood on without falling through.
A game that takes gameplay mechanics, characters, or story elements from an existing series in a separate and different direction, sometimes changing genres along the way.
Tiny red-shelled creatures from Super Mario Bros. Always a pain to defeat as they are covered with spikes.
A gameplay mechanic which allows the player to move faster than the normal speed. Usually for a set amount of time.
A two-dimensional image or animation overlaid into a scene. The foundation of early 2D games, making up everything from props to the player-controlled character.
Damaging enemies by simply jumping on top of them.
The strategy of demonstrating how awesome something is by putting the word "super" in its title. Incredibly popular among developers making games for the Super Nintendo, which itself counts as an example.
When a character in a game unleashes their true power and 'levels up' in a sense. Examples are super sonic, super saiyan, no more heroes, mushrooms in mario, devil trigger... etc.
Propelling oneself with kinetic usage of limbs while submerged in liquid (or otherwise fluid material).
Whether by item or otherwise, temporary invincibility provides the user a brief moment where they are impervious to attack.
The player character is seen at a distance from a number of different possible perspective angles. There is generally a movable camera but it can also be in a fixed position. It most commonly refers to a viewpoint behind the player character.
When a certain amount of time is given to the player to reach a goal or finish an objective.
Games whose main character is so egotistical that the whole game just HAS to be named after them.
Toads are a species of intelligent mushrooms and the dominant species of the Mushroom Kingdom.
Games which had been licensed out to toy manufacturers to create a tie-in toyline, Usually aimed at children or collectors depending on the audience of the games the toys were based off.
Three games that are individually complete but are closely related in theme or sequence
Reptiles known for their hard shells.
Video games contain a lot of activities for players to do underwater, from exploration to combat. Sometimes games treat water as simple low gravity movement, while other games treat underwater more realistically.
If the protagonist is standing on an unstable platform for a certain amount of time, it will eventually drop. Usually there is a pit below, or some other hazardous danger.
A malevolent character whose goals are evil in nature. While villains are commonly featured as antagonists, not all antagonists are necessarily villains.
A video game protagonist's enemies come from more than just the Animal and Mineral kingdoms. P-O'd plants have been battled by everyone from plumbers to the undead.
The Virtual Console is a platform service that first appeared on Nintendo's Wii and later on the 3DS and Wii U. Games from past consoles are emulated to run on the new hardware with the added benefits of system-level save states and other features.
Used in Super Mario Bros. via the pipe system. Warp Zones became popularized on the NES/SNES.
Warping allows the player to take a shortcut, bypassing part of a game.
A level that takes place either in or near water.
A viewable map that displays the entire game world. The map also usually shows the player's location in the world.
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