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Fighter Flies are enemies from the Mario series. They hop back and forth while flapping their wings.
The last boss you face in a game, usually representing the final climax of the game.
Cold-blooded aquatic animals that have scales and breathe through gills.
The ghost of a Fishin' Lakitu. It dangles a will-o-the-wisp in front of Mario and Luigi.
It's not just for airplanes anymore: Game mascots and MMO players alike have taken to the skies. Players can use flight to quickly navigate large levels, find hidden items, or take opponents down.
The character kicks his feet while he jumps to increase horizontal movement.
Galoomba are a species resembling Goombas in appearance and name. They are rounder than normal Goombas and are knocked upside-down when jumped on, instead of being defeated.
Game Boy Advance classics made available to subscribers of the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack.
Many GBA game titles ended with "Advance" to indicate that they were for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. This "rule" was followed by Nintendo as well as many third party GBA developers.
The ability to move over smaller gaps, given sufficient speed. Seen in may old-school platformers.
These spooky entities are the spirits of the dead, returned from beyond their graves for generally sinister purposes. There's generally about even odds whether a particular ghost will be helpful or malevolent towards the living, but some ghosts just want to be left alone entirely.
Hammer Bros. are a species of Koopa that throw hammers at plumbers.
These are endings that aren't just good, but they give you everything you could want. The world is saved, the hero gets the girl, friendships are made that will last forever, everyone is safe, the villain is gone for good, and all loose ends are wrapped up forever.... unless a sequel is made.
Any game that involves jumping on an enemy's head as an attack, such as in Super Mario Bros.
In many games there is a ranking system, the players with the highest point value are listed in a "high score" table.
A common type of stage featured in many games. Slippery ice, avalanches, and freezing water are some of the unpleasantries to be had when visiting these cold arctic regions.
Inflation is when you expand or fill up something with something else, usually air, to make it more full or bigger. Some mini-games have you be the first to completely inflate a balloon, or, in the case of Dig-Dug, you inflate monsters to have them explode!
It's arguably the one move that symbolizes the medium to those outside it. The ability to jump, be it onto a building, a platform, or a skull, is one of the all time most important abilities ever put in a video game.
Kidnapping is often used in videogames as a motivation for the protagonist to venture into unknown worlds and fight seemingly hopeless battles.
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.
A common type of stage based around the fire and/or lava element. Often platforming heavy and inhabited by fire-based enemies.
Basically you're given a flashlight and then sent to a dark place.
When stomping on someone causes the character to bounce upwards, often to a greater height than normal.
Mecha-Koopas are small mechanical versions of Bowser himself.
A mole that is featured in the Mario franchise.
A boss fight in which the player must not only battle the actual boss, but must also defeat or defend against auxiliary enemies.
A variation of the Piranha Plant. They're almost indestructible - very few things can defeat them.
An overworld is a simplified view of the game world that allows players to freely move to different locations or levels.
Parallax scrolling is a scrolling effect used in video game graphics, employing multiple scrolling layers to create the illusion of depth, for a pseudo-3D effect in an otherwise 2D scrolling game.
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