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Marriage is when characters, typically a pair of them, are joined in loving (or not so loving) matrimony!
A mascot is an iconic character heavily used in the advertising and marketing of a product, franchise, business, or company. Notable mascots include Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, Ulala, Mickey Mouse, and the Big Daddies.
The ability to influence and control the thoughts of others.
A level or sequence where the player must ride in a mine cart, and has some meaningful control over the character or the cart. The Donkey Kong Country series popularized these sequences, and gave them the stigma of frustrating difficulty at the same time.
A mole that is featured in the Mario franchise.
Using gestures with the controller to control on-screen actions. Alternatively, these gestures can also be detected by motion-sensing cameras.
Platforms conveniently moving you towards your destination to allow the crossing of large expanses which would otherwise be impossible to cross.
When a game uses multiple planes instead of one on which the game play occurs.
Sometimes one playable character just isn't enough.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
Characters that are initially portrayed as evil, but eventually turn out to be good or not as serious of a threat. This also includes villains who remain evil the entire game, but contain some sense of moral goodness or ambiguity.
When a crowd is present in a game (often invisible) that does nothing more than cheer or boo, depending on the player's performance.
Games that have had an Original Soundtrack album released.
A term referring to those obsessed with a specific field of interest, especially anime and manga.
Games that either are or look like they are made from paper
A flying goomba.
Poking fun at a specific existing work, whether a game, a movie, or something else, by imitating and exaggerating its characteristics. Some games use parody here and there, while others are entirely parodic.
Enemies that are adamant in their will to hunt you down. Example: Pac-Man ghosts.
Any type of puzzle that involves changing the perspective, usually by manually moving around the camera to line up items in the environment.
A species of carnivorous plants that reside in pipes. Some specimens can spit fireballs.
An ancient species aiding Mario in his quest to save all worlds in Super Paper Mario.
The concept of shifting between different planes of existence. (Light/Dark worlds, Material/Spectral Realms)
Games that were initially developed for one platform but switched to another during development.
Any character you can control in a game is a Player Character (PC), as opposed to a non-player character (NPC), which is a character that can only be controlled by the game.
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!
Power Ups can be used to give the controlling character, or any other character, temporary or permanent upgrades.
The daughter of a monarch or monarchs.
Video game combat in which combat actions are performed in real-time, rather than through a turn-based structure.
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