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An often used plot device where the main character wakes up and has lost all their memories. The game usually centers around getting your memory back or uncovering the events that lead to your confusion.
AVALANCHE is an anti-Shinra group. They believe that the extraction of Mako energy harms the planet. That's why they target the Mako Reactors with their attacks.
A Concept mostly in MMORPGs. A Buff allows the player to increase their stats for a short period of time.
The Cetra is a human race from Final Fantasy VII. They have the ability to "speak" with the planet.
One or more events from someone's past that negatively affected them. Plenty of video game characters have such pasts.
A pervasive feeling of sadness, perpetual boredom, or both, which can dramatically affect a person's life.
When will those crazy scientists learn? Be it killer robots, invasions from outer space, sentient computers or mutations; they always seem to have the habit of leaving a big mess behind for you to clean up.
Flashbacks take a player into a flashback sequence. Often playable, but not always.
Games featuring guests introduce playable, established characters from outside of a franchise. Primarily but not exclusively seen in fighting games.
In Final Fantasy VII, the Lifestream is the spirit and lifeblood of the planet and has all the memories and knowledge of those who lived on it. It is the source of Mako energy.
A powerful attack in the Final Fantasy series, useable mostly when a character's hp is low or a certain condition has been met.
These are the characters who prefer to walk through life without anyone by their side, even though many times they will still wind up as part of a team. They tend to be rough around the edges in order to try and push others away.
Games featuring characters that are physically much younger than their actual age would dictate. This does not count gods or similar deities that are considered ageless.
The concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods, breaking the fundamental laws of science.
The meter which is used to gauge how much power there is left to use magic abilities.
In Final Fantasy VII, Mako is a liquid form of Lifestream that has been processed as an energy source through machines known as mako reactors.
Sequels that have the player controlling a different character than the preceding game(s).
Many games feature a story which involves saving the world and its inhabitants, often single handedly.
The ability to change shape. Humans shifting into animals is the most common type of shape shifting.
Shinra is a ruthless mega-corporation who harvest Mako, the life force of the planet Gaia, and transforms it into electricity to power the city of Midgar and its surrounding area. Famous for the Jenova Project which resulted in the creation of Sephiroth.
Quests that aren't necessary for game completion. They typically offer side-stories or specific rewards.
Summoning involves bringing a distant ally into battle to either perform a single, devastating attack or to fight on the behalf of the summoner.
A superhero is a fictional character of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do in the public interest.
The Turks are an elite organization that perform covert operations for the Shinra Electric Power Company that first appear in Final Fantasy VII.
A transformation is a different stage or form for something. Usually an upgrade.
Unrequited love is when one person loves another, but that love is unreturned. It could be unreturned because that person hates the other person, just doesn't love the other person, or doesn't even know he or she is loved by that person.
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