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Game » consists of 5 releases. Released Jul 29, 2010
Games that have other games, usually older games from the same game series or publisher, hidden inside them and that you can play. Sometimes available in the game world or hidden as collectibles or behind challenges. this page both lists the games that are inside other games and the games that host the latter.
At E3 2013, Microsoft announced their Games with Gold campaign. The campaign offered two downloadable games a month for free for Xbox Live Gold subscribers for a limited number of months. On October 18, 2013, Microsoft stated they were extending the promotion indefinitely.
The "Physical" objects in a game world. All objects which a player can collide with, or interact with through game physics, consists of geometry.
In Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown some characters can place ghosts on their shoulders as customization items
Grapple Breaks prevent a character from being grabbed/thrown.
Gravity is a physical phenomenon, specifically the mutual attraction between all objects in the universe. In a gaming setting, gravity determines the relationship between the player and the "ground," preventing the player or game objects from flying off into space, and hopefully acting in a predictable/realistic manner.
Games that feature characters whose hair movement is governed by a physics engine.
"Hand to hand. It is the basis of all combat." -Gray Fox
The basis of Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown is to deplete the opponents health using attacks. Health is represented by bars on top of the screen.
A rendering technology using lighting with a larger dynamic range to create more realistic images.
In many games there is a ranking system, the players with the highest point value are listed in a "high score" table.
All the characters in Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown are humans.
An instantreplay is a gameplay element typically associated with sports games, and widely made popular with the Madden Franchise. Instant replays allow players to go back and view gameplay footage, occasionally from varying points of view.
"The gentle way", a martial art focused on grapples and throws.
Jumping in Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown is done by pressing any button plus an up direction. Jumping makes your character invulnerable to low attacks. Some characters can attack the opponent while they are on the ground. Some of these 'down attacks' are jumping attacks.
Also known as wushu, Kung Fu is a family of martial arts developed in China.
A leaderboard is a way for players of any multi-player game to know where they rank within the game's community.
Games that allow the player to choose which level to play next, rather than a fixed linear order.
A graphical effect used in video games where an object blocks light and around the edges of the object the light is significantly brighter than normal.
Martial arts are a popular set of skills that many video game characters possess. Martial arts are the cornerstone of any fighting game, and have influenced many platforming and adventure games.
The core game play of Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown is based entirely on melee combat.
A fighting game concept in which a player using a particular character can fight against either the CPU or another player using the same character.
Some action-oriented games make use of motion capture technology to make character's movements realistic.
Muay Thai is a form of martial arts that is the national sport in Thailand. Modern kickboxing is a derivative of Muay Thai designed specifically as a counter to it.
There is one character in Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown that is a ninja, and his name is Kage-Maru.
Normal mapping is an integral part in making believable visuals. Using advanced surface information in conjunction with light information, an artist is able to define an incredible amount of detail on any low polygon model.
Games which allow players to interact with others over the internet.
Options menus give you the option to change anything the game lets you change. Whether you want subtitles or not, sound effects or not, the game to be harder or not, anything you want that the game lets you change, you can change in the options menu.
Taka-Arashi is the resident sumo wrestler in Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown. He is a very fat man.
Various effects using "particles" (billboard/sprite planes or full models).
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