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A place to fall, often bottomless, usually resulting in death.
Almost a common thing in Fighting Games where player 2 or 1 inserts the coins, pressing start or entering the online lobby when the player 1 or 2 is playing arcade mode or training mode in modern days.
Bats are small, very social flying mammals. They may frequent caves or haunted houses.
As part of the Switch Online subscription, Nintendo offers a selection of SNES games through the downloadable Super Nintendo Entertainment System application.
Whether by item or otherwise, temporary invincibility provides the user a brief moment where they are impervious to attack.
A boss that players fight multiple times throughout the game. They usually follow the player as they progress.
Whether it be a close up shotgun blast, far away sniper rifle, explosive, or backstab, the "one hit kill" is a popular kill strategy. Usually hard to master and even harder to avoid, the instant kill is loved and hated by gamers everywhere.
A leaderboard is a way for players of any multi-player game to know where they rank within the game's community.
Cold-blooded aquatic animals that have scales and breathe through gills.
Some games have inspired the creation of literature.
Games that make records. Often records like most played game, or critically acclaimed. There have been gaming records since the says of Pong and the Magnavox Oddysey.
Turn-based games divide game actions into distinct parts, called turns. This gives the player time to strategically choose actions as the battle or events unfold.
Humans are bipedal, sapient primates capable of abstract reasoning, language, and emotions.
Earning an extra life, either by collecting a 1up or by hitting a certain score.
A gameplay mechanic allowing players to store their items and freely carry them around.
More effective than any hospital. These games let you heal damage; ranging from a black eye to a gunshot wound, just by having a snack.
These games were popular enough to warrant an anime, whether it was a full television series, an OVA (original video animation), or a feature-length movie.
Xbox 360 and original Xbox games that have been approved to run on the Xbox One's backwards compatibility feature.
Potentially deadly in the real world, annoying and funny in the animated world.
Action RPG (Action Role-Playing Game), also known as ARPG, refers to RPGs (role-playing games) that use direct, real-time, reflex-oriented, action combat systems, instead of the more abstract turn-based or menu-based battle systems.
Special locations in game that allow the player to manually save their progress.
Porting is a term used when a game designed to run on one platform is converted to run on a different platform. Quality varies, though some titles are packaged with extras.
A Secret area is a place hidden that few will find unless they know where to look.
Ever since Pac-Man, games have had us navigating mazes.
A shadow is an area where direct light from a light source cannot reach due to obstruction by an object.
The Classic NES Series of games were re-released versions of NES games for the GBA. Also known as Famicom Mini and NES Classics in Japan and PAL regions respectively.
Also referred to as block damage, chipping takes place when characters take damage even when blocking. Most commonly associated with fighting games.
Games that have been used as the basis for motion pictures.
These are often a departure from the conventional gameplay of a game. There have also been compilations; games including only minigames. The Mario Party series has a lot of minigames, too!
Using gestures with the controller to control on-screen actions. Alternatively, these gestures can also be detected by motion-sensing cameras.
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