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Extraterrestrials appear in many video games in a variety of styles. Sometimes they're evil, sometimes they're benevolent, and sometimes they're very similar to humans.
A foreign language natively spoken by extraterrestrial biengs from another planet or galaxy
This concept occurs in many RPGs and Sci-Fi games. The Ancient Advanced Civilization Technology is often a giant weapon (Halo Rings, Giant of Babil, etc.) that becomes a major plot focus in the stories of these games.
Anthropomorphism is the concept of an object, concept or character that has human qualities or traits, such as speech, a level of intelligence similar or higher than a human's and self consciousness. "Anthro" means "of human" and related to the concept of humanity.
Bipedal Digitigrades stand, walk or run with its toes touching the ground and the rest of its foot lifted, creating a the legs to bow backwards and then forwards, while also standing upright like a human being would. This is popularly seen in anthropomorphic animal characters, aliens or monsters, Werewolves being a prime example. Unguligrades are similar but instead of toes, they have hooves.
Birdmen are large birds that can talk or half-bird half-man creatures. Are often depicted as wise, in spite of having bird brains.
The Chozo Ghost is a guardian entitiy that protects areas on Tallon IV. While Samus does have affiliations with the Chozo, these ghosts cannot differentiate between friend and foe.
Ancient race of beings, one of the 'higher' races that were at their zenith at the same time as the Chozo. Natives of Aether, the Luminoth are nearly wiped out by the shadowy Ing in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
An implementation of lore that is meant to flesh out the game world, without becoming a hindrance to the overall pacing of the game itself.
If a person is made of metal and has circuitry instead of a circulatory system, then their game belongs on this list.
Like pirates, only spacier. Frequent antagonists in sci-fi games, especially the Metroid series.
Torizos are living Chozo Statues from Super Metroid.
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