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Rhythm game's that use beat sliders usually give the player the ability to earn a note streak if they stay on track with their striking of notes consistently
When a crowd is present in a game (often invisible) that does nothing more than cheer or boo, depending on the player's performance.
DLC that is technically available on the disc, but requires the player to buy a key separate from the game to activate it.
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.
Games that have had an Original Soundtrack album released.
Characters that are overweight have more body fat than normal for their race, or at least look it. A character that is overweight may or may not have great strength.
Games that are arguably the most fun in a "party" scenario with multiple players in one room.
Passwords are codes used to save a player's progress, primarily during the 8-bit era and, to a lesser extent, the 16-bit era.
The use of peripherals has vastly changed the way games are played. This concept includes an array of items, including joysticks, plastic guitars & drum-sets, and specialized printers.
Games that are played without holding any type of controller or peripherals.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
A game which includes functions for the Japanese-only LCD memory card/handheld.
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!
The daughter of a monarch or monarchs.
This multiplayer game type has become a multiplayer mode of choice amongst hardcore fans of rhythm games. Two players play a song on the same difficulty in a battle for score supremacy.
Professional gaming is the world where players make a salary by playing games for a professional eSport organization. The professional gaming scene is built upon tournament managing organizations like TheCGS, ESWC, WCG and their sponsors.
Ranking Systems tally the player's current progress and relative skill, by tracking raw numbers of multiple statistics (like score and time) during a session of gameplay. This results in a competitive meta-game where the goal is usually to reach the top position.
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.
A widely popular music style, originating from a fusion of blues, R&B, country, and jazz. Includes sub-genres such as punk, heavy metal, synth rock, and pop rock, among others.
‘S-Rank’ is a term used in games, most commonly awarded at the end of stages with graded missions or side objectives.
Multipliers award players for playing well continuously. Racking up multipliers is crucial in any point based game in which they are featured.
Most achievement systems allow developers to hide certain achievements, obscuring details about them until a player has earned the achievement.
Games with characters that sing.
Tiny red-shelled creatures from Super Mario Bros. Always a pain to defeat as they are covered with spikes.
Sometimes, you want to play games with a real person who's sitting right next to you. These games have you covered.
Star Power doubles your current score modifier. Activate it by tilting your guitar up or hitting the select button.
Certain Game Boy titles included special enhancements available only when played on an SNES using a Super Game Boy adapter.
Video games that, for better or for worse, are based on an existing non-video game franchise. Usually drawn from movies, tie-in games have also been made about TV shows, novels, and even one-hit wonder pop bands.
Toads are a species of intelligent mushrooms and the dominant species of the Mushroom Kingdom.
Tokyo Game Show or TGS is an annual video game convention held in Chiba, Japan. It is considered a major industry event with considerable media coverage and industry attendance.
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