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Electricity
Electricity is commonly used as a damage-introducing element causing inanimate objects to become harmful (electrified water, floors, cables, etc). It can also refer to a power wielded by characters that generates sparks, is conductive to metal surfaces, forks or branches, and is often blue in color.
Appears in 295 games
First appeared in Crazy Climber
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Shadows
In Jungian psychology, the Shadow is the hidden side to a human's consciousness that is unrecognized or repressed from disassociation. Creatures that share the namesake and some properties of the concept are monsters and antagonists in the Persona series.
Appears in 15 games
First appeared in Revelations: Persona
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Bruisers
Bruisers are characters who depend on their fist and realize that most of life's problems can be solved with a punch. Typically bruisers don't fight with any real style or technique, instead they tend to simply rely on raw strength.
Appears in 11 games
First appeared in The Adventures of Bayou Billy
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Smithing
Smithing is a trade skill used to craft and shape metal. Steel, iron, gold, silver, pewter, tin, copper, and other metals can be used to craft armor, blades, guns, coins, arrowheads, locks, and a myriad of other objects.
Appears in 53 games
First appeared in MediEvil
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Water Walking
The ability to walk on water. Sometimes depending on a character's speed (IE slowing down will result in them sinking).
Appears in 20 games
First appeared in Brian Bloodaxe
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Beaver
A dam-building semi-aquatic rodent. Beavers have poor eyesight, but keen senses of hearing, smell, and touch.
Appears in 25 games
First appeared in Penguin-Kun Wars
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Child Prodigy
A Prodigy is typically a young character who posses skills or intelligence far beyond their age. Some prodigies were born with this talent, while others had to work for it.
Appears in 8 games
First appeared in EarthBound
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World of Darkness
World of Darkness is White Wolf's horror/fantasy universe in which all of their games take place. After a long hibernation, White Wolf (now owned by Paradox Interactive) are making a strong push to making more World of Darkness games.
Appears in 5 games
First appeared in Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption
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Live-Action Cutscene
Cutscenes involving real actors on a set or in front of a chroma key screen.
Appears in 157 games
First appeared in The Driver
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Codependent Unlimited Revival
Game mechanic that allows a player to respawn as long as at least one teammate is alive.
Appears in 16 games
First appeared in Gunstar Heroes
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Zomboni
The Zomboni applies ice, steam and pressure to your plants.
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in Plants vs. Zombies
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Snorkel Zombie
Snorkel zombies can swim underwater.
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in Plants vs. Zombies
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Ducky Tube Zombie
The ducky tube allows this zombie to float on the water.
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in Plants vs. Zombies
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Backup Dancer Zombie
These zombies appear in sets of four whenever Dancing Zombie rocks out.
Appears in 2 games
First appeared in Plants vs. Zombies
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Dancing Zombie
Any resemblance between Dancing Zombie and persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
Appears in 2 games
First appeared in Plants vs. Zombies
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Football Zombie
Football Zombie makes the big plays.
Appears in 3 games
First appeared in Plants vs. Zombies
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German Shepherd
A large breed of dog that originated in Germany. Because of their strength, intelligence and abilities in obedience training they are often employed in police and military roles, as well as being popular pets.
Appears in 14 games
First appeared in Wolfenstein 3D
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Sage
A character class in the Dragon Quest series.
Appears in 4 games
First appeared in Dragon Warrior III
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Coonce Test
This is a deck for the concept 'Coonce Test' - a concept which is to be strictly used for wiki rollback and late night lubrication purposes. Again - just testing this.
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RPG Elements
Game mechanics traditionally found in role-playing games that are incorporated into a non-RPG title.
Appears in 460 games
First appeared in Telengard
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Forecast Channel Compatibility
Wii games that pull data from the console's Forecast Channel to affect in-game weather conditions.
Appears in 3 games
First appeared in NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams
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Halo Waypoint
Halo Waypoint is a downloadable application for the Xbox 360 and Windows Phone 7 that serves as a hub for both information about the Halo series and the "Halo career" of players.
Appears in 4 games
First appeared in Halo 3: ODST
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Working for the Enemy
When a protagonist/hero works for the bad guy. It may be unintentional or completely voluntary.
Appears in 51 games
First appeared in Shining Force
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Musicians
Music based games may be growing in popularity now, but there have always been musicians in games. Whether they're in a band, play an instrument, or just sing into a hairbrush, these characters live for music.
Appears in 69 games
First appeared in Journey
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Repeater
Repeaters fire two peas at a time.
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in Plants vs. Zombies
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Chomper
Chompers can devour a zombie whole, but they are vulnerable while chewing.
Appears in 4 games
First appeared in Plants vs. Zombies
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Snow Pea
Snow Peas shoot frozen peas that damage and slow the enemy.
Appears in 3 games
First appeared in Plants vs. Zombies
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Potato Mine
Potato Mines pack a powerful punch but they need a while to arm themselves. You should plant then ahead of zombies. They will explode on contact.
Appears in 2 games
First appeared in Plants vs. Zombies
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Wall-nut
Wall-nuts have hard shells which the player can use to protect the other plants.
Appears in 4 games
First appeared in Plants vs. Zombies
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Cherry Bomb
Cherry Bombs can blow up all zombies in an area. They have a short fuse so plant them near zombies.
Appears in 2 games
First appeared in Plants vs. Zombies
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NuYu
NuYu is a character editor used in some Data Design Interactive titles.
Appears in 2 games
First appeared in Kidz Sports: Crazy Golf
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GODS Engine
GODS (Game Oriented Development System) is the game engine used by Data Design Interactive.
Appears in 24 games
First appeared in Kidz Sports: Ice Hockey
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Forretress
A Pokemon first found in Johto. it evolves from Pineco.
Appears in 23 games
First appeared in Pokémon Gold/Silver
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Bandit
A rogue character who doesn't obey the law, bandits are known to steal from people for their own selfish gain.
Appears in 94 games
First appeared in Wild Gunman
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Pineco
A Pokemon found in Johto. It evolves into Foretress.
Appears in 26 games
First appeared in Pokémon Gold/Silver
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The Vasudans
An enigmatic and proud alien species in the Freespace universe. Are both adversaries and allies throughout the series.
Appears in 3 games
First appeared in Descent: Freespace - The Great War
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The Shivans
An ancient and incredibly powerful alien race. They are the main enemies in the Freespace franchise.
Appears in 3 games
First appeared in Descent: Freespace - The Great War
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Bookworms
Bookworms are the characters who always have their face buried between the pages of a book. It doesn't matter if it's a mystic spellbook or just a tattered paperback, they'd rather read about an epic adventure than have one.
Appears in 9 games
First appeared in Igor: Objective Uikokahonia
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Sunflower
A popular yellow flower that resembles the sun
Appears in 32 games
First appeared in Dragon Crystal
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Peashooter
Peashooters are your first line of defense. They shoot peas at attacking zombies.
Appears in 5 games
First appeared in Tonic Trouble
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Alternate Game Over Screen
Games that feature more than one style of Game Over screen. Alternate Game Over screens are often used when the player loses in specific ways.
Appears in 27 games
First appeared in Will: The Death Trap II
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Defaults To Easy
These games have difficulty settings that default to "easy" mode.
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in Unbound Saga
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Standing Start
In auto racing, standing starts have the cars or go-karts stationary in the starting grid as the race begins. To commence racing in a standing start, a set of red lights is needed before the green one goes off to start the race.
Appears in 60 games
First appeared in Super Sprint
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San Francisco 49ers
With five Super Bowl rings the Niners are one of the few true NFL dynasties.
Appears in 66 games
First appeared in John Elway's Quarterback
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