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Games that have art on the inside of the game case, to double the decoration.
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.
The original protagonist of a game becomes an antagonist in the sequel.
A maneuver involving both horizontal movement and rotation about a horizontal axis. Many characters roll in a unique fashion, and certain vehicles are even capable of rolling
Many games feature a story which involves saving the world and its inhabitants, often single handedly.
Male characters who are depicted in an overtly sexual manner.
A competition between brothers and sisters.
In some video games, souls are used as the unit of currency for in game purchases and upgrades. Turns out that the worth of a person's soul is about 1/500th of that sweet new sword.
When a character in a game unleashes their true power and 'levels up' in a sense. Examples are super sonic, super saiyan, no more heroes, mushrooms in mario, devil trigger... etc.
Super Speed is the ability for a character to travel at speeds normally unattainable by regular humans. Super speed can be a stock super power by characters such as the Flash & Sonic the Hedgehog, or a technologically enhanced ability like Nomad in Crysis.
Strength beyond normal human bounds, i.e. lifting cars, bending metals, shattering a street with one's fist.
Games featuring characters which posses superhuman abilities and powers.
A Fencer; a person who fights with a sword. Swordsmen are common in medieval strategy games.
Whether with a button press or menu, taunts destroy friendships and can even make the computer go crazy.
The ability to move from one area to another instantaneously - typically through some sort of special power or device.
Whether by item or otherwise, temporary invincibility provides the user a brief moment where they are impervious to attack.
A transformation is a different stage or form for something. Usually an upgrade.
Twins are two offspring conceived simultaneously as a result of the same pregnancy. They can be of the same or different sex.
Weapons designed to be wielded with both hands, typically due to their size in relation to the one wielding them. Examples include longswords, claymores, lances, scythes, and giant hammers among others.
Weapons can often be upgraded with new attachments, augmentations, or magical enchantments. These upgrades result in the original item being more powerful than originally intended.
Vestigial items may have had a use at one point in time, but now occupy a permanent inventory space and cannot be removed due to their special status.
Also known as a triangle jump, this is the ability to hit a wall and propel yourself off of it like you were some kind of crazy ninja or parkour fiend.
Video games based on Japanese IP's that were developed by Western studios.
Zoning Characters (also called Keepaway Characters) is an archetype that use long range attacks to the control space in fighting games.
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