Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory!

S-Rank

‘S-Rank’ is a term used in games, most commonly awarded at the end of stages with graded missions or side objectives.

Sequel

A sequel (also called a follow-up) is a game that carries forward the gameplay concepts, and often the story, of a previous game to which it is officially linked.

Shadow

A shadow is an area where direct light from a light source cannot reach due to obstruction by an object.

Shoto-clone

A fighting game archetype where characters with a significant similarity in fighting style to Street Fighter's Ryu & Ken.

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SNK Boss Syndrome

SNK fighting games are notorious for boss fights of ludicrous difficulty. Common symptoms of SNK Boss Syndrome include absurdly high attack priority, overpowered special attacks, and AIs that read button inputs. Though it's most common in SNK games, the syndrome has also appeared in games by other companies.

Special Attack

Featured mainly in fighting games, special attacks usually require more than just pressing a button to activate. They are usually unique or at least varied between characters.

Sprite

A two-dimensional image or animation overlaid into a scene. The foundation of early 2D games, making up everything from props to the player-controlled character.

Sprite Scaling

Whether it's Super Scaler or Mode 7, growing and shrinking sprites/textures is a concept often used in sprite-based games. It was a popular technique used to create three-dimensional games with sprites, mostly during the 16-bit to early 32-bit eras. Sprite-scaling was an early form of 3D texture-mapping.

Trilogy

Three games that are individually complete but are closely related in theme or sequence

Versus Screen

Primarily found in fighting or sports games, the versus screen typically masks the load time of an upcoming matchup. Sometimes codes may be entered here that will affect the game.