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Power Ups can be used to give the controlling character, or any other character, temporary or permanent upgrades.
In a game that presents multiple options of how to proceed, Pseudo Non-Linear is when all options must be completed in order to proceed further. In other words it gives you to illusion of choice but there will ultimately be a set path.
Rabbits, or bunnies, are smallish mammals with long ears and a cottony tail.
A boss that players fight multiple times throughout the game. They usually follow the player as they progress.
Resurrection is the act of being brought back to life. One must have already been living and have died in order to be able to be resurrected.
If a person is made of metal and has circuitry instead of a circulatory system, then their game belongs on this list.
A creature which is made up of mostly identical segments and has an elongated shape.
This applies to games where characters physically change from one sex to another. This ranges from a character being able to change sex as part of the gameplay (perhaps specifically of the opponents) to being limited to the story or character customisation between the sexes being permitted after starting a campaign.
Skeleton Warriors are comprised of the animated bones of the dead. Often brought to life to do the bidding of an evil master as mindless and indefatigable soldiers and guardsmen.
The skeleton is the framework of the human body.
Slashing weapons are designed to cut and slice rather than causing blunt trauma. Examples include swords, axes, claws, naginatas, or even whips.
A blob consisting of some icky substance, the slime monster is one of the most used RPG monster clichés besides rats.
A mode in the game, often an unlockable, allowing players to listen to individual music tracks, voice clips and/or sound effects.
A move used in a lot of games where the standing/moving attacker spins upon himself, damaging the surrounding enemies.
Throwing weapons include knives, shurikens, axes, darts or even explosives such as grenades and molotov cocktails.
A transformation is a different stage or form for something. Usually an upgrade.
Some bosses transition through two or more forms during the course of a fight. Each form has its own abilities and health separate from those of other forms.
A dragon that has been resurrected after death. Undead Dragons are often weaker but more terrifying than their living counterparts.
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.
A video game protagonist's enemies come from more than just the Animal and Mineral kingdoms. P-O'd plants have been battled by everyone from plumbers to the undead.
The Virtual Console is a platform service that first appeared on Nintendo's Wii and later on the 3DS and Wii U. Games from past consoles are emulated to run on the new hardware with the added benefits of system-level save states and other features.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
A level that takes place either in or near water.
A viewable map that displays the entire game world. The map also usually shows the player's location in the world.
Zombies, more accurately called the walking dead, are reanimated corpses who feed on the living, and have become a ubiquitous video game enemy. They often move slowly, but can be deadly in large numbers, which is unfortunately how they tend to travel. Shotgun time!
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