841: Fair Use Brad Garrett
Giant Bombcast
Game Mess Mornings 05/20/24
GrubbSnax
GB@Nite LIVE! Tickets & Details
The Not-E3 2024 Time Zone Chart
The Community Spotlight 2024.05.18
The Community Spotlight 2024.05.11
The Community Spotlight 2024.05.04
Game » consists of 25 releases. Released Aug 14, 2014
A sound effect that plays once the player has gained a level, solved a puzzle or reached a milestone within the game.
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.
Game mechanics traditionally found in role-playing games that are incorporated into a non-RPG title.
Female characters who are designed with highly idealized figures and proportions, outfits that are revealing and/or form-fitting, and prone to ending up in completely over-the-top poses designed to show off their bodies.
Quests that aren't necessary for game completion. They typically offer side-stories or specific rewards.
Games with characters that sing.
Whales in outer space were first popularized as a concept by the film Star Trek IV. This concept covers all types of cetaceans, including dolphins and narwhals.
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.
A game that takes gameplay mechanics, characters, or story elements from an existing series in a separate and different direction, sometimes changing genres along the way.
Stalchildren are smaller-sized skeleton enemies in the Legend of Zelda-series that typically emerge from the ground and appear in groups. Traditionally, they appear during the night in outdoor areas.
Stalfos are skeletal enemies in the Legend of Zelda series, commonly wielding swords with surprising skill, and wishing for nothing else than to murder the living. Ocarina of Time implied that adults who enter the Lost Woods are transformed into Stalfos.
3D Stereoscopy is the use of two images generated from slightly different angles in order to create a 3D effect. This usually requires the use of 3D glasses to separate the left/right image for each eye.
An aesthetic sub-genre of fantasy, focusing on brutal barbarians and arcane wizardly magic.
Games that conclude with a screen displaying "The End" or a variation thereof, such as "Fin."
The player character is seen at a distance from a number of different possible perspective angles. There is generally a movable camera but it can also be in a fixed position. It most commonly refers to a viewpoint behind the player character.
Many games feature storylines about wide, sweeping combat between three radically different factions.
Two Screen Multiplayer basically means splitscreen multiplayer without a split screen. It's primarily a feature of the Wii U.
Extra objects, characters, or content in a game that can only be accessed after completing a certain task such as completing the game, or by using cheat codes.
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.
War is a series of organized conflicts carried on by force of arms between two or more nations or groups. Whether it never changes or has already changed is up for debate.
Games that feature musical instruments as weapons, whether that be by smashing them over an enemy's head or by firing projectiles via a quick jam session.
Wii U games that support the use of a Nunchuk attached to a Wii Remote (or Wii Remote Plus)
Wii U games that support use of the Wii Remote (or Wii Remote Plus)
Wii U games supporting the Pro Controller either in addition to or as a replacement for the Wii U GamePad.
The Zora are a water-dwelling race from the Legend of Zelda series. First appearing as enemies, they were shown to be friendly towards Link in later games.
This edit will also create new pages on Giant Bomb for:
Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Giant Bomb users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved.
Use your keyboard!
Log in to comment
Log in to comment