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When a game has several playable characters of different species, real or fictional.
Games that have had an Original Soundtrack album released.
Characters that are overweight have more body fat than normal for their race, or at least look it. A character that is overweight may or may not have great strength.
Games that are arguably the most fun in a "party" scenario with multiple players in one room.
Penguins are flightless birds that are found in usually cold areas; they have appear in several videogames, notably the Club Penguin franchise.
A species of carnivorous plants that reside in pipes. Some specimens can spit fireballs.
Podoboos are living fireball enemies usually found in Castles in the Mario games. The original ones would only jump out of lava in simple patterns.
Pokey is a cactus enemy often (although not uniquely) seen in the Mario series. It's body segments can be individually destroyed.
The daughter of a monarch or monarchs.
A Random Number Generator (hence RNG) is a system designed to randomize a sequence of numbers. Most games technically use a table of 'random' numbers, simulating random chance.
When the character blows itself up, inflicting damage, or when the character falls, flies, or is otherwise ejected from the arena by their own actions.
No point in gathering coins, gold, gil, money, or whatever if you can't buy anything with it.
Shy Guys are masked hoodlums of the Mushroom Universe.
A mode in the game, often an unlockable, allowing players to listen to individual music tracks, voice clips and/or sound effects.
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.
7 Friendly stars that appear in Paper Mario. Their names are Kalmar, Mamar, Eldstar, Klevar, Muskular, Skolar, and Misstar. They also appear in Mario Party 5 as the guardians of Dream Depot.
A grid that is organized for the start of the race in rows of 2, 3 or more. Very useful for standing starts in various racing titles.
Sudden Death occurs when two or more players/teams have the same score at the end of the game. It can also be a penalty that activates when a player of match is taking too long. The players will then have to get rid of each other in a hurry.
A series of Japanese board games in which players use dice to move their pieces forward, usually with special events that happen on certain spaces in the track.
The Thwomp is a villain from the mario franchise. He is most commonly found in castle stages.
When a certain amount of time is given to the player to reach a goal or finish an objective.
Games whose main character is so egotistical that the whole game just HAS to be named after them.
Toads are a species of intelligent mushrooms and the dominant species of the Mushroom Kingdom.
Reptiles known for their hard shells.
The Tweester is a tornado like enemy found in several Mario games. It usually doesn't harm you, just blow you away to places or ways you probably don't want to go to.
Ukikis are a type of monkey that appear in the Mario games. They don't really want to harm the players, just mess around with them by doing pranks, like say, taking Mario's hat in Super Mario 64.
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.
These giant stone creatures are constantly trying to squish Mario under their own weight.
Wigglers are enemies that look like caterpillars. They first appeared in Super Mario World, where if Mario, Luigi, or Yoshi jumped on it, the Wiggler would turn red and start running fast, as well as being able to move in the character's direction.
A bipedal dinosaur species known for its great appetite and egg-laying abilities.
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