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Amiibo is Nintendo's NFC figurine and card program that works across multiple games. Amiibo work natively with the Nintendo Wii U via the NFC reader in the Wii U GamePad and the New Nintendo 3DS. In 2015, Nintendo will release an accessory for the original Nintendo 3DS that lets players use Amiibo on it as well.
When someone is androgynous, they have a mix of masculine and feminine aspects, or they have the appearance of being in between male and female. A common aesthetic in Japanese media and games.
A concept in games with multiple characters, a screen with pictures of all playable characters with the possibility of stat listings.
Allows the player to continue playing - even though they have finished the game. This allows the completion of unfinished side-quests or the results of the player's victory in the world to be seen.
Collectibles are items such as coins, rings, gems, packages etc. that can be gathered, usually for some kind of reward, or sometimes to simply beat a level. Often (almost too often) the source of earning achievements and trophies on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
A double jump is the ability to jump while already in mid-air to get some extra lift. In reality, double jumps are not possible and violate fundamental laws of physics.
Excitebike is an Assist trophy in Smash Bros. Brawl
Wii games that can be played using a GameCube controller.
Take an item and throw it at the enemy.
Jigglypuff is a normal type Pokémon that evolves from Igglybuff, and can into Wigglytuff with a Moon Stone. They love to sing.
The main characters of each Fire Emblem game. Whenever one of these characters are defeated in battle, the game is lost.
The meter which is used to gauge how much power there is left to use magic abilities.
Metriods are an Assist trophy in Smash Bros. Brawl
A device by which a character's motivations or expectations are influenced by a suspiciously absent family member.
Games which allow players to interact with others over the internet.
Everyone else can keel over as much as necessary, but if the party leader falls, it's game over. Sometimes this makes logical sense, like with perma-death battle systems. But more often then not the main character is one Phoenix Down away from a game over.
Any character you can control in a game is a Player Character (PC), as opposed to a non-player character (NPC), which is a character that can only be controlled by the game.
Son of a monarch.
Rekka is an archetype in Fighting Games that had 2-3 district hits and it moves in the each hit with little to no pause. but the first part is on block and you'll continue into the later parts as hit confirms.
Respawning is when a player or NPC dies and then reappears moments later - usually in a predetermined location or group of locations - while the game continues.
Male characters who are depicted in an overtly sexual manner.
Slashing weapons are designed to cut and slice rather than causing blunt trauma. Examples include swords, axes, claws, naginatas, or even whips.
In fighting games, some characters have special moves that are counterattacks. In order for the attack to work, the player must enter the proper command and then allow for the opponent to strike when the player's character is in the move's "wait" position.
Lakitu & Spiny are an Assist trophy in Smash Bros. Brawl
An aesthetic sub-genre of fantasy, focusing on brutal barbarians and arcane wizardly magic.
A person more than adept in the art of sword fighting.
Whether with a button press or menu, taunts destroy friendships and can even make the computer go crazy.
People who are aged during the growth period of adolescence, traditionally between 13 and 17 years old.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
The weapon triangle refers to the rock-paper-scissors relationship between axes, lances, and swords in the Fire Emblem series.
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