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Games where characters have a cannon for an arm.
Attachments are objects in video games that augment the user's abilities.
A mechanic used mainly in Japanese RPGs of both the action and turn-based variety.
Bosses are enemies that fight you at the end of a level or at a significant point in the story.
A boss fight is a culminating challenge that pits the player against one or more enemies representing a greater threat and/or difficulty than those previously faced. These scenarios typically feature unique antagonists.
Broken English is English with improper spelling, grammar, or syntax, and is most commonly found within older video games as a result of poor English localization.
Charging is the action of pressing & holding down a button or particular direction on the controller. Its purpose is to build up a powerful blast or burst of energy to take out an opponent or cause critical damage.
The 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on May 18-20.
A fictional currency is one where the object being exchanged does not exist in the real world, such as Final Fantasy's Gil, or are not used for exchange in the real world, such as Fallout's bottlecaps.
A element from the Mega Man Battle Network and Mega Man Star Force series.
In many games there is a ranking system, the players with the highest point value are listed in a "high score" table.
An numeral indication of how much damage a character can sustain. The loss of all hit points results in the death of the character or another penalty.
Sending or receiving fake email inside a game.
This is the action used in the Mega Man Battle Network Universe and is how NetNavis are allowed to enter the internet and other electronic networks.
They may be good or evil, but mad scientists are always performing experiments that are on the outer fringes of science. Ever since Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, they've been in the scene.
A list of common "steps" that take place in every heroic story. Joseph Campbell proposed that it is a metaphor for the transition into adulthood.
Sometimes one playable character just isn't enough.
An Internet Navigator, or NetNavi for short, is a computer program with artificial intelligence. They were created to assist their operators, and reside in PETs.
Certain Game Boy Advance games will unlock stuff for the Nintendo DS ones with this method.
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.
Enemies that appear out of nowhere and force the player into a battle.
‘S-Rank’ is a term used in games, most commonly awarded at the end of stages with graded missions or side objectives.
A series of seemingly unrelated events that are tied together in one way or another. The term originates from the anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
Games that have you going into a computer generated virtual universe.
Zenny, sometimes spelled Zeny or Zeni. It is often a form of currency in games produced by Capcom.
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