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A ladder is used to gain access to higher or lower ground. Also used as a weapon in most wrestling games.
A laser is a focused beam of light, invisible through the air without some other medium (such as smoke) to illuminate it. Lasers are often used in video games as part of a targeting system, or as an offensive weapon in their own right.
Latex is the word used to refer to natural latex rubber. Particularly, for non-vulcanized rubber products like latex condoms and latex clothing.
Lava is molten rock, usually from the interior of a planet, and in games is often used as a hazard to players, or as a visible gameplay-area boundary.
A plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. *Please only add games that have leaves with an actual purpose/function.*
Samus' Power Beam endowed with the power to fire bursts of light
Samus Aran's Power Suit upgraded to withstand the corrosive energy of Dark Aether, and allowing her to move through portals of light.
A weapon upgrade for Samus in the original Metroid. It increases the maximum range of her attack.
A map is a drawing on a piece of paper, or other surface, that indicates the locations of various landmarks.
Mechs (or Mecha) are humanoid-like pilot driven vehicles often depicted in media as a combat machine. Early examples of Mech/Mecha in video games are often derived from early manga and anime as well as table-top games.
An explosive ordinance propelled by a rocket engine designed to blow an object to smithereens. A missile is often guided, in some way, to its target. For example; by laser, remote control, or computer/GPS.
One of Samus Aran's more famous and recognizable suit functions, allowing her to roll into a ball to fit into spaces normally inaccessible.
An explosive which, when placed, will detonate when someone gets too close to it.
Mushroom is the familiar term used to describe a gilled fungus which may or may not bear a stem. Mushrooms are the "fruit" of spore bearing fungi.
An upgrade to Samus Aran's Power Beam. The Nova Beam is incredibly powerful, and if it hits a weak point, can fell even the largest foe in a single shot.
Samus Aran's Power Suit upgraded to regulate Phazon, allowing her to channel it into her attacks.
A highly radioactive substance, most commonly seen in a blue, gelatinous form. It is a key story element of the Metroid Prime series.
Samus Aran's Power Suit upgraded to allow her to resist the damaging properties of raw Phazon.
A pinball is a small and almost always metallic sphere used in pinball games. The player hits the pinball around with flippers for the ball to hit or roll over things for points or even to complete pinball quests.
Mechanical bats covered in rubber, used to rebound a pinball back into play. A necessary ingredient in a precursor to the video game. Occasionally seen outside the realm of pinball games.
A tube or hollow cylinder for the conveyance of fluid, gas, and sometimes other materials.
A body that orbits around a star, maintains hydrostatic equilibrium, and clears its area of other celestial bodies.
Samus Aran's Power Beam upgraded to fire intense beams of heat.
It gives meaning to gravity in 2 dimensions. There is no other object which so defines Games as separate from every other pursuit. Where else does one encounter a platform but from the bounds of a video screen? ...except for delivery men.
A hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail.
Power armor (also referred to as a powered exoskeleton) is a form of full-body armor, that uses electronics and micromachinery to enhance the wearer's performance.
One of Samus Aran's power ups. They are deployed while in morph ball form and create a large explosion damaging enemies or opening up new paths.
The signature outfit and most powerful weapon of bounty hunter Samus Aran, the Power Suit is a Chozo-made weapon of mass destruction.
A mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water.
Sometimes you'll encounter big-ass ramps, often in racing games.
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