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The title of a game is a year, or has a year in it. Normally used for sports game and other annual titles, but also used to designate when a game takes place rather than the year released.
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.
Games whose titles consist of a single word.
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.
A boss that players fight multiple times throughout the game. They usually follow the player as they progress.
Sometimes a game is so great that the developer has to go back after the game's release to add achievements.
Necessary to sustain life in organic creatures, the crimson fluid known as blood tends to make appearances when the body's structure is compromised in some way, a very, very common occurrence in videogames.
Arguably the rockingest genre of rock music.
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.
If a person is made of metal and has circuitry instead of a circulatory system, then their game belongs on this list.
A disembodied voice that narrates or announces certain game aspects, like the round counts in fighting games or instructing the player to select a character.
A powerful punch, frequently capable of knocking the recipient off into the distance. Named after Naru Naruseqawa (Love Hina), who frequently uses it on Keitaro. It is also known as the "Megaton Punch", as seen in Disgaea and Pokémon.
These games were popular enough to warrant an anime, whether it was a full television series, an OVA (original video animation), or a feature-length movie.
A Multiplayer game mode where two or more teams fight against each other to the death. The team with the most kills wins.
Bonus levels, rounds, or stages give players a chance to gain extra points, powerups, or lives. Occasionally bonus stages will play completely different than the rest of the game, like as a slot machine or pinball minigame.
Multiple fighters/people ganging up to fight another fight/group of fighter.
The Ainu are an indigenous people of Japan.
Samurai, or Bushi (literally, "warriors") were a social class in feudal Japan, equivalent to Western aristocracy, knights.
Also known as wushu, Kung Fu is a family of martial arts developed in China.
The 1995 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles California on May 11-13.
From a new generation of fighting games, most notably Street Fighter IV, the comeback mechanic allows characters with low health to activate a powerful move or mode.
The Hakkesshu are the 8 followers of Orochi dedicate to bringing the being back to the Earthly plane.
An online digital distribution system for arcade games in Japan.
A style of Japanese swordfighting where the user holds his or her sword (usually a katana) in the sheath until it is ready for an attack; they pull the sword, attack, and return it to the sheath in continuous, swift motions.
A powerful release of energy. This energy is usually expelled in all directions very quickly, typically giving off orange or red flames.
‘S-Rank’ is a term used in games, most commonly awarded at the end of stages with graded missions or side objectives.
A game perspective that views the action from above, commonly at a fixed position and/or rotation.
Vertical scrolling is when the screen scrolls along the y-axis. In a vertical scrolling game the player usually starts from the bottom of the screen and moves up. They are also almost always presented in a top-down perspective.
Sequels that have the player controlling a different character than the preceding game(s).
The main line of distinction between victory or failure in video games, death is the process of a biological being ceasing to be alive.
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