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Any weapon that shoots laser and plasma beams or energy bolts rather than conventional bullets.
A puzzle where you have to use your surroundings, i.e. "environment" in order to progress.
A situation where the player must quickly escape from a building currently in the process of blowing up. Could either be a cinematic or actually gameplay.
Missions during which players are tasked with protecting a non-playable character or object from harm until a certain goal is met.
A dark version of a game's hero, featuring many of the same powers. Usually wears black. Male evil twins often have goatees.
A door that players must go through to exit the level
Everything you need isn't always spelled out for you on the map. Sometimes even the map is not there till you go explore it.
A powerful release of energy. This energy is usually expelled in all directions very quickly, typically giving off orange or red flames.
Eyons are immobile organisms native to Tallon IV.
A faceship is any vehicle that is modeled after the character that drives it.
Receiving damage or dying as a result of falling.
A horde of allied creatures under the players control.
This concept is for games where at least one of the main characters is female.
An industry game design convention that's appeared in many games over the years. The fetch quest involves sending the player out to collect a certain number of items, and return them to complete the quest. A staple of the RPG and Adventure game genre.
Fidelis Forma translates to "True Form." It represents a situation where a character reveals a power or nature they had previously hidden away.
Fighter Flies are enemies from the Mario series. They hop back and forth while flapping their wings.
The last boss you face in a game, usually representing the final climax of the game.
In games, fire can be an obstacle, a tool, a weapon, or a solution. Just don't play with it...unless you really want to.
First-Person is a vantage point that attempts to simulate looking through a game character's eyes. It is most commonly found in first-person shooters, racing games, and visual novels, and to a lesser extent in other genres, such as RPGs, 3D platformers, and adventure games.
Platforming from the character's point of view.
The First-Person Regain Consciousness is regularly seen in First-Person-Shooters.
The ability for an athlete or character, especially in extreme sports or platforming games, to rotate their bodies in a frontal or backward motion, creating inertia that propels them into a flipping motion.
Enemies that prefer to keep a distance to the ground, and swoop down occasionally to do some damage.
A commonly used programming API for interactive sound creation and playback in games.
Some games want to stand out on the retail shelf, and being shiny is one way to do that. Sometimes the foil is simply shiny and other times they stand out even more by being holographic.
Foreshadowing is a plot device that allows the creators to leave subtle (or not-so-subtle) hints about future events in the game.
Weapons that use a freezing effect to damage opponents, slow them up, or freeze them solid.
A safeguard method of adding friends to friends lists on the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.
A frog is a small and usually green amphibian that can swim, hop, and ribbit. Sadly, most of them aren't princes.
The Galactic Federation is a galaxy-wide government of the Metroid series. Its importance in the Metroid storyline has increased as the series as progressed.
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