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Game » consists of 7 releases. Released May 15, 2006
Game bundled with gaming hardware (usually a console) in order to boost sales. Most often these games are first party titles, meaning that the hardware and software are products of the same company.
A flying goomba.
A species of carnivorous plants that reside in pipes. Some specimens can spit fireballs.
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.
Player versus Player, commonly abbreviated as PvP, is a gaming term that originated in MMOs to refer to gameplay in which players fight against other player controlled characters.
Podoboos are living fireball enemies usually found in Castles in the Mario games. The original ones would only jump out of lava in simple patterns.
Pokey is a cactus enemy often (although not uniquely) seen in the Mario series. It's body segments can be individually destroyed.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
A spiny fish that chases Mario. Occasionally jumps out of the water.
A power-down is an item or effect that has some negative impact on the player character's attributes or abilities, often inverting the effects of a power-up. In certain situations, this can be to the player's advantage.
Power Ups can be used to give the controlling character, or any other character, temporary or permanent upgrades.
The daughter of a monarch or monarchs.
Veteran cannon fodder that have made appearances in more than one game, often with a small cosmetic change each time.
A larger or smaller version of an enemy encountered elsewhere in a game. Larger variants are often used as bosses.
Retroachievements is a community created and curated site that adds Achievements and Online Leaderboards for supported emulators and platforms like Raspberry Pi
Romance in video games can either be interactive, in which the player attempts to woo another character, or an unchangeable part of the story of a given game.
Monarchs and their families.
The Rule of Three dictates that a certain action must be repeated three times, usually when fighting a boss battle, in order to complete an objective.
Special locations in game that allow the player to manually save their progress.
An animated transition that is used to switch from one screen to another.
Sea monsters are sea-dwelling, mythical or legendary creatures, often believed to be of immense size.
A creature which is made up of mostly identical segments and has an elongated shape.
The shark is an underwater animal that is often stereotyped for its vicious killing of prey. In video games, they are used as enemies in underwater levels or a plot device used to keep the player away from the ocean.
Characters who at some point possess the ability to shrink in size.
Shy Guys are masked hoodlums of the Mushroom Universe.
Side-scrolling games present the world as viewed perpendicular to the direction the characters are facing on screen. With a heavy focus on lateral movement, objectives are often met by moving from one end of a stage to the other.
Skeeters are giant bugs with the ability to move freely on top of water, much like real-world water striders.
Massive Hammer Bros. who can shake the screen by hopping.
The act of sliding down an elevated geological formation, often on your buttocks.
A segmented platform that, when stepped on, will move erratically in a set pattern. The clue is to not fall off until the destination is reached.
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