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A special police force formed toward the end of Japan's Tokugawa Shogunate government. Their mission was to keep the peace in an increasingly chaotic Kyoto.
Video games set in, or focused primarily around, the years between 1860 and 1869.
Often the death of a boss results in the collapse or destruction of the building or lair that the fight occured in. In many cases there is no other action other than the boss's demise that is shown to trigger this destruction.
Indicating an alternate reality, or "spooky time" in the case of a horror game, by letting in-game clocks run backwards.
When blood will splash textures on walls or floors and even roofs.
A central concept in the Zero Escape series, the Nonary Game is a deadly competition that revolves around the use of the number 9.
Faux Europe is the concept of a highly stylized setting inspired by a period of European history that often features fantastic elements such as magic or steampunk technology. A prime example of a game featuring a faux European setting is Valkyria Chronicles.
Skeletons that are directly controllable by the player; a concept that spans across multiple genres.
A militia led by Prince Chrom of Ylisse.
Zenny, sometimes spelled Zeny or Zeni. It is often a form of currency in games produced by Capcom.
Static background images that are not drawn in real time.
Games that overlay realtime characters or objects over FMV (full motion video) cutscenes to lessen the contrast against the realtime portion of the game.
A game that was once in development as part of an existing franchise, but was released as an all-new property, with any explicit connection to the original franchise removed. The change can occur anywhere from the conceptual stage to the final weeks of development.
So you can smoke those chumps playing with a controller.
A shield bash is the act of using one's shield as a weapon to stun, knock back, or otherwise inflict damage on an enemy.
Ludroth are aquatic leviathans introduced in Monster Hunter 3.
Sometimes the writers will deliberately slip the title of the game into dialogue to show off how witty they are.
A small and oily ocean forage fish that travels in large schools for safety. Commonly sold in packed, rectangular tins.
A feature of some PSP games that allows two PSPs to play together with only one UMD.
Early and smaller PS2 games were produced on CD-ROM rather than DVD-ROM. They are easily recognized by the iconic, deep blue color of the underside of the disc.
Frankenstein's monster is the creature inspired by the Mary Shelley novel, Frankenstein. Usually creatures inspired by this theme are made from different body parts and almost always have bolts through their necks. They're usually naive and destructive.
Foxes of Japanese folklore capable of magic such as shape-shifting. Their power and age are said to correlate with the number of tails they possess.
A member of the Panulirus genus of spiny lobsters.
HD collections are multiple games in a franchise that have been remastered to comform to HD standards and then put on a single disc.
The ability for players to recover all their used talent/skill points and significantly modify their character's attributes while still maintaining their level.
A living being who is the product of the reproductive mating of two different species.
Enemies in the Xenosaga universe.
A yōkai from Japanese folklore. It's a weasel with sharp sickles on its appendages (sometimes just front legs and tail) and thought to cause windstorms.
Reznors are a quartet of fire-spitting dinosaurs standing on ferris wheel-like platforms. They act as mini-bosses throughout the game.
Games usually have numbered sequels, like Final Fantasy I through XIII, but some series like to stop numbering their sequels, then number them over again. This is the concept of games that had a numbered series, then stopped, then got numbered again.
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