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An unofficial translation of a video game, created by people not associated with the original development team.
Games that warns the player that the story of the game is fictional.
When a game is released at a lower than usual MSRP, and is usually a lesser product as a result
A real-life athlete who appears on the cover art of a sports game. Usually an up-and-coming star in the sport or a perennial fan favorite.
Digital distribution method for PC games. Direct2Drive is maintained and owned by Gamefly Digital Inc.
Picking the gender of your character can help immerse you in the game world. Sometimes this leads to different abilities in-game, sometimes it means nothing at all.
A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
These spooky entities are the spirits of the dead, returned from beyond their graves for generally sinister purposes. There's generally about even odds whether a particular ghost will be helpful or malevolent towards the living, but some ghosts just want to be left alone entirely.
Games that play on a regular Nintendo DS but that have exclusive Nintendo DSi features.
Loading Screens are specific screens that are displayed while a game is loading resources so that the player has something to distract them while the game loads. Loading Screens can be images, text or even mini-games - and sometimes a combination of all three.
The PlayStation TV is a media streaming device based on the PS Vita. It can play many (though not all) Vita game cards, as well as supporting some PSN games and PS4 Remote Play.
Character Creation refers to characters created by players themselves, rather than developers.
Certain Game Boy Advance games will unlock stuff for the Nintendo DS ones with this method.
A mechanic used mainly in Japanese RPGs of both the action and turn-based variety.
Legendary, stealthy assassins from Japan's feudal era, who are well-trained in the art of the sword, and who may or may not have access to magical powers.
A game created for the female demographic which puts the player in control of a female protagonist who tries to win the hearts of attractive men. Also called GxB (Girl x Boy) games by some Western fans.
Potentially deadly in the real world, annoying and funny in the animated world.
Platforms conveniently moving you towards your destination to allow the crossing of large expanses which would otherwise be impossible to cross.
A crossover occurs when a character from one franchise makes a special appearance in a game from an unrelated franchise. Some games are specifically designed to be crossovers that bring together characters from two or more franchises.
Comic book or manga characters who are also in video games. There are tons of games with superheros such as Batman and Spider-Man out there.
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.
Enemies that appear out of nowhere and force the player into a battle.
Games released coinciding with new hardware.
A character or a disembodied voice will say the name of the video game. Depending on the mood of the game, this could range from shouting the game's name to ominously whispering it.
Games often use letters like X and Z in the title to make their game seem more edgy, blatantly misspelling the title of their game in the process.
Someone who investigates unsolved crimes and other mysterious happenings, either for a living, as a hobby, or simply by chance.
These are games that dump you directly to the title screen after you get Game Over screen.
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.
Point and click is an interface featured in a specific kind of adventure game, where players click on objects and characters to interact with them.
A concept in games with multiple characters, a screen with pictures of all playable characters with the possibility of stat listings.
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