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Sure, these days have almost every game sporting the newfangled 3D, but way back when, everyone had to live with plain old 2D. 2D, or two dimensions, limit the game to scrolling backgrounds, but some games even now make use of this basic concept.
Bosses are enemies that fight you at the end of a level or at a significant point in the story.
A boss fight is a culminating challenge that pits the player against one or more enemies representing a greater threat and/or difficulty than those previously faced. These scenarios typically feature unique antagonists.
A cyclops is any race of creature that is born with only one eye.
Sometimes designers add old-school things on purpose to enhance game design. These games tend to be heavily inspired by hardware limitations of older systems. NES, Atari 2600, and early computer platforms (DOS, Commodore 64, MSX, etc...) are common sources of inspiration.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
A double jump is the ability to jump while already in mid-air to get some extra lift. In reality, double jumps are not possible and violate fundamental laws of physics.
This concept is for games where at least one of the main characters is female.
Enemies that prefer to keep a distance to the ground, and swoop down occasionally to do some damage.
The Greek alphabet is one of the oldest proper alphabets, having been in use since the 9th century B.C.
Stories and legends created by the ancient Greeks. Today these myths are used as an endless source of inspiration for all media.
A Nintendo-operated social network that connected users with friends and similar players through Wii U and 3DS. Miiverse could also be accessed through any other internet-enabled device until its discontinuation in November 2017.
A function of the Wii U that allows games to be played exclusively through the Wii U GamePad.
Games which allow players to interact with others over the internet.
Passwords are codes used to save a player's progress, primarily during the 8-bit era and, to a lesser extent, the 16-bit era.
Pixel art refers to digital images composed of visible pixels, drawn with individual pixel-level intent and precision.
The skeleton is the framework of the human body.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Steam Trading Cards is a built in feature in the Steam client. It lets users collect cards from certain games and trade them and receive rewards for complete sets.
Also known as a triangle jump, this is the ability to hit a wall and propel yourself off of it like you were some kind of crazy ninja or parkour fiend.
Wii and Wii U games that can be played using the Classic Controller (Pro).
Wii U games that support the use of a Nunchuk attached to a Wii Remote (or Wii Remote Plus)
Wii U games that support use of the Wii Remote (or Wii Remote Plus)
Wii U games supporting the Pro Controller either in addition to or as a replacement for the Wii U GamePad.
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