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Characters who speak with a Chinese (or similar) accent.
Gouraud shading is a method of making polygonal objects appear much smoother by applying a gradient to each individual polygon, effectively blending them. Named after Henri Gouraud.
A portal is a hole in reality connected to another hole in reality, whether magical or scientific in nature, that allows a person to instantly travel incredibly vast distances simply by walking through one.
A super weapon, often found in scrolling/rail shooters which destroys all enemies on screen instantly.
Long-running franchises often end up in the hands of different studios over the years, but a direct sequel by an entirely different company is somewhat rarer.
An arcade system board by Sony based on PlayStation hardware. Used primarily by Capcom, Tecmo, and Taito throughout the mid-to-late 1990's and early 2000's.
The ability to change the color of a character's clothing/armor or even a vehicle's paint with or without the use of an in-game item to do so.
An early API by 3dfx for hardware accelerated 3D graphics on PC.
When a character goes to the edge of a platform and starts to wobble. Most commonly seen in side-scrolling platformers.
From shields to car doors to entire vehicles, and even people, portable cover puts a unique twist on the cover systems commonly found in modern action games.
A Dream Match is a game (usually a fighting game) that combines many different characters from various eras of a series, including those who have died or retired, or from alternate continuities. They are almost always non-canon events.
The Ainu are an indigenous people of Japan.
A creative way to prevent the player from accessing a certain area, or from leaving the map by swimming or running too far.
The meter which is used to gauge how much power there is left to use magic abilities.
A ball of energy fired from the palms.
Characters that do not speak the localized language within the context of the game. An example being everyone in Persona speaking English while the story states that they are speaking Japanese.
A powerful weapon often found near the end of the game that is significantly more powerful than other weapons. It can also be the last weapon in an RPG game that does drastically increased damage compared to previous weapons.
QSound is a recording/mixing process used in many audio recordings based on a processing algorithm and used to make sound appear to be in 3D whilst using only 2 speakers.
The act of acquiring resources for the purpose of building structures and/or unit construction. Resource gathering is a staple of the RTS (Real Time Strategy) genre.
Video games developed in Japan but based on Western IPs.
Boxes of random items, usually able to be purchased using real money currencies.
Penalties are most commonly found in sports game. Penalties usually result in a loss of yards, free kick or a free shot against the team/player that was penalized. In special cases, the offending player(s) may be ejected from the game.
Dashboard view puts the player in the helmet of the driver. Usually in cars or other vehicles. Most commonly in next-gen racing games and shooting games which have vehicles
Describes magicians using the element of ice. It's also valid for beings distinguished by elements, like dragons.
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.
Occasionally, when some nasty bugger decides to give you a big hug that just seems to last forever, you may want to politely decline by mashing or shaking whatever you are holding in your hands.
A giant, multinational pharmaceutical corporation that produces many daily use goods as a cover for its primary focus; the production of biological weapons. The source of some of the most deadly viruses found in the Resident Evil series, Umbrella Corporation and its backers are among the franchise's core antagonistic forces.
The legal restriction of how guns may be interacted with by civilians.
Farming is the act of growing plants and raising animals for food.
Earrings, greatswords, and rubber suits. Some party members simply don't have the assets needed to wear these items.
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