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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.
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!
The ability to take direct control of another person's body, or an inanimate object, in order to further your own goals. Usually an ability found only in spectral characters.
Rabbits, or bunnies, are smallish mammals with long ears and a cottony tail.
A larger or smaller version of an enemy encountered elsewhere in a game. Larger variants are often used as bosses.
Alternate skin in a game that references a character model look from a previous game
mario is able to roll with ZL+Y
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.
These are scripted sequences in a game where the player is running toward the screen, sometimes while being chased.
Games that have an open gameplay structure that allow players to interact with the world as they choose.
A sequel (also called a follow-up) is a game that carries forward the gameplay concepts, and often the story, of a previous game to which it is officially linked.
Crunchy frozen water fallen from the sky. Many games feature a snow world, a snow level, or otherwise-connected regions of wintery landscapes.
Tiny red-shelled creatures from Super Mario Bros. Always a pain to defeat as they are covered with spikes.
There are occasional areas where Mario can enter a pipe and appear out the other end 2D in a 2D platforming area on a surface in the 3D world.
Propelling oneself with kinetic usage of limbs while submerged in liquid (or otherwise fluid material).
The player character is seen at a distance from a number of different possible perspective angles. There is generally a movable camera but it can also be in a fixed position. It most commonly refers to a viewpoint behind the player character.
Tips are usually used throughout the game as a way of showing players features.
Games whose main character is so egotistical that the whole game just HAS to be named after them.
Toads are a species of intelligent mushrooms and the dominant species of the Mushroom Kingdom.
When a normal jump isn't enough and when a double jump just wont cut it, there is the triple jump. Just like a normal jump and a double jump, with the extra third jump in the end. Few games utilize this, and the more common double jump is often instead.
The king of all dinosaurs, featured prominently in most every game that features dinosaurs. Usually portrayed as a high-level boss or even an invincible obstacle.
A fanfare played at the end of a battle in which the player is victorious.
A stance or movement by a video game character celebrating a current accomplishment.
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.
A level that takes place either in or near water.
A type of attack that generates a wave of energy that gradually expands until it either hit its target or fades away.
Wigglers are enemies that look like caterpillars. They first appeared in Super Mario World, where if Mario, Luigi, or Yoshi jumped on it, the Wiggler would turn red and start running fast, as well as being able to move in the character's direction.
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