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Super Meter

Commonly found in fighting games, a super meter increases when either a character takes or gives damage (depending on the game). There are many variations on the super meter, depending on the franchise or game.

Summary
Short summary describing this concept.

Concepts

Concepts

Concepts

Comeback Mechanic

From a new generation of fighting games, most notably Street Fighter IV, the comeback mechanic allows characters with low health to activate a powerful move or mode.
Desperation Move

Used as a last ditch effort the desperation move is often a single, powerful attack that hits multiple enemies on screen. The attack is executed at the cost of a percentage of the user's total hit-points.
Finishing Move

Finishing moves are typically moves that end a fight in a traditional fighting game.
Grappler

A grappler is a combatant in a fighting game whose best attack strategies usually revolve around throwing their opponents around the stage.
Hurricane Kick

While the original Japanese Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku literally translates to "Tornado Whirlwind Foot"; Hurricane Kick is the commonly accepted name for this Street Fighter move.
Instant Kill

Whether it be a close up shotgun blast, far away sniper rifle, explosive, or backstab, the "one hit kill" is a popular kill strategy. Usually hard to master and even harder to avoid, the instant kill is loved and hated by gamers everywhere.
Limit Break

A powerful attack in the Final Fantasy series, useable mostly when a character's hp is low or a certain condition has been met.
Overdrive

From the Rock Band franchise, overdrive is basically the same thing as star power in Guitar Hero. The main differences are that the overdrive notes are glowing and not star shaped and that more overdrive energy may be gained while actually in overdrive.
Revenge Meter

A meter mostly used in fighting games that fills up when a character is hit or deals damage, once it is full it can be triggered to make the player's attacks more powerful for a moment.
Special Counterattack

In fighting games, some characters have special moves that are counterattacks. In order for the attack to work, the player must enter the proper command and then allow for the opponent to strike when the player's character is in the move's "wait" position.
Super Combo

A special combo-move in fighting games that is executable after building a meter throughout the match (or round).
Super Game

The strategy of demonstrating how awesome something is by putting the word "super" in its title. Incredibly popular among developers making games for the Super Nintendo, which itself counts as an example.
Super Suit

Metroid, Mega Man, Earthworm Jim, Metal Gear, Halo, Crysis, Iron Man, and many more. Ordinary men and women who become extra-ordinary with the right suit on.

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