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Games that feature co-operative play for 4 players.
Characters either begin with multiple outfits, unlock them through play, or purchase them as in-game items. These costumes are sometimes integral to play.
Bruisers are characters who depend on their fist and realize that most of life's problems can be solved with a punch. Typically bruisers don't fight with any real style or technique, instead they tend to simply rely on raw strength.
"It's clobberin' time!"
Sometimes, rather than building a character model from scratch, a developer will sometimes use a real person as a template and use his or her physical attributes to create a similar character model to be used in their video game. In some cases that real reason will appear as themselves in games.
A concept in games with multiple characters, a screen with pictures of all playable characters with the possibility of stat listings.
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.
Games involving characters that round up local hoodlums for the good of the community.
The Fantastic Four are a group of superheroes in the Marvel Universe.
Video games that are based on comic books, manga and graphic novels.
Sometimes movies are based on comic books, many of these movies go on to gain video game adaptations.
Whether it be Mario vs. Bowser, Jedi vs. Sith, Link vs. Ganon, or Elves vs. Orcs, the forces of good are in an eternal battle with the hordes of evil.
The ground pound is a move where a person in midair somehow makes themselves strike the ground with more force than if they had merely landed. Popularly known as the "butt stomp" due to Super Mario 64's variant, which appeared as though Mario was attacking foes with his rear end.
A group of outcasts who protect the galaxy.
When a developer begs and pleads and offers to do laundry for even a tiny guest appearance, sometimes those famous characters will still flake on them. At least they still have their laundry.
Uses Havok Physics in the game Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, and Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects.
The Thing is homaged for being on the classic cover of the Fantastic Four.
Monotheistic religion practiced by the Hebrew, or Jewish, people. Its major scripture is the Tanakh, which is referred to as the Old Testament by Christians.
Called Bigfigs for short, they are big versions of minifigures for bigger characters like the Hulk or Darkseid.
These games are based off of established licenses, such as movies, comics, or TV shows. Examples are the James Bond 007 and Spider-Man franchises.
A pseudonym is a fictional name that is different from the owner's real or legal name. They can be pen names, secret identities, or even alternative names because their real name is unpronouncable or shouldn't be said.
Strength beyond normal human bounds, i.e. lifting cars, bending metals, shattering a street with one's fist.
A superhero is a fictional character of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do in the public interest.
The Superhuman Registration Act is a controversial registration act that led to Marvel's Civil War.
Games featuring characters which posses superhuman abilities and powers.
The Thing was briefly an Avenger along with the rest of the Fantastic Four, but became a full-fledged member when Luke Cage invited him to join his team of New Avengers.
The United States Air Force was created in 1947 after WWII ended and they first saw combat in the Korean War. They are the main airborne force for the US Military.
"Every marine a rifleman" is one of the mottos of America's toughest fighting force. Tasked with projecting might through amphibious operations as well as acting as shock assault infantry, the Marines have taken on an added significance during the War on Terror.
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