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What lies ahead, and is distant from the present.
Sports games that feature pre-existing videogame characters, rather than real athletes.
Game bundled with gaming hardware (usually a console) in order to boost sales. Most often these games are first party titles, meaning that the hardware and software are products of the same company.
Reptiles known for their hard shells.
The daughter of a monarch or monarchs.
Toads are a species of intelligent mushrooms and the dominant species of the Mushroom Kingdom.
Tennis is a sport that involves making a ball hit your opponent's side of the court by hitting it with a racket.
When a game has several playable characters of different species, real or fictional.
A boxer is someone who participates in the sport of boxing.
Game Over originally appeared in pinball machines, and later, arcade machines. When players lose at a game, it is game over.
Never Ending Games is a self-explanatory concept in which a game is unbeatable and never ends, due either to the game having no true ending or because the game is not saved (or truly continued) after the last section of the game.
Puzzle games that also feature some kind of narrative.
A visual obstruction is an extra layer added to the player's viewpoint. Most common in first person games to add to the notion that you are looking through a character's eyes. Obstructions include blood, water and ice crystals.
The Virtual Console is a platform service that first appeared on Nintendo's Wii and later on the 3DS and Wii U. Games from past consoles are emulated to run on the new hardware with the added benefits of system-level save states and other features.
Power Ups can be used to give the controlling character, or any other character, temporary or permanent upgrades.
A concept found in many puzzle and casual games. Matching blocks of the same color or type to gain points and/or erase the blocks.
When a certain amount of time is given to the player to reach a goal or finish an objective.
A catch-all term for the collection of gods, monsters, and spirits that manifest in the Megami Tensei series. The English usage is derived from the Greek word "daimon," which was used to describe ethereal beings both benevolent and malevolent.
The concept of moving blocks around to certain areas such as highlighted squares, or switches, or in order to get past a maze.
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.
The concept of lives in video games evolved to let the player get a second chance after failing once. The most recognizable symbol is the heart.
Whenever there's a new Pixar, superhero or Harry Potter movie they have to make one of these.
Pokey is a cactus enemy often (although not uniquely) seen in the Mario series. It's body segments can be individually destroyed.
Goombas are common enemies in the Mario games.
Sidesteppers are crablike enemies that first appeared in the Mario Bros. arcade game. When hit from underneath, they get angry and start moving more quickly.
Horror games influenced predominantly by the look, feel, and themes of Japanese horror cinema, or non-horror games that allude to the cultural horror aesthetic. J-Horror, or psychological horror, is sometimes classified as a sub-genre of survival horror.
Boo is a ghost-enemy in the Mario universe who pursue Mario until he looks in their direction. They earned their reputation for being "shy" this way. Don't turn your back on them!
Games that make records. Often records like most played game, or critically acclaimed. There have been gaming records since the says of Pong and the Magnavox Oddysey.
Games whose main character is so egotistical that the whole game just HAS to be named after them.
A stance or movement by a video game character celebrating a current accomplishment.
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