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Games that feature co-operative play for 4 players.
The ability to grab your opponent mid-air and throw him once you have your hand on him.
Characters either begin with multiple outfits, unlock them through play, or purchase them as in-game items. These costumes are sometimes integral to play.
A concept in games with multiple characters, a screen with pictures of all playable characters with the possibility of stat listings.
Some characters have purely white eyes, some have eyes that radiate light, some have no eye-sockets at all. This is a page for all the occularly impaired.
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.
The CP System is a family of arcade system hardware manufactured by Capcom for their arcade games from 1988 to 1999, including the Street Fighter II and Street Fighter III games.
One or more events from someone's past that negatively affected them. Plenty of video game characters have such pasts.
Video games that are based on comic books, manga and graphic novels.
Uses Havok Physics in the game Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2.
Video games developed in Japan but based on Western IPs.
"The gentle way", a martial art focused on grapples and throws.
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.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
Genetically evolved humans, animals or aliens.
Swearing, cursing, call it what you want. It is an expression of anger or frustration, in most cases.
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.
In the Marvel Comics universe, the Sentinel is a type of mutant-hunting robot.
A fighting game archetype where characters with a significant similarity in fighting style to Street Fighter's Ryu & Ken.
An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head and return.
Featured mainly in fighting games, special attacks usually require more than just pressing a button to activate. They are usually unique or at least varied between characters.
A superhero is a fictional character of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do in the public interest.
Games featuring characters which posses superhuman abilities and powers.
The X-Men are a group of mutants that support their rights as people and are a significant team of the Marvel Universe.
Zoning Characters (also called Keepaway Characters) is an archetype that use long range attacks to the control space in fighting games.
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