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Game » consists of 2 releases. Released Nov 01, 1991
The lowest of all the angelic orders, angels are tasked with delivering God's messages to humans in addition to being personal guardians. Angel has also become a generic term for any such kind of heavenly being.
Bosses are enemies that fight you at the end of a level or at a significant point in the story.
Carefully exploring a large, labyrinthine area full of enemies (i.e., a dungeon) in the hopes of finding treasure, leveling up, or completing a specific task. Having their roots in tabletop games, video game dungeon crawls are found almost exclusively in RPGs.
An enemy found in the Kid Icarus series. They can turn Pit into an eggplant.
Why are bad guys on so many game covers? Perhaps the developers secretly think they're cooler than the good guys.
Enemies that prefer to keep a distance to the ground, and swoop down occasionally to do some damage.
Stories and legends created by the ancient Greeks. Today these myths are used as an endless source of inspiration for all media.
Usually found in adventure games, when players combine two or more items to create one or more new items.
It's arguably the one move that symbolizes the medium to those outside it. The ability to jump, be it onto a building, a platform, or a skull, is one of the all time most important abilities ever put in a video game.
Enemies found in the Kid Icarus series that look suspiciously like Metroids.
The concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods, breaking the fundamental laws of science.
Platforms conveniently moving you towards your destination to allow the crossing of large expanses which would otherwise be impossible to cross.
Power Ups can be used to give the controlling character, or any other character, temporary or permanent upgrades.
Being able to travel off one side of the screen and in from the other side.
A Secret area is a place hidden that few will find unless they know where to look.
No point in gathering coins, gold, gil, money, or whatever if you can't buy anything with it.
Whenever a character is seen in promotional art, or in a cut scene, chances are, they'll be using this.
Arguably the most fearsome of all the reptiles - it has scales and no legs. Snakes use a variety of tactics to harm players such as poison, hypnosis, and constriction. The most deadly snakes have mastered the way of stealth.
Certain Game Boy titles included special enhancements available only when played on an SNES using a Super Game Boy adapter.
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.
A transformation is a different stage or form for something. Usually an upgrade.
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.
Player characters that are infants, children, or adolescents.
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