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The All-Cup Tour is a special tour that allows you to play all 16 courses at once in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! You start out at Luigi Circuit and work your way around the tour to the last course, Rainbow Road.
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!
Not all bosses can handle the player by themselves. Many use waves of lesser enemies to fight for them while they rest, and some even let these minions do all the work.
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.
Some games allow you to attack your opponents during a race.
When two or more players work together to control a vehicle.
Many video game villains oftentimes laugh in evil ways, be it a vicious cackle, a sneering chuckle, or a booming laugh. Common evil laughs often include "Bwa-ha-ha", "Mwa-ha-ha", or "Ho ho ho".
An ability that people use to bring back or return someone/something to thier original state.
The last boss you face in a game, usually representing the final climax of the game.
A line that signals the start or the end of the race. Even though it is used for racing, it could mean any type of racing game.
It's not just for airplanes anymore: Game mascots and MMO players alike have taken to the skies. Players can use flight to quickly navigate large levels, find hidden items, or take opponents down.
These spooky entities are the spirits of the dead, returned from beyond their graves for generally sinister purposes. There's generally about even odds whether a particular ghost will be helpful or malevolent towards the living, but some ghosts just want to be left alone entirely.
The Koopa Troop is Bowser's army. It consists of several different members, most of whom are the koopa species.
The concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods, breaking the fundamental laws of science.
The ability of something to go through a solid object without affecting it or if a solid object is thrown at it, it will pass through. Many ghosts can phase. Phasing can also refer to going through phases in an MMO giving the effect that you're actually doing something.
A narrative that takes an unexpected turn. Commonly, plot twists come in the form of revealing that the player character is not actually who they thought.
The ability to take direct control of another person's body, or an inanimate object, in order to further your own goals. Usually an ability found only in spectral characters.
A boss that players fight multiple times throughout the game. They usually follow the player as they progress.
A larger or smaller version of an enemy encountered elsewhere in a game. Larger variants are often used as bosses.
Resurrection is the act of being brought back to life. One must have already been living and have died in order to be able to be resurrected.
A linear course in a racing game where riders race back and forth between both ends, frequently riding into oncoming traffic. Introduced in Jet Moto.
The ability to move from one area to another instantaneously - typically through some sort of special power or device.
Vehicular combat combines driving and combat to form a unique fast paced action game. Many games are purely vehicular combat based (e.g. Twisted Metal or Vigilante 8) or can contain have sections for such combat (e.g. Halo or Mass Effect).
A malevolent character whose goals are evil in nature. While villains are commonly featured as antagonists, not all antagonists are necessarily villains.
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