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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.
Anthropomorphism is the concept of an object, concept or character that has human qualities or traits, such as speech, a level of intelligence similar or higher than a human's and self consciousness. "Anthro" means "of human" and related to the concept of humanity.
Anytime an ally comes in to help you in any way. This mechanic is most common in fighting games.
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.
The ghost of a Fishin' Lakitu. It dangles a will-o-the-wisp in front of Mario and Luigi.
A gaming genre of its own, but also frequently featured as a mini-game in other titles, especially RPGs.
Enemies that prefer to keep a distance to the ground, and swoop down occasionally to do some damage.
A form of racing designed to test the car and driver's skill and endurance. It evolved into closed circuit racing like modern Formula 1 and MotoGP. Even the Mario Kart series has it.
Codenamed "Canada's Game", Hockey is a game played by two opposing teams on a sheet of ice with the objective of scoring the most goals with a rubber puck. Players use wood or composite hockey sticks to put the puck in the net.
A very common collection of enemies in the Super Mario Bros. franchise. Some famous Koopas include: Lakitu, Hammer Bro., Bowser Jr., and the King of Koopas himself, Bowser!!
The Koopa Troop is Bowser's army. It consists of several different members, most of whom are the koopa species.
A lap is one circuit around a race track. This is featured in many, but not all racing games.
These are often a departure from the conventional gameplay of a game. There have also been compilations; games including only minigames. The Mario Party series has a lot of minigames, too!
In many games such as Devil May Cry and God of War, Orbs, or "Souls", if you will, spawn out of the enemies you destroy and provide you with either sweet life or power. Many times these "Orbs" can also be used as a currency of sorts to upgrade.
Games that are arguably the most fun in a "party" scenario with multiple players in one room.
Pixel art refers to digital images composed of visible pixels, drawn with individual pixel-level intent and precision.
Any character you can control in a game is a Player Character (PC), as opposed to a non-player character (NPC), which is a character that can only be controlled by the game.
Veteran cannon fodder that have made appearances in more than one game, often with a small cosmetic change each time.
These men and women are present to officiate sporting events and racing games. Notable referees in the article are: Lakitu, John Madden, Punch-Out! Referee and DJ Jazzman.
A rocket start is an element that appears in most fictional racing games; it is an important technique to gain boost at the start of a race by accelerating at the right time. This technique is inspired by the Mario Kart series. It is also used in other games, too!
Clouds that, for some reason, can be stood on without falling through.
Throws Spinys from his cloud
In auto racing, standing starts have the cars or go-karts stationary in the starting grid as the race begins. To commence racing in a standing start, a set of red lights is needed before the green one goes off to start the race.
A grid that is organized for the start of the race in rows of 2, 3 or more. Very useful for standing starts in various racing titles.
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.
Throwing weapons include knives, shurikens, axes, darts or even explosives such as grenades and molotov cocktails.
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).
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