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There are good agents, like Elite Beat Agents and bad agents, like Agent Smith.
Anime Fighter is the theme genre of Fighting Games. Either regular FGs (i.e Guilty Gear and BlazBlue) or anime licensed fighting games (i.e Dragon Ball, JoJo, One Piece) that had fast-paced action, put in emphasis on offense over defense and different fighting systems.
The most prominent fighting style in the Street Fighter games. Its devotees include Ryu, Ken, Gouken, Akuma and Gen.
A downward kick occasionally combined with a jump. The Pumphrey Brothers favorite kick. It is used to crack open crates.
Belt scrolling is a 2D perspective, side-scrolling action with downward camera angle. The character is able to move not only sideways, but also vertically within a limited area, giving pseudo-3D depth. Mostly used by beat 'em up brawlers, this term is mainly used in Japan and comes from the conveyor belt like viewpoint.
Black Belt is a trainer within the Pokémon universe that is devoted to martial arts. They use fighting Pokémon exclusively, which includes Machoke, Poliwrath, and Mankey among others.
A boxer is someone who participates in the sport of boxing.
A philosophical and religious system based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama.
The process of fighting, but with dance.
A double K.O. is a rare event when in an 1-on-1 fighting game both fighters reduce each others health to zero simultaneously. The methods used to score a Double K.O. as a round win or loss varies from game to game.
A physical confrontation between two opponents without any outside interference.
A race of spiritual warriors in the Star Wars universe.
A fictional location in video games inspired by or based on a real location from Far East Asia such as China, Korea, Japan or Vietnam.
Females with the double X chromosome, contrary to the fighters of the XY variety.
Pokémon whose skills are usually themed around a traditional combat art.
A grappler is a combatant in a fighting game whose best attack strategies usually revolve around throwing their opponents around the stage.
"Hand to hand. It is the basis of all combat." -Gray Fox
Henchmen are the loyal grunts caught in between the player and the main antagonist. Without them every game would be nothing more than a boss battle.
This concept involves a character of the hero archetype that at some point in the storyline, turns against the forces of good and becomes evil or is revealed to have done this in secret at some point in the past.
Hitmontop is a Fighting-type Pokémon that is one of three possible evolutions from Tyrogue.
The main martial arts style of the Fist of the North Star series.
The Izuna Drop's origin began in the 1969 manga called Ninpu Kamui Gaiden OP (The Legend of Kamui). Kamui learned this move from watching weasels leap from trees and attack birds. Many fictional ninja and/or video game characters use Kamui's move to this day, such as Vega (Street Fighter), Ryu Hayabusa (Dead or Alive / Ninja Gaiden), and Kage-Maru (Virtua Fighter).
"The gentle way", a martial art focused on grapples and throws.
a jumping or leaping kick often portrayed in action movies.
Karate is an umbrella term for a wide range of martial arts originating in pre-Japanese Okinawa.
Known as Chi in Chinese and Ki in Japanese, it is spiritual energy which cultivates itself through training and meditation. In experienced hands, it becomes a form of visible energy which can heal, destroy, or do many other tasks, determined by the amount of Ki and the user's overall ability to manipulate it.
A Knock out or KO is when, example being a fighting game, one of the players is sent into a state of unconsciousness.
Also known as wushu, Kung Fu is a family of martial arts developed in China.
Mixed Martial Arts, or MMA is a full contact combat sport that allows its to competitors to utilized skills from an almost unlimited variety of disciplines
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