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Game » consists of 6 releases. Released Aug 30, 2012
A quick burst of speed either forward or backward whilst in the air.
Fighting games which include a roster that consists entirely of women.
This concept is for when the blood type of characters is included in the game, often to allude to personality traits in Japanese games.
The deliberate animation of breasts, meant to titillate as a means to conform to more realistic physics.
Any game that lists Bust, Waist and Hip measurements for characters.
A character who attacks with their buttocks. Most common in fighting games. Not to be confused with the act of attacking somebody's butt.
A physics simulation or manual animation of a character's posterior.
Text profiles that summarize a character's history and their role in a story. Often paired with concept or CG art.
The Limit Break mechanic, it doesn't cost health in the Frantic/Yin mode which drains health.
The wear and tear of a character's outfit as he or she receives damage. It can be done for realism, but often serves to titillate.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
See? The exploiting, soulless people who run the video game industry DO care about their fans!
This describes when the player is able to interact directly with a character's body. While this is often meant to be erotic, there are cases where it has a non-sexual context within games.
A term that can be used to refer to RPGs that focus more on the action, or brawler action games which focus on hack & slash gameplay.
Female ninja.
Games that fill up the player's health upon leveling up.
Legendary, stealthy assassins from Japan's feudal era, who are well-trained in the art of the sword, and who may or may not have access to magical powers.
When a character that the player fights as a boss is playable elsewhere.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
Games that include a previous installment of the game's series. Usually, this extra game can be accessed via a menu or can be found within the game world.
Characters that are designed to be scantily-clad.
Female characters who are designed with highly idealized figures and proportions, outfits that are revealing and/or form-fitting, and prone to ending up in completely over-the-top poses designed to show off their bodies.
A mode in the game, often an unlockable, allowing players to listen to individual music tracks, voice clips and/or sound effects.
3D Stereoscopy is the use of two images generated from slightly different angles in order to create a 3D effect. This usually requires the use of 3D glasses to separate the left/right image for each eye.
A sub-genre of adventure games, visual novels are a form of interactive fiction that usually have very little in terms of gameplay but often focus more on extensive storytelling, character interactions, decision-making and branching narratives.
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