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As part of the Switch Online subscription, Nintendo offers a selection of NES games through the downloadable Nintendo Entertainment System application.
In some of the older platforming games, the protagonist had no choice but to advance.
A species of carnivorous plants that reside in pipes. Some specimens can spit fireballs.
Pixel art refers to digital images composed of visible pixels, drawn with individual pixel-level intent and precision.
The love we share for games that made our childhoods happier ones, has now helped to make other children happier.
Podoboos are living fireball enemies usually found in Castles in the Mario games. The original ones would only jump out of lava in simple patterns.
A power-down is an item or effect that has some negative impact on the player character's attributes or abilities, often inverting the effects of a power-up. In certain situations, this can be to the player's advantage.
The daughter of a monarch or monarchs.
The rare occurrence of a game being released between Christmas and New Year's Day.
Plants that have at least some rudimentary thoughts or intelligence. They may be rooted or mobile, beneficial or dangerous.
A sequel (also called a follow-up) is a game that carries forward the gameplay concepts, and often the story, of a previous game to which it is officially linked.
A lead character who never says a word, despite being spoken to.
Clouds that, for some reason, can be stood on without falling through.
A speedrun describes the action of a player attempting to complete a game in the fastest time possible. The rules of speedruns can vary, but generally allow glitching and sequence breaking as long as the player does not cheat with external devices/tools or tampering with the game.
Tiny red-shelled creatures from Super Mario Bros. Always a pain to defeat as they are covered with spikes.
A gameplay mechanic which allows the player to move faster than the normal speed. Usually for a set amount of time.
A two-dimensional image or animation overlaid into a scene. The foundation of early 2D games, making up everything from props to the player-controlled character.
When a character in a game unleashes their true power and 'levels up' in a sense. Examples are super sonic, super saiyan, no more heroes, mushrooms in mario, devil trigger... etc.
Propelling oneself with kinetic usage of limbs while submerged in liquid (or otherwise fluid material).
Whether by item or otherwise, temporary invincibility provides the user a brief moment where they are impervious to attack.
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.
When a certain amount of time is given to the player to reach a goal or finish an objective.
Toads are a species of intelligent mushrooms and the dominant species of the Mushroom Kingdom.
Reptiles known for their hard shells.
A malevolent character whose goals are evil in nature. While villains are commonly featured as antagonists, not all antagonists are necessarily villains.
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.
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