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A sport in which the player throws a ball down a lane in order to knock over 10 pins that are set up in a triangular shape.
In video games, breaking the fourth wall occurs when a game becomes aware of its nature as a game, or when a character directly acknowledges the player.
Bullet Bills are enemies in the Mario franchise. They are one of the games' more challenging enemies.
Games prominently featuring celebrities, who either endorse the game or act as the focus of the story. Games with characters who happen to be played by celebrities are not always tie-ins.
A crossover occurs when a character from one franchise makes a special appearance in a game from an unrelated franchise. Some games are specifically designed to be crossovers that bring together characters from two or more franchises.
Demogorgons are the mysterious creatures of the Upside Down that Eleven named after the monster from Dungeons & Dragons.
Characters that intentionally resemble a member of the game's development team.
When developers and publishers can't resist putting themselves in their games, either in the title or actually within the game itself.
Downloadable Content adds new features and content to already-distributed video games via the Internet. Examples include new maps for FPS games, new songs for rhythm games, and new cars for racing games.
An Easter Egg is an intentionally hidden cheat or hidden content in a video game, also known as a "secret".
See? The exploiting, soulless people who run the video game industry DO care about their fans!
The concept of a game referencing another game through mockery, parody or even directly. A game reference to the same franchise does not count.
Games featuring guests introduce playable, established characters from outside of a franchise. Primarily but not exclusively seen in fighting games.
The Ichthyosaur is one of many alien species encountered in Half-Life that have been teleported to Earth from the borderworld Xen
A NosCon (short for Nostalgic Continuity) is a game made with the purpose of appealing to people's nostalgia for the retro gameplay and style of a specific series.
The Pipo Monkeys are the monkeys in Ape Escape. Specter uses them as his soldiers, as well as workers of various kinds.
Downloadable Content that is only obtainable through outside promotions (i.e. not from game retailers or pre-order bonuses).
A race of crazy rabbits who star in Ubisoft's Raving Rabbids games, ended up getting their own spinoff series of games and a TV show, and often make cameo appearances in other Ubisoft games.
Race of small mole-like creatures from The Longest Journey universe.
A baby, normal type, second generation Pokemon that emerges from an egg.
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