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Advanced Computer Modeling (ACM) is the technique used by RARE to create pre-rendered 3D models for Donkey Kong Country. This technique had a fundamental change in how game art was created.
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.
Amiibo is Nintendo's NFC figurine and card program that works across multiple games. Amiibo work natively with the Nintendo Wii U via the NFC reader in the Wii U GamePad and the New Nintendo 3DS. In 2015, Nintendo will release an accessory for the original Nintendo 3DS that lets players use Amiibo on it as well.
Games that have animals (except humans) as the main character. The character must be playable.
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.
A concept in games with multiple characters, a screen with pictures of all playable characters with the possibility of stat listings.
Some games allow you to attack your opponents during a race.
The ability to dodge an attack, making the player untouchable for a brief period.
The spear counterpart of Damsel in Distress, this is when a male or male-presenting character is captured/kidnapped and must be saved by another character.
When a character goes to the edge of a platform and starts to wobble. Most commonly seen in side-scrolling platformers.
Excitebike is an Assist trophy in Smash Bros. Brawl
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.
The ground pound is a move where a person in midair somehow makes themselves strike the ground with more force than if they had merely landed. Popularly known as the "butt stomp" due to Super Mario 64's variant, which appeared as though Mario was attacking foes with his rear end.
An Iconic concept of video games is the use of an idle animation for the players character, when during gameplay there's no control given. It's an example of emergent game design, and is used as a way to add depth to action characters.
Take an item and throw it at the enemy.
Jigglypuff is a normal type Pokémon that evolves from Igglybuff, and can into Wigglytuff with a Moon Stone. They love to sing.
Diddy Kong can jump.
Diddy Kong races in both Diddy Kong racing games, Mario Kart Double Dash and Mario kart wii.
Metriods are an Assist trophy in Smash Bros. Brawl
A level or sequence where the player must ride in a mine cart, and has some meaningful control over the character or the cart. The Donkey Kong Country series popularized these sequences, and gave them the stigma of frustrating difficulty at the same time.
Mix-Up is an archetype in Fighting Games that had possess many moves that have a similar or even identical startup animation that is followed up by attacks that must be blocked or dodged in some ways.
Diddy is a monkey.
Music in a game that can hurt enemies and/or the player. Note that causing damage with a musical instrument via physical means, such as by bashing an enemy over the head with a guitar, does not apply.
A collection of anthropomorphic characters without pants, but with shirts or other tops. Does not include characters in dresses.
Diddy Kong is Donkey Kong's partner.
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.
The ability to lie down on the ground.
Games that used 3D polygonal renders of CGI characters/objects for it's sprites and graphics.
Diddy Kong is seen as a sidekick to Donkey Kong.
A person who plays football (soccer). Eleven of these make up a team.
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