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A type of glove that is typically worn by boxers.
The Buster Sword is the iconic gargantuan sword used by Cloud Strife in Final Fantasy VII.
Cars go places. Hopefully fast.
Cures various status effects that have befallen the player. In some games broken up into different status effects, like cure poison or cure confusion
Gil is the main currency used in most Final Fantasy games. It is used to buy everything from weapons to potions, food to headgear, and everything in between.
A gun that uses various types of grenades as ammunition.
Considered one of the most frequent and controversial implements of destruction in video games and real life, guns are devices that fire projectiles with explosive force.
Holy is a magic spell from the Final Fantasy series. In Final Fantasy VII, Aeris uses the White Materia to summon Holy in an attempt to stop Meteor from destroying the planet.
A traditional sword originating in Japan.
Claws, Knuckles, Fist, and all the like.
Machine guns, generally, are heavier weapons with a rapid rate of fire. To quote the Quake manual, they "eat ammo like popcorn."
Shinra uses the reactors to extract mako energy from the planet.
A mana potion is an item that restores mana points, which usually allow the use of special abilities in role-playing games
A powerful sword with mystical properties, it has been depicted often with varying origins and purposes in several video games. Inspired from the stories and legends of real-life swordsmith Masamune Okazaki (also known as Goro Nyudo Masamune).
Materia are orbs of crystalized life energy and the basis for magic in the Final Fantasy VII universe.
A spell from the Final Fantasy series. In Final Fantasy VII, this spell is so powerful that it threatens to obliterate the planet of Gaia.
Two-wheeled motor vehicle
A cell phone type device that allows party changes in the Final Fantasy VII universe.
A body that orbits around a star, maintains hydrostatic equilibrium, and clears its area of other celestial bodies.
A potion is any sort of liquid, usually brewed by an alchemist, that replenishes the health, mana, or energy of the player, or causes damage to an enemy. Potions are extremely common in role-playing games.
Any firearm meant to be held with two hands, a rifle is a video game object that appears in many combat related video games.
An explosive ordinance propelled by a chemical reaction that causes a controlled explosion resulting in thrust. Rockets are usually "dumb" weapons, meaning that they are not guided. Rockets are the most powerful projectile in many games.
A large, two-handed weapon that allows the user to get the drop on a baddie from a short distance away. Sometimes, when it comes to weapons, a length of wood is all you need.
The most powerful weapon at short range. Effective against Zombies, Nazis, Demons, etc. Videogame shotguns tend to have exaggerated inaccuracy at long range- real life shotguns are still fairly accurate over a decent distance, while videogame shotguns rarely go more than fifteen feet before becoming completely ineffective.
A throwing weapon used by ninja. They come in varying shapes and sizes, but generally aren't used for the purpose of eliminating the target, rather for distracting said target.
A snowboard is a single board used to ski/surf down snow. The snowboard has permeated video game culture, and there are many games based on the snowboard.
A spaceship is a vehicle capable of traversing the vacuum of space.
A long, piercing weapon.
A length of exceptionally sharp metal with a handle, used for centuries as the go-to killing device for the human race. It's dead simple: you stick the pointy end in the thing you want to die. Or you could always slash them with the equally sharp sides. That works too.
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