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Characters that are initially portrayed as evil, but eventually turn out to be good or not as serious of a threat. This also includes villains who remain evil the entire game, but contain some sense of moral goodness or ambiguity.
Games that have had an Original Soundtrack album released.
An overworld is a simplified view of the game world that allows players to freely move to different locations or levels.
Penguins are flightless birds that are found in usually cold areas; they have appear in several videogames, notably the Club Penguin franchise.
After losing the allotment of lives, using a continue does not penalize the player. With no punishment for losing all lives, it makes limited lives superfluous.
A larger or smaller version of an enemy encountered elsewhere in a game. Larger variants are often used as bosses.
Scarfy is a floating enemy from the Kirby Series. It mutates into a more threatening form if Kirby attempts to inhale it.
Plants that have at least some rudimentary thoughts or intelligence. They may be rooted or mobile, beneficial or dangerous.
The ability to change shape. Humans shifting into animals is the most common type of shape shifting.
Wii titles played by holding the Wii Remote on its side. Such games may also require altering the grip on the Wii Remote in order to perform certain gameplay tasks.
A lead character who never says a word, despite being spoken to.
These games are designed to be played by one person, and one person only.
The limitations of early gaming hardware, especially in the 8-bit and 16-bit days, made animated story sequences impractical for many games. One popular alternative was to convey the story through a series of still images, often with text and music alongside them.
A mode in the game, often an unlockable, allowing players to listen to individual music tracks, voice clips and/or sound effects.
Games whose main character is ball-shaped, sometimes with a face and/or hands/feet, but mostly just spherical.
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.
Starman is an enemy in the Kirby series, and one of several entities in Nintendo's productions to have that name.
A boss that doesn't move around during battle. It will instead use other means to "reach" the player.
The time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon. Followed by Twilight.
Games whose main character is so egotistical that the whole game just HAS to be named after them.
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.
"Vore" is an internet term for a sexual fetish for the act of a creature swallowing someone else whole while they are still alive. The act is also seen in many video games, in a decidedly less sexual manner.
The most common enemy in the Kirby universe, they are the equivalent to Goombas from the Mario universe.
The one-eyed cousin of the Waddle-Dee from the Kirby universe.
Walky is a living microphone enemy in the Kirby series. In its first appearance, Kirby's Dream Land, it was an item instead of an enemy.
Wheelie is a living cyclopean tire enemy in the Kirby series.
While piledrivers, clotheslines, and suplexes might seem at home in wrestling games, many professional wrestling moves have found their way into other video game genres. Brawlers and fighting games are commonly home to these moves, with Mike Haggar's piledriver being a classic example.
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