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Gloves with outward finger inserts.
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.
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.
A bomb is an explosive device.
The uniform are used in feudal japan. The light armor is mainly black garb. it used in many pop culture in the media.
A traditional sword originating in Japan.
A knife is a commonly seen object in video games. Usually used for close quarters combat, or as a cutting tool.
Machine guns, generally, are heavier weapons with a rapid rate of fire. To quote the Quake manual, they "eat ammo like popcorn."
This term can refer to both a visible shot onscreen in a shooter, or a round that has been fired from or currently loaded into a weapon.
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 traditional type of Japanese wooden sandal with one or more elongated platform bottoms.
Sometimes, the only weapons you can trust are your bare hands.
A barrel is a hollow cylindrical container, traditionally made of wood staves and bound with iron hoops. In video games, it is used in many ways to fill up a level or even be used in one. They also may explode. Use caution when around barrels.
A ball of hot flickering fire. Usually thrown from the hero's hand into the squealing face of the enemy.
A pistol is a very basic hand-held side arm, usually used in case of low ammo or tricky situations. They have appeared in many types of games.
Helicopters are flying vehicles, typically with a single large main rotor to maintain lift with a tail rotor to counter rotation induced by this main rotor. They are useful in air to ground combat as well as for quickly inserting and recovering infantry close to the front line.
A grenade is an explosive device traditionally thrown by hand, but may also be propelled by a rifle or launcher.
Shoulders straps designed to keep pants from falling. Normally associated with old men in modern times.
A spaceship is a vehicle capable of traversing the vacuum of space.
An article of clothing that rests on top of one's head.
An explosive ordinance propelled by a rocket engine designed to blow an object to smithereens. A missile is often guided, in some way, to its target. For example; by laser, remote control, or computer/GPS.
A laser is a focused beam of light, invisible through the air without some other medium (such as smoke) to illuminate it. Lasers are often used in video games as part of a targeting system, or as an offensive weapon in their own right.
The vehicle from Metal Slug which gives the series its name. Multi-task hulking tank which inspired lots of different vehicles in coming Metal Slug games.
Mechs (or Mecha) are humanoid-like pilot driven vehicles often depicted in media as a combat machine. Early examples of Mech/Mecha in video games are often derived from early manga and anime as well as table-top games.
A stabbing and slashing weapon used by video game characters. Can sometimes be extracted from dead animals.
A traditional form of leg wear from Japan. Normally known for being worn by samurai and aikido practitioners.
A tank is generally a heavily armoured and armed, tracked vehicle designed to be at the front of a combined forces attack.
Thick folded paper with taping at one end.
A type of glove that is typically worn by boxers.
A wand used in Shintō rituals, characterized by its two zig-zagging paper cutouts.
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