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Earning an extra life, either by collecting a 1up or by hitting a certain score.
Falling blocks appear in many games.
Falling Debris, rocks, or other items that may possibly cause damage to the player character.
The last boss you face in a game, usually representing the final climax of the game.
A line that signals the start or the end of the race. Even though it is used for racing, it could mean any type of racing game.
Fire Bros. are a variety of Hammer Bros. with the ability to spit Fireballs.
Fireworks are a form of incendiary rocket designed to explode "gently" in bright colours and cause no damage, traditionally set off to mark festive or historic events.
Cold-blooded aquatic animals that have scales and breathe through gills.
Flattening is taking something three dimensional, and somehow making it very thin almost two dimensional. It can be used for comedic effect or a character to use it to fight through tight spaces.
It's not just for airplanes anymore: Game mascots and MMO players alike have taken to the skies. Players can use flight to quickly navigate large levels, find hidden items, or take opponents down.
The ability for an athlete or character, especially in extreme sports or platforming games, to rotate their bodies in a frontal or backward motion, creating inertia that propels them into a flipping motion.
Enemies that prefer to keep a distance to the ground, and swoop down occasionally to do some damage.
The idea of taking an existing franchise and starting over from scratch, overhauling the gameplay and sometimes going so far as to remove it from any connection to previous games in a series. Such is sometimes done when attempting to revitalize a franchise that is showing its age and has fallen into disfavor.
Weapons that use a freezing effect to damage opponents, slow them up, or freeze them solid.
Fuzzys are parasites that suck HP to heal themselves.
Bet a little or bet the house. How much you win depends on how much you wager.
Game Over originally appeared in pinball machines, and later, arcade machines. When players lose at a game, it is game over.
A character or a disembodied voice will say the name of the video game. Depending on the mood of the game, this could range from shouting the game's name to ominously whispering it.
Following in the tradition of Nintendo games carrying a "Super" prefix for SNES or a "64" suffix for N64, these games contain "Wii" in the title.
An interesting revelation. While some games will only accept a START button press, many other games aren't as strict.
Gamescom 2009 was a video game convention that took place in Cologne, Germany from August 19 - August 23, 2009.
These spooky entities are the spirits of the dead, returned from beyond their graves for generally sinister purposes. There's generally about even odds whether a particular ghost will be helpful or malevolent towards the living, but some ghosts just want to be left alone entirely.
Giant Insects are insects and other 'bugs' that are far larger than in the real world. Some are about half the size of a human, others are bigger than buildings. Larger than life or gigantic insects are a common element in many video games, especially those of the RPG Genre.
Gliding is an ability that allows a character to extend their jump further usually through the help of wings or other aerodynamic tools. Unlike flying, gliding usually doesn't allow the character to gain or maintain altitude, but only slows its descent.
Goombas are common enemies in the Mario games.
Gravity is a physical phenomenon, specifically the mutual attraction between all objects in the universe. In a gaming setting, gravity determines the relationship between the player and the "ground," preventing the player or game objects from flying off into space, and hopefully acting in a predictable/realistic manner.
A style of play in multiplayer gaming with the purpose of annoying, irritating and angering other players.
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.
Hammer Bros. are a species of Koopa that throw hammers at plumbers.
Any game that involves jumping on an enemy's head as an attack, such as in Super Mario Bros.
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