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A Puppet Fighter is a character type from Fighting Games who has the ability to actively control two separate persons or entities simultaneously.
These men and women are present to officiate sporting events and racing games. Notable referees in the article are: Lakitu, John Madden, Punch-Out! Referee and DJ Jazzman.
Rekka is an archetype in Fighting Games that had 2-3 district hits and it moves in the each hit with little to no pause. but the first part is on block and you'll continue into the later parts as hit confirms.
A widely popular music style, originating from a fusion of blues, R&B, country, and jazz. Includes sub-genres such as punk, heavy metal, synth rock, and pop rock, among others.
When a franchise tries to start over by releasing a game with the same title as the first game in the series, or the name of the series in general.
Samurai, or Bushi (literally, "warriors") were a social class in feudal Japan, equivalent to Western aristocracy, knights.
Male characters who are depicted in an overtly sexual manner.
Female characters who are designed with highly idealized figures and proportions, outfits that are revealing and/or form-fitting, and prone to ending up in completely over-the-top poses designed to show off their bodies.
A fighting game archetype where characters with a significant similarity in fighting style to Street Fighter's Ryu & Ken.
Akuma's signature super move in the Street Fighter series.
SNK fighting games are notorious for boss fights of ludicrous difficulty. Common symptoms of SNK Boss Syndrome include absurdly high attack priority, overpowered special attacks, and AIs that read button inputs. Though it's most common in SNK games, the syndrome has also appeared in games by other companies.
A mode in the game, often an unlockable, allowing players to listen to individual music tracks, voice clips and/or sound effects.
Featured mainly in fighting games, special attacks usually require more than just pressing a button to activate. They are usually unique or at least varied between characters.
In fighting games, some characters have special moves that are counterattacks. In order for the attack to work, the player must enter the proper command and then allow for the opponent to strike when the player's character is in the move's "wait" position.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Games officially verified by Valve to be fully playable on Steam Deck.
A special combo-move in fighting games that is executable after building a meter throughout the match (or round).
Commonly found in fighting games, a super meter increases when either a character takes or gives damage (depending on the game). There are many variations on the super meter, depending on the franchise or game.
A series of arcade system boards from Taito that uses commodity PC hardware. It is commonly used for third-party Japanese arcade games and pachinko machines since 2004.
Multiple fighters/people ganging up to fight another fight/group of fighter.
The annual Tokyo Game Show expo returns for 2019.
Due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, Tokyo Game Show 2020 featured exclusively of online events.
Games which had been licensed out to toy manufacturers to create a tie-in toyline, Usually aimed at children or collectors depending on the audience of the games the toys were based off.
A game mode that allows you to train for combos, moves, etc.
Characters whose ages have never been revealed in a game or officially by the creators. This may be due to an added sense of mystery, to avoid controversy, or just lazy character development.
The fourth major iteration of the Unreal Engine from Epic Games. This engine is said to only be suitable for the 8th generation of video game consoles and PC hardware, though it is scalable to a variety of older platforms and mobile.
Primarily found in fighting or sports games, the versus screen typically masks the load time of an upcoming matchup. Sometimes codes may be entered here that will affect the game.
Zoning Characters (also called Keepaway Characters) is an archetype that use long range attacks to the control space in fighting games.
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