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Games that feature support for Nintendo's Mii avatars.
An opponent that typically appears around the halfway point in a level. Mini-Bosses are more formidable than the average opponent, though normally not as tough as the end-level Boss.
For games that feature a mission briefing before gameplay.
The mental and emotional condition (confidence, doubt) of an individual or group with regard to the function or tasks at hand.
Combat based on organic (or similarly functioning) mounts. This can include melee or ranged attacks from horseback.
Two or more characters are featured on the game's box art.
Multiple endings is a term used to describe different outcomes or conclusions to a game based on the previous actions of the player.
Some games feature the ability to switch the gameplay camera perspective between first and third person, either as an option or as a gameplay element.
Sometimes one playable character just isn't enough.
A type of character-specific special attack seen in all variants of Koei's Musou franchise.
Legendary, stealthy assassins from Japan's feudal era, who are well-trained in the art of the sword, and who may or may not have access to magical powers.
Nintendo Network is the online service for Wii U and 3DS.
Nintendo's online service. It supported the Wii and Nintendo DS.
Wii games with downloadable content that you have to pay for.
A game which does not force the player to play through the story in a particular order, chronological or otherwise. Some games offer the option of skipping whole chapters entirely.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
DLC that is technically available on the disc, but requires the player to buy a key separate from the game to activate it.
Games that allow characters to be switched with the press of a button. This concept's definition does not include player switching in team sports games.
Objectives that aren't required in order to win a scenario or mission. Completing optional objectives may, however, grant the player benefits such as items, shortcuts or additional assistance.
Characters that are overweight have more body fat than normal for their race, or at least look it. A character that is overweight may or may not have great strength.
The Nintendo 3DS has a system-level currency called Play Coins, which are earned for walking while the system is in sleep mode and can be spent in a variety of ways.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
Porting is a term used when a game designed to run on one platform is converted to run on a different platform. Quality varies, though some titles are packaged with extras.
A distribution of power depending on the accuracy of timed button presses.
Random Loot is a popular concept for dungeon crawler and MMO style games. In essence, monsters or objects drop something that is considered valuable to the player with random qualities.
Samurai, or Bushi (literally, "warriors") were a social class in feudal Japan, equivalent to Western aristocracy, knights.
Multipliers award players for playing well continuously. Racking up multipliers is crucial in any point based game in which they are featured.
The military dictators of Japan for nearly 700 years, until the great "opening" and Westernization of the country in 1868. Famous shogun include Minamoto no Yoritomo (the first true shogun) and Tokugawa Ieyasu, whose ascension marked the end of the Sengoku (Warring States) Period.
No point in gathering coins, gold, gil, money, or whatever if you can't buy anything with it.
Soft resetting is used in many console games to reset a game using the controller.
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