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In many platform games the protagonist will die instantly when falling off the bottom of the map, but in some situations there are places where the protagonist can still scroll down. When it's not possible to tell which are which, it is a Leap Of Faith.
Games that allow the player to choose which level to play next, rather than a fixed linear order.
Magikoopas are spellcasting Koopas who made their debut in Super Mario World.
Some DS games can use this accessory for a rumbling experience.
Piranha plant saplings.
A species of small bird from the Mario games. It is often seen riding a magic carpet and made is usually associated with Super Mario Bros. 2, where it was a somewhat common enemy.
A species of carnivorous plants that reside in pipes. Some specimens can spit fireballs.
Pixel art refers to digital images composed of visible pixels, drawn with individual pixel-level intent and precision.
Third-party developers and publishers occasionally engage in the practice of releasing a title or piece of DLC on only one platform for any number of reasons. Sometimes these are permanent while others are only platform exclusive for a certain window of time.
Podoboos are living fireball enemies usually found in Castles in the Mario games. The original ones would only jump out of lava in simple patterns.
Pokey is a cactus enemy often (although not uniquely) seen in the Mario series. It's body segments can be individually destroyed.
The daughter of a monarch or monarchs.
A walking Piranha Plant that can breathe/spit a spiked ball.
Regenerating health is a gameplay mechanic which automatically refills the players health bar after successfully escaping damage for a set amount of time. It is typically seen in RPGs and modern first/third-person shooters.
A larger or smaller version of an enemy encountered elsewhere in a game. Larger variants are often used as bosses.
Retroachievements is a community created and curated site that adds Achievements and Online Leaderboards for supported emulators and platforms like Raspberry Pi
Rex are purple dino-dragons that need to be jumped on twice.
Monarchs and their families.
A creature which is made up of mostly identical segments and has an elongated shape.
No point in gathering coins, gold, gil, money, or whatever if you can't buy anything with it.
Side-scrolling games present the world as viewed perpendicular to the direction the characters are facing on screen. With a heavy focus on lateral movement, objectives are often met by moving from one end of a stage to the other.
Clouds that, for some reason, can be stood on without falling through.
Sparks, also known as L'il Sparkies, are a recurring enemy in the Mario universe. They are an electricity-emitting orb that normally follow a specific path.
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.
Recurring enemies first introduced in Super Mario Bros. 3. They attack by pulling spiked balls out of their mouths and then throw them.
A game that takes gameplay mechanics, characters, or story elements from an existing series in a separate and different direction, sometimes changing genres along the way.
The strategy of demonstrating how awesome something is by putting the word "super" in its title. Incredibly popular among developers making games for the Super Nintendo, which itself counts as an example.
Whether it has voice over or not, text bubbles are a way of reading the dialog that a character on screen is saying and or thinking.
The Thwomp is a villain from the mario franchise. He is most commonly found in castle stages.
Games whose main character is so egotistical that the whole game just HAS to be named after them.
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