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Game » consists of 15 releases. Released Sep 14, 1994
Sure, these days have almost every game sporting the newfangled 3D, but way back when, everyone had to live with plain old 2D. 2D, or two dimensions, limit the game to scrolling backgrounds, but some games even now make use of this basic concept.
On the back of the SNES "Play it loud" North American retail box
The ability to stop or reduce the damage from an oncoming attack.
A distinct and predictable pattern of attacks or movement a boss takes. This can be based in reaction to a player's actions or simply a stringent script the boss adheres to.
A boxer is someone who participates in the sport of boxing.
Potentially deadly in the real world, annoying and funny in the animated world.
A character in a game who uses unorthodox moves, and who likes to play 'practical jokes' on opponents. This makes losing to him/her all the more humiliating.
Attitudes towards the Clown vary from person to person. Some find entertainment and humor, others feel really creeped out by their overly flamboyant nature. Ultimately, games tend to take the path of a more horrific presentation to stimulate the atmosphere of a particular setting.
Typically found in fighting games, combos are a series of strung-together moves.
The process of fighting, but with dance.
The main line of distinction between victory or failure in video games, death is the process of a biological being ceasing to be alive.
The ability to dodge an attack, making the player untouchable for a brief period.
Why are bad guys on so many game covers? Perhaps the developers secretly think they're cooler than the good guys.
Frequently seen in RPGs and Fighting games, The EHI helps players calculate the current health of opponents.
A new fad in Games and Movies. Some good examples of this concept is Rufus in SF4 and "The Blob" in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Some versus/multiplayer modes had fighting game elements in non-fighting games.
Game Over originally appeared in pinball machines, and later, arcade machines. When players lose at a game, it is game over.
Players or enemies whip their hair back and forth to do damage to their opponents.
"Hand to hand. It is the basis of all combat." -Gray Fox
Whether it be a close up shotgun blast, far away sniper rifle, explosive, or backstab, the "one hit kill" is a popular kill strategy. Usually hard to master and even harder to avoid, the instant kill is loved and hated by gamers everywhere.
A Jab is one of the common fist fighting moves and is seen in many fighting games.
Joke characters are characters in video games that provide humor, and are often parodies of characters from other games, or parodies of famous celebrities.
A Knock out or KO is when, example being a fighting game, one of the players is sent into a state of unconsciousness.
Lucha libre is a form of Spanish professional wrestling where the wrestlers don masks in the ring. Famous luchadores include El Santo and Blue Demon.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
From Beat-em-ups to fighting games to modern FPS, one dude hitting another has made an enjoyable pastime.
Two or more characters are featured on the game's box art.
My Nintendo is a rewards program that Nintendo launched in March 2016. It is the successor to Club Nintendo, which ran from 2003 to 2015.
A service started by Nintendo in 1997 that allowed customers to purchase digital Super Famicom and Game Boy games at an in-store kiosk that would be written onto RAM cartridges available for each system.
Various games purposefully don't include blood when realistically there should be fountains of gore to avoid getting an adult rating and sell to a wider audience.
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