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A game that uses a mixture of 2D & 3D techniques. Commonly used to describe the use of either 3D graphics restricted to a 2D perceptive, or 2D graphics used to fake the appearance of a 3D perceptive.
Albatoss is a flying enemy from Super Mario Bros 2. They often drop Bob-Ombs from their claws.
The All-Cup Tour is a special tour that allows you to play all 16 courses at once in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! You start out at Luigi Circuit and work your way around the tour to the last course, Rainbow Road.
Amiibo is Nintendo's NFC figurine and card program that works across multiple games. Amiibo work natively with the Nintendo Wii U via the NFC reader in the Wii U GamePad and the New Nintendo 3DS. In 2015, Nintendo will release an accessory for the original Nintendo 3DS that lets players use Amiibo on it as well.
Anthropomorphism is the concept of an object, concept or character that has human qualities or traits, such as speech, a level of intelligence similar or higher than a human's and self consciousness. "Anthro" means "of human" and related to the concept of humanity.
Extra stars that goes to the players based on their performance in the Mario Party franchise. It first appeared in Super Mario World.
Charging is the action of pressing & holding down a button or particular direction on the controller. Its purpose is to build up a powerful blast or burst of energy to take out an opponent or cause critical damage.
Some games allow you to attack your opponents during a race.
When two or more players work together to control a vehicle.
A double jump is the ability to jump while already in mid-air to get some extra lift. In reality, double jumps are not possible and violate fundamental laws of physics.
Whether it's a section of a game, a mission prelude or just a scary premonition; dreams are a common occurrence within video games.
A peripheral for the Game Boy Advance that allowed players to scan in cards for extras in various games, or even to play classic NES games.
When a game lets players grab enemies and throw them as projectiles. Commonly found in platformers, but also sometimes found in over-the-top 3rd person action games.
Toad is Playable in BS Excitebike Bun Bun Mario Stadium
You may think you know who you are playing as, but do you?
Many of the Mario Party and Mario Kart games have him flattened
A minor enemy in the Mario franchise, most notably appearing in Super Mario Bros. 2.
Take an item and throw it at the enemy.
Kart racers are cartoon-like racing games that often feature fantastical power-ups.
A lap is one circuit around a race track. This is featured in many, but not all racing games.
The game is almost over and there are 5 turns left. The Mario Party franchise used this concept to give out the current scores and a new twist is added. This appears in all games (except Mario Party Advance and Mario Party-e).
The star-like species from Super Mario Galaxy. They can transform into planets, comets, and other celestial bodies. They live with Rosalina at the Comet Observatory.
Sports games that feature pre-existing videogame characters, rather than real athletes.
These are often a departure from the conventional gameplay of a game. There have also been compilations; games including only minigames. The Mario Party series has a lot of minigames, too!
In many games such as Devil May Cry and God of War, Orbs, or "Souls", if you will, spawn out of the enemies you destroy and provide you with either sweet life or power. Many times these "Orbs" can also be used as a currency of sorts to upgrade.
A flying goomba.
Games that are arguably the most fun in a "party" scenario with multiple players in one room.
Phanto is a flying mask enemy from Super Mario Bros 2. It pursues the player relentlessly if they are holding a key.
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.
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