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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.
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.
Some games let players customize their character (or characters). Degree of customization may vary, with some games simply allowing to choose between different types of clothes, while others provide more detailed tinkering of features such as the distance between a character's eyes or hair color.
Digging is a strategic mechanic of many games. Digging allows the ability to unearth valuables and strategize pathways.
A gaming genre of its own, but also frequently featured as a mini-game in other titles, especially RPGs.
Picking the gender of your character can help immerse you in the game world. Sometimes this leads to different abilities in-game, sometimes it means nothing at all.
The ability for players to customize the look of indoor locations with various furnishings.
The head of a city government. The perfect candidate if your game needs a rear end in a top hat.
When the President wants to go for a burger, you know that all your cake is a lie.
Any character you can control in a game is a Player Character (PC), as opposed to a non-player character (NPC), which is a character that can only be controlled by the game.
No point in gathering coins, gold, gil, money, or whatever if you can't buy anything with it.
Often used to show their dominance over those tiny creatures called insects, and sometimes just for fun!
Some video games feature characters that play video games themselves, with the player sometimes taking control of the character playing the game-within-a-game. This also includes game characters who explicitly mention that they play video games.
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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