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Power-up

In video games, a power-up is an object that adds temporary benefits or extra abilities to the player character as a game mechanic. This is in contrast to an item, which may or may not have a permanent benefit that can be used at any time chosen by the player. Although often collected directly through touch, power-ups can sometimes only be gained by…

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Triples209
Avg. degree1.98
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related to Evasive · 33
Power-up → Access, Astro Bot, Blue Eco, Crisis Core, Daxter, Due, Final Fantasy VII, Hedgehog, II, It, Jak, Precursor, Quake, R-Type, Rainbow Islands, Samus Aran, She, Shinespark, Similarly, Some
related to Offensive · 31
Power-up → Astro Bot, Berserk, Dark Eco, Dark Jak, Daxter, Donkey Kong, Doom, Doomguy's, Fire Flower, Ice Flowers, In, Jak, Jak's, Jumpman, Mario, Mega Man, Mega Mushrooms, Pac-Man, Power, Power-ups
related to Health · 22
Power-up → Clans, Clash, Daxter, Doom, Eco, First, Fruits, Green Eco, Health-restorative, Hedgehog, Jak, Jak's, Mario, Mushrooms, Sonic, The, The Extra Life, The Healing Spell, The Legend, The Super Mushrooms
related to Tricks · 20
Power-up → Bonk's Revenge, Eggman/Robotnik, Elasto, Fake, Item Monitors, Items, Knuckles, Knuckles/Sonic, Metroid Fusion, Missile Tanks, Poison Mushrooms, Rise, Shrooms, Some Energy, Sonic, Super Mario Bros, Super Mushrooms, The Lost Levels, Triad, Trick
related to Access abilities · 19
Power-up → Access, Also, Ice Beam, Mario, Mega Man, Metroid, Mini Mushroom, Power Bomb, Raccoon Leaf, Rush Coil, Rush Jet, Rush Marine, Rush Search, Samus Aran, Some, The, The Rush, There, Various
related to Ammunition and power · 17
Power-up → Ammunition, Descent, Energy, Half-Life, In, Magic Jars, Mega Man, Monster Legends, Monsters, Most, Obtaining, Ocarina, Some, The Legend, Time, While, Zelda
related to Perks · 14
Power-up → An, Call, Deadly Towers, Duty, Fallout, Killing Floor, Metal Gear Online, Modern Warfare, NES, Perks, RPG, RPGs, Rygar, The
related to Token abilities · 13
Power-up → Additionally, Chaos Emeralds, Collecting, Crash Bandicoot, Donkey Kong Country, Hedgehog, Other, Sonic, Starman, Super Mario Bros, Super Sonic, They, Wumpa
related to First instances · 7
Power-up → Blinky, Every, In, Pac-Man, Power Pellets, Sabre Wulf, The
related to Selection bar · 6
Power-up → Gradius, Instead, Konami's, The, This, To

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player power-ups game mario games super also power items enemies used sonic first character video health extra time collecting abilities

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Power-upis aobject that adds temporary benefits or extra abilities to the player character as a game mechanic0.90text
maze gamesinstance ofPower-ups are mostly found in action-oriented games0.80text
runinstance ofPower-ups are mostly found in action-oriented games0.80text
gunsinstance ofPower-ups are mostly found in action-oriented games0.80text
shoot 'em upsinstance ofPower-ups are mostly found in action-oriented games0.80text
first-person shootersinstance ofPower-ups are mostly found in action-oriented games0.80text
and platform gamesinstance ofPower-ups are mostly found in action-oriented games0.80text
advertisinginstance ofand this construction is regularly used in areas0.80text
speed upinstance ofprovided effects0.80text
invincibility.In 1985instance ofprovided effects0.80text
Super Mario Bros. introduced the Super Mushroominstance ofprovided effects0.80text
which has entered popular cultureinstance ofprovided effects0.80text

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