2/27/2009

Famitsu's Gamer's Dictionary Part 2:

This is a continuation of part 1. Remember in order to read Japanese fonts correctly, you must have the character encoding set to a Japanese font (preferably Shift_JIS).

さ 行

サードポーティー Third-party

ザゴキャラ Mini-boss

残機 (ざんき) Remaining Lives

CPU (シーピーユー) Computer Character

次世代機 (じせだいき) Next-Generation Consoles

16連射 (16れんしゃ) Someone that can press a button 16 times in 1 second. Apparently according to Famitsu, someone in the eighties was famous for his fast button-pressing skills. This word doesn't relate to button mashing, which is random button presses versus this which is a skilled burst of pressing a button.

昇竜券コマンド (しょうりゅうけんこまんど) Linking Command/Combo (in fighting games, it is an extra combo that when used after another normal combo, deals more damage)

ジョブ Job

ジョブチェンジ Job Change

処理落ち (しょりおち) Lag (due to your computer)

据え置きゲーム機 Console

スキル Skill

スコア Score

スタンドアローン Offline Mode/One-player Mode (Can mean either depending on the game mode/game)

ステージ Stage

ステータス Status

セーブ Save

ソフトリセット Soft Reset

た 行

ターン Turn

タイムラグ Lag (due to internet or server problems)

ダウンロードコンテンツ Downloaded Content

高橋名人 The name that refers to the person that could hit a button 16 times in one second. This seems to be used by famitsu and maybe not among gamer's themselves.

ダンジョン Dungeon

チュートリアル Tutorial Mode

中ボス (ちゅうぶす) Mid-way boss (In RPG's, it's the boss battle that takes place in the exact middle of the entire game)

DS ステーション DS Station (the wi-fi spots for the DS)

ディレくター Director

テクスチャー Texture

デベロッパー Developer

デバッグ Debug

ドラルエ Dragon Quest

東京ゲームショー Tokyo Game Show

ドット Sprite (refers to 2D graphics)

Stay tuned for part 3 (of four!)

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