Game
Game noun - A competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize.
Kicks
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- All checkpoints are removed, you can't save, one room is modified so that you no longer need to die to nab the Shiny Trinket in it, and dying ends your game and kicks you to a results screen.
Source: No Damage Run -
Character Level: The NES game added a leveling system that forced the player to use basic punches and kicks (and the headbutt) at the start of the game.
Source: Video Game / Double Dragon I -
Since you've already beaten the game three times just to get it, there's really no use for it unless you care to play the game again for kicks.
Source: Video Game / Eternal Darkness
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