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D.C.S.
Little known Japanese company that developed a few games for the X68000 during the 90's and for Windows later on.
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D3 Publisher
Publisher of the infamous and venerable Simple series games.
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dagger
Wields a dagger or knife.
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daisho
Wields the traditional samurai sword combo of a katana and a wakizashi, or some other two-sword combination.
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Daisuke Gōri
Highly prolific Japanese voice actor known for his distinctive voice. Died January 17, 2010.
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Daletto
Subsidiary of Capcom that was responsible for online content PC games.
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damage_over_time
A move which causes amounts of damage (usually small amounts) continuously for a duration. Commonly referred to by the acronym "DOT"
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Daman Mills
American voice actor and understudy of Christopher Ayres.
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Damian Chapa
American actor, producer, and director. Once portrayed Leroy Jenkins - a real guy, not the meme.
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Dan Green
You may remember him from such animated products as Stepmother's Sin and The Little Panda Fighter.
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dancer
Fights with the power of dance.
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darkside
An evil "alternate" version of a character.
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Darren Scott
Voice actor. Sometimes credited as Darren Polish.
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Data East
Famous for loads of arcade beat-'em-ups and pinball machines in the '80's and '90's. Their properties went to cell phone developer G-Mode when they went belly-up in 2003.
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Datam Polystar
Japanese developer responsible for all kinds of sub par stuff.
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Dave Fennoy
American voice actor best known as Lee Everett from The Walking Dead.
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David Hemblen
Voice actor best known as Magneto in the 1990s X-Men animated series. Died November 16, 2020.
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David Kaye
Canadian voice actor who has since done work in the states. Also one of few actors to hold the distinction of playing both Optimus Prime and Megatron.
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David Lowe
Renowned musician of early 8-bit computers, A.K.A. "Uncle Art".
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David Moo
The voice of Sanji in One Piece... the 4Kids version.
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David Wills
4Kids voice actor. Also known as the radio DJ Ghosty.
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Dawn M. Bennett
American voice actress, best known as her role as Sash Lilac in Freedom Planet.
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DC
Originally standing for Detective Comics, DC is known as one of the the "big two" publishers of mainstream comic books.
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Debi Derryberry
Voice actress best known as Jimmy Neutron and Coco Bandicoot.
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decapitation
A move that detaches an opponent's head from their body.
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deceased
Not to be confused with undead, a character who is dead according to the relevant storyline.
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Dedicated Console
A gaming console that is dedicated to one or more built-in games, and has no option for playing additional games via external devices.
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Dee Bradley Baker
American voice actor normally utilized for animal and creature vocals, but does a plethora of regular characters, too.
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Deem Bristow
The voice of Eggman from 1999 to 2004. Died January 15, 2005.
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Defeated
Characters fought to a clear and definitive victory.
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deflect
Capable of deflecting projectiles back at the opponent.
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Delay
An indefinate pause.
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delayable
Timing of attack can be momentarily stalled
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delinquent
Sporting an anti-establishment attitude, but without having crossed over into criminal.
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demon_mask
Wears a mask adorned with a face of a demonic-looking entity, whether it be a traditional Judeo-Christian demon, or a more eastern take on the demon (Oni, Tengu, asuras).
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demonic
A demon, devil, or other denizen of some nether plane--or a humanoid manifestation of one.
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DeNA
A Japanese company that specialize in social gaming and online marketing.
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depowered
A character who has had his or her moveset drastically changed for one or more game(s) due to a storyline element that involves the character losing his or her well-known "powers". Also may include alternate forms of a character without these powers.
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desert
An arid landform known for its extreme temperatures, low precipitation, and largely devoid of flora and fauna.
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Dex Manley
An actor who has done voices for dozens of games.
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Digiblast
A children's "personal media center" released in Europe and Australia. Most of the games released on it were ports from Game Boy Advance, but a few original titles made its way there in the device's short lifespan.
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Digital Fiction
Short-lived Canadian developer. YuYu Hakusho: Dark Tournament was their only straight-up fighter, but they did release three boxing games as well.
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Digital Tribe Games
Indie video game producer, former publisher of many Jae-Lee Productions' games.
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Digital Zero
Developers of All-Star Fighters for PlayStation 2.
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digitized
2D sprites are digitized actors or models rather than hand-drawn.
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Dimps
Company founded by Takashi Nishiyama (creator of Kung-Fu Master, Street Fighter and Fatal Fury) with SNK and Capcom staff, with media giants Bandai Namco / Sony as major shareholders (and formerly Sega / Sammy).
They are a powerhouse of licensed manga games, but sometimes they've co-developed conventional fighting games like Rumble Fish, Street Fighter IV / V or SoulCalibur VI.
Many of their non-Dragon Ball / PS2 Saint Seiya licensed games (save their earliest handheld games) were co-developed or subcontracted to other developers, mostly uncredited.
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dinosaur
A member of any extinct species of terrible lizard.
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dinosaurs
The terrible lizards of prehistory loom in the background, either live or on display in a museum setting.
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dinosaurs
The game's cast consists mostly of dinosaurs.
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Director
One of the most important roles on a game and often the "team lead" of the project.
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Discovery Software
Also known simply as Discovery (ディスカバリー), a company of eroge goods and software that was established during the early part of the 1990's. As of 1998, the company re-established its entirety as a download sales market catering to the sale of OVA and other downloadable content.
Official Website: http://www.seddnet.com
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diseased
Suffers from some disease. Not to be confused with deceased.
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disembodied
Character is actually a disembodied body part.
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dive
Any air attack that travels at an arbitrary downward angle regardless of previous trajectory.
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DK-Software
A now defunct doujin game developing group who were responsible for the MariBato! games, based on the ongoing and praised Maria-sama ga Miteru series of light shoujo novels.
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dlc
Sports downloadable content to enhance gameplay or aesthetics, such as new characters, costumes, arenas, weapons, et cetera (does not include standard patches and stability updates available to most modern games).
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dlc_stage
A stage delivered to the consumer after the game's release via download. May also be offered as a pre-order incentive.
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dogi
Wears a training uniform associated with their martial art of choice -- karate gi, judo gi, taekwondo uniform, etc.
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dojutsu
Possesses one of the four eye-based techniques of the Naruto world (Sharingan/Rinnegan/Byakugan/Jibakugan).
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Don Francks
Canadian voice actor, also credited by his honorary Cree name, Iron Buffalo. Died April 3, 2016.
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doppelganger
Able to transform into copies of other fighters.
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Dorothy Fahn
American voice actress, also credited as Dorothy Elias-Fahn. Wife of Tom.
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Doug Erholtz
American voice actor. Took over all of Michael Lindsay's roles following the latter's retirement.
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doujin
Any game self-published by a small development group. Most likely (but not necessarily) Japanese, developed for Windows PCs, and sold at the biannual convention Comic Market in Tokyo.
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Down Backward
Press down and away from the opponent simultaneously.
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Down Forward
Press down and towards the opponent simultaneously.
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down_attack
Deliberately (sometimes only) strikes at a prone opponent.
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draconic
Character is either a dragon or a subspecies of dragon, such as a wyvern.
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dream_match
Characters who should be dead or would otherwise not be interacting with each other engage in battle.
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Dreamcast
Console version of Naomi hardware, employs proprietary GD-ROM format. Primarily used for mid-generation 3D titles.
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DreamFactory
Once the lapdogs of Squaresoft, DreamFactory has branched off to produce steadily poorer and more awkward 3D fighters on their own.
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DreamGear
Producers of many of those random handhelds and accessories found in actual retail stores. A lot of the games on their output are actually bootleg/hacked/ripoffs but they do also license content from bigger companies like Bandai Namco, Konami, and G-Mode/Data East.
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Dreamworks
A production studio originally started by Steven Spielberg, it is one of the most prolific movie studios in the US. Sold to Viacom in 2005.
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drill
Character wields/uses a physical drill in combat, likely as part of a bigger weapon (like a polearm), or due to being a robot/mecha.
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drunken
Utilizes drunken style martial arts.
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dualwield
Skilled enough to utilize two weapons at the same time.
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duo
Two characters fighting together as one sprite, their duality not affecting play in any way.
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duotoned
Character wears an outfit or has skin that is two different colors split down the middle vertically.
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duplication
Character is uniquely able to make copies of themselves as a combat enhancement method. These copies may be made of anything from flesh and blood, to magically/scientifically charged matter such as hair or earth, or even simply an illusion. If a character's contemporaries are also able to utilize these techniques, this character's fighting style or moves list depends on this method even more so than the others.
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dusk
takes place during the sunset hour.
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Dust
Press the "dust" button.
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dutch
Born in, or a citizen of, the Netherlands.
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