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Pajamas Soft
Eroge developer. Co-developed Pencil Royale -Heroines Collection- with Production Pencil.
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palindrome
The characters name can be read either forward or reversed.
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Panda Entertainment
Based in Taiwan, produced five DOS games in the early 1990s. Sango Fighter was their only title to be released in the USA. Besides Sango 1, 2, and Tough Guy, they released two beat 'em ups and a Super Dodgeball clone.
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Pandadanpa
Doujin group responsible for the visual novel Magical Girl Kirara and Sarara.
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Pandora Box
Former game developer mostly known for being the co-creators of the Oni RPG series (along Winkysoft and Banpresto), and for releasing the ultra-low priced Pandora MAX series which would ultimately be the cause of their bankruptcy.
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pankration
Practitioners of the ancient Greek art that was equal parts boxing and wrestling - or at least a modern interpretation of it.
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Papaya Studio
Yet another company specializing in sub-par licensed games.
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paper_talismans
Uses paper talismans ("ofuda") adorned with various mystic symbology, often used by Eastern mystics and onmyoji in games and anime.
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Paradox Development
The brains behind the ill-fated Thrill Kill and later the non-Capcom X-Men fighters.
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Paragon Software
Known best for some old Marvel comics computer based games. Now makes some stuff on cell phones.
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parent
Father or mother to one or more children.
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partial_helmet
Wears a helmet that does not completely cover the head.
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Pat Cashman
Announcer for Brawl and Bill Nye the Science Guy.
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patriot
Wearing or otherwise adorned with the colors / flag of their native country.
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Paul Dobson
Canadian voice actor. Brother of Michael and Brian.
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Paul Rugg
Nice lady! A size six is too small for your fat foot!
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PC-98
The NEC PC-9801, Japanese line of personal computer.
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PDW:Hotapen
A doujin circle persisting of Kotani, Umezono, and Shinza, all who are former SNK employees.
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peace_sign
Applies to characters who use the peace sign (palm outwards, index and middle fingers open and all others closed) as part of win poses or in official artwork.
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Peach-Pit
Founded by two manga artists; Shibuko Ebara and Banri Sendo. Mostly known for their work on the Rozen Maiden series which also have appeared in serveral licensed video games, such as Rozen Maiden gebetgarten and Alibat.
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peaked_cap
Wears a military officer- or law enforcement-style peaked cap.
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Performer
An actor or actress credited on Fight-A-Base
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performing_arts
The fighting takes place on or near a stage set aside for performing arts such as dancing, music, and theater.
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peruvian
Character was born in, or lives in, the country of Peru.
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pervert
Characters that have quite the libidos and have been known to hit on certain other characters on a regular basis.
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pet_handler
Accompanied in battle by an ally or "pet," animal or otherwise.
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petals
Move is accompanied by imagery of flower petals or utilizes them as a weapon. The most common flower, especially in Japanese-based games/characters, is the cherry blossom (sakura), whereas western characters may be more apt to use roses.
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Peter Laird
Retired comic artist and writer, co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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petrify
Character has the ability to turn their opponent to stone.
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pets/stands
Characters all have pets or spiritual allies which they can summon or command.
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PG Games
Mostly one man show headed up by Norwegian Kim Okkerstrøm until his death in 2014.
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PGM
Polygame Master, a Neo Geo MVS-like arcade cartridge unit developed by IGS.
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Phil LaMarr
Former Mad TV star and face-shot victim from John Travolta.
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Phinnex
A misspelling of Fight-A-Base's main guru... or maybe just an obscure developer.
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photographer
Proficient with a camera or utilizes photography in their fighting style.
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Pico
Sega's kid-friendly platform, mostly associated with educational software, especially in its brief life in the west. In Japan, its software grew varied over time, and even warranted a successor, the Advanced Pico Beena.
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pi-gua
Uses Piguaquan, a palm-heavy martial art usually considered to be the softer counterpart of Bajiquan.
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pilot
Helms some sort of plane / ship / mecha.
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pink_outfit
Best known for wearing a primarily pink costume.
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pink_skin
Skin is a bright pink not found normally found in the human population in real life.
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pirate
Involved in piracy and general swashbuckling activities.
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piscine
Having qualities of a member of fish species - they are a fish, an anthropomorphic fish, look like a fish, etc. Includes sharks and other subspecies.
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PJS-Coding
Mobile developer who is best known for the "Beyond Fighting" series.
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place_of_worship
Can be a church, temple, pagoda, cathedral, synagogue, or any structure that is used for a religious function
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plant_life
A living plant, rather than flesh and blood.
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Platform
Video game hardware systems on which fighting games have been developed.
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platforming
While traditional fighters take place on a single 2D plane, characters here are able to jump between multiple platforms and perhaps over pits.
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Play
Polish publisher/telecommunications company?
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Playability
The method in which a character is (or is not) selected in a game.
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playing_cards
Uses playing cards as a weapon, be it poker cards, hanafuda cards, or other.
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Playmates
Publisher of the PC version of Battle Arena Toshinden, they couldn't keep their hands out of it and added Earthworm Jim as a hidden character. Their game publishing wing has since closed, but they are still best known for their action figure lines, most notably, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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Playsoft
Players who developed the mobile (feature phone) version of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, as well as their own original fighter, Bladelords, and a mobile tap-and-swipe jawn based on Nickelodeon properties, Super Brawl World.
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Playstation
After their contract with Nintendo was rendered null and void, the Playstation was changed from a Super Nintendo add-on into a fully-fledged CD-based platform. Very popular for 2D and 3D fighters, even if they weren't arcade perfect.
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Playstation 2
The obvious successor to the Playstation, the PS2 brought more of what made its predecessor popular. Home to hundreds of well-loved franchises, and more fighting games than you can handle.
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PlayStation 3
Unlike its predecessors, gamers on the whole have failed to warm up to the PS3. Likely factors include being ludicrously expensive, the removal of proper backwards compatibility in later models, and lack of hard-hitting exclusive titles.
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PlayStation 4
Just as its name indicates, the PlayStation 4 is the fourth sequential home console from Sony.
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Playstation Portable
More commonly known as PSP, it's circa a PlayStation 2 in terms of power. Runs on mini-discs called UMDs, which were also a failed movie format. An upgrade called PSP Go!, which removes the UMD slot and only offers games through a download service, was revealed to be released in late 2009.
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pointed_shoes
Wears any kind of footwear with a type of curve or point at the end of them.
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poison
Capable of poisoning the opponent to do damage over time.
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Pokesho
Animation/cleanup artist for the Pokémon anime series; developed her own doujin Pokémon fighter on the side.
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polearm
Wields a naginata, spear, halberd, or similar blade-on-a-stick weapon.
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police
Associated with law enforcement.
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polish
Born in, or a citizen of, the country of Poland.
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politician
Someone who has run for or was elected into office (president, mayor, governor, senator, prime minister, et cetera).
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politics
This game's cast features politicians - world leaders, mayors, senators, governors, etc. and candidates to these positions - duking out. Usually done without any seriousness and the whole cast is treated either jokes or badasses.
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Polygon Magic
A Japanese company that started small-time in 1996 and became more prolific as time went on.
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Polygram
Apparently a subdivision of the recording label, "Polygram Magic of Japan" made only a few Playstation titles before disappearing into even further obscurity.
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polymorph_other
Ability to either transform one's opponent during battle, usually into something small and relatively helpless, or shrink them.
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pompadour
Sports the tightly coiffed hairstyle known as the pompadour.
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Pony Canyon
Japanese company with the famous "hairy eye" logo.
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portuguese
Born in, or a citizen of, the country of Portugal.
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power-up
Press the button which allows your character to charge his or her ki/chi/inner strength/super meter/etc.
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PQube
British game publisher
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practice_stage
An arena, largely nondescript in most cases, that functions normally as a training facility for the player. May or may not be accessible during normal gameplay.
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pre-rendered
2D sprites with a "3D" appearance, rendered by computer. Rendering is not done real-time by hardware.
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primate
Any of a member of a non-human primate species, including (but not limited to), monkeys, chimpanzees, and gorillas. This also can refer to similar species such as primate-like aliens, and the mythological sasquatch/yeti.
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Procryon
Canadian developer, responsible for unleashing Battle of the Eras on MS-DOS in 1995 while the head was only 14 years old.
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Produce!
Company founded by ex-Irem employees. Did a lot of work for/with HudsonSoft and Enix.
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Producer
A producer on a project can have varying responsiblities, from a token credit to being incredibly integral to the work.
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profanity
Has a habit of uttering obscene words.
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Programmer
A person who puts together the code necessary for the game to operate.
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Project Atsuki
Apparently defunct Japanese doujin developer responsible for Axel City and Axel City Gaiden
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Project Soul
A development team within Namco/Bandai Namco which established itself solely to work on SoulCalibur related projects.
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Project YNP
A doujin circle. Mostly known for developing obscure racing games like Cyber Formula Sin Cyber Grandprix.
They collaborated with Dream Toy's Factory on ALIBAT, which is a fighting game that contains characters from the Rozen Maiden series.
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projectiles
Much of combat occurs at range; characters have a variety of "normal" shots to perform. Melee attacks may take a backseat.
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Prope
Prope is a company founded by Sonic the Hedgehog creator Yuji Naka.
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prototype
Character was originally created as a concept or redesign for an existing character.
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Psikyo
Founded by former Video System employees, Psikyo (like their parent company) developed mainly mahjong and shoot 'em up arcade titles, but made a few forays into the fighting arena.
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psychic
Uses mental energy in battle.
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Punch
Press the "punch" button (for games with only one punch button).
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Punch 1
The weakest punch available, "Jab" strength in Capcom terminology.
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Punch 2
A medium ("Strong") strength punch, typically only available in six-button games.
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Punch 3
The strongest punch available. "Fierce" in Capcom terms.
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Puny Human
Independent video game developer. They have developed one fighting game, Blade Symphony.
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Pyramid
Developer best known for their Patapon series and Dariusburst. Also ported the first two Dragon Ball Z: Budokai games to the GameCube.
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