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Saban Entertainment
Founded by Egyptian businessman Haim Saban, they are known for importing anime and transforming the Japanese tokusatsu series Super Sentai into the Power Rangers for Western consumption.
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Sabec Limited
Company that produces budget titles with generic names.
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Sachen
Ubiquitous Chinese developer. Like most developers in that region, their games are unlicensed and many are just straight up rip-offs of other, legit games. Still, they have had some success with getting some of their stuff published in the West (often with another sketchy entity as another unlicensed publisher), and a number of their products are simply loose clones of existing games as opposed to copyright infringing "sequels" to existing titles.
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Saffire
The brains behind game ports and original titles, founded by Sculptured Software co-founder, Hal Rushton.
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sai
Wields one or more Sai in battle.
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Sam Riegel
American voice actor and 9/11 documentarian. Brother of Eden.
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sambo
Uses the martial art of sambo.
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Same Strength
Following buttons must be of the same strength, ie Jab+Short, Strong+Forward, Fierce+Roundhouse.
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Sammy
Former parent company of Arc System Works. Now owned by Sega.
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samurai_armor
Wears traditional samurai plate mail or a slightly embellished variation thereof.
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sandals
Wears an otherwise unspecified pair of sandals (not counting geta).
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Santaclaus
Developer behind Astra Superstars, splinter group from Sunsoft. Now seemingly focused on iPhone crap, but judging by their website, they still seem mighty proud of Astra.
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Sara Rades
Member of Nintendo's localization team.
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Satoshi Tsuruoka
Japanese voice actor, mostly does work with tokusatsu productions.
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Satoshi Yoshioka
Japanese video game employee, did a lot of different roles for different games.
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Saturn
Sega's 2D powerhouse. Thanks to a cartridge slot for RAM expansion is home to many "arcade perfect" fighting ports.
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saudi
Character was born in, or lives in, the country of Saudi Arabia.
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Saurus
Mostly known for porting old SNK games onto newer consoles. Also released Ragnagard.
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savate
Practitioners of the French martial art of savate.
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scantily_clad
Attire is skimpy at best, leaving very little to the imagination or otherwise letting it all hang out.
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Scarab
The developers of Survival Arts (albeit uncredited), Battle Monsters and Killing Zone. Has also made a select few other games, such as Atomic Robo-Kid and Dyna Gear.
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scarf
Wears a prominent scarf or muffler.
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scarred
Has significant physical scarring.
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school_worker
A character who works at a school, such as a teacher, principal, professor, janitor, etc.
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schoolkid
Some variant of traditionally uniformed japanese school girl/boy.
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scientist
Skilled in certain fields of science usually Robotics or Genetics or Chemicals. (Are also often "Mad" Scientists as well.)
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scimitar
Wields a scimitar or a similar single-edged curved sword.
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scissors
Fights using a pair of scissors or shears, which are often oversized.
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Scott McNeil
Australian actor, who lives in Canada and dresses like a cowboy.
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Scottie Ray
American voice actor, best known for his take on The Shredder in the 2003 TMNT animated series.
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screen_head
Has a TV, monitor, or screen for a head or over it like a mask (usually a CRT). Not necessarily indicative of any cyborg shenanigans.
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scythe
Wields a scythe in battle.
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sd/kids
Consists of young, or super-deformed versions of existing characters.
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Sean Pertwee
English actor. Son of Jon Pertwee. Butler to the young Bruce Wayne.
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Sega
Former console maker, now develops and publishes games for multiple platforms. Most well known in fighting game circles for Eternal Champions, Virtua Fighter, Fighting Vipers, and a Sonic the Hedgehog fighter based on the FV engine.
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Sega 32X
A mushroom-shaped add-on for the Genesis. Slid into the Genesis' cartridge slot, it runs on 32-bit cartridges. While a few decent games were released for the system, developers and consumers were leaning more toward the Saturn for their Sega fix.
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Sega CD
A CD-ROM attachment for Sega Genesis, it was touted as revolutionary, but its library was crammed full of lousy FMV games. Few titles actually used the hardware to its fullest, and thus, it got mostly ignored.
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Seizō Katō
Japanese voice actor, died Jan 17, 2014.
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SelectSoft
Publishing company responsible for budget titles.
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self-defense
Uses the generic "Self-defense" (Goshin-jutsu) term as its personal martial art, probably referring to tactics used by law enforcement / military / security personnel.
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Semicom
A Korean game company who released SD-Fighters.
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senior
Very old, senior citizen.
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senseicide
A character who has killed their master or sensei.
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serpentine
Has some affiliation with serpents (excluding Yamatano Orochi), or is a serpent him/herself.
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sewer
The stage takes place in a sewer.
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SG-1000
Sega's first console, mostly forgotten by all but the most dedicated of fans.
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Shaba Games
Activision branch that makes mostly "extreme" sports titles, also attempted a Shrek fighting game (SuperSlam).
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Shade
Japanese video game developer and publisher. Formerly known as Quintet before they changed their name to Shade.
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shadow_control
The ability to melt into shadow, summon creatures from shadow, or otherwise control the darkness.
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ShadoWriters
Israeli developers of the really weird fighting game Battling Butlers.
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shelled
Wears a (usually natural) shell on his or her body.
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Shigefumi Nakai
Another early old man voice actor for SNK games, and also a reporter in Ringu.
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Shigeru Mizuki
Manga author of merit, but better known as the #1 authority on Japanese ghosts, monsters, and demons.
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Shinji Nakae
Japanese voice actor, best known for narrating the early Kamen Rider series. Died June 28, 2007.
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Shō Kosugi
Real life ninjutsu practitioner and also a frequent actor of ninja on film.
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shock_control
Control over electricty, the ability to create lightning or sparks.
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shocking
The move causes an electrical effect, possibly displaying the victim's skeleton.
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Shōei System
Developer of a number of Fist of the North Star and pachinko games, among many others.
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Shonen Jump
No disrespect to the original authors, but man there are a lot of different writers involved in Jump Superstars.
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Shonen Magazine
A manga collective that started on March 17, 1959 - the same day as their rivals, Shonen Sunday.
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Shonen Sunday
A manga collective that started on March 17, 1959 - the same day as their rivals, Shonen Magazine.
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shorinji_kempo
Practitioner of Shorinji Kempo, a Japanese pseudo-religious cult centered on martial arts. Not to be confused with Shaolin Kung-Fu, although it's supposedly inspired by it.
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short_skirt
Lower body attire consists of a short skirt, often in the Japanese schoolgirl style. Expect panty shots.
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shortrange_projectile
An attack that has projectile properties but doesn't go much farther than a standard attack.
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Shotaro Ishinomori
Influential figure in manga, anime, and tokusatsu. His more popular works include Cyborg 009, Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, and Kikaider.
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shovel
Character wields or is otherwise equipped with a shovel.
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Shōzō Iizuka
Japanese voice actor, best known as Nappa and Dr. Neo Cortex.
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Sibling
Characters are brother or sister to one another.
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sibling
This character has a brother or a sister. Or both.
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Sieco
Korean publisher, mostly produced terrible ripoffs of popular games and bad ports. Some legit releases came out under their banner, however.
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Sierra
Founded in 1979 as On-Line Systems, by Ken and Roberta Williams, Sierra is best known early on for their graphic adventure series. Through a series of acquisitions, expanded to other genres as well. Sierra is now under the ownership of Activision.
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silat
Uses the martial art of silat (usually "pencak silat"), an art developed in Nusantara and used throughout Southeast Asia.
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Silmarils
French game developer most active on home computers in the late 80s and early 90s.
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Sims
Frequent collaborator with Sega, their specialty is fishing games.
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single_style
All characters in this game use the same fighting style, or some derivative thereof.
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singlet
Wears a single-strap singlet common with barbaric peoples, or a skintight single/double-strap singlet worn by wrestlers.
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size_change
Character possesses one or more attacks/moves/techniques to grow or shrink during battle.
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skates
Wears skates or rollerblades.
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SKC
Large South Korean conglomerate with their hands in pretty much everything.
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sketche99
Developer mostly of Christian and Black History themed titles. One of the few devs still making content for the OUYA long after its sunset.
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skintight
Wearing some form of one piece full body covering.
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skull_head
The character has a skull for a head, or his head look like a skull. In all cases, the rest of the body is relatively normal, so the character is not an animated skeleton.
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skulls
Arena contain skulls or artistic depiction of skulls (such as painting or sculpture).
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skulls
Wears an outfit adorned by skulls, or at the very least, pictures of skulls (including the Jolly Roger). Not reflective of characters who are undead skeletons or simply have exposed skulls.
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skyscraper
characterized by tall multi-story buildings
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Slash
Press the "slash" button (for games with only one slash button).
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Slash 1
First-level strength slash attack.
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Slash 2
Second-level strength slash attack.
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Slash 3
Third (hardest) level slash attack.
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sleeping
Character has moves/attacks or just an in-game demeanor that involves sleeping.
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smoke_control
Character is uniquely able to wield smoke/ash as a weapon or augmentation.
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smoker
Often seen puffing on a cigarette, pipe, or cigar.
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snake_style
Uses the fighting style of Snake Kung Fu or She Quan.
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SnapDragon Games
German developer mostly acquainted with PC games. Boldly venturing to downloadable content for consoles.
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SNK
One of the most well-known names in fighting games, SNK is famous for repeatedly going out of business, only to be miraculously resurrected a short time later. Oh, and King of Fighters. Formerly known as SNK Playmore.
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Snoop Dogg
American rapper, born Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.
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soft_reboot
A favorite of long-runner franchises, some series decide to start over or ignore some of its previous games' events in favor of something new, but they don't quite wipe the slate 100% clean.
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Softec
Japanese developer. Creator of Garyuoh Hidensho.
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Solan
Publisher of Fighting Eyes
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Solus Games
Indie developer, responsible for the "Funky" game series (Funky Punch/XL, FunkyHOOPS, Funky Moves).
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