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Gamate
A super obscure Game Boy competitor from Taiwan that flopped notoriously hard. Oddly, it had more fighting games than even some of the more mainstream systems.
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Game Boy
Released as a big gray brick with monochrome graphics in 1989, Gameboy later appeared as different incarnations such as the Gameboy Pocket and Gameboy Color. It is most widely known for Tetris, and was saved from the brink of death by Pokémon.
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Game Boy Advance
Successor to the original Gameboy portable and backwards compatible with its entire library of games.
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Game King
LCD-based handheld system from TimeTop. Came in "Game King I" and "Game King II" varieties, as well as a backwards-compatible color system, "Game King III".
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Game.com
Another Tiger handheld system. You can go online in black and white!
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Gamecube
Nintendo's answer to the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. True to its name, it is a cube and it does play games. Failed to make a spark with mainstream gamers and fell far behind its competition. Despite its healthy roster of fighting games, the only one anybody remembers is Super Smash Bros. Melee.
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GameGadget
UK-developed handheld system. Games are downloadable via an iTunes-like service. Mostly plays licensed Genesis ROMs but also supports original content.
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GameStick
GameStick was an Android mini-console so small that it can be actually stored inside its own controller.
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garden
A plot of land set aside for displaying and cultivating plants
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gasmask
Popular with military crazies and latex fetishists.
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gauntlet
Uses glove(s)/gauntlet(s)/armlet(s) to augment or otherwise grant themselves special powers.
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gender_bender
A character whose gender is the opposite of what is presumed by other characters/players, has transitioned genders, or whose gender is simply left unclear.
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generic
A character who does not represent an individual, but instead a generic, nameless character such as a species as a whole or faceless minion.
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Genesis
Sega's most succesful console and immortal 16-bit rival to the Super NES. Genesis does what Nintendon't.
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german
Born in, or a citizen of, Germany.
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geta
Wears traditional Japanese "geta" raised sandals.
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giant
Much larger than the majority of a game's cast.
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girl_power
Has been the sole female member of a fighting game cast before.
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girls
Selectable fighters are mostly female.
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glass
There is a large presence of glass objects or surfaces in this arena.
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goatee
Is known for sporting the facial hair known as the "goatee", often in the popular sub-style of the "moutee" (moustache and goatee connected).
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goggles
Wears a pair of goggles (usually more as a forehead accessory than eyewear).
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GP2X
Another Game Park handheld release
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GP2X Caanoo
Game Park's final handheld device before shifting focus to software only.
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GP32
Game Park's first handheld system release.
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Grab
Press the "grab" button.
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graffiti
Surfaces in this area have been vandalized with images or lettering.
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grappler
A focus on grab/throw/wrestling style attacks.
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grassland
Area where vegetation is dominated by grass and other herbaceous plants
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graveyard
The fight takes place in a graveyard (complete with tombstones, eerie music, etc.)
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gravity
Characters who manipulate gravity to fight.
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gray_outfit
Best known for wearing a primarily gray costume.
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greek
Born in, or a citizen of, Greece.
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green_outfit
Best known for wearing a primarily green costume.
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green_thumb
Uses plant life as an offensive or defensive device.
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grim_reaper
Inspired by the Grim Reaper, a stereotypical personification of death (scythe and black robe optional).
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ground_strike
A move that hits the arena's floor and affects standing/crouching opponents (i.e. those that are not in the air). Usually are unblockable.
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ground_to_air_throw
A ground-based move intended to "catch" and throw airborne opponents, whether leaving the ground yourself or not.
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grumpy
Perpetually angry and/or brooding, seems to rarely (if ever) be in a good mood.
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guest_characters
Features non-canon dlc or otherwise exclusive characters from other franchises.
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gunblade
A weapon combining a firearm of some sort with a bladed weapon. This includes bayonets.
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guys
As opposed to games in which there are very few female characters, this game sports male characters exclusively.
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