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Fighting Game

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Definition: "Fighting game" is a genre of video game that emphasizes one-on-one combat between players, or between a character controlled by a player and one controlled by the game's AI.

Fighting games usually feature unarmed combat, such as martial arts or boxing, but may also make use of weapons -- either handheld weapons like swords or projectile weapons such as guns.

Pronunciation: FITE-ing
Common Misspellings: fightign, fihgting
Examples:
Super Smash Brothers and Mortal Kombat are examples of fighting games.

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