~ Nomenclature
— C; the specific name Link to go with the word ‘luxurious’.
~
Game memory: Link (aka Rinku) — The main protagonist in The
Legend of Zelda game series. His character is the everlasting hero of the
ages that reappears throughout time to save the princess of Hyrule over and over
again.
def’n: Luxurious — Deluxe, rich, grand, lavish or sumptuous;
of a superior kind.
def’n: Link — A relationship between
two things or situations, especially where one thing affects the other.

~ Nomenclature = Gilded.
~ Game memory: Triforce —
Three sacred triangles from the Golden Land (Sacred Realm) that form the force
of Power (top), the force of Wisdom (left) and the force of Courage (right); Link
being the holder of the later.
def’n: Gild — To be covered
thinly with a layer of gold; gold-plated.

~ For the Nintendopes image, the character can
be seen holding, albeit levitating, the completed golden Triforce. The conception
also pays tribute to the first gold-colored game catridge released in 1988 by
Nintendo of America. The smart packaging design featured a small cutaway that
revealed a small portion of the unique game cartridge that was quite different
than the normal gray cartridge color at the time. That game unit sold more than
2 million copies for the NES, that’s a LOT of rupies/rupees!

~ Nomenclature
— Rhyme; the specific name Mac with the word ‘smack+ed’.
~ Game
memory: Little Mac (aka Ritoru Makku) — The main protagonist within
the Nintendo Punch-Out franchise of video games, first appearing in Mike
Tyson’s Punch-Out!! with his signature attack move “Star Uppercut”.
def’n: Smack — A sharp slap or blow usually given with the palm of
one’s hand; to strike someone.

~ Nomenclature — Rhyme; the
name Scout with the words ‘punch+ed-out’.
~ Game memory: Punch-Out!!
(aka Panchiauto!!) — A boxing sports fighting video game for the NES
released in 1987 as a port of both arcade games Punch-Out!! and Super
Punch-Out!! with minor tweaks.
def’n: Punch-out — A fistfight;
usually a spontaneous fight with bare knuckles.

~ For the Nintendopes image, the character can
be seen with his signature green boxing gloves being undercut and pummeled by
figther Mike Tyson (off- camera), punching bag-style.

~ Nomenclature = Paper Mario.
~ Game memory: Mario —
The main protagonist of the plethora of (Super) Mario Bros. plumbing video
games often seen potrayed in his overalls and puffy mustache, most notably in
Nintendo’s 1985 release and later in the Paper Mario series of games, Mario
Kart, et cetera.
def’n: Party pooper — A person that refuses
to join in the fun of a (Mario) party.
def’n: Poop — informal.
Excrement; feces. Waste matter discharged from the bowels after digestion.

~ Nomenclature = Plumber.
~ Game memory: Warp Pipe —
One of the main modes of transportation within the Mario video game franchise
located within a level or world and Warp Zones. Caution: most pipes house dangerous
enemies.
def’n: Plumber — A person who installs and repairs
the pipes and fittings of water, sanitation & heating systems.

~ Nomenclature
= Samus Aran.
~ Game memory: Samus Aran (aka Samusu Aran)
— The solo portagonist of the Nintendo Metroid science fiction action-adventure
game franchise introduced in 1986. An intergalactic bounty hunter.
def’n:
Ran — Run; to move at a speed faster than a walk, not having both feet on
the ground at the same time.

~ Nomenclature = Metroid.
~
Game memory: Metroid — An extraterrestrial species that acts as
a parasitic organism often exploited by the antagonistic Space Pirates out for
galactic domination.
def’n: Met — Meet; to come into the
presence, company or contact with.

~ Nomenclature — C; the specific name Kirby to go with the word
‘cook+ed’.
~ Game memory: Kirby — The titular protagonist of the
Nintendo Kirby series of video games first appearing in 1992 in Kirby’s
Dream Land for the Game Boy handheld system.
def’n: Cook —
To prepare food by an element of heating; roasted over an open fire.

~ Nomenclature = Marshmallow.
~ Game memory: Kirby (character)
— Has the ability to inhale objects and creatures to gain abilities.
def’n: Marshmallow — A soft, chewy confection made with sugar
and gelatin. A tall pink-flowered European plant that typically grows in brackish
marshes; the roots were formerly used to make marshmallow.

~ Nomenclature = Castlevania.

~ Game memory: Castlevania — A series of gothic fantasy, at times
side-scrolling, action-adventure video game where the first installment was released
in 1986, originally for the Family Computer Disk System.
def’n:
Castle — A large building fortified by thick walls, battlements, towers and
a moat. Stronghold.

~ Nomenclature = Rockman.
~ Game memory: Rockman (aka Mega
Man) — The title character from the classic Mega Man series developed by
Capcom since 1987; the character is known as Rock, from “Rock ‘n Roll”,
or Mega in his original form.
def’n: Rock — A genre of music.
def’n: Man — Human form. An adult human male speciman.

~ Nomenclature
= Duck Hunt.
~ Game memory: Duck Hunt — A light gun shooter
video game developed and published by Nintendo for the NES console released in
1985. The NES Zapper is used to shoot ducks as they appear on the TV screen.
def’n: Duck — A waterbird with a broad blunt bill, short legs and
webbed feet for paddling.
def’n: Hunter — A person or animal
that hunts.
def’n: Hunt — To pursue and kill for sport or food.

~ Nomenclature — Rhyme; the name Steven with the word ‘retrieve+ing’.

~ Game memory: Retriever — The hunting dog shows up during
the bonus stage occasionally jumping out in line of fire creating a distraction;
the bonus level ends prematurely if the dog is shot.
def’n: Retrieve
— To fetch and bring back (something).
def’n: Retriever —
A dog of a breed used for retrieving game.

~ Nomenclature
= Donkey Kong.
~ Game memory: Donkey Kong — A series of
video games featuring the mis-adventures of an ape-like character called Donkey
Kong first appearing in an arcade game in 1981.
def’n: Donkey —
informal. A stupid or foolish person.
def’n: Kong — informal.
Someone or something of outstanding size or strength.

~ Nomenclature = DK.
~ Game
memory: DK Series — Any of various Donkey Kong games found within
the game franchise. The first genre single-creen platform-action puzzle types
feature Donkey Kong as the opponent in an industrial construction setting and
the Nintendo mascot Mario as the main protagonist before his celebrity status.
def’n: Kay — informal. Nonstardard spelling of the word
OK (okay).

~ For the Nintendopes
image, the great ape is holding a drinking barrel with it’s forelimb and the banana
with its hindlimb while grasping onto a ladder rather than a tree branch. Both
apes are sticking their tongues out, licking their hairy chomps and drooling profusely.