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Each game in the Alpha series can be seen to be updating the storyline in the previous games. This combined with Capcom's decision to change some of the storyline after the games have been released has made the Street Fighter II story confusing. Each game in the series introduced more characters from Street Fighter II. Characters were also introduced from other games such as Final Fight and the original Street Fighter.

Street Fighter Alpha, Street Fighter Alpha - Games, Street Fighter Alpha - Development, Street Fighter Alpha - Series progression, Street Fighter Alpha - Gameplay, Street Fighter Alpha - Street Fighter Alpha, Street Fighter Alpha - Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street Fighter Alpha - Street Fighter Alpha 3, Street Fighter Alpha - Characters, Street Fighter Alpha - Featured in Street Fighter Alpha, Street Fighter Alpha - Introduced in Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street Fighter Alpha - Introduced in Street Fighter Alpha 3

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Star Trek: Enterprise - The threat of cancellation. Despite most critics agreeing on the strength of the third season and most episodes of the fourth season receiving near-unanimous praise, the series experienced a continual decline in its ratings. (See List of Star Trek: Enterprise episodes for the Nielsen Ratings.) This, along with the poor box office performance in 2002 of Star Trek: Nemesis, cast an uncertain light upon the future of the Star Trek franchise in general. While some placed blame on ...

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Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Enterprise - Milestones, Star Trek: Enterprise - Plots, Star Trek: Enterprise - Seasons 1 and 2, Star Trek: Enterprise - Season 3, Star Trek: Enterprise - Season 4, Star Trek: Enterprise - Theme song, Star Trek: Enterprise - Controversy, Star Trek: Enterprise - Continuity, Star Trek: Enterprise - Cosmetic aspects, Star Trek: Enterprise - Controversial Episodes, Star Trek: Enterprise - Romance between T'Pol and Trip Tucker, Star Trek: Enterprise - Xindi Arc, Star Trek: Enterprise - T'Pol's Love Scene, Star Trek: Enterprise - Final episode, Star Trek: Enterprise - Ratings troubles, Star Trek: Enterprise - The threat of cancellation, Star Trek: Enterprise - Cancellation and aftermath, Star Trek: Enterprise - DVD release, Star Trek: Enterprise - Cast, Star Trek: Enterprise - Main characters, Star Trek: Enterprise - Recurring characters, Star Trek: Enterprise - Original novels and relaunch, Star Trek: Enterprise - Trivia

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Halo's gameplay is characterized by several features which set it apart from less acclaimed first-person shooter games. It was the first game to combine features such as recharging shields and a limited inventory of weapons, and has been widely imitated since the game's release. Storyline execution: Halo's gameplay and storyline are tightly interwoven, and delivered in a convincing manner which is consistent with the flow of the game. The cutscenes are edited, providing Halo with characters and locales which ...

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Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo: Combat Evolved - Introduction, Halo: Combat Evolved - Platforms, Halo: Combat Evolved - Gameplay, Halo: Combat Evolved - Powerups, Halo: Combat Evolved - Allies/Enemies, Halo: Combat Evolved - Weapons, Halo: Combat Evolved - Vehicles, Halo: Combat Evolved - Eggs and Exploits, Halo: Combat Evolved - Multiplayer, Halo: Combat Evolved - Warthog Jump, Halo: Combat Evolved - Storyline, Halo: Combat Evolved - Synopsis, Halo: Combat Evolved - Characters, Halo: Combat Evolved - Back story, Halo: Combat Evolved - Unreleased Macworld 1999 and E3 2000 versions of Halo, Halo: Combat Evolved - Books, Halo: Combat Evolved - Soundtrack, Halo: Combat Evolved - Future developments, Halo: Combat Evolved - Other Games with Halo themed mods

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The story introduces us to archaeologist, Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford). Jones is a professor of archeology and also acquires artifacts for Marcus Brody (Denholm Elliott), who works for a museum. On his adventure in the film, he is accompanied by Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen) and Sallah (John Rhys-Davies). His adversary is Rene Belloq (Paul Freeman). Set in 1936, the story begins with Jones's journey into the South American jungle with a few local guides to find a hidden temple that houses a golden idol head. Jones avoids various tra ...

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Raiders of the Lost Ark, Raiders of the Lost Ark - Plot summary, Raiders of the Lost Ark - Cast listing, Raiders of the Lost Ark - Crew listing, Raiders of the Lost Ark - Production, Raiders of the Lost Ark - Reaction, Raiders of the Lost Ark - Soundtrack, Raiders of the Lost Ark - Tracklisting, Raiders of the Lost Ark - Awards, Raiders of the Lost Ark - Home video release issues, Raiders of the Lost Ark - Video games, Raiders of the Lost Ark - Trivia

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Gene Roddenberry created stardates as an abstract idea without any thought to actual implementation, choosing to leave the idea up to the imaginations of the viewers. As a result, little thought was given to the numbers used in stardates for episodes, except that the numbers for the dates generally increased. But so little care was exercised with the dates that sometimes episode stardates actually overlapped. Wh ...

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Stardate, Stardate - The Original Series, Stardate - The Next Generation, Stardate - Stardate systems, Stardate - Star Fleet universe

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Street Fighter series - Street Fighter 1987. Street Fighter made little impact when it was first released in 1987. However, it had a novel control system which involved a joystick and two large hydraulic buttons, where the force of the button press determined the strength of the punch or kick, with three varying strengths of both punches and kicks. Many of these machines, because of players' tendencies to hit the buttons too hard and damage the controls, were retooled to using more traditional buttons, thu ...

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Street Fighter series, Street Fighter series - Series synopsis, Street Fighter series - Street Fighter 1987, Street Fighter series - Street Fighter II 1991, Street Fighter series - Street Fighter II': Champion Edition 1992, Street Fighter series - First Home Conversions, Street Fighter series - Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting 1992, Street Fighter series - Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers 1993, Street Fighter series - Beating the Bootleggers, Street Fighter series - Super Street Fighter II Turbo 1994, Street Fighter series - Street Fighter Alpha/Zero 1995, Street Fighter series - Street Fighter Alpha 2 1996, Street Fighter series - Street Fighter III - The New Generation 1997, Street Fighter series - Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact - Giant Attack 1998, Street Fighter series - Street Fighter Alpha 3 1998, Street Fighter series - Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - Fight For the Future 1999, Street Fighter series - Street Fighter EX series, Street Fighter series - Future Street Fighter Games, Street Fighter series - Adaptations for other media, Street Fighter series - Animation and Motion pictures, Street Fighter series - Literature, Street Fighter series - Software piracy

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The game is set in the southwest United States of America in an alternate version of the year 1976, during the American oil crisis. The game is based on the engine used for Activision's Mechwarrior 2, and requires a fair amount of strategy through the course of the game, as the player must balance the vehicle's armor and weapon loadouts appropriately in order to successfully complete the various missions. There are four play modes available in the game: the "TRIP" (an acronym for "Total Recreational Interactive Production"), wh ...

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Interstate '76, Interstate '76 - Synopsis, Interstate '76 - Plot, Interstate '76 - Characters, Interstate '76 - Vehicles, Interstate '76 - Sequels and spinoffs

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In three of Leone's most popular films, A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Eastwood plays a character with the same mannerisms, wearing the same poncho and hat. Some fans believe that The Good, the Bad and the Ugly plays as a prequel of sorts to the earlier two — as Eastwood's character gradually acquires the clothing that he wears throughout the other films in the series. However, Christopher Frayling has pointed out in his massive Leone biography, Sergio Leone: ...

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Man with No Name, Man with No Name - The Character, Man with No Name - Characteristics, Man with No Name - Similar films, Man with No Name - Filmography of “The Man with No Name”

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Fans of Devil May Cry have often expressed their dissatisfaction with Mundus' appearance in Devil May Cry by spoofing his appearance and citing him as "The Giant Statue". They consider him to be unsatisfactory as a demon in general. There exists also dissatisfaction towards the name Beelzebub being assigned to a lowly, unintelligent fly-like demon. Subsequent citing to the other major bosses in the series also exists, as Argosax from Devil May Cry 2 is cited as "The Inverted Fetus", or "The Fetus", and Arkham's demonic form in Devi ...

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Mundus Devil May Cry, Mundus Devil May Cry - Mundus as a fantopic

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Sailor Moon - English-dubbed anime. Main Article: Sailor Moon (English version) After a bidding war between Saban and DiC Entertainment, DiC acquired the rights to the first 72 episodes of Sailor Moon, which consisted of the entire first season and two-thirds of Sailor Moon R. These 72 episodes were cut down to 65 episodes, through omission of 6 episodes and the merge of the final two episodes of the first season of Sailor Moon into a single episode. All episodes got shortened to make ...

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Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon - Story, Sailor Moon - Manga, Sailor Moon - Anime adaptations, Sailor Moon - Musical stage show adaptations, Sailor Moon - Televised live action drama Adaption, Sailor Moon - Video Games, Sailor Moon - English adaptations, Sailor Moon - English-dubbed anime, Sailor Moon - English-language manga, Sailor Moon - English-language reference, Sailor Moon - Characters, Sailor Moon - Major protagonists, Sailor Moon - Notes on antagonists, Sailor Moon - Trivia

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Because of its graphic violence, the original version of the movie was banned in several countries, including Finland, Iceland, Ireland and Germany. The "tree rape" scene was also objectionable to some and seen as being misogynist. In Germany, the movie's release was hindered by public authorities for almost 10 years. Original 1982 cinema and video releases of the movie had been seized, making the movie a hit on the black market video circuit, with pirated copies abounding. A heavily edited version was first made available in 1992. Se ...

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The Evil Dead, The Evil Dead - Plot, The Evil Dead - Trivia, The Evil Dead - Censorship, The Evil Dead - Sequels, The Evil Dead - Video games, The Evil Dead - References to movies

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The Dune universe, set in the distant future of humanity, has a history that stretches tens of thousands of years and covers considerable changes in political, social, and religious structure and in technology. However, extant creative works set in the Dune universe are set in five different time periods: The Butlerian Jihad The Corrino-led Imperium The ascension of the Atreides The fall of the God Emperor The return from the Scattering and the coming of the Honored Matres See also:

Dune universe, Dune universe - Brief synopsis of Dune history, Dune universe - The Butlerian Jihad, Dune universe - The Corrino-led Imperium, Dune universe - The ascension of the Atreides, Dune universe - The Golden Path of the God Emperor, Dune universe - The return from the Scattering, Dune universe - The dating system of Dune, Dune universe - Artistic works in the Dune universe, Dune universe - The original series, Dune universe - First Prequel, Dune universe - Second Prequel, Dune universe - Other artistic works based in the Dune universe, Dune universe - ISBN numbers

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Backed by a flurry of unconfirmed reports from a variety of different sources and mediums, the search for the actor to replace Pierce Brosnan as James Bond has been arguably one of the largest and most publicized searches ever in the history of film. Beginning in the autumn of 2004 rumours began surfacing that Pierce Brosnan would not be re-signing with EON Productions to play agent 007 in Casino Royale. Brosnan confirmed this on October 14, 2004, stating "It's absolutely over," and that he considered himself "fired" from the role. A ...

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Casino Royale 2006 film, Casino Royale 2006 film - The search for the new James Bond, Casino Royale 2006 film - Mass confusion in the media, Casino Royale 2006 film - Confirmed reports, Casino Royale 2006 film - Overview of the film, Casino Royale 2006 film - Cast, Casino Royale 2006 film - Crew, Casino Royale 2006 film - Plot, Casino Royale 2006 film - Unconfirmed reports, Casino Royale 2006 film - Other cast, Casino Royale 2006 film - Crew, Casino Royale 2006 film - Vehicles and gadgets, Casino Royale 2006 film - Locations, Casino Royale 2006 film - Novelisation, Casino Royale 2006 film - Video game adaptation, Casino Royale 2006 film - Trivia

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It was at Taanab that Lando Calrissian demonstrated not only his ability lead but also his knack for devising winning tactics. Lando managed to destroy the attacking space pirates, a feat which later led him to be placed in command of the Rebel starfighter groups during the Battle of Endor. [1] Taan ...

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List of Star Wars planets T-V, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Taanab, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Talay, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Taloraan, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Talravin, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Talus, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Taris, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Taspir III, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Tatooine, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Telos, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Telti, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Thakwaa, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Thisspias, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Thule, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Thyferra, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Tibrin, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Tirahnn, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Togoria, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Toola, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Toprawa, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Toydaria, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Tralus, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Trandosha, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Trono, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Umbara, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Urkupp, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Ut, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Utapau, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Vaathkree, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Vandelhelm, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Varl, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Varonat, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Velmor, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Velusia, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Vendaxa, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Vizcarra, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Vjun, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Vortex, List of Star Wars planets T-V - Vontor

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When the daughter of a powerful Chinese businessman disappears, a team of specialists infiltrate the city and attempt to rescue her. But what begins as a mercenary snatch and grab to retrieve a young runaway instead becomes a mission more perilous and important than any other a battle for the survival of the planet against the King of Hell. ...

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Fear Effect, Fear Effect - Plot, Fear Effect - Characters, Fear Effect - Movie adaptation

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Sailor Moon - English-dubbed anime. Main Article: Sailor Moon (English version) After a bidding war between Saban and DiC Entertainment, DiC acquired the rights to the first 72 episodes of Sailor Moon, which consisted of the entire first season and two-thirds of Sailor Moon R. These 72 episodes were cut down to 65 episodes, through omission of 6 episodes and the merge of the final two episodes of the first season of Sailor Moon into a single episode. All episodes got shortened to make ...

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Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon - Story, Sailor Moon - Manga, Sailor Moon - Anime adaptations, Sailor Moon - Musical stage show adaptations, Sailor Moon - Televised live action drama adaptation, Sailor Moon - Video Games, Sailor Moon - English adaptations, Sailor Moon - English-dubbed anime, Sailor Moon - English-language manga, Sailor Moon - English-language reference, Sailor Moon - Characters, Sailor Moon - Major protagonists, Sailor Moon - Notes on antagonists, Sailor Moon - Trivia

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Star Trek originated as a television series in 1966, although according to The Making of Star Trek by Stephen E. Whitfield and Gene Roddenberry, it had been in the planning stages for at least six years prior to this. There have been five live-action Star Trek series and an animated series, altogether comprising (as of May 2005) a total of 726 individual aired episodes (not including the original unaired pilot) and thirty seasons’ worth of television. Star Trek - Star Trek 1966–1969. Main art ...

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Star Trek, Star Trek - Television series, Star Trek - Star Trek 1966–1969, Star Trek - Star Trek: The Animated Series 1973–1974, Star Trek - Star Trek: Phase II 1978; unproduced, Star Trek - Star Trek: The Next Generation 1987–1994, Star Trek - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 1993–1999, Star Trek - Star Trek: Voyager 1995–2001, Star Trek - Star Trek: Enterprise 2001–2005, Star Trek - Motion pictures, Star Trek - Canonicity and other storylines, Star Trek - Cultural impact, Star Trek - Uncertain future for the franchise, Star Trek - Future sequels to the original series, Star Trek - Future sequels to The Next Generation, Star Trek - Continuation of Enterprise, Star Trek - New feature film?, Star Trek - Video games, Star Trek - Novels

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The battle system from the previous game (Conditional Turn-Based) was dropped in favor of a fast-paced variation on the traditional Active Time Battle system. Instead of waiting for enemies to attack, it is now possible to interrupt an enemy while they are preparing their attack, or chain your characters' attacks together for special bonuses. Of course, the same thing can be done to the player's party. Because the party never grows beyond three characters, the ability to switch out characters in battle was invalidated; instead, Garmen ...

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Final Fantasy X-2, Final Fantasy X-2 - Gameplay, Final Fantasy X-2 - Job classes, Final Fantasy X-2 - Storyline, Final Fantasy X-2 - Criticism, Final Fantasy X-2 - Soundtrack, Final Fantasy X-2 - Trivia, Final Fantasy X-2 - Voice cast, Final Fantasy X-2 - English language version, Final Fantasy X-2 - Japanese language version, Final Fantasy X-2 - Packaging artwork, Final Fantasy X-2 - Notes

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Star Trek originated as a television series in 1966, although according to The Making of Star Trek by Stephen E. Whitfield and Gene Roddenberry, it had been in the planning stages for at least six years prior to this. There have been five live-action Star Trek series and an animated series, altogether comprising (as of May 2005) a total of 726 individual aired episodes (not including the original unaired pilot) and thirty seasons’ worth of television. Star Trek - Star Trek 1966–1969. Main art ...

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Star Trek, Star Trek - Television series, Star Trek - Star Trek 1966–1969, Star Trek - Star Trek Animated 1973–1974, Star Trek - Star Trek: Phase II 1978; unproduced, Star Trek - Star Trek: The Next Generation 1987–1994, Star Trek - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 1993–1999, Star Trek - Star Trek: Voyager 1995–2001, Star Trek - Star Trek: Enterprise 2001–2005, Star Trek - Motion pictures, Star Trek - Canonicity and other storylines, Star Trek - Uncertain future for the franchise, Star Trek - Future sequels to the original series, Star Trek - Future sequels to The Next Generation, Star Trek - Continuation of Enterprise, Star Trek - New feature film?, Star Trek - Video games, Star Trek - Novels

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The Tripods - The White Mountains 1967. The story begins in a small village in England. Will, the narrator, is a few months short of the time when he will be "capped". His cousin, Henry, is of a similar age. Feeling uncomfortable with the idea of losing their creativity, the two follow the advice of a mysterious vagrant who goes by the name of "Ozymandias", and undertake a long journey to some mysterious "White Mountains" (actually, the Mont Blanc, literally translated from the French). After crossing the ...

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The Tripods, The Tripods - Books, The Tripods - The White Mountains 1967, The Tripods - The City of Gold and Lead 1967, The Tripods - The Pool of Fire 1968, The Tripods - When the Tripods Came 1988, The Tripods - Comic books, The Tripods - TV series

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Neologisms tend to occur more often in cultures which are rapidly changing, and also in situations where there is easy and fast propagation of information. They are often created by combining existing words (see compound noun and adjective) or by giving words new and unique suffixes or prefixes. Those which are portmanteaux are shortened. Neologisms can also be created through abbreviation or acronym, by intentionally rhyming with existing ...

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Neologism, Neologism - Changing culture, Neologism - Cultural acceptance, Neologism - Versions of neologisms, Neologism - Types of neologism, Neologism - Neologisms in literature, Neologism - Quotation, Neologism - Miscellaneous

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The plot to The Chronicles of Riddick follows up on some of the plot lines from Pitch Black. Five years after the events of Pitch Black, a 4-person group of bounty hunters, led by Toombs (Nick Chinlund), are on the trail of Richard B. Riddick on the frozen planet of U.V.6. After boarding the ship, Riddick tells Toombs he made three mistakes: He took the job. He came light: a 4-man crew is in ...

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The Chronicles of Riddick, The Chronicles of Riddick - Cast, The Chronicles of Riddick - Plot, The Chronicles of Riddick - Thematic elements, The Chronicles of Riddick - Critics and the box office

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