"fighting game" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fighting games [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fighting game (plural fighting games)
  1. (video games) A video game of a type based around interpersonal combat, often in a tournament setting, in which characters fight until their HP is depleted or the round timer expires. Wikipedia link: fighting game Categories (topical): Video game genres Hyponyms: beat 'em up Translations (video game genre): 打鬥遊戲 (Chinese Mandarin), 打斗游戏 (Chinese Mandarin), taistelupeli (Finnish), tappelupeli (Finnish), 格闘ゲーム (kakutō gēmu) (Japanese), slåssespill (Norwegian), bijatyka [colloquial, feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-fighting_game-en-noun-vOcpvF8S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

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