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Although often collected directly through touch, power-ups can sometimes only be gained by collecting several related items, such as the floating letters of the word 'EXTEND' in <i><a href="/wiki/Bubble_Bobble" title="Bubble Bobble">Bubble Bobble</a></i>. Well known examples of power-ups that have entered <a href="/wiki/Popular_culture" title="Popular culture">popular culture</a> include the power pellets from <i><a href="/wiki/Pac-Man" title="Pac-Man">Pac-Man</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-PowerPellet_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PowerPellet-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (regarded as the first power-up)<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Super Mushroom from <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros." title="Super Mario Bros.">Super Mario Bros.</a></i>, which ranked first in <a href="/wiki/UGO_Networks" title="UGO Networks">UGO Networks</a>' <i>Top 11 Video Game Powerups</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-SuperMushroom_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SuperMushroom-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Items that confer power-ups are usually pre-placed in the game world, spawned randomly, dropped by beaten enemies or picked up from opened or smashed containers. They can be differentiated from items in other games, such as <a href="/wiki/Role-playing_video_game" title="Role-playing video game">role-playing video games</a>, by the fact that they take effect immediately, feature designs that do not necessarily fit into the game world (often used letters or symbols emblazoned on a design), and are found in specific genres of games. Power-ups are mostly found in action-oriented games such as <a href="/wiki/List_of_maze_video_games" title="List of maze video games">maze games</a>, <a href="/wiki/Run_and_gun_(video_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Run and gun (video game)">run and guns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shoot_%27em_up" title="Shoot 'em up">shoot 'em ups</a>, <a href="/wiki/First-person_shooter" title="First-person shooter">first-person shooters</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Platform_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Platform game">platform games</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_influence">History and influence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Power-up&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History and influence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Power-up&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2012</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins_of_the_term">Origins of the term</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Power-up&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origins of the term"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term "power-up" is an example of <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Wasei-eigo" title="Wasei-eigo">wasei-eigo</a></i></span> (Japanese pseudo-Anglicisms); the sense was coined in Japanese as a compound of "power"<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC" class="extiw" title="wikt:パワー">パワー</a></span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">pawā</i></span>, noun)</span> and "up"<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%83%E3%83%97" class="extiw" title="wikt:アップ">アップする</a></span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">appusuru</i></span>, verb)</span>, literally "to up someone's or something's power or abilities". The general meaning of <i>X-up</i> in Japanese is "this will increase your X", and this construction is regularly used in areas such as advertising.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="Google Books does not let anyone preview the second source, although it is believed to contain relevant keywords. (December 2021)">verification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_instances">First instances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Power-up&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First instances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Supermushroom.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/61/Supermushroom.png/220px-Supermushroom.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/61/Supermushroom.png 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="298" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Super_Mario#Mushrooms" title="Super Mario">Super Mushroom</a> is an idealized representation of the <a href="/wiki/Amanita_muscaria" title="Amanita muscaria">Amanita muscaria</a> fungus.<sup id="cite_ref-Li_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Li-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Pac-Man" title="Pac-Man">Pac-Man</a></i> from 1980 is credited as the first video game to feature a power-up mechanic.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Every maze in the game contains four Power Pellets which temporarily give Pac-Man the ability to eat ghosts, turning the tables on his pursuers. The effect of the power-up was illustrated by one of the first <a href="/wiki/Cutscene" title="Cutscene">cut scenes</a> to appear in a video game, in the form of brief comical interludes about Pac-Man and Blinky chasing each other around.<sup id="cite_ref-cutscene_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cutscene-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gamesradarimportant_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gamesradarimportant-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The power pellet entered popular culture with a joke on <a href="/wiki/Video_game_controversies" title="Video game controversies">video game controversies</a> regarding the influence of video games on children.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pacman-cutscene.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/57/Pacman-cutscene.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="164" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="164" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Cutscene" title="Cutscene">cutscene</a> in the original <i><a href="/wiki/Pac-Man" title="Pac-Man">Pac-Man</a></i> game comically exaggerates the effects of the power pellet.<sup id="cite_ref-cutscene_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cutscene-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1984, <i><a href="/wiki/Sabre_Wulf" title="Sabre Wulf">Sabre Wulf</a></i> introduced power-ups in the form of flowers which, when blossoming, provided effects such as speed up and invincibility.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1985, <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros." title="Super Mario Bros.">Super Mario Bros.</a></i> introduced the <a href="/wiki/Super_Mario#Mushrooms" title="Super Mario">Super Mushroom</a>, which has entered popular culture,<sup id="cite_ref-Li_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Li-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> being described as "the <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quintessential" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:quintessential">quintessential</a> power-up".<sup id="cite_ref-SuperMushroom_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SuperMushroom-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The original game idea was to have an always big Mario as a technical advance, but later the power-up was introduced to make him "super" as a bonus effect.<sup id="cite_ref-shrine3_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shrine3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The development team thought it would be interesting to have Mario grow and shrink by eating a magic mushroom, just like in <i><a href="/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland" title="Alice's Adventures in Wonderland">Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-worldrecord_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worldrecord-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other power-ups introduced in this game were the Super Stars and <a href="/wiki/Super_Mario#Fire_Flower" title="Super Mario">Fire Flowers</a>, which gave Mario invincibility and the ability to shoot fireballs at enemies, respectively. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Konami" title="Konami">Konami</a>'s 1985 game <i><a href="/wiki/Gradius" title="Gradius">Gradius</a></i> had the first use of a selection bar where the player could select which power-up effect to trigger, instead of having a fixed instant effect.<sup id="cite_ref-gradius_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gradius-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1986 and the years after, the concept of permanent power-ups appeared in the <a href="/wiki/Action_role-playing_game" title="Action role-playing game">action role-playing</a> genre in the form of <i>perks</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-CRPGs_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRPGs-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Types_of_power-ups">Types of power-ups</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Power-up&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Types of power-ups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Power-ups can be classified according to the type of benefit they give the player. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Offensive_abilities">Offensive abilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Power-up&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Offensive abilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Power-ups can give players a new weapon, or transform the player character into a more aggressive form that increases its attack power or makes some enemies vulnerable. This also includes "nukes", which are weapons that destroy every enemy on the screen at once; these are prevalent in many different genres including <a href="/wiki/Vehicular_combat_game" title="Vehicular combat game">vehicular combat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Run_and_gun_(video_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Run and gun (video game)">run and guns</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Platform_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Platform games">platform games</a>. The effect of the power-up can be time-limited, have a limited number of uses, last until the player is hit, last until the player is killed, or last until <a href="/wiki/Game_over" title="Game over">game over</a>. </p><p><b>Examples:</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mega_Man_(series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mega Man (series)">Mega Man</a></i> series: Weapons are earned from the Robot Masters/Mavericks upon defeating them. The weapons are kept until the game is turned off (unless a <a href="/wiki/Password" title="Password">password</a> is used which can bring the player back to a point after the weapon was acquired) or when the game is completed.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Donkey_Kong_(arcade_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Donkey Kong (arcade game)">Donkey Kong</a></i>: The hammer that Mario (Jumpman) can use to destroy barrels and fireballs.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pac-Man" title="Pac-Man">Pac-Man</a></i>: Power pellets can be picked up by Pac-Man, allowing him to attack ghosts. This also makes Pac-Man temporarily invulnerable.<sup id="cite_ref-PowerPellet_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PowerPellet-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros." title="Super Mario Bros.">Super Mario Bros.</a></i>: The player can smash overhead bricks by jumping into them after picking up a Super Mushroom, and can throw fireballs at enemies after picking up a <a href="/wiki/Fire_Flower" class="mw-redirect" title="Fire Flower">Fire Flower</a>. In addition to those two, there are ice flowers, mini mushrooms, mega mushrooms, hammer power, etc. Mario loses the Super Mario effect after being hit; if he has also collected a Fire Flower, then this is lost along with it.<sup id="cite_ref-SuperMushroom_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SuperMushroom-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jak_and_Daxter" title="Jak and Daxter">Jak and Daxter</a></i>: In the first game, collecting Red Eco increases Jak's attack power, while Yellow Eco gives the ability to shoot fireballs from his hands. In the next two games, Dark Eco can be used to transform into Dark Jak, giving a more powerful melee attack, and access to additional unlockable abilities.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doom_(1993_video_game)" title="Doom (1993 video game)"><i>Doom</i>:</a> In secret areas, the player can find Berserk packs that greatly increases the damage from <a href="/wiki/Doomguy" title="Doomguy">Doomguy</a>'s fist, allowing him to kill most of the weaker enemies in one or two hits without spending any ammunition</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Defensive_abilities">Defensive abilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Power-up&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Defensive abilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Defensive power-ups typically consist of items like <i>shields</i> (usually a "<a href="/wiki/Force_shield" class="mw-redirect" title="Force shield">force field</a>") surrounding the character that deflects projectiles or absorbs a certain amount of damage, or invincibility/invulnerability. In the case of invincibility, this is nearly always granted as a temporary bonus; otherwise it would negate the challenge of the game. </p><p>Invincibility (or "invulnerability") comes in two main forms: either the player character merely becomes intangible to harmful things, or can also damage enemies by contact. In either case the character is often still vulnerable to some threats, such as bottomless pits. In many games, invulnerability is also temporarily granted after the player gets hit or loses a life, so that the character will not be hurt/killed twice in quick succession. The effect is commonly indicated by making the player character flash or blink or by musical cues. </p><p><b>Examples:</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mario_(franchise)" title="Mario (franchise)">Mario</a></i>: The <a href="/wiki/Starman_(Nintendo_item)" class="mw-redirect" title="Starman (Nintendo item)">Starman</a>, which grants temporary invulnerability and the ability to defeat enemies by touch.<sup id="cite_ref-NewSuperMarioStarman_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NewSuperMarioStarman-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog" title="Sonic the Hedgehog">Sonic the Hedgehog</a></i>: There are several kinds of defensive power-ups in the <i>Sonic</i> franchise. The <a href="/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(1991_video_game)" title="Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)">first game</a> introduced the Shield, which would protect Sonic from being hit one time. This would prevent the player from losing Rings and lives, enclosing Sonic in a spherical barrier. There are several variations of this item as well, including the Thunder/Magnetic, Aqua/Water, and Fire/Flame Shields. These games also feature the Invincibility box which grants temporary invulnerability, and the ability to defeat enemies by simply touching them.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blur_(video_game)" title="Blur (video game)">Blur</a></i>: This game also features defensive power-ups like shield and repair to prevent the player's car from getting wrecked. Some power-ups can be fired backwards to destroy opponents behind the player.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Clash_of_Clans" title="Clash of Clans">Clash of Clans</a></i>: The Grand Warden's Eternal Tome ability makes all surrounding friendly units with a certain range to be invulnerable to damage from defense towers for—depending on the level—3.5, 4, 4.5 or 5 seconds at ability levels 1, 2, 3 or 4, respectively.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Splatoon" title="Splatoon"><i>Splatoon</i> series</a>: The Armor power-up coats the player in one layer of armor and prevents enemy attacks from "splatting" the player. If the player takes enough damage that would otherwise splat them, a layer of armor breaks while the player is restored to full health and given a short period of invulnerability. Unlike most defensive power-ups, the player can have multiple layers of armor at once.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Evasive_abilities">Evasive abilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Power-up&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Evasive abilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some power-ups consist of items which help the player avoid or escape enemies or enemy weapons. This category includes "speed boosts" and other power-ups which affect time, which can be temporary, permanent, or cumulative, and "invisibility" power-ups which help the player avoid enemies. </p><p><b>Examples:</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Rainbow_Islands:_The_Story_of_Bubble_Bobble_2" title="Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2">Rainbow Islands</a></i>: The shoe power-up, which makes the player character move more quickly.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/R-Type" title="R-Type">R-Type</a></i>: The 'S' icon, which increases the player's speed every time one is collected.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Unreal_Tournament" title="Unreal Tournament">Unreal Tournament</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Quake_(series)" title="Quake (series)">Quake I & II</a></i>: The Invisibility power-up, which turns the player into an indistinct <a href="/wiki/Wire-frame_model" title="Wire-frame model">wireframe</a> or shadow. Similarly, radiation suits serve to deflect certain types of weapons as well.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Crisis_Core:_Final_Fantasy_VII" title="Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII">Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII</a></i>: The Dash <a href="/wiki/Materia_(Final_Fantasy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Materia (Final Fantasy)">materia</a>, which allows Zack to move at double speed to help avoid enemy attacks.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jak_and_Daxter" title="Jak and Daxter">Jak and Daxter</a></i>: The Blue Eco, which enables Jak to run faster and jump higher. It is also used to activate the ancient Precursor machinery found throughout the world, opening doors and activating floating platforms. Due to this, Blue Eco can also be considered an Access ability.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog" title="Sonic the Hedgehog">Sonic the Hedgehog</a></i>: The Power Sneakers/Speed Shoes item in this series temporarily increases the speed, accelerations and jump height of the player character.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Super_Metroid" title="Super Metroid">Super Metroid</a></i>: The Speed Booster is a permanent power-up that gives <a href="/wiki/Samus_Aran" title="Samus Aran">Samus Aran</a> the ability to run incredibly fast, destroying any enemy in her path. She can also perform a technique with the Speed Booster called the "Shinespark", which allows her to do an invincible charge in 6 possible directions, at the cost of draining health.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Access_abilities">Access abilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Power-up&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Access abilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some power-ups help the player enter new or previously inaccessible areas, or "<a href="/wiki/Warp_(gaming)" class="mw-redirect" title="Warp (gaming)">warp</a>" to another level. Access abilities, depending on the game, can be required to progress normally or be entirely optional. </p><p><b>Examples:</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros._3" title="Super Mario Bros. 3">Super Mario Bros. 3</a></i>: The warp whistle, which allows player to first go to a warp zone, then advance to another world of a higher value, and the hammer, which allows players to take shortcuts on the overworld game map. Mario also acquires a Raccoon Leaf which allows him to fly, sometimes to hidden areas.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mega_Man" title="Mega Man"><i>Mega Man</i> series</a>: The Rush power-ups, which allow the player to attain power-ups not possible by any other means. The most common are Rush Jet, Rush Coil, Rush Marine, and Rush Search. Also notable are some of the capsule upgrades in the <a href="/wiki/Mega_Man_X" title="Mega Man X"><i>X</i></a> spin-off series.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metroid" title="Metroid"><i>Metroid</i> series</a>: Various weapons (such as the Ice Beam and the Power Bomb) are permanent power-ups that not only give Samus Aran additional offensive capability but also allow her access to various doors.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health_and_life_reserves">Health and life reserves</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Power-up&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Health and life reserves"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Health-restorative power-ups typically consist of items which restore lost <a href="/wiki/Life_bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Life bar">health</a> (most typically in medical kits, food, or as energy), or items which increase health capacity and <a href="/wiki/Life_(video_games)#Extra_lives" title="Life (video games)">1-ups</a> (which give an extra chance to continue playing after losing, commonly called a 'life'). </p><p><b>Examples:</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mario_(series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mario (series)">Mario</a></i>: The <i>Super Mushrooms</i> and <a href="/wiki/Mushroom_(Mario)#1-up_Mushroom" class="mw-redirect" title="Mushroom (Mario)">1-up Mushrooms</a> give Mario the ability to take an extra hit and extra lives (respectively).<sup id="cite_ref-SuperMushroom_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SuperMushroom-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wonder_Boy" title="Wonder Boy">Wonder Boy</a></i>: Fruits recharge the continuously dwindling player energy.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doom_(1993_video_game)" title="Doom (1993 video game)">Doom</a></i>: First aid kits restore part of the player's health.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda" title="The Legend of Zelda">The Legend of Zelda</a></i>: The <a href="/wiki/Health_(game_mechanic)#Icon-based_health" class="mw-redirect" title="Health (game mechanic)">heart containers</a> permanently increase the player's total health capacity, while heart power ups each refill one heart container worth of lost health.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jak_and_Daxter" title="Jak and Daxter">Jak and Daxter</a></i>: Green Eco, the most common type of Eco in the game, restores Jak's health.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Clash_of_Clans" title="Clash of Clans">Clash of Clans</a></i>: The Healing Spell causes all friendly troops (ground or air) to regain some health depending on the level each pulse (for forty pulses) in 12 seconds.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog" title="Sonic the Hedgehog">Sonic the Hedgehog</a></i>: The Extra Life box, represented in earlier games with an icon of the character the player is controlling, and in later titles by an icon reading "1-up", grants an extra life whenever it is collected.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ammunition_and_power_reserves">Ammunition and power reserves</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Power-up&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ammunition and power reserves"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In some games, using certain items or abilities requires the expenditure of a resource such as ammunition, fuel or magic points. Some games use a single resource, such as magic points, while others use multiple resources, such as several types of ammunition. Some games also have power ups which increase the player's maximum ammunition or power capacity. </p><p><b>Examples:</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Half-Life_(video_game)" title="Half-Life (video game)">Half-Life</a></i>: Ammunition for guns.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Ocarina_of_Time" title="The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time">The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time</a></i>: Obtaining "Magic Jars" restores <a href="/wiki/Magic_point" class="mw-redirect" title="Magic point">magic points</a>, which are expended by many items and other special abilities.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Descent_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Descent 2">Descent 2</a></i>: Energy power-ups restore energy, which is required to fire most primary weapons, and to use some other equipment such as the headlight and afterburner.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mega_Man_(video_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mega Man (video game)">Mega Man</a></i>: While the default weapon has an unlimited number of shots, the other six weapons can only be fired by expending 'weapon energy', of which each weapon has its own separate reserve. Obtaining a 'weapon capsule' recharges a portion of the currently selected weapon's energy.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monster_Legends" class="mw-redirect" title="Monster Legends">Monster Legends</a></i>: Monsters have a certain number of energy points depending on their rarity. Making a move costs some energy, which must be replenished at the cost of a turn (or by using special moves that give some energy points back to the user, or the whole team).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Token_abilities">Token abilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Power-up&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Token abilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Other power-ups consist of items whose main feature is that they are found in large numbers, to encourage the player to reach certain spots in the game world. They have various cumulative effects, often granting the hero an extra life. </p><p><b>Examples:</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros." title="Super Mario Bros.">Super Mario Bros.</a></i>: Collecting 100 coins grants the player an extra life.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros._2" title="Super Mario Bros. 2">Super Mario Bros. 2</a></i>: Collecting 5 cherries causes a Starman powerup to float up from the bottom of the screen.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog" title="Sonic the Hedgehog">Sonic the Hedgehog</a></i>: Collecting at least one ring lets the player take a hit at the cost of losing all rings. Collecting 100 rings grants the player an extra life. <ul><li>Additionally, in many games in the series, acquiring all seven Chaos Emeralds and collecting at least 50 rings allows the player to activate Super Sonic mode, which grants flight, increased speed and invulnerability to most forms of damage, but gradually consuming rings over time, and expires when the player runs out of rings.</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Crash_Bandicoot" title="Crash Bandicoot">Crash Bandicoot</a></i>: Collecting 100 Wumpa fruits grants the player an extra life.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Donkey_Kong_Country" title="Donkey Kong Country">Donkey Kong Country</a></i>: Collecting 100 bananas grants the player an extra life.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trick_power-ups_(or_power-downs)"><span id="Trick_power-ups_.28or_power-downs.29"></span>Trick power-ups (or power-downs)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Power-up&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Trick power-ups (or power-downs)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Trick power-ups try to trick the player into grabbing them, only to result usually into damage, removed abilities, or player death. </p><p><b>Examples:</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros.:_The_Lost_Levels" title="Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels">Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels</a></i>: Poison mushroom.<sup id="cite_ref-1upLostLevels_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1upLostLevels-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IGNLostLevels_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGNLostLevels-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bonk%27s_Revenge" title="Bonk's Revenge">Bonk's Revenge</a></i>: Fake power-up containers that actually release an enemy.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sonic_3" class="mw-redirect" title="Sonic 3">Sonic 3</a></i>/<i><a href="/wiki/Sonic_%26_Knuckles" title="Sonic & Knuckles">Sonic & Knuckles</a></i>/<i><a href="/wiki/Sonic_3_%26_Knuckles" class="mw-redirect" title="Sonic 3 & Knuckles">Sonic 3 & Knuckles</a></i>: Item Monitors that bear Eggman/Robotnik on them will cause Sonic to be hurt if he opens them.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Metroid_Fusion" title="Metroid Fusion">Metroid Fusion</a></i>: Some Energy or Missile Tanks are actually enemies in disguise, and usually lead to a room with the real power-up.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rise_of_the_Triad" title="Rise of the Triad">Rise of the Triad</a></i>: Items like the Shrooms and Elasto reduces the player control.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attaining_power-ups">Attaining power-ups</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Power-up&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Attaining power-ups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are many different methods of obtaining power-ups: </p> <ul><li>In many games, particularly <a href="/wiki/Platform_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Platform games">platform games</a>, there is one prevalent object scattered throughout each level that serves as a container for power-ups. In series such as the <i><a href="/wiki/Castlevania" title="Castlevania">Castlevania</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Ninja_Gaiden" title="Ninja Gaiden">Ninja Gaiden</a></i> games this object is a candle or lantern, while in the <i><a href="/wiki/Mario_(franchise)" title="Mario (franchise)">Mario</a></i> franchise, the oft-used container is the "question block". In the <i><a href="/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog" title="Sonic the Hedgehog">Sonic the Hedgehog</a></i> series, the power-ups in the 2D titles are usually found in cubic static TVs (named "monitors"), while in 3D games they are enclosed in capsule-like boxes.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Beat_%27em_up" title="Beat 'em up">beat 'em up</a> games, level-themed objects such as crates, barrels, or mailboxes serve as containers.</li> <li>In many games, such as the <i><a href="/wiki/Mega_Man" title="Mega Man">Mega Man</a></i> series, power-ups can be obtained through the elimination of enemies.</li> <li>In some games, power-ups may be left within plain view, such as in <i><a href="/wiki/R.C._Pro-Am" title="R.C. Pro-Am">R.C. Pro-Am</a></i>. It is also typical for games to require the player to travel a certain way or perform a specific action in order to attain said power-up, such as bombing through specific blocks in <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Metroid" title="Super Metroid">Super Metroid</a></i>.</li> <li>Power-ups can also be obtained by interacting with certain objects at specific points in the level, e.g. the tractor-trailer truck in <i><a href="/wiki/Spy_Hunter" title="Spy Hunter">Spy Hunter</a></i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Treasure_chests">Treasure chests</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Power-up&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Treasure chests"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In many video games, especially <a href="/wiki/Role-playing_video_game" title="Role-playing video game">role-playing video games</a>, <b>treasure chests</b> contain various items, <a href="/wiki/Fictional_currency" title="Fictional currency">currency</a>, and sometimes monsters. For certain role playing games, some chests are actually <a href="/wiki/Mimic_(fictional_creature)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mimic (fictional creature)">mimics</a>, in which a monster looks like a chest, but will attack the player when they attempt to open it. This is notably seen in the <i><a href="/wiki/Seiken_Densetsu" class="mw-redirect" title="Seiken Densetsu">Seiken Densetsu</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Dragon_Quest" title="Dragon Quest">Dragon Quest</a></i> series. </p><p>Treasure chests provide a means for the player to obtain items without paying for them in stores. In some cases, these chests contain items that cannot be purchased at stores. Chests may be locked, requiring a key of some sort. For certain games, keys can only be used once, and the key is destroyed during its use. For other games, having a particular type of key means that the player can open any of the chests with a matching lock. </p><p>For most games, once a chest has been opened, the contents remain empty, although they may be repopulated with possibly different items during different stages of the game. This is different from perishable containers, such as crates and jars, which tend to reappear if the player exits the area and then returns. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Selection_bar">Selection bar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Power-up&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Selection bar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gradiuspmeter01.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Gradiuspmeter01.png/220px-Gradiuspmeter01.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Gradiuspmeter01.png/330px-Gradiuspmeter01.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Gradiuspmeter01.png 2x" data-file-width="345" data-file-height="29" /></a><figcaption><i>Gradius</i> selection bar</figcaption></figure> <p>Instead of having players collect a power-up that is instantly activated, the players may be allowed to select which power-ups they want to use. This is commonly implemented through a 'selection bar' which contains a number of power-up effects. To access the bar, the player must collect power-up items; the more they collect, the further along the bar they can access. The more powerful power-ups are traditionally placed further along the bar, so that more effort is required to obtain them. The selection bar was first used in <a href="/wiki/Konami" title="Konami">Konami</a>'s 1985 game, <i><a href="/wiki/Gradius" title="Gradius">Gradius</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-gradius_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gradius-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Perks">Perks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Power-up&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Perks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Experience_point#Perks" title="Experience point">Perks</a></div> <p>"Perks" are a variation of the power-up mechanic,<sup id="cite_ref-1up_cod4_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1up_cod4-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but permanent rather than temporary. The concept of permanent power-ups dates back to the early <a href="/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System" title="Nintendo Entertainment System">NES</a> <a href="/wiki/Action_role-playing_game" title="Action role-playing game">action RPGs</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Deadly_Towers" title="Deadly Towers">Deadly Towers</a></i> (1986) and <i><a href="/wiki/Rygar_(Nintendo_Entertainment_System)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rygar (Nintendo Entertainment System)">Rygar</a></i> (1987), which blurred the line between the power-ups used in <a href="/wiki/Action-adventure_game" title="Action-adventure game">action-adventures</a> and the experience points used in <a href="/wiki/Role-playing_video_game" title="Role-playing video game">console RPGs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CRPGs_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRPGs-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An early video game that used perks, and named it as such, was the 1997 <a href="/wiki/Role-playing_video_game" title="Role-playing video game">computer RPG</a> game <i><a href="/wiki/Fallout_(video_game)" title="Fallout (video game)">Fallout</a></i>. Perks have been used in various other video games in recent times, including <a href="/wiki/First-person_shooter" title="First-person shooter">first-person shooters</a> such as <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty_4:_Modern_Warfare" title="Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare">Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-1up_cod4_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1up_cod4-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Modern_Warfare_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern Warfare 2">Modern Warfare 2</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Killing_Floor_(2009_video_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Killing Floor (2009 video game)">Killing Floor</a></i>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Action_game" title="Action game">action games</a> like <i><a href="/wiki/Metal_Gear_Online" title="Metal Gear Online">Metal Gear Online</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Power-up&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation magazine cs1">"The Next Generation 1996 Lexicon A to Z: Power-up". <i><a href="/wiki/Next_Generation_(magazine)" title="Next Generation (magazine)">Next Generation</a></i>. 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