| rdfs:comment | - The act of frantically hammering at the buttons on a controller or arcade console. In a Fighting Game, the idea is that random button-pressing will somehow unlock a super-powerful attack or result in a series of attacks that will overwhelm your opponent. As you may presume, this is the act of an amateur, and is derided by "serious" players. Only someone completely unfamiliar with the game or their chosen character has to resort to this tactic. Of course, it can be a bit infuriating for these "serious" players when, due to some poor design decisions, their skillful finesse on the joypad leads to them getting walloped by someone who just taps the "punch" button so fast they can never get a move in.
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| abstract | - The act of frantically hammering at the buttons on a controller or arcade console. In a Fighting Game, the idea is that random button-pressing will somehow unlock a super-powerful attack or result in a series of attacks that will overwhelm your opponent. As you may presume, this is the act of an amateur, and is derided by "serious" players. Only someone completely unfamiliar with the game or their chosen character has to resort to this tactic. Of course, it can be a bit infuriating for these "serious" players when, due to some poor design decisions, their skillful finesse on the joypad leads to them getting walloped by someone who just taps the "punch" button so fast they can never get a move in. Certain characters, those with simple moves that can be performed via Button Mashing, are often dismissed as "only for button mashers". Note that many Fighting Game characters have moves that are performed by repeatedly hitting one button. Examples include Chun Li, Blanka, and E. Honda from Street Fighter. This does not mean the character is only for button mashers, although someone who abuses the move may be accused of such. Button Mashing is also prevalent in games of other genres, usually indicative of shallow or easy gameplay, though in the Fighting Game genre it is sometimes associated with overly complicated control schemes, in which massive amounts of Button Mashing are actually required in order to see anything at all happen. On the other hand, fighting games with botched control schemes that favor Ye Olde Buttone Mashe will be very likely reviled greatly by gamers and reviewers alike. Some games will have streak breaker code in place to make button mashing less effective, as well as to make it harder for someone to simply spam the same cheap attack repeatedly. Often this works by making the attack miss automatically if used too many times in a row. With the advent of motion control in video games, the term "Waggle" has been used describing a similar practice in which one simply shakes the controller frantically. Television shows that employ Pac-Man Fever will often show the characters playing the video game doing nothing but Button Mashing, regardless of what KIND of video game is being played; more often than not, the screen will show a character walking slowly or merely jumping, while the person "playing" will be frantically mashing buttons. Smashing Survival is when you need to do this to break free of Harmless Freezing, shake off a Personal Space Invader or free yourself from some other trap. If Button Mashing proves more advantageous than reasonably forseeable, it can fall under Fake Skill. Unrelated to Rapid-Fire Typing.
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