Charged Attack: Difference between revisions

** Taken to an extreme in ''[[Metroid Prime]]'', since you can charge any beam weapon ''and'' use an added missile attack with the charged shot.

* Obviously a major theme in [[Mario Strikers Charged]]. Charging the ball is often essential to scoring normal goals, and activating skillshots and megastrikes requires the player in possession to charge the ball as well.

* ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' is one of the earliest users of this. The [[Charged Attack]] has been a staple of his Buster ever since ''[[Mega Man 4]]''', and even before then, he was able to charge up Heat Man's Atomic Fire in ''[[Mega Man 2]]''.

** [[ROM Hack]] ''[[Rock Man 4 Minus Infinity]]'' has the [[Kill It with Fire|Pharaoh Shotgun.]]

** The move Charge boosts the power of electric moves on the subsequent turn; the move Charge Beam has a high change of boosting special attack, indirectly making it a charge-up attack.

* The ''[[Street Fighter]]'' franchise has had special moves that involve holding back or down then pressing forward or up (respectively) along with an attack button at least since ''Street Fighter II''. [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|Computer opponents could often forgo the charge portion.]]

* ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]'':

** The most notable use of charged attacks are probably the Dragon Shouts. Once you've gotten a hold of two or all three words of a Shout, holding the Shout button gives you either a more powerful or a different effect. Let's use the Unrelenting Force Shout as an example: tapping the Shout button gives you "Fus!", which briefly staggers your opponents. Holding it for a second or two gives you "Fus '''Ro'''!", which knocks them down. Holding it for a few more seconds gives you '''[[Memetic Mutation|FUS RO DAH!]]''', which sends your opponents [[Blown Across the Room|flying across the room]] (or off a cliff).