Charged Attack: Difference between revisions

* 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 ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' [[Follow the Leader|wannabe]] ''Shockman'' on the [[Turbo Grafx 16]] had this before Mega Man acquired it himself.

** 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).

** More mundanely, if you're using a melee weapon, holding down the attack button lets you use a more-powerful power attack, at the cost of some stamina (and the time you used to charge up the attack).