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Charged attacks come in many shapes and sizes, largely depending on the type of game, but there's two basic types:
* 'Collect' type charge attacks. Closely related to the [[Limit Break]] popular in [[JRPG
* 'Hold' type charge attacks. These require holding a controller button (or direction) for a set amount of time and then releasing it (or performing a final combination of button presses) to actually launch the attack. The button to be held is often the attack button, leaving the player defenseless while preparing it. As a result, depending on the game design and situation used, the charged attack [[Awesome but Impractical|may or may not be worth the time to prepare it]]
In either case, be aware that [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]] and an AI-controlled opponent might be able to execute charged attacks spontaneously without performing the actions necessary to prepare them up (especially if the opponent [[Turns Red]]). Alternately, when the AI actually takes time to prepare its attack, this may be a warning that the attack will be ''incredibly'' powerful (if not a [[One-Hit Kill]]) and [[The Law of Diminishing Defensive Effort|the player should immediately assume a defensive stance]]...unless it's an [[Unblockable Attack]], in which case dodging or interrupting the attack is in order.
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* The indie shoot-em-up ''[[Medicalat]]'' has the Burst attack, which you gather energy for by letting go of the fire button so your cyborg nurse can use her syringe to absorb small bullets and the explosions of certain enemies, damage enemies that touch it and drain energy from shots that can't be absorbed. When the Burst is used, every enemy shot onscreen is absorbed for more energy, and a stream of big blasts is fired until the Burst gauge runs out. The gauge turns red when it's completely full, because if you absorb too much energy, you'll overcharge and take damage. If you can beat one of the bosses without using Burst (continuing to fire a Burst you already started is okay as long as you don't use it again during the fight), you'll get a Convert capsule which uses whatever Burst energy you have to refill your health.
* ''[[Seiken Densetsu 3]]'' and ''[[Legend of Mana]]'' build the charge meter using successful attacks landing on the enemy (and in ''Legend'', successful magic attacks).
* In ''[[Diablo|Diablo II]]'', a separate tree of Assassin skills is devoted to
* In ''[[.hack GU]]'', there is a meter that builds up over the course of many fights. When it's full, the player may use Awakening, which is usually powerful enough to wipe out an entire team of [[Mook
* Your ship in ''[[Radiant Silvergun]]'' can collect pink bullets with its sword which fills up a bar. When the bar is full, a very powerful hyper sword attack can be activated.
* The ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'' series features the musou gauge that can be filled either by charging or by defeating enough [[Mooks]]. When it's full, the character can use their musou move to destroy pretty much any NPC that gets in their way, provided they aren't using their musou as well.
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* 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.
* In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Luigi has a charged jumping attack, which goes back further than that. It started with ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' (US), where every character can power up their jump by ducking.
* ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' is one of the earliest users of this. The
** [[ROM Hack]] ''[[Rock Man 4 Minus Infinity]]'' has the [[Kill It with Fire|Pharaoh Shotgun.]]
** In the ''[[Mega Man X]]'' series, the Arm part of whatever armor usually grants the ability to charge the special weapons, in addition to making the default charged buster [[Daft Punk|harder, better, faster, stronger]].
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* The ''[[Pokémon Ranger]]'' games have an interesting version of this. As you progress through the game, you eventually get the option to hold your "Styler" in place on the touchscreen and let it charge up. Afterwards, you can draw circles around the enemy with an increased power, making them easier to capture. It can be difficult to pull off, though, as enemy Pokemon can easily break the charge by so much as stepping on the spot, let alone attacking it.
* The {{spoiler|Apple of Eden}} near the end of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood|Assassin's Creed Brotherhood]]''. You can charge it to {{spoiler|fry the brains of your enemies.}}
* The Melnorme spaceship in ''[[Star Control]] 2'' has a charge attack that changes colors as it builds up. The "red" projectile is extremely powerful, and can fly through pretty much everything but a planet. Moreover, the charging attack is manifested as a globe at the front of the ship, which can be used as a sort of shield against incoming
* ''[[Marathon Trilogy|Marathon]]'' has the Mercury-Class (later Zeus-Class) Fusion
* And, of course, following from ''Marathon'''s Fusion Pistol is ''[[Halo|Halo's]]'' Plasma Pistol, with an overcharge shot that homes in on enemies and knocks out energy shields with one hit.
** The Spartan Laser, a shoulder-fired [[Wave Motion Gun]].
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* In ''[[Gaia Online|zOMG!]]'', successfully using your rings (whether attack or support) or receiving damage from enemies fills up a "Rage" meter, which is divided into three segments. You can consume filled segments to use a higher "Rage Rank" version of a ring that increases the potency of its function. A recent update that rebalanced the rings made nearly all of them have additional effects at higher Rage Ranks. A following update also provided a clear indication of how many segments you or your party members currently have available.
* In the second ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' game, Liu Kang has the bicycle kick: he floats towards his adversary, making turkey noises, kicking his feet in a bicycle pedal motion. Players had to charge the low kick for a few seconds, but it was well worth the wait.
** Raiden has a Shocking Grasp for his
* ''[[Eternal Champions]]'' makes it so that ''every'' character is a charge character. (Although if you buy their ''[[Revenue Enhancing Devices|Activator]]'' controller, you don't have to deal with the charge times...)
* ''[[Phantasy Star Zero]]'' uses this type of charge functionality to expand your attack options. Charging the Basic or Heavy Attack yields a Photon
* In the original arcade version of ''[[Joe and Mac]]'' (or ''[[Caveman Ninja]]''), you can hold the attack button for Joe/Mac to charge up by spinning his arm and looking angry while doing so, then release it to throw a bigger version of whatever weapon he's using (including boomerangs, stone wheels, fireballs, and even clones of himself). If you hold it too long, he'll get tired afterwards.
* In ''[[Fallout 3]]'', every melee attack can be charged by holding down the button for half a second. This produces a larger swing and a war cry.
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* Several of the heavy weapons (most notably the <s>Nuke Gun</s> [[BFG|Cain]]) in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' need to be charged for a few seconds before firing. Also, the [[Downloadable Content]] Geth Plasma Shotgun has this as its [[Secondary Fire]].
* ''[[The Haunted Mansion]]'' allows you to do this with the Beacon of Souls, after you get the appropriate Soul Gem. The ability increses as you collect more.
* ''[[Super Monkey Ball]]'''s Monkey Fight has this, a multiplayer sumo like minigame where you can charge your fist before
* ''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]'' allows you to stab at the Colossi's weak points, taking away at least one fifth of their health, by holding the attack button. Holding the attack button with a bow will also make the arrow go faster and farther in a straighter trajectory.
* ''[[Purple]]'' applies this to every weapon you can find. The player can still move and stomp enemies while charging, fortunately.
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