Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Elements! They're everywhere in games. Suspiciously everywhere, come to think of it. Elemental motifs bleed into character design, locations, battle mechanics, story, and more. But what makes it so appealing to use elements in so many different ways? Let's take a tour of the elements and see how their extreme flexibility can help build a game.

Featuring:
Kingdom Hearts
Golden Sun
Borderlands 2
Persona 3
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Pokemon Sword and Shield
Final Fantasy XIII
Ring Fit Adventure
Final Fantasy X
Breath of the Wild
Lost Odyssey
Luigi's Mansion
Pikmin
Skies of Arcadia

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