A New Game Plus (or "New Game+") is an unlockable video game mode that allows the player to start a new game after they finish the game at least once, where certain aspects of the finished game, such as experience or items, affect the newly started game. New Game Plus is also known as "Replay Mode", "Remorting" (ala MUDs), "Challenge Mode", or "New Game Ex".
Origin
The term was first coined by the 1995 role-playing game Chrono Trigger. This play mode is most often found in role-playing games, where starting a New Game Plus will usually have the player characters start the new game with the...