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[http://www.remar.se/daniel/herocore.php Hero Core] is a [[Metroidvania]] [[Shoot'Em Up]] game by [[Daniel Remar]], the creator of [[
Hero Core is also the sequel to an earlier game called Hero, also by Daniel Remar.
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* [[Arch Enemy]]: Flip Hero and Cruiser Tetron.
* [[Attack Its Weak Point]]: Almost every boss has these little circular bubbles for weak points. You quickly get used to spotting and destroying them. If you can't see any, [[Boom! Headshot!|shoot its head.]] Only a very few bosses subvert this pattern, and those are all about your size. The Annihilator has a second. If you can't hit the head because it's facing away from you, {{spoiler|shoot for the tail!}}
* [[Attack Reflector]]: The Blade. Apart from cutting through dirt and metal, it allows you to reflect some of the enemies' shots. The reflected shots don't hit the enemies, but the Blade itself inflicts damages.
* [[Big Bad]]: Cruiser Tetron.
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* [[Bonus Dungeon]]: The Annihilation mode is one of these.
* [[Bootstrapped Theme]]: "Annihilator Factory".
* [[Boss Battle]]:
** [[Anticlimax Boss]]: {{spoiler|Cruiser Tetron}} is actually quite easy compared to some of the other bosses. {{spoiler|The Living Warmachine}} can be, too.
** [[Best Boss Ever]]:
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*** The Reaper Drone takes this to its logical extreme.
*** The Grand Mother is this on multiple levels -- it spawns Mothers, which are themselves [[Mook Maker|Mook Makers]]. The Guardian also has statues at the top of his room that come to life after you damage him enough, and the Liquid Metal Processor is a more standard example. Seems like Daniel really likes this trope.
** [[Get Back Here Boss]]:
*** The Eliminator. It [[Cowardly Boss|even leaves the entire room after a certain time limit]].
*** The Reaper Drone at some points, especially if you can't kill his mook swarms before he starts moving and becomes lost in the crowd.
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* [[Boss Rush]]: With hard-style bosses, as a bonus feature. As of 1.2, a version with (slightly powered-up) normal-mode bosses is possible as well.
* [[Brutal Bonus Level]]: Annihilation.
* [[Bullet Hell]]:
** Hard mode has elements of this. You can do this as well to a limited extent if you find the Expel ability. Just make sure to [[Cast
** Though the Plasma Hydra boss fight has shades of this, it becomes ridiculous in Hard mode.
** Annihilation's final boss fight.
* [[Captain Space, Defender of Earth!]]: Flip Hero.
* [[Cast
** The Expel ability. {{spoiler|Applies to the Elite bosses, too. If they try to expel with one hit point, they can't- they only get a question mark over their heads.}}
* [[Chest Blaster]]: The [[Humongous Mecha|Guardian]] has a laser and something which obviously is a [[Iji
* [[Collision Damage]]: Flip Hero suffers from this. {{spoiler|So do the Elites.}}
* [[Combos]]: How Expel is triggered. {{color|white|↑↓←→X}}
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* [[I Cannot Self-Terminate]]: {{spoiler|Cruiser Tetron is eternally locked in the cycle of dying at the hands of Flip Hero and being rebuilt and trying to destroy earth again. Killing him is the only way to end this, though it's questionable whether or not Tetron himself is a big fan of dying.}}
* [[Intentional Engrish for Funny]]: One of the game's three language settings is "Retro!", and when selected it will display all messages and dialog in humorously-broken English.
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* [[Interface Spoiler]]: Various questionmark items in the menu.
* [[Internal Homage]]: Remember [[
** ''Iji'' itself contained an homage to ''Hero'', the game to which ''[[Hero Core]]'' is a sequel.
** {{spoiler|Cruiser Tetron's second phase duplicates his attack pattern from the original Hero}}
* [[King Mook]]: The Reaper Drone and Grand Mother.
* [[Lava Pit]]: Averted. Lava (molten metal) can be flown through freely and only serves to shut down your weapon for a period of time.
* [[Luck
* [[Mascot Mook]]: The Drone.
* [[Mercy Kill]]: {{spoiler|The final fight against Tetron Cruiser is implied to be one of these, as you free him from the endless cycle of hate that he's locked in. It's really driven home by the final form, where Tetron is unable to even stand, limited to lying prone in the corner and feebly trying to hold up his arm to shoot you.}}
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* [[Non-Lethal KO]]/[[Death Is Cheap]]: For Flip Hero, who has a built-in restoration unit. {{spoiler|Also for Tetron, except in the good ending.}}
* [[One Bullet At a Time]]: There is a limit of six (non-Expel) bullets at a time.
* [[One-Hit Kill]]: The final boss of Annihilation difficulty can do this. Fortunately, you can see the [[Sucking
* [[One Steve Limit]]: Subverted.
* [[Powers of Two Minus One]]:
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== THREAT LEVEL [[Harder Than Hard|255]] == }}
* [[Rank Inflation]]: In the boss rush, there are ''five'' ranks above A: {{spoiler|"Hero", "[[Tyrian
* [[Recurring Boss]]: You have to destroy several Generators to progress, just like in the first. Also, the Eliminator/Hunter-Killer, who attacks many times until you are powerful enough to beat him.
* [[Restart At Level One]]: To [[Averted Trope|avert]] this, Flip Hero didn't gain any levels and equipment upgrades before fighting his way through Tetron's asteroid. Which is why Annihilation is a [[Minimalist Run]] and [[Low-Level Run]]...
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* [[Sequence Breaking]]: You can bypass most of the game and get to the final boss with {{spoiler|Expelling}}.
** [[Marathon Boss]]: Fittingly, the Plasma Hydra in Hard Mode. Also, Tetron and the Guardian.
* [[Series Mascot]]: Flip Hero seems to be this for Remar Games, seeing as he gets referenced in a few other games that have nothing to do with him and appears in the Remar Games logo in the ''[[
* [[Speed Run]]: [[Daniel Remar]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CcVj3-xnls made one for the Normal and Normal Boss Rush modes], as he did for [[
* [[Sound of No Damage]]: A high-pitched "ding", which also fell under [[Most Annoying Sound]] before its volume was reduced in an update.
* [[Stationary Boss]]: {{spoiler|Tetron's final form, which, aside from being awesome, also makes it [[Anticlimax Boss|incredibly easy]].}} Also, Generators and the Plasma Hydra.
* [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything]]: Open the badass savefile in a text editor and it will threaten to erase your data if you try to change anything - [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|IN SONG!]]
* [[Took a Level
* [[Turns Red]]: Inverted with several of the bosses, as Daniel Remar dislikes cheap shots. That is, all bosses that have multiple phases start with the hardest one. {{spoiler|Unless it's the [[That One Boss|Plasma Hydra]].}}
* [[Useless Useful Spell]]: Both the Expel ability and the Blade are pretty much useless in combat. However, both have a specific function in speedrunning, and the Blade can slaughter certain enemies and bosses. {{color|white|Also, Shapeshift is mostly for fun}}
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