CORE

CORE is 's neutral special move in Fraymakers.

Overview
When performed, CommanderVideo transforms into a large red plus shape and fires an orange laser in one of four cardinal directions. The particular direction is specified by the player, and CommanderVideo rotates in that direction before firing. The laser travels indefinitely far but CommanderVideo suffers from considerable ending lag.

Origin
CORE is based on the gameplay of , in which the player controls a red plus-shaped ship named the "core" that remains in the center of the screen. It can fire lasers in the four cardinal directions to hit incoming Beats that make a sound upon being hit. Unlike in Fraymakers, these lasers do not continue traveling indefinitely and instead stop at T-shaped objects located on each side of the screen. Additionally, the laser only fires momentarily unless the continuous "ULTRA-BEAM" bonus is active.

The design of the core in Fraymakers most closely resembles its more detailed appearance in the key artwork for the Steam release of BIT.TRIP CORE.

Trivia

 * Initially, it was planned for the lasers in CommanderVideo's up smash and forward aerial to reference the orange lasers in BIT.TRIP CORE as well. However, they were instead changed to reference .