CORE

CORE is 's neutral special move in Fraymakers.

Overview
When performed, CommanderVideo transforms into a large red plus shape and fires a short-ranged 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 hits up to five times, with the first four hits dealing 1 damage each with outward knockback and the final hit dealing 7 damage with upward knockback. When used in midair, CommanderVideo stalls in place until after firing or waiting several seconds to automatically end the move.

When used with the rainbow trail active, this move can be canceled by jumping during its ending lag. However, this also removes the rainbow trail.

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, stopping at T-shaped objects located on each side of the screen.

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 .
 * Prior to v0.5.10 of Early Access, the laser in this move reached indefinitely far and hit up to one time. This was changed in order to improve the move's utility.