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* In ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxterThePrecursorLegacy'' enemies drop green Eco on death, and collecting 50 green Eco restores a quarter of your health. In ''JakIIRenegade'' they drop Dark Eco instead, and in ''Jak3Wastelander'' they start dropping Light Eco as well.

* ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxterThePrecursorLegacy'': enemies drop green Eco on death, and collecting 50 green Eco restores a quarter of your health. This was dropped in all subsequent games.

* ''JakAndDaxterThePrecursorLegacy'': enemies drop green Eco on death, and collecting 50 green Eco restores a quarter of your health. This was dropped in all subsequent games.

* ''DiabloIII'' features this: Dead enemies occasionally drop "life orbs", which allow to regain some health. This is meant to do away with previous installments' (and much of the genre's in general) need to constantly swig [[HealingPotion health potions]], making said potions more of an emergency healing option (which now have a cooldown attached).

* {{Exhumed}} has this when you kill an enemy in the console ports where red orbs give you health and blue orbs give you ammo

* In ''OdinSphere'' enemies release floating "Phozons" when defeated, which are said to be the remnants of their life force. It is used mainly to level-grind your weapons.

* ''{{Diablo}} 3'' is going to feature this: dead enemies apparently will usually spawn the so called "life orbs", which allow to regain some health. This is supposed to do away with previous installments' (and much of the genre's in general) need to constantly swig [[HealingPotion health potions]], making said potions more of an emergency healing option.

* In ''{{Painkiller}}'', every enemy you kill drops a red, glowing sphere which recovers one HP - and after [[OneHundredCoins collecting enough of them]], you enter a berserk mode.

* The Nigthmare Souls on ''VideoGame/MegaManX 6'' can be considered something like expereience points, after certain ammounts are accumulated they increase by one the limit of speial power-ups you can use

** Red Orbs are Moogle Points (In ''KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'')
** Orange Orbs are for the Drive Gauge (In ''KingdomHeartsII'')
** Blue, Star-like Orbs refill D-Link (In ''KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'')

* ''{{Diablo}} 3'' is going to feature this: dead enemies apparently will usually spawn the so called "life orbs", which allow to regain some health. This is supposed to do away with previous installments' (and much of the genre's in general) need to constantly swig [[HealthPotion health potions]], making said potions more of an emergency healing option.

* ''{{Diablo}} 3'' is going to feature this: dead enemies apparently will usually spawn the so called "life orbs", which allow to regain some health.

* In ''GodOfWar'', monsters drop red, green and blue orbs, for experience, health and magic respectively.

In some {{Action Game}}s, after you kill enemies, they will release magical spheres of some sort, generally [[HandWave handwaved]] as their soul, blood, or a more vague "essence", or even not explained at all. Absorbing them will directly affect your HUD or status in some way: experience, currency, health, ManaMeter, or other specific stats.

Of course the number, types and effects of said spheres will vary widely depending on the game. These spheres may or may not be found in [[RewardingVandalism inanimate objects]]. And they may not always have a spheric shape for that matter.

* The Nigthmare Souls on {{Megaman X}}6 can be considered something like expereience points, after certain ammounts are accumulated they increase by one the limit of speial power-ups you can use

* ''DevilMayCry'' is maybe the TropeCodifier for modern action games, with the crystallised demon blood that enemies ([[RewardingVandalism and chairs]]) drop: red orbs are the currency, green orbs heal you and white orbs refill your [[SuperMode Devil Trigger]] gauge.

* ''DantesInferno'' is very similar to God of War in many ways; it uses colored "souls" to keep track of experience, health, and mana.

** Green Orbs are hp
** Blue Bubbles are mp

* Games in the KingdomHearts series have several types of these spheres, depending on the game.

** Red Orbs are Moogle Points (In KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories)
** Orange Orbs are for the Drive Gauge (In KingdomHeartsII)
** Blue, Star-like Orbs refill D-Link (In KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep)
* Otto Matic has virtually everything you kill drop "atoms" in different colors...red restores health, green powers your "jump jet" and blue is "rocket fuel" needed to finish the level. Not sure if this counts though because it is never indicated to be part of their souls.

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