Line #11 VideoGame/METAGAL


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3	[=METAGAL=] is a ''Franchise/MegaMan''-like PlatformGame by Creator/RetroRevolution.
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5	Meta is a RobotGirl who was created by Dr. Ray, along with her eight sisters. One day, her father Dr. Ray, along with her sisters, have been kidnapped by the evil [[BigBad General Creeper]], who had them reprogrammed into battle robots to assist him in world domination.
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7	From there, Meta embarks on a mission to face her sisters, free them and Dr. Ray, and stop General Ripper from taking over the world.
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9	The game was released on Platform/{{Steam}} on May 23rd, 2016. It was then ported to Platform/PS4, Platform/XboxOne, Platform/NintendoSwitch and Platform/PSVita in 2019.
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11	[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Not to be confused]] with a girl expressing the MetaGuy trope or the videogame ''VideoGame/GalMetal''.
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14	!![=METAGAL=] contains examples of:
15	* ArmCannon: Buster always has one on her right arm but typically uses that to [[ThrowDownTheBomblet throw]] [[HyperDestructiveBouncingBall bouncing]] [[HavingABlast bombs]], while Meta can summon one onto her left arm if she chooses to attack with it. (Meta's artwork portrays her with the cannon on the right arm instead.) Shield has [[GunsAkimbo two]] that are used to summon her [[BarrierWarrior shields]] or attack. Chaos has one that resembles a revolver.
16	** HandBlast: General Creeper does not turn his hands into guns, but that does not stop him from being able to fire bullets from his arms during his fight.
17	* BarrierWarrior: Hence her name, Shield can use barriers. Warp is also surrounded with a [[OrbitingParticleShield pair of orbiters]] during her fight.
18	* BattleThemeMusic: General Creeper and Chaos have their own theme that plays during their and the fortress bosses' fights.
19	* BeehiveBarrier: If an attack doesn't hurt an enemy, this will flash in front of the foe for a brief moment.
20	* BigBad: General Creeper, who kidnapped Dr. Ray and Meta's eight sisters and reprogrammed them into battle robots, plans on [[TakeOverTheWorld bringing the world under his control]].
21	* BlueIsHeroic: [[PlayerCharacter Meta's]] armour has a lot of blue parts to it, and she is the hero of the game.
22	* CuteAndPsycho: She may look cute, but Chaos can dish out major damage. Buster, Dash, Shield, and Warp are this as well in their brainwashed state.
23	* DefeatEqualsExplosion: A defeated boss will burst. Meta's sisters downplay this as they survive their explosion upon defeat allowing them to commit a HeelFaceTurn, although they appear exhausted and/or comically disfigured after the "explosion". Dash in particular looks the most surprised following her defeat. General Creeper averts this, however, since he is a human.
24	* DemilitarizedZone: Buster is fought in this environment. Quite fitting, since she uses a [[TankGoodness tank]].
25	* DistressedDude: Dr. Ray, who's been kidnapped by General Creeper.
26	* EvilKnockoff: Buster, Dash, Shield, and Warp have doppelgangers that are fought in the Fortress BossRush. While Buster, Dash, Shield, and Warp commit {{Heel Face Turn}}s following their battles, these knockoffs are [[KilledOffForReal actually destroyed]] as their [[DefeatEqualsExplosion defeat explosion]] leaves [[NoBodyLeftBehind no remains behind]].
27	* FieryRedhead: Dash has red hair and a fiery personality. Many of her attacks [[PlayingWithFire use fire]].
28	* GenderBlenderName: Buster is a masculine name, but the character Buster is not a boy in the slightest.
29	* GeneralRipper: General Creeper, of course, is the BigBad. He kidnapped Dr. Ray and had eight of Meta's sisters to TakeOverTheWorld.
30	* GunsAkimbo: Shield is the only GAL unit boss to be handless. Instead of hands, she has two [[ArmCannon Arm Cannons]] that allow her to summon [[BarrierWarrior shields]] as well as attack.
31	* HavingABlast: Buster uses many explosion-based attacks when she is fought.
32	* HeelFaceTurn: Buster, Dash, Shield, and Warp do this following their defeat.
33	* HoverBot: When she is fought, Warp can turn into this. Get ready for her to ThrowDownTheBomblet when this happens.
34	* InASingleBound:
35	** Buster has an attack where she jumps out of the [[TankGoodness tank she's piloting]] and fires a bomb ahead of herself. This does not actually have her move horizontally, though. She'll land back in the tank following the attack.
36	** Chaos is able to leap from one end of the area she's fought in to the other.
37	* InstantBandages: Drain her life bar and Buster has her head warped into a normal head, with a white X in her hair, implying she got this there.
38	* LethalLavaLand: Dash hosts a stage with damaging lava and fiery hazards.
39	* MeaningfulName:
40	** Buster has a cannon on her right arm, akin to the "Mega Buster", which is an ArmCannon. Downplayed in that she uses it rarely, with most attacks having her use a [[TankGoodness tank]] or the bomb launcher she has for a [[NonHumanHead head]].
41	** Dash is able to run at high speed with a rocket engine.
42	** Shield can [[BarrierWarrior use shields]] when she fights.
43	** Warp can [[SpaceMaster warp space]] to create danger zones during her fight.
44	* MechaMooks: Much like [[Franchise/MegaMan its inspiration]], this game has its share of robotic enemies.
45	* NonHumanHead: Buster has an upwards-facing cannon that has a girl's face on the "front" for a head. This trope is averted in her death animation.
46	* OrbitingParticleShield: When she is fought, Warp will have two pink drones that act similar to the drones that Astro Man has surrounding his vehicle. These surround Warp for the most part, defending her and absorbing any projectile that gets in their way without damage. She can also throw them out to attack.
47	* PinkMeansFeminine: Warp has a top and shorts that are pink or magenta.
48	* PlayingWithFire: Dash can do this along with ThrowDownTheBomblet, but she [[SuperSpeed wasn't named after it]].
49	* PowerCopying: This is a Franchise/MegaMan clone through and through, so of course Meta gains her sisters' weapons for each one she beats.
50	* PowerFloats: Warp can do this during her fight, and [[ThrowDownTheBomblet drops bombs in this forme]].
51	* RobotGirl: Nine of them. Meta and her sisters.
52	* SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains: Meta, Dash, Chaos, and General Creeper [[InvertedTrope turn this trope on its head]].
53	* SharedLifeMeter: Buster and the tank she is driving share their [[LifeMeter health bar]].
54	* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: GAL units 5 through 8 invert this trope, failing to show up in the game itself, but Chaos plays it straight.
55	* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Dr. Ray is a bespectacled genius who made nine robots.
56	* SpaceMaster: Warp can use her powers to rend space as an attack during her fight.
57	* SpikyHair: Meta's got a pretty pointy top. Dash as well.
58	* SuperSpeed: Dash.
59	* TankGoodness: When she and Meta square off, Buster will have a tank. Defeating Buster destroys it, though she survives and escapes the wreckage.
60	* ThrowDownTheBomblet: Buster can litter her arena with mines, and Dash can drop small bombs when she dashes overhead. Warp is able to throw down small pink bombs in her HoverBot phase. Chaos can also throw down some pink bombs that explode into smaller bullets when she [[InASingleBound jumps from one end of the room to the other]].
61	* TakeOverTheWorld: General Creeper plans on bringing the world under his tyrannical rule, and plans to do so by reprogramming Meta's sisters into helping him.
62	* TransformingMecha: Apparently, Buster can turn her hair into a bomb-launcher, since when she is defeated she has a perfectly human-like head, aside from green hair.
63	* UnderTheSea: Part of Chaos' stage is underwater.
64	* UseYourHead: Buster can fire some bombs from her [[WeaponisedHeadgear bomb-launcher]] [[NonHumanHead head]] when she and Meta fight.
65	* VehicularAssault: Unlike her sisters, Buster uses a tank during her fight.
66	* VictorGainsLosersPowers: See PowerCopying above.
67	* WeaponisedHeadgear: More like "weaponised head" than "weaponised headgear", but Buster has cannon that has a girl's face on the "front" side for a head. She can fire bombs from it, too. (Buster's defeat sprite gives her a [[AvertedTrope standard head]], though, complete with an [[InstantBandages instant bandage]], implying that she is a TransformingMecha of sorts.)
68	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Where are GAL units 5 through 8 anyway?
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