Line #21 VideoGame/GrinningCobossus


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Kill Cobossus!]]
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4	''Grinning Cobossus'' is an [[WebGame online]] 2D [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash]] [[VerticalScrollingShooter vertical]] ShootEmUp game developed by [[http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/Gama11 Gama11]].
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6	Grinning Cobossus is a game that basically only consists of one level - which is a fight against the titular foe. However, this game features 3 difficulty settings (Easy, Medium, and Hard), survival mode, and up to 12 achievements earnable over the course of play. Will you be able to kill the cobossus?
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8	This game can be played at [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/Gama11/grinning-cobossus here]].
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11	!!''Grinning Cobossus'' provides examples of:
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13	* AntagonistTitle: The Grinning Cobossus is the titular BigBad.
14	* BigBad: The Cobossus.
15	* BossGame: Of the Entirely Bosses variety in that the whole game is the fight against the Cobossus.
16	* BossOnlyLevel: The only level.
17	* BulletHell: The Cobossus' second form throws lots of spiked balls at you and his final form shoots plenty of small bullets in spreading patterns.
18	* CollisionDamage
19	* EasterEgg: [[spoiler:After you load up the game, right-click anywhere on screen.]]
20	* EndlessGame: Survival mode, which is unlocked after beating the Medium difficulty setting, goes on indefinitely until you fall to the Grinning Cobossus. For every iteration or loop, your upgrades get reset and the difficulty is raised.
21	* EnergyWeapon: One of the attacks that the Grinning Cobossus does in its first form is fire a giant blue beam straight down.
22	* FinalBoss: The Grinning Cobossus. Of course, he's the only boss fought in this game.
23	* FourIsDeath: Cobossus has four forms.
24	* MinimalistCast: It's just you and Cobossus.
25	* NonindicativeName: The Grinning Cobossus never grins or even smiles - it maintains a neutral visage throughout the game.
26	* NoPlotNoProblem: The only instruction you are given at the start of game is to kill the cobosuss. No other explanations to the story are given.
27	* PointBuySystem: After damaging the Cobossus enough, you obtain points that can be used to upgrade four of your ship's stats: Damage (ship's bullet power), Defense (ship's maximum health), Speed (ship's maximum speed), or Rate of Fire (ship's firing rate).
28	* RegeneratingHealth: Your ship's health will slowly regenerate if its health is below the maximum possible.
29	* RPGElements: Each hit gives you experience points for the aforementioned PointBuySystem.
30	* SequentialBoss: As mentioned above, the boss has four forms: His shield, his UFO, his armor, and finally his main body.
31	* ShoutOut: The titular boss of this game is a direct reference to the Grinning Collosus of ''VideoGame/YouHaveToBurnTheRope''. In fact, even the ending [[spoiler: links to a youtube video of the ending song of that]].
32	* ShowsDamage: As you damage the Cobossus, his shield and armor gradually crack, and the lights on his UFO turn red one by one.

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