Peristalsis Phase
Transport the energy core!
Peristalsis Phase
Transport the energy core!
Peristalsis Phase is the sixth stage in Octo Expansion's finale.
Gameplay
Agent 8 must ride an energy core-driven platform with the energy core acquired from the previous stage to the end of the level, defending it from a long series of enemies and obstacles.
If the energy core loses all its health, Agent 8 must restart from the last checkpoint. Checkpoints can heal the core, but it cannot regain health any other way.
If the player gets repeatedly splatted, they have the option to skip this phase, with each splat contributing to 20% Skip Charge, where the following dialogue will be displayed:
"Agent 8 defended the energy core and plugged it in..."
Quotes
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Shooting the energy core should cause the platforms to move.
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You've gotta guide it to the plug without letting the enemy destroy it.
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Protect the core, and plug it in to activate the central elevator.
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Then follow Cap'n Cuttlefish!
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Octomissiles incoming! Destroy them before they reach the energy core!
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It seems that reaching checkpoints helps the energy core recover.
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You can't defeat those Octowashers! You'll have to avoid hitting them.
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It's the Octobomber! Gotta get it repaired, quick!
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Those lasers are blocking the way...
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That took one laser down!
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There's a switch up top... Just one!
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Ahhhhhhh... The energy core is nearing critical failure!
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Energy core installation complete!
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The central elevator is just ahead. Hurry!
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Agent 8? AGENT 8?!
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— When the player got splatted.
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So this is where the energy core went! Now what?
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Yikes, that looks dangerous...
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Time it right and run through in one go!
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I think you can reach Sunglasses with bombs!
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Next, switches... Two of 'em!
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Damage is starting to pile up!
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EIIIIIIIIGHT!
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— When the player got splatted.
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Gallery
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The cutscene showing the energy core with Pearl dialogue.
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A view of the stage at the beginning
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The energy core being shot at.
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Another angle of the energy core being shot at.
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The energy core with damage.
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A view of the stage's exit
Trivia
- The developers revealed that if Agent 8 gets splatted during this phase, they will actually die, because they are not connected to a respawn platform. This means the game goes back in time every time the player gets splatted during the escapes.
Names in other languages
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Japanese |
ゼンドウ流通路 Zendou ryūtsūro |
Peristalsis flow passage
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Dutch |
Dat wordt een zware pil Transporteer de aandrijfcapsule! |
That will be a heavy pill[a] Transport the drive capsule!
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French |
Vestibule péristaltique |
Peristaltic vestibule
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German |
Peristaltik-Passage Transportiere den Energiekern! |
Peristaltic passage Transport the energy core!
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Italian |
Cupola Cupolpa |
Pulp Dome
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Russian |
Рефлюкс-конвейер Reflyuks-konveyyer |
Reflux conveyor
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Spanish |
Cúpula Pulpar Transporta el nùcleo energética. |
Octopus Dome[b] Transport the energy core.
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Translation notes
- ↑ Probably comes from "de pil vergulden", a Dutch expression meaning "to say something very painful with kind words in a gentle way".
- ↑ Pulpar comes from pulpo ("octopus") and adds ar to make it a verb, to octopus.