Spamton NEO
BUT JUST LOOK, KRIS. LOOK AT THE [Power of NEO] AND ASK YOURSELF...
WELL, DON'T YOU?
DON'T YOU WANNA BE A [Big Shot]!?Spamton NEO, Chapter 2
Spamton NEO (JP: スパムトンNEO) is Spamton's alternate form and the Shadow Crystal boss of Chapter 2 of Deltarune. Spamton achieves this form after Kris inserts the LoadedDisk into an old machine found in the Basement of Queen's Mansion.
Once defeated, Spamton transforms into the Dealmaker or PuppetScarf, depending if the party chose to ACT or FIGHT.
On the Weird Route, Spamton NEO is the final boss of Chapter 2.
As Spamton NEO, Spamton assumes the form of the machine he inhabits. His head is larger than normal, and his glasses have their colors swapped, with his right lens being yellow, and his left being pink. This causes them to be a closer match for the eyes of FRIEND than they are in his normal form. Instead of his arms being longer than his legs, his arms and legs are now the same length, and both are much longer.
Spamton NEO's body is disheveled and fragmented, with a black torso with long white boots. In contrast, the magenta chest piece has a yellow and pink triangle and his arms have magenta bracers. His hands have the ability to turn into phones, along with a cannon.
Spamton NEO's wings have pointed ends and are different colored. One wing has a gray thumb and a purple base accented with lilac and green; the other wing has a teal-green thumb and a magenta base with pink and yellow accents. His torso armor and wings seem to make up the shape of the Delta Rune.
Above Spamton NEO, many green wires suspend him in the air. His limbs and wings also loosely hang. Without those strings, the body cannot move on its own.
After obtaining his new body, Spamton becomes more mentally unstable and deranged. Spamton NEO drops all amiability towards Kris and attacks them for their SOUL out of a self-serving desire to attain freedom. His mannerisms reflect this change of behavior as he constantly makes erratic speeches about his hopes and dreams. He appears to have a mild fascination with Heaven and angels as indicated by some of his dialogue, although it is unclear what he, a Darkner, exactly believes these to be. If the party cuts all of his wires, Spamton NEO realizes their intentions and shows genuine gratitude towards their efforts in helping him break free from his strings.
On the Weird Route, Spamton NEO is portrayed in a more malicious manner after succeeding in taking over the Cyber World during Noelle's rampage. He constantly excuses himself for his actions and actively desires to remain at top of the pecking order. During their battle, he mocks Kris over their actions and using Noelle to freeze the Cyber World's residents. Despite this, he finds it sickening when Kris tries calling their friends for help after everything they have done throughout the route.
His speech pattern is mostly the same as his normal counterpart's, but he is in more control of what he says, with the bracketed text usually being one or two words, though he sounds more desperate and insane.
In Japanese, the "WRECK" and "PAUSE" icons associated with his "Power of NEO" attack use the non-standard translations "殺エイ中" and "テイ死" respectively ("record" and "pause" are typically translated as "撮影中" and "停止"). The former uses an alternate reading of the kanji for "kill", while the latter incorporates the kanji for "death". The "SPEW" icon is translated as "モドス", which generally means "rewind" or "return" but is also slang for "vomit".
In Spamton's shop at the Trash Zone, Kris accepts a second deal. Spamton tasks Kris with bringing him an EmptyDisk from Queen's Mansion. Once Kris purchases KeyGen from Spamton, they use it to remove a barrier located in Queen's Mansion, allowing them to enter the Basement, where they retrieve the EmptyDisk from a derelict machine. Spamton proposes his final deal to Kris: he transfers himself into the EmptyDisk, and then requests them to return it to the machine in the Basement, with him stating that they will get his "[[Savings]]" in return.
After Kris inserts the LoadedDisk into the machine, Spamton transforms into Spamton NEO, much to his delight and excitement. However, he is horrified to see that his new form is held up by green wires. He attacks Kris to obtain their SOUL, believing that it is the key to earning his "FREEDOM", but is interrupted by Susie and Ralsei's arrival, the former of whom uses Rude Buster to knock him away. Spamton NEO then launches the party into carts and begins an encounter.
Spamton NEO can be defeated either by ACTing and snapping his wires or FIGHTing.
- If the party snaps all of his wires until one remains, Spamton NEO realizes that Kris is trying to free him. He dances gleefully and thanks them, asking them to cut the last wire, only to helplessly fall to the ground without any strings to hold him up.
- If he is defeated by FIGHTing, he attempts to continue the fight by turning into "Spamton EX", but his gravely damaged body explodes as he attempts to transform.
Once he is defeated, Spamton returns to his normal form. He becomes calm and lucid, and starts speaking normally. Spamton laments how he could not become anything more than a puppet, but compliments the party's strength and wishes them well. He then offers himself to the party by transforming into either:
- Dealmaker, via cutting his wires.
- PuppetScarf, via defeating him by FIGHTing.
If Kris's 48 weapon/armor inventory is full, Spamton becomes irate and offended. In any case, Kris also receives a Shadow Crystal.
After defeating Spamton NEO, several Addisons go to Cyber City's Trash Zone, near his shop. Each Addison informs about Spamton, their relationship with him, and his backstory.
Spamton NEO ambushes Kris at the top of the mansion after the battles with Queen and GIGA Queen are bypassed. Spamton credits Kris's "[Total Jackass stunts]" with helping him access the machine in the Basement and claims that sealing the Dark Fountain would ruin his rise to glory, initiating the final encounter of Chapter 2's Weird Route. Towards the end of the battle, Spamton NEO massively boosts his defense, forcing Kris and the player to call their allies for help. Kris calls Ralsei and Susie for help twice each, to no avail. The player then calls Noelle, who responds and freezes Spamton NEO. Upon his defeat, the PuppetScarf and a Shadow Crystal are added to Kris's inventory.
Spamton NEO introduces the yellow SOUL mode. While yellow, the SOUL is aimed to the right, towards Spamton NEO, and can shoot bullets at certain obstacles. The SOUL shoots by pressing [CONFIRM], and by holding the button, it can also charge the bullets for a "big shot".
Four copies of Spamton's head launch at the SOUL one lane at the time. These heads can be destroyed. If not destroyed, they launch bullets at the SOUL as they continue onward. When a head is destroyed, it will provide 1.3 (about 0.5%) TP.
From the second time and on, the copies of Spamton's head come from multiple directions, while Spamton NEO also fires large bullets with his arm cannon.
Trucks carrying towers of mail, destructible Spamton heads and sometimes bombs drive towards the SOUL.
From the second time and on this attack is used, the trucks go faster and more frequently.
After using the difficult variant of this attack, he loops back to the difficult Flying Heads attack. This continues until he reaches 30% HP or 70% MERCY.
Spamton NEO releases a heart chained to his chest. This heart has Spamton NEO's face on it. He then launches it back and forth, releasing an array of diamond bullets with it. The heart will exist for a long time (if it is not shot, it can exist for 24 seconds), and shots can reduce its existing time and destroy the heart. When the heart is destroyed outside the Weird Route, his MERCY meter increases by 3% if he has not received any damage. If he has received damage or on the Weird Route, destroying the heart deals 3% damage to him. This cannot completely fill the MERCY meter or completely drain his HP, though; he will always be left with a maximum of 99% MERCY or a minimum of 1 HP if damaged in this way.
The second time Spamton NEO uses this attack, the heart moves back and forth more rapidly, shoots more frequently and with an increased angle deviation. From the third time and on, smaller hearts that are optional to destroy are added. They are destroyed when the primary heart is destroyed. This is triggered immediately when and only when Spamton NEO's HP is below 30% or his MERCY is over 70%.
When enraged, this attack has a random angle deviation for the bullets, and the heart has more health to accommodate for the increased damage output from the SOUL.
Spamton NEO fires blue, bouncing Pipis towards the SOUL. When one reaches contact with the bullet board, an array of tiny Spamton heads is launched at the SOUL at a very fast pace. The Pipis give 3 TP when destroyed (approximately 1-2% TP in tension bar; internally, TP are stored as a value capped at 250 instead of as a percentage).
From the second time and on this attack is used, Spamton NEO fires two Pipis at once each time.
Phones grip onto the outer edges of the board as a Spamton head approaches, shooting large, exploding bullets. Shooting the head with a big shot pushes it backward.
If the SOUL takes damage against the standard version of this attack, all subsequent times the attack is used, the phones launch waves from them and move up and down the board, regardless of the Spamton head's position. The Spamton head's bullets also no longer explode. If the SOUL does not take damage against the standard attack, it is used again the next time and so on until damage is taken, at which point all further uses are the harder variation.
When enraged, the "phone wave" variation is used immediately when this attack first appears, and the standard version is used the second time. As before, if no damage is taken, the standard version continues to be used.
A face appears on a separate board, where the SOUL is unable to enter. The eyes, nose and mouth each launch different projectiles and can be destroyed. Each part has 16 HP, normal shot deals 1 HP and big shot deals 4. When one part is destroyed, it does not re-appear the next time the attack is performed. If only one part remains, its attacks become harder to avoid. Once all three parts are destroyed, nothing happens when the attack is used, and after that, all three parts are restored.
When enraged, the parts will all have more health to accommodate for the increased damage output.
Spamton NEO receives a call that surprises him with several miniature copies of his head that are shot out of the phone rapidly in his face. This does nothing and acts as a free turn.
After the area around the board becomes black, a large Spamton NEO appears to the right of the screen and begins by using an attack similar to the Inhale attack from his first fight, only that the right bullet board fully connects to his mouth this time around. After this, he launches several large bullets portraying his face before launching a bullet as tall as the board that explodes and ends the attack.
This attack is triggered immediately if Spamton NEO's HP reaches 10% or below, or if his MERCY reaches 90% or above. Since version v1.08, this produces a visual smoke effect at the corners of the screen bearing Spamton's face. Shooting at Spamton's face enough times advances to the next phase of the attack more quickly. Similarly to the heart attack, 5% is added to the MERCY meter at the end of the attack if no damage has been dealt to Spamton outside the Weird Route. Otherwise, 5% damage is dealt. Just as with the heart attack, this cannot end the battle.
Exclusive to the Weird Route. After Spamton NEO raises his defense, this is the only attack he will use.
Three Pipis appear on the right side of the screen and explode. The small Spamton heads can be destroyed, however.
Spamton NEO attacks in the following order before either his HP reaches 30% or his MERCY reaches 70%:
- Flying heads I
- Spam mail I
- A heart attack I
- A call for you I
- Gripping phones
- Eyes, nose, and mouth
- A heart attack II
If he does not reach either of those thresholds by the end of this sequence, he uses the following attacks in a fixed order on loop:
- Flying heads II
- Eyes, nose, and mouth
- Gripping phones
- A call for you II
- Spam mail II
Once he does reach 30% HP or 70% MERCY, he uses these attacks:
- A heart attack III
- A call for me
- Power of NEO
If Spamton NEO reaches 10% HP or 90% MERCY outside the Weird Route and has not already used Power of NEO, he will immediately do so. After using Power of NEO in either occasion, he will use the following attacks on loop:
- A heart attack III
- Eyes, nose, and mouth
- Power of NEO
In the Weird Route, after reaching 10% HP, Spamton NEO will use Pipis Explosion every turn for the rest of the battle.
Equipping the Mannequin and/or FrayedBowtie gives increased defense due to Spamton NEO's attacks using the Cat/Puppet element.
Similar to Spamton's initial battle, pressing F1 during either of Spamton NEO's battles summons a small Spamton angel that heals the party for 50% HP. This only works once, and cannot be done in the middle of one of his attacks.
This keybind is set to right stick on the Switch/2 and R3 on the PS4/PS5.[2] Alternatively, F1 can still be used on console if a keyboard is connected.[3]
To defeat Spamton NEO peacefully, the following actions increase his MERCY:
- Snap, S-Action, and R-Action each increase MERCY by 2%.
- If a party member snaps when the rest of the party is DOWNed, they "snap desperately" and instead increase MERCY by 4%. Due to a glitch, this does not happen if Ralsei is the last party member standing prior to version v1.08.
- Snap All increases MERCY by 7%.
- Destroying the heart in the chained heart attack increases MERCY by 3% if no damage has been dealt to Spamton NEO outside the Weird Route.
- The Power of NEO "final attack" increases MERCY by 5% if no damage has been dealt on the Weird Route.
If using ACT, getting as many "Snap All" commands as possible is helpful, as it consistently contributes 7% to the MERCY meter. However, it is not necessarily the most efficient strategy, especially if all three characters suffer damage. It is helpful to have Kris and Susie focus on snapping Spamton's strings while Ralsei is used for healing. If extra TP is needed, Susie or Kris can defend instead.
Both Susie and Ralsei gain a unique ACT in this fight:
- Susie's Supercharge. It costs 32% TP, and is for offense:
The Supercharge spell powers the yellow SOUL by greatly decreasing the time to charge a big shot and increases its travel speed; the effect lasts for 20 big shots in total.
- Ralsei's FluffyGuard. It costs 16% TP, and is for defense during Spamton NEO's turn:
The FluffyGuard spell summons two orbiting fluff ball shields that circle around the SOUL. Each one blocks almost any projectile that comes into contact, though the shields can be damaged. Up to a maximum of 4 shields can be active at the same time. Holding down the "[CANCEL]" button stops them from orbiting. However, this sacrifices the SOUL's movement speed for more consistent protection.
- During Spamton NEO's turn
Due to Spamton NEO's position, it is better to stay at the far left of the bullet board during Spamton NEO's attacks, such as heart attack. See also: attack sequence.
If played using a keyboard, since both "[CONFIRM]" and "[Enter]" can be used for firing shots, holding one key while pressing and releasing the other key allows continuous firing of Big Shots without discharging once charged, which would significantly reduce the difficulty of the fight.
However, starting in v1.06, using this exploit more than 5 times in a battle causes Spamton NEO to become "angry", his face fuming and turning red. While angry, damage done by Spamton NEO's attacks is greatly increased. Each cheated shot increases Spamton's AT by 0.5, capping at 26. The damage increase from this is lowered each time the player gets a Game Over. In v1.05, in preparation for this feature, the game started tracking how many times the exploit was used using a variable internally referred to as funnycheat.[4]
If this exploit is used during the introduction of the yellow SOUL, the rage mechanic is reset when the actual battle begins. As of v1.07, alongside increasing damage, the properties of certain attacks are altered when Spamton NEO is enraged, attacks are brought out earlier in the fight, and any health-based attacks (such as heart attack) have higher health than usual, which is internally referred to as hellmode.[4]
| Number of deaths to Spamton NEO | AT increase per cheated shot | Max AT | Shots required to cap AT | "Hell Mode" activated? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 or 1 | 0.5 | 26 | 31 | Yes |
| 2 or 3 | 0.25 | 22 | 41 | Yes |
| 4 or 5 | 0.1 | 18 | 55 | No |
| ≥6 and ≤9 | 0.04 | 15 | 55 | No |
| ≥10 | "Angry mode" becomes invalid. | |||
In Weird Route, Spamton NEO cannot be spared. Overall, the battle is similar to a standard route, though Kris is the only party member. Thus, grazing Spamton NEO's bullets is a core means of earning TP so Kris can consistently damage him per turn.
Kris has two unique ACTs available:
- X-Slash: requires 25% TP. It is an attack that inflicts two critical attacks, each of which deal 25% more damage.
- FriedPipis: requires 32% TP. It heals 120 HP to Kris.
After Spamton NEO's defense raises, he only attacks with Pipis explosion, and attacking him cannot lower his HP under 6%. Kris must ACT 5 times to end the battle.
- HOLY [[Cungadero]] DO I FEEL GOOD ...
- HERE I AM!! KRIS!!
- BIG
- BIG,
- [[BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER]]
- HA HA HA ... THIS POWER IS
- FREEDOM.
- I WON'T HAVE TO BE JUST A PUPPET ANY MORE!!!!
- ...
- OR... so... I... thought.
- WHAT ARE THESE STRINGS!? WHY AM I NOT [BIG] ENOUGH!? It's still DARK... SO DARK!
- KRIS.
- KRIS. KRIS. KRIS.
- THAT'S RIGHT. YOU. I NEED YOU.
- TO BE BIG. WITH ME.
- VERY VERY BIG
- SO BIG WE'LL STAND UP TALL AND SEE PAST THE DARK
- STAND UP WITH OUR HEADS IN THE CLOUDS AND LOOK INTO
- H E A V E N
- I JUST NEED THAT LITTLE,
- [[SOUL]] Y O U HAVE
- [Susie] Kris!
- [Susie] The hell was that weirdo!?
- [Ralsei] Kris, we were worried about you, so...
- KRIS!!! YOU HAVE [Friends]!?
- WHY DON'T YOU TELL THEM ABOUT MY [3 for One Specil]!
- TODAY, THE WHOLE FAMILY CAN TAKE A LITTLE [Ride Around Town]...
- [Attention Customers! Clean up on Aisle 3!]
- SOMEONE LEFT [There] SOULS, [Lyeing Around......]
- Kris!?!? WAS THAT A [BIG SHOT] JUST NOW!?
- WOW!!! I'M SO [Proud] OF YOU, I COULD [Killed] YOU!
- [Heaven], are you WATCHING?
- IT'S TIME TO MAKE A VERY [Specil] DEAL...
- Weird Route
- [Narrator] (It was as if your very SOUL was glowing...)
- NOT!!!
- LET ME SAY
- LET ME SAY [Thanks ]
- THANKS TO YOUR [Total Jackass stunts] I HAVE [Becomed] NEO.
- AND NOW IT'S MY [Mansion]! MY [City]! MY [World]!
- SO WHY ARE YOU [Stealing] THE [Fountain]!?
- TO [$!$!] ME OVER RIGHT AT THE [Good part]!? WHAT ARE YOU, A [Gameshow Host]!?
- AH, KID, FORGET IT. I'M AN [HonestMan].
- I'LL LET YOU [Pay] YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS ONE!!
- [Pay]...
- WITH YOUR [Rapidly-Shrinking] LIFE!!!
- [Unused]
- HOLY [[Cungadero]] DO I FEEL GOOD ...
- [A call for you #1]
- WHAT!?
- WHAT? ARE YOU SERIOUS!?
- ... IT'S FOR YOU.
- [A call for me]
- WHAT!?
- IT'S FOR ME!?
- [Neutral]
- CAN A [Little Sponge] DO THIS?
- GO [Ga-Ga] AND [Die]
- [Clown]!? NO!!! I FEEL SICK!!! [Neutral]
- [The Smooth Taste Of] NEO [Neutral]
- THE [@$@!] TASTE OF SPAMTON [Neutral]
- DON'T YOU WANNA BE A BIG SHOT? [Neutral]
- [BreaKing] and [CracKing] [Neutral]
- [Flying heads I]
- KRIS! ISN'T THIS [Body] JUST [Heaven]LY!?
- 3X THE [Fire]POWER. 2X THE [Water]POWER. AND BEST OF ALL, FLYING [Heads]!
- [Spam mail I]
- WE'LL TURN THOSE [Schmoes] AND [Daves] INTO [Rosen Graves]
- THOSE [Cathode Screens] INTO [Cathode Screams]
- [Heart attack I]
- KRIS, DON'T YOU WANNA BE [Part] OF MY BEAUTIFUL [Heart]?!
- OR... DID YOU NEED A LITTLE [Specil Tour]?
- [A call for you I]
- ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS [Big].
- THEN WE'LL BE THE ONES MAKING THE [Calls], KRIS!
- IT'S CALLING, KRIS... MY [Heart]... MY [Hands]... [Gripping Phones #1]
- [Eyes, nose, and mouth #1, if Spamton is above 30% HP or below 70% MERCY]
- KRIS! CAN YOU REALLY LOOK IN MY [Eyes] AND SAY NO!?
- LOOK IN MY [Eyes] LOOK IN MY [Nose] LOOK IN MY [Mouth]
- I CAN'T STAND IT!!! I THINK I'M GONNA HAVE A [HeartAttack]! [Heart attack II]
- [Flying heads II #1]
- KRIS, I'LL EVEN GIVE YOU A [Free Value]
- [Die Now] AND I'LL THROW IN [50] [Bullets] FOR FREE!
- [Eyes, nose, and mouth #2, if Spamton is above 30% HP or below 70% MERCY]
- KRIS. IF YOU GIVE ME THAT [Soul] I WILL GIVE YOU EVERYTHING I HAVE.
- I WILL GIVE YOU [3 Easy Payments of $9.99!]
- [Gripping phones #2]
- [Friends]!? KRIS!? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!?
- YOU DON'T NEED [Friends]!!
- I CAN MAKE MY HANDS INTO PHONES!!!
- [A call for you II #1]
- DON'T YOU WANNA HELP YOUR OLD PAL SPAMTON?
- KRIS!! THINK!! WHAT ARE MY [Eggs] GOING TO DO!?
- [Spam mail II #1]
- BUT KRIS, IF YOU REFUSE. THAT'S YOUR CHOICE. I CAN'T FORCE YOU.
- I CAN ONLY [Kill] YOU [50-percent faster than similar products] OR [No Money Back!]
- [Heart attack III #1]
- KRIS!!! TAKE THE DEAL!!! TAKE IT!!!
- DO YOU WANNA BE A [Heart] ON A [Chain] YOUR WHOLE LIFE!?
- [A call for me]
- OR... DID YOU WANT TO BE...
- Did you wanna be...
- [Power of NEO #1]
- KRIS... I WON'T FORCE YOU. I CAN'T. I CAN'T FORCE YOU.
- BUT JUST LOOK, KRIS. LOOK AT THE [Power of NEO] AND ASK YOURSELF...
- WELL, DON'T YOU?
- DON'T YOU WANNA BE A [Big Shot]!?
- [100% MERCY]
- WAIT!! [$!?!] THE PRESSES!
- MY... MY [Wires]... THEY'RE ALMOST [Gone]!?
- KRIS... YOU... YOU'RE [Gifting] ME MY [Freedom]?!
- KRIS... AFTER EVERYTHING I DID TO YOU...!?
- AFTER ALL THE [Unforgettable D3als] [Free KROMER] I GAVE YOU
- YOU'RE FINALLY REPAYING MY [Genorisity]!?
- KRIS!!! I UNDERSTAND NOW!! THE GREATEST DEAL OF ALL!!!
- [Friendship]!!!
- KRIS!!! MY DAYS AS A [Long-Nosed Doll] ARE OVER!!!
- CUT THAT [Wire] AND MAKE ME A [Real Boy]!!
- ARE YOU WATCHING, [Heaven]!? IT'S TIME FOR SPAMTON'S [Comeback Special]!
- AND THIS TIME... I LIVE FOR MYSELF!!!
- NO... MYSELF AND MY [Friend(s)]!!!
- HERE I GO!!!! WATCH ME FLY, [MAMA]!!!!
- [HP depleted]
- WAIT!! [$!?!] THE PRESSES!
- HAHAHA... KRIS!!! YOU THINK DEPLETING MY [8000 Life Points]
- MEANS YOU'VE WON [A Free Meal] TO [Winning]?!
- NO!!! NO!!! NE-O!!
- KRIS!! YOUR [Deal] HAS FAILED!! [NEO] NEVER LOSES!!
- THIS IS [Victory Smoke]!! IT MEANS IT'S TIME FOR MY [Second Form]!
- ARE YOU READY KRIS!? FOR MY [Next Trick]!
- I WILL FILL MY [Body] WITH [Electricaty] AND BECOME SPAMTON [EX]!
- ARE YOU READY [Kids]!?
- [Turn Up The JUICE!] [Turn Up The JUICE!]
- [Make Sure You Don't Get It On Your Shoese!]
- ARE YOU GETTING ALL THIS [Mike]!? I'M FINALLY
- I'M FINALLY GONNA BE A BIG SHOT!!!
- HERE I GO!!!! WATCH ME FLY, [MAMA]!!!!
- Weird Route
- [Turn 1]
- I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE JUST A LOST [Little Sponge]
- SLEEPING AT THE BOTTOM OF A DUMPSTER!
- [Turn 2]
- I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING I HAD! MY LIFE ADVICE!
- I TOLD YOU [4 Left] AND ASKED YOU [Buy] OR [Don't Buy]!
- [Turn 3]
- I GAVE YOU MY [Commemorative Ring] FOR THE PRICE OF [My Favorite Year]!
- [Turn 4]
- AND THIS IS HOW YOU [Repay] ME!? TREATING ME LIKE [DLC]!?
- [Turn 5]
- NO, I GET IT! IT'S YOU AND THAT [Hochi Mama]!
- YOU'VE BEEN [Making], HAVEN'T YOU!
- [Turn 6]
- YOU'VE BEEN MAKING [Hyperlink Blocked]!
- AND NOW THAT YOU HAVE YOUR OWN SUPPLY, YOU DON'T NEED ME!!!
- [Turn 7]
- I WAS TOO [Trusting] TOO [Honest]
- I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A MAN OF THE [PIPIS]. A REAL [PIPIS] PERSON!
- [Turn 8]
- I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN YOU WOULD HAVE USED MY [Ring] FOR [Evil]...
- OH, [Right]. THAT'S WHY I SOLD IT TO YOU
- [Turn 9]
- YOU THINK MAKING [Frozen Chicken] WITH YOUR [Side Chick]
- IS GONNA LET YOU DRINK UP THAT [Sweet, Sweet] [Freedom Sauce]?
- [Turn 10]
- WELL, YOU'RE [$!$!] RIGHT! BUT DON'T BLAME ME
- WHEN YOU'RE [Crying] IN A [Broken Home] WISHING YOU LET YOUR OLD PAL SPAMTON
- [Kill You]
- [Under 10% HP]
- MY ESTEEM CUSTOMER I SEE YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO DEPLETE MY HP!
- I'LL ADMIT YOU'VE GOT SOME [Guts] KID!
- BUT IN A [1 for 1] BATTLE, NEO NEVER LOSES!!!
- IT'S TIME FOR A LITTLE [Bluelight Specil]
- DIDN'T YOU KNOW [Neo] IS FAMOUS FOR ITS HIGH DEFENSE!?
- NOW... ENJ0Y THE FIR3WORKS, KID!!!
- My esteem customer I see you are attempting to deplete my HP! [Unused]
- ENJOY THE FIREWORKS, KID!!!! [Neutral, final phase]
- [Call for help #1]
- WHAT!? YOU'RE CALLING FRIENDS!?
- YOU THINK YOU CAN BEAT ME WITH YOUR FRIENDS' [Magic]!?
- GO AHEAD, [Kid]... CALL ALL YOU WANT!
- NO ONE WILL EVER PICK UP
- [Call for help #2]
- GO AHEAD AND [Scream] INTO THE [Receiver].
- THE [Voice] RUNS OUT EVENTUALLY
- YOUR [Voice] THEIR [Voice]
- UNTIL YOU REALIZE YOU ARE ALL ALONE
- [Call for help #3]
- THERE WILL BE NO MORE [Miracles] NO MORE [Magic].
- YOU LOST IT WHEN YOU TRIED TO SEE TOO FAR....
- ... YOU LOST IT...
- [Call for help #4]
- YOU MAKE ME [Sick]!
- MUTTERING YOUR [Lost Friends] NAMES AT THE BOTTOM OF A [Dumpster]!
- NO ONE'S GONNA HELP YOU!!!
- GET THAT THROUGH YOUR [Beautiful Head], YOU LITTLE [Worm]!
- [Call for help #5]
- ... HER?
- YOU'RE STILL TRYING TO [Use] HER!?
- HA HA HA HA!!!
- YOU THINK SHE CAN [Hear] YOU NOW, MUTTERING HER NAME!?
- WHAT'S SHE GONNA DO, MAKE ME AN [Ice Cream]!?
- HEY, IS IT COLD IN HERE OR IS IT JUST ME?
- It seems after all I couldn't be anything more than a simple puppet.
- But you three... You're strong.
- With a power like that...
- Maybe you three can break your own strings.
- Let me become your strength.
- [Narrator] (You got ShadowCrystal.)
- [If the equipment is full]
- [Narrator] (... but your inventory was full.)
- ... Kris...? Kris!? KRIS!?!?!?
- YOU FILLED YOUR [Inventorium] WITH [Half-Pr1ce Sallamy] JUST TO KEEP ME OUT!?
- WHAT! THE! [Fifty Percent Off]!?
- YOU CAN CARRY LIKE 48 ITEMS!!!
- [Why] DID YOU DO THIS!? WHY!? [Y]!? [Yellow]!? [Gamma]!?
- NOT [Cool] KRIS! I'LL BE IN MY [Trailer]!
- [Narrator] (You got Dealmaker.) [Spared Spamton NEO]
- [Narrator] (You got PuppetScarf.) [Defeated Spamton NEO]
- [Check #1]
- YOU WON'T FIND HIGHER ATTACK AND DEFENSE ANYWHERE ELSE!!!
- THE SMOOTH TASTE OF NEO "WAKE UP AND TASTE THE PAIN".
- [[note: pain is in red.]] . [Unused]
- He is his own worst invention. [Check #2+]
- It's time to be a BIG SHOT! [Encounter]
- Hold and release [(CONFIRM Button)] to fire a BIG SHOT! [Neutral, if no big shots were fired]
- Spamton turns to the audience and laughs. [Neutral, if big shots were fired #1]
- Spamton appeals to the audience with a festive jig! [Neutral, if big shots were fired #2]
- Spamton begs to the audience, Spamton prays to the audience. [Neutral, if big shots were fired #3]
- There is no audience. [Neutral, if big shots were fired #4]
- Spamton begs the audience to stop taking the furniture out of his room. [Neutral, if big shots were fired #7]
- Spamton feels the sweet breeze as he takes a ride around town. [Neutral, if big shots were fired #10]
- The stage lights are shattered. [Neutral]
- The air crackles with freedom. [Neutral]
- It pulls the strings and makes them ring. [Neutral]
- Smells like rotten glass. [Neutral]
- Spamton looks to the heavens. [Neutral; unused]
- You/Susie/Ralsei snapped a wire! [Snap/Snap/Snap]
- You/Susie/Ralsei snapped desperately! [Snap/Snap/Snap, if both other party members are DOWN]
- Broke 2 wires!
- You/Ralsei/Susie tried to snap a wire... but it failed [Unused]
- Everyone snapped wires! [SnapAll]
- Everyone tried to snap wires... but it failed! [Unused]
- You Super Charged! Can charge bullets faster! Lasts 20 shots. [Supercharge]
- Ralsei defended you! [FluffyGuard]
- Too many fluff balls! Can't make any more! [FluffyGuard, if there are already three fluff balls]
- You have too many tiny Ralsei! [Removed]
- The power Ralsei's fluffy warmth surrounds you!. [Unused]
- Press [(MENU)] to throw, aim for the weakpoint! [Unused]
- The wire was cut!
- Missed!
- Weird Route
- Kris used X-Slash! [X-Slash]
- RECOVERED HP with pipis! [FriedPipis]
- [<number>] Liked this!
- Spamton Neo's ATTACK dropped! Spamton Neo's DEFENSE rose greatly! [Below 10% HP]
- Spamton NEO recovered HP with Pipis! [Attempting to damage Spamton NEO below 6% HP]
- Spamton NEO's DEFENSE is towering. [Neutral, below 10% HP]
- Kris called for help... [Call for help #1-4]
- ... but nobody came.
- You whispered Noelle's name... [Call for help #5]
Spamton NEO's giant form, as seen during his special attack
Spamton wrapped in wires after battling his Spamton NEO form
Temmie Chang's artwork for the Chapter 2 Rejected Tracks page, with Spamton NEO's cannon on the piano
- Spamton NEO's check text parallels a line of error text used in Undertale's
TESTROOM, "Time to wake up and smell the pain." - If a party member is DOWNed when the Spamton NEO battle ends, their negative HP remains outside battle, even persisting into the overworld. This differs from the normal system, where DOWNed party members are restored to 1 HP upon exiting battle. Should the party enter another encounter while in this negative HP state, this can cause glitches with party members' actions and turns, particularly Kris's.
- Spamton NEO's "Bluelight Specil" is a reference to the Kmart department store chain's Blue Light Special sales promotions, where sales on items would be announced spontaneously over loudspeaker and accompanied by a flashing blue light.
- Spamton's claims that "NEO NEVER LOSES!!" and that it is "FAMOUS FOR ITS HIGH DEFENSE" - as well as his Bluelight Specil, which greatly boosts it - may be an ironic reference to Mettaton NEO, who is known for having extremely low defense to the point where he's defeated in one hit, regardless of how strong it is.
- One of Spamton NEO's flavor texts, "It pulls the strings and makes them ring", is one of the lyrics spoken in BIG SHOT.[5]
- When defeating Spamton NEO through violence outside the Weird Route, he says "YOU THINK DEPLETING MY [8000 LIFE POINTS]", a reference to the Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Card Game, in which each player starts with 8000 Life Points. Despite this, Spamton only has 4809 HP.
- Spamton NEO's line "ARE YOU READY [Kids]!?" after being defeated via FIGHTing is a reference to the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song, whose first line ("Are you ready, kids?") is spoken by Painty the Pirate.
- The flavor text that appears when Kris attempts to call their friends on the Weird Route for the first four times ends with "...but nobody came." This phrase is used many times in Undertale, especially during the Genocide Route.
- Spamton NEO shares a number of similarities to Mettaton from Undertale.
- Both characters use the suffix "-ton" in their names.
- Defeating Spamton NEO violently outside the Weird Route prompts him to try becoming "Spamton EX", referencing Mettaton's other advanced form in Undertale, Mettaton EX.
- Both the Spamton NEO and Mettaton EX battles use their hearts as attacks that can be dealt damage to, as well as smaller versions of themselves and bombs that explode in a Bomberman-style cross pattern as projectiles, with the two's bomb attacks even using identical sprites.
- Both also put the SOUL in the yellow SOUL mode.
- Spamton's constant head movement is done in a manner similar to Mettaton EX's constant pose changes.
- During Spamton NEO's final attack, the words "WRECK", "PAUSE", and "SPEW" can be seen in the bottom left corner of the screen, referencing Mettaton EX's "REC" and "REW" mechanics. Prior to version v1.08, these words only appeared on the Weird Route, and PAUSE did not appear at all.
- It is implied that the Lightner whose hopes and dreams became the machine in the Basement is Mettaton; the ghost who lives with Napstablook, heavily implied to be Mettaton, describes themselves as a "nobody".
- BIG SHOT, the track used for the battle with Spamton NEO, contains leitmotifs from Mettaton NEO's theme, Power of "NEO", and Mad Dummy's theme, Dummy!. Mad Dummy is a cousin of Mettaton's. Additionally, the Japanese title of BIG SHOT is "Power of [[BIG]]", a direct reference to Power of "NEO".
- The flavor text lines, "The stage lights are shattered." and "He is his own worst invention." are likely referencing the lines "Stage lights are blaring." and "Dr. Alphys's greatest invention." from the fight with Mettaton NEO.
- Both the fights with Spamton NEO and Mettaton EX refer to an audience in their flavor text, although it is implied to be nonexistent in the former case.
| Game edition | Version tag | Changes |
|---|---|---|
| Chapter 1&2 Demo | v1.05 | Moved the autosave before the Spamton NEO battle, now allowing Kris to not insert the Disk and simply leave. |
| The game started tracking how many times the exploit was used using a variable named "funnycheat".[4] | ||
| Altered the damage numbers at the end of the Spamton NEO battle on the Weird Route to be yellow, matching Noelle's damage numbers, rather than blue. | ||
| v1.06 | Added an anger mechanic to the Spamton NEO battle. Firing many "big shots" by using the "[CONFIRM]" and "[Enter]" keys at the same time now causes Spamton to turn red, gain higher ATK, and cause some late fight attacks to occur earlier on. | |
| v1.07 | Slight changes to Spamton NEO's difficulty. | |
| Improved "FluffyGuard", Ralsei's spell against Spamton NEO, by allowing holding "[CANCEL]" button to stop the ball's rotation. | ||
| v1.08 | Fixed a bug where Spamton NEO's final attack would not correctly display "WRECK", "PAUSE", and "SPEW". | |
| Added a smoke effect after Spamton NEO's final attack. | ||
| Fixed a bug where Ralsei would not snap desperately against Spamton NEO. |
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He is his own worst invention.
— Narration, Chapter 2 - ↑ Press F1 for help... on console - Deltarune Chapter 2 on YouTube
- ↑ Press F1 for help on console with a keyboard attached - Deltarune Chapter 2 on YouTube
- 1 2 3 gml_Object_obj_spamton_neo_enemy_Other_14 script, Chapter 2
- ↑ Deltarune BIG SHOT Isolated Vocals - Most Definite Lyrics - Cleanest Isolation on YouTube