![]() He only survives because someone shoots him dead to stop the signal, then revives him later. During the shoot-out in New York, one of the combatants fires a missile that homes in on the nanite-passport injected in the protagonist's neck. Wolf's Rain: the Nobles have access to laser weapons that home in on their targets, inexplicably.Firing them at No Range Like Point-Blank Range costs Akira one of his arms ( he pays to get it re-grown). They’re best for shooting down enemy missiles, and firing from moving vehicles. Rebuild World: Akira, to replace his Grenade Launcher, gets mini-missile like bullets for his Bifurcated Weapon guns.Toriko can do this with his Flying Forks and Knives by using his sense of smell to track the targets scent. "Something" includes letters, arrows, giant axes, other people, a ship half the size of an island. If he then throws something with that same hand, he can make it chase the target until it hits or it's stopped. Vander Decken IX ate the Mark Mark fruit, which allows him to "remember" one person per hand.Franky also claims that his shoulder cannons do this, but subverts it when it's really just himself running after the opponent. Nami's Thunder Breed Tempo (a homing lightning bolt).Hellsing: Rip Van Winkle has a rifle that shoots magic bullets that can immediately home on a target or do very fancy Roboteching.Deadly Bomber takes this even further, as the energy ball is seen making sharp ninty-degree turns in its flight path to track its victim. Goku (Kamehameha twin dragon shot), Krillin (Double Tsuihikidan), and Piccolo (Chasing Bullet) have all used homing Ki attacks at one time or another.May or may not be a Pocket Rocket Launcher Super-Persistent Missile, in which the projectile not only guides itself toward a target but doesn’t give up if it misses.Pinball Projectile, in which the projectiles move by bouncing off of non-targets.Roboteching, in which the projectiles don't start homing until after they've flown a fair distance.Magic Missile Storm, a swarm of Projectile Spell.Macross Missile Massacre, in which a huge, ominous cloud of homing missiles is released.Homing Lasers, in which the homing "projectile" in question is a laser beam. ![]() Homing Boulders, in which the mechanic is there but doesn't make sense for the situation, such as boulders rolling at you that home in on your location.Boomerang Comeback, in which the projectile starts homing after overtaking the target.Action Bomb, in which the projectile in question homes in because it's alive.See also Flying Weapon, which has a tendency to chase after the target. This can often be justified, however, since "mere" tracking requires far less advanced software (and hardware) than proactive interception.Ī fairly common projectile type in Shoot 'em Ups and Tabletop Games.Ĭompare and Contrast with Player-Guided Missile. Very few homing attacks will actually plot an intercept course on a moving target. If an enemy is firing it, you'll need to perform a High-Speed Missile Dodge, whip out a shield, trick its guidance system, Shoot the Bullet if it is destructible, or just outrun it until it loses steam.Ī curious trait of most homing attacks is their inability to "lead" a moving target, resulting in them doggedly "trailing" behind if the target can move fast enough. If you're firing it, it can be an effective means of eliminating targets without putting yourself in harm's way. A projectile or attack in interactive media (or a narrative description in non-interactive media) that homes in on its intended target. ![]()
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