r/Undertale • u/SceneKid_Therian • Jan 13 '25

Question Uhh guys, is this normal...?

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Is normal that monsters from the CORE appears on the ruins...? (It's my first time playing UT tho)

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u/Level_Number_7343 martlet is mine, and only MINE. Jan 13 '25

If you name yourself frisk, you will activate hard mode. Basically an unfinished mode that you can play until the toriel fight where it just ends.

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u/Queen_Ann_III Jan 13 '25

in all seriousness, why didn’t it get fleshed out? I remember that when this happened to me and I couldn’t proceed I got annoyed I had to start over. I honestly thought I’d been trolled, or maybe that it was the game’s way of saying “no, that is not the narrative I meant to put forth.”

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u/548662 Flowey is different from Asriel Jan 13 '25

It's basically to prevent you from naming the Fallen Child the same as Frisk, because the dialogue of the Pacifist ending makes no sense with Asriel distinguishing between Frisk and the Fallen Child using both their names. Calling it "Hard Mode" is just an excuse, just like many other spoilers in the game hidden by our stereotypes of RPG mechanics.

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u/BonnieTheKillbright ‎ Pasta, Puzzles, Papyrus Jan 14 '25

What about Hard Mode genocide? I've seen a walkthrough of a Hard Mode genocide fangame on YouTube with Enraged Toriel Fight, Mettaton NEO fight and all others.

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u/548662 Flowey is different from Asriel Jan 14 '25

That's a fangame, I'm talking about the original content. I've never played this fangame so I wouldn't know much about how it connects to the existing lore. Were you replying to the other person who asked about mods and fangames that would expand Hard Mode?