Card Trivia:B.E.S. Big Core MK-2
- The Bacterium Empire Series are the main bosses in Konami's Gradius video games. Big Core serves as the standardized design, with every other ship following the same principles: A central power core protected by a set of ablative barriers. Sometimes following a famous on-screen prompt to "SHOOT THE CORE!", the player's ship must destroy the barriers, then the power core, in order to defeat the boss, all while dodging enough weapon's fire to typically fill the game screen. "SHOOT THE CORE!" or the variation "DESTROY THE CORE!" has become something of a catch-phrase among fans of the game.
- As the name implies, this card is an upgraded version of "Big Core".
- With this card's release, there is a B.E.S. monster for every attribute, excluding LIGHT. The anime-only card B.E.S. Armored Core is the only LIGHT type B.E.S. card thus far (Contrary to popular belief, Victory Viper XX03 is not a B.E.S. type ship).
- Like B.E.S. Crystal Core, the artwork for this card features the Vic Viper, the playable "hero" ship featured in the Gradius games.
- This is the only B.E.S. monster that gains counters when it is Special Summoned.