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* The ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'' series has Heart Holders, genie bottles shaped like hearts. They are found only in out-of-the-way places. ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndThePiratesCurse'' has the Heart Squids, which are living beings that must be melted down by a lady in Scuttle Town four at a time to increase your health. They were absent with a return of Heart Holders in ''VideoGame/ShantaeHalfGenieHero'', possibly because enough of Hardcore Mode's enemies would be a OneHitKill at the starting 8 HitPoints, only to return in force in ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndTheSevenSirens''. It's revealed there that they are [[BlackComedy actually the children of Squid Baron's sister]] when he asks Shantae to look out for them.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'' series has Heart Holders, genie bottles shaped like hearts. They are found only in out-of-the-way places. ''Pirate's Curse'' has the Heart Squids, which are living beings that must be melted down by a lady in Scuttle Town four at a time to increase your health. They were absent with a return of Heart Holders in ''VideoGame/ShantaeHalfGenieHero'', possibly because enough of Hardcore Mode's enemies would be a OneHitKill at the starting 8 HitPoints, only to return in force in ''Seven Sirens''. It's revealed there that they are [[BlackComedy actually the children of Squid Baron's sister]] when he asks Shantae to look out for them.

* Even though the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' games since ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight Symphony of the Night]]'' have used EXP, a lot have heart containers--both for life, and the ammo that is known as "hearts." Games that have [[{{Mana}} Magic Points]] have MP boosters, as well.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'' series has Heart Holders, genie bottles shaped like hearts. They are found only in out-of-the-way places. ''Pirate's Curse'' has the Heart Squids, which are living beings that must be melted down by a lady in Scuttle Town four at a time to increase your health. They were absent with a return of Heart Holders in ''VideoGame/ShantaeHalfGenieHero'', only to return in force in ''Seven Sirens''. It's revealed there that they are [[BlackComedy actually the children of Squid Baron's sister]] when he asks Shantae to look out for them.

* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'' has Heart Holders, genie bottles shaped like hearts. They are found only in out-of-the-way places. ''Pirate's Curse'' has the Heart Squids, which are living beings that must be melted down by a lady in Scuttle Town four at a time to increase your health. They were absent with a return of Heart Holders in ''Half-Genie Hero'', only to return in force in ''Seven Sirens''. It's revealed there that they are [[BlackComedy actually the children of Squid Baron's sister]] when he asks Shantae to look out for them.

* ''VideoGame/{{Blood}}'' has the literal hearts, ripped from bodies, as the "health packs".

* ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'' has Centaur Hearts, which increase Zagreus’s total health for the run by 25 points. They’re a potential chamber reward, and can also be acquired by beating [[EmotionallyTongueTied Thanatos]] in a BodyCountCompetition, though he only pops up once in a while.

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The TropeNamer is the Heart Container, an item from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''.

* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'': Health and armor bonuses respectively can raise your health and armor past 100, though you {{cap}} at 200 and regular medkits will never raise you above the default 100. Soulspheres gives you an extra 100 health, Megaarmors gives you 200 armor points instantly.
* ''VideoGame/Doom2016'' has health and armor capacity increases as two of the options provided by picking up Argent Cells.

* Action-packed multiplayer games like the ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Unreal}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' series have special items that temporarily boost your various health meters beyond their normal limits. ''Quake'' and ''Halo'' even go so far as to continually whittle away at any health "over the brim" in order to discourage cowardly playstyles.
* ''VideoGame/QuakeII'' has multiple hidden Adrenaline pickups that permanently add 1 point to the player's overall HP. There are 40 throughout the game, giving a player with a keen eye a 40% health increase by the final stage.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta 2}}'' both have the Broken Witch Hearts, and you can also buy items that give you a maxed out lifebar for the duration of a single level.

* ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' has brains, which increases your "mental health." The game {{justifie|dTrope}}s this by saying that, once you rescue your friends' brains, they [[ThePowerOfFriendship add their positive psychic energies to yours, making you stronger.]]

-->-- '''Cranky Kong''', ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'' (when buying a Heart Boost)

* The first ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' game awards Travis with a ''Zelda''-style Heart Container upon the defeat of a boss. An extra Container is gained when the training with Thunder Ryu is completed. The trope is averted in [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle the sequel]], so Travis can only make his regular health meter more enduring.

* ''VideoGame/{{Guacamelee}}'' has ''Zelda''-style pieces of heart for health, skull pieces for the [[ManaMeter stamina meter]], and exclusively for the UpdatedRerelease, medallion pieces for the [[SuperMode El Intenso]] meter. Three of each are needed to upgrade their respective meters; a limited few can be bought, but the rest are found around the world.