Line #21 VideoGame/GianaSistersDS


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2	[[caption-width-right:338:[[ArtifactTitle Don't let the title fool you;]][softreturn]only one sister actually returns.[[labelnote:*]]The one on the left is Giana. On the right is her SuperpoweredAlterEgo, Punk Giana.[[/labelnote]]]]
3	''Giana Sisters DS'' is a Platform/NintendoDS successor to the Platform/Commodore64 game ''VideoGame/TheGreatGianaSisters'' and a reboot of the ''VideoGame/GianaSisters'' series. It's a platformer about a girl named Giana who's on a quest to retrieve magical blue diamonds.
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5	Released in 2009 by the publisher DTP Entertainment and developer Spellbound Interactive, ''Giana Sisters DS'' is a {{retool}} of the original game. It has 8 worlds with 9 stages and 1 bonus stage each.
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7	''Giana Sisters DS'' was released in Europe and later Australia, with North America getting a limited release in 2011. It has ports on the [=iPad=], [=iPhone=], and Android. There's also a PC port called ''Giana Sisters [=2D=]''.
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9	''Giana Sisters DS'' received a sequel in ''VideoGame/GianaSistersTwistedDreams''.
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12	!!This game provides examples:
13	* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The castles' storm sewers let Giana walk comfortably upright, and they are home to large numbers of enemies.
14	* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Instead of a cheeky teenager, Giana is a cute CheerfulChild.
15	* AdaptationalNiceGuy: The material for the original game makes Giana to be a rude, rebellious teenager. She also outright mocks ''Super Mario Bros.''. The reboot mellows (and ages) her down, and now Giana is just a cheerful child with a FieryRedhead alter-ego.
16	* AgeLift: Giana is aged down from a teenager (maybe even a young adult) to a little girl.
17	* AllJustADream: The ending reveals the entire adventure was Giana's dream when she wakes up in her bed after beating the final dragon.
18	* ArtifactTitle: ''Giana Sisters DS'' does not contain Giana's green-haired twin sister Maria, so "Sisters" is no longer accurate.
19	* BeeAfraid: Hymenoptera enemies come in two kinds: regular Bees who simply fly back and forth; and Killer Bees who float stationary as perpetually firing their grenade launchers.
20	* BigBoosHaunt: Most of castle levels house Ghosts.
21	* BigCreepyCrawlies: Bugs (red-bellied black beetles) and Worms (red-spiked green worms) are as large as Giana.
22	* BigFancyCastle: Every world has at least one or even two castle levels populated by specially hard critters like Ghosts and Crabs.
23	* BigStormEpisode: Some of the levels take place during a heavy rainstorm with a gloomier color palette. The controls aren't affected in any way and is purely cosmetic, though.
24	* BonusLevelOfHeaven: Collecting all of the red gems within a world's levels unlocks a special bonus level that takes place in this. There are usually a lot of gems to collect here, and as a result, lots of lives.
25	* BonusStage: Find all red diamonds in one world, and you'll unlock its bonus stage.
26	* BookEnds: The game begins and ends with Giana sitting on her bed as examining her collection of blue stones.
27	* BreathWeapon: Dragon's main attack is to spit human-sized fireballs.
28	* {{Cap}}: Giana's lives cap at 99.
29	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Maria is absent in this game.
30	* CollisionDamage: Most of enemies like Red Owls, Jellyfishes, Bugs and Worms hurt Giana by bumping into her.
31	* CuteSlimeMook: Jellyfishes look like adorable, spherical blue blobs with two googly eyes floating inside their liquid bodies.
32	* DeathThrows: As per platform game tradition, take a hit and Giana flies off the screen towards the camera.
33	* DemBones: Ghosts resemble legless human skeletons.
34	* DerivativeDifferentiation: The original game was such a ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' clone that Nintendo sued for plagiarism and got all copies taken off of shelves. This game features almost none of the similarities besides the two series being platformers.
35	* DownTheDrain: Many castle's levels take place in the sewers.
36	* ElementalHairColors: Punk Giana is a pyrokinetic redhead.
37	* EmbeddedPrecursor: ''Giana Sisters DS'' has every level from the original ''Great Giana'' Sisters as an unlockable.
38	* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Downplayed with Giana herself. She is as athletic and acrobatic as any platform game hero, but at the end of the day she's still just a little girl, [[OneHitPointWonder just as fragile]], and can't defend herself beyond hopping on enemies. [[SuperMode Punk Giana]] is that same acrobatic little girl, but with powerful strength to break blocks and the ability to shoot fire.
39	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: [[https://www.spriters-resource.com/ds_dsi/gianasistersds/ Most of enemies]] have simple, descriptive names: Owls, Bugs, Bees, Piranhas, Ghosts...
40	* ExcusePlot: Giana's treasure chest spilled a bunch of blue diamonds into a black hole, which sends Giana into a magical world. Giana has to find the diamonds and discover the secret of her treasure chest.
41	* EyeOnAStalk: Eyes and Killer Eyeballs have four tiny eyestalks attached to their main, larger eye.
42	* FanGame: Due to the 10+ year gap between the first game and the reboot, the series has had several fan-games:
43	** ''Giana's Return'' is a FanSequel that began development in 1998 and ended development in 2004. A different coder restarted the game but almost had to quit because an official reboot was coming out; ''Giana's Return'' was allowed to continue as long as it was freeware. The last patch for the game was released in 2014.
44	** ''Giana Madness'' is a cancelled 3D fan game.
45	** ''Mario & Giana Adventure'' is a 3D crossover between ''Giana Sisters'' and ''Super Mario Bros''.
46	** ''Giana Worlds'' is a 1999 FanSequel to the original game. It has a cancelled sequel called ''Giana Worlds 2''.
47	* FantasyKeepsake: After beating Dragon for the last time, Giana gets a huge red diamond. Then she wakes up in her bed, and finds a huge red diamond sticking out of her treasure box.
48	* FieryRedhead: Punk Giana is a literal case as she can also shoot fire.
49	* FinalBoss: Dragon is the last enemy whom Giana has to stomp.
50	* {{Fireballs}}: Punk Giana has the power to shoot red fireballs at enemies.
51	* GiantEnemyCrab: Crabs are man-sized yellow spider crabs who will rush to pinch Giana.
52	* TheGoomba: Red Owls are the first enemy Giana meets. They are small critters who do nothing but walk back and forward and take a single hit to beat. Their only way to attack is run into Giana.
53	* GoombaStomp: Most of enemies can be killed by leaping onto them.
54	* GreenAndMean: The FinalBoss in each world is a big, fat green dragon.
55	* GreenHillZone: The first few levels are quiet, rocky grasslands, inhabited by weak or easily avoidable enemies, and mostly bereft of pits, spikes and other hazards.
56	* HolidayMode: The scrolling title screen not only changes depending on if it's day or night, but it also has a special Easter title screen where the passing enemies are replaced by rabbits.
57	* InvincibleMinorMinion: Piranhas, Crabs, Ghosts and Worms are completely unkillable and must be jumped over or completely avoided.
58	* KillerRabbit: Dragon Bunnies look cute, pink bunnies until they open their massive, fanged maws to swallow Giana whole.
59	* NeverSayDie: The game is AllJustADream, so Giana doesn't really "die" in this game. Losing all of your lives results in Giana being woken up by an alarm clock.
60	* NintendoHard: ''Giana Sisters DS'' has a number of incredibly tough segments. Imagine a ''Mario'' game with no running, fireballs that don't bounce, and loads of bottomless pits and instant-kill hazards and you're about halfway there. And if you lose all of your lives at ''any'' point before the ending, you [[PermanentlyMissableContent are screwed out of Stages 9-1 and 9-2 for the entirety of that save file]].
61	* {{Oculothorax}}: Eyes and Killer Eyeballs look like classic [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Beholders]], except they are pink and cuter. Killer Eyeballs are larger and shoot fireballs.
62	* OneHitPointWonder: Without her Punk Powers, Normal Giana is done for after one hit.
63	* OrWasItADream: It looks like Giana dreamed the whole adventure up, but the big red diamond -which she did not own previously- found in her treasure box suggests otherwise.
64	* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Dragon is a chubby bipedal dragon with a huge maw and ridiculously tiny wings.
65	* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Ghosts are skeletal, three-headed white spectres who are weirdly missing their bodies' lower halves. They are permanently flying in circles and cannot be damaged at all.
66	* PerkyGoth: The modern version of Giana's SuperMode. Or at least, it has Goth vibes.
67	* PiranhaProblem: Black-and-red Piranhas will jump out of the water to chomp Giana. They are invulnerable to any kind of attack.
68	* PlanetHeck: About half of World 8 in ''Giana Sisters DS''. The time limit even increases from 300 to [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]].
69	* PlatformGame: The genre to which the game belongs.
70	* PlayingWithFire: Punk Giana is able to shoot fireballs.
71	* PowerDyesYourHair: Giana's hair changes from blonde to a dark red upon turning Punk.
72	* PowerUpFood: Grabbing a piece of candy turns Giana into her Punk form.
73	* {{Retraux}}: The DS Remake definitely tries to capture the look and feel of a late 80's-early 90's PC game. If anything, the music fits.
74	* SingleUseShield: Giana loses her Punk powers upon getting hit and turns back to normal.
75	* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Snow levels begin appearing in the final worlds.
76	* SuperMode: Punk Giana. Giana turns into FieryRedhead version of herself with PerkyGoth clothes, who is much stronger and can shoot fireballs.
77	* SuperPoweredEvilSide: The DS version's credits strongly imply this. Punk Giana can bust blocks, shoot fireballs, and survive a hit, compared to Normal Giana... who can do none of those things.
78	* SuperTitle64Advance: It's called "Giana Sisters '''DS'''" because it was released on the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS.
79	* UndergroundLevel: A lot of levels take place in caves full of sharp stalactites, bouncing spiked balls and Piranha-filled subterranean lakes. Other perils include Ghosts and Jellyfishes.
80	* YouDontLookLikeYou: Punk Giana has been redesigned. Her hair is red instead of red-and-green, she's ditched her mohawk for a messy ponytail, and she's more gothic than punk.
81	* YoungerAndHipper: In the original game the twins were adults. Ever since this game they've been Kid Heroes.
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