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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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