YMMV / Columns

• Awesome Music:
  • Columns III has arguably the best soundtrack in the franchise, with a particular fan favorite being Chinese Bicycle. Morihiko Akiyama did a fantastic job.
  • Scene of Carnage, the final battle music in the game, finds its way into several fan works.
• Cult Classic: Never got even remotely close to the popularity of SEGA's other falling block series, but still has a decently sized following thanks to having its own unique take on the Falling Blocks genre.
• Demonic Spiders: In Columns II, some blocks will turn into skull blocks. Clearing out a skull block will cause the bottom of the playfield to rise up by a few cells.
• Nintendo Hard: Detractors will be quick to point out that Columns is a beginner's game due to being able to make lucky chains through making the right match by accident. Now try setting up huge chains on purpose.
• While the first few levels are relatively tame, there's a huge difficulty increase near the final levels in Columns III. Starting from the Mimic, opponents play a lot smarter and faster than you.
• Older Than They Think: If you're familiar with the series' more intricate physics, you'll notice that some of them^note in particular, the delay between a piece hitting the floor and it locking, fast sideways movement, and the delay between piece lock and the next piece are taken out of Sega's 1988 Tetris game.

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