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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: demi on April 05, 2009, 01:59:34 AM

Title: GIANA SISTERS DS
Post by: demi on April 05, 2009, 01:59:34 AM: I'll admit this is beyond my time but this remake is AWESOME
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Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on April 05, 2009, 02:03:05 AM: It's out???
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Post by: demi on April 05, 2009, 02:04:05 AM: It even has achievements, just enough to make it an XBLA title. If this was an XBLA title I would buy it and jerk off to it
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on April 05, 2009, 02:09:31 AM: is this out this week? does it have a chris huelsbeck score?
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Post by: demi on April 05, 2009, 02:11:05 AM: Its only available in Eurotard land.

Here's the website

http://www.giana-sisters.com/
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Post by: demi on April 05, 2009, 02:15:10 AM: I found this on the forum, a reply from the developer

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Fabian del Priore who worked on the new soundtrack together with Chris Hülsbeck was pleased to read your question. All 6 pieces of music from the original soundtrack (except the highscore-track) are included in the new Giana Sisters DS as remixes and there are another 20 pieces inspired by the original music.

http://forum.dtp-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?f=194&t=12316
Title: Re: GIANA SISTERS DS
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on April 05, 2009, 02:17:08 AM: Have only played the first few levels, but this game is awesome.
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Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on April 05, 2009, 02:20:21 AM: It's so refreshing playing a good 2d platformer with no gimmicky touch bullshit.
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Post by: demi on April 05, 2009, 02:25:43 AM: GRAB THE PUNK ORB
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on April 05, 2009, 02:28:28 AM: DAY FUCKING ONE
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Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on April 05, 2009, 02:31:02 AM: Is this coming out in the US?
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Post by: demi on April 05, 2009, 02:31:21 AM: I dont think they have a publisher for it
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Post by: cool breeze on April 05, 2009, 02:34:11 AM: I played the first world and it's fun. I'll totally buy it if it's released in the states.
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on April 05, 2009, 02:34:28 AM: can i play uk carts on my us ds
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Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on April 05, 2009, 02:36:19 AM: Quote from: Professor Prole on April 05, 2009, 02:34:28 AM
can i play uk carts on my us ds
Yes
Title: Re: GIANA SISTERS DS
Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on April 05, 2009, 02:36:55 AM: ah, shucks; will try to import (or pirate, failing that :teehee)
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on April 05, 2009, 02:37:55 AM: where can i order this
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Post by: Enl on April 05, 2009, 02:44:51 AM: Damn this game looks so good. Even though Great Giana Sisters wasn't one of my childhood C64 games, I was quite familiar with it. The remake looks to be everything that New Super Mario Bros wasn't. I think I may import tomorrow this if what Bob says is true.
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Post by: demi on April 05, 2009, 02:45:02 AM: Quote from: Professor Prole on April 05, 2009, 02:37:55 AM
where can i order this

Only link I could find

http://www.amazon.de/dtp-entertainment-AG-Giana-Sisters/dp/B001PVWYAM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1238910328&sr=8-1
Title: Re: GIANA SISTERS DS
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on April 05, 2009, 02:49:42 AM: Using the bubblegum makes my shitty flashcard freeze. ;_;
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Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on April 05, 2009, 02:51:16 AM: Oh. If I deactivate the mic it works fine. I would have turned it off anyway.
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on April 05, 2009, 02:52:23 AM: holy crap, $60 after shipping

gonna hafta sleep on this one
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Post by: Madrun Badrun on April 05, 2009, 02:52:42 AM: Looks like a slow super mario bros rip off for girls. Pass.
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Post by: Enl on April 05, 2009, 02:55:45 AM: Quote from: Father_Mike on April 05, 2009, 02:52:42 AM
Looks like a slow super mario bros rip off for girls. Pass.
Either this is sarcasm or you're not familiar with the history of the series. But yes, the original was pretty much was a slow female Mario ripoff.

Quote from: Professor Prole on April 05, 2009, 02:52:23 AM
holy crap, $60 after shipping

gonna hafta sleep on this one
:'( Looks like I'll wait a little bit and see if there's word on a local release. If not I'll still probably bite.
Title: Re: GIANA SISTERS DS
Post by: Madrun Badrun on April 05, 2009, 02:58:41 AM: :o

"Due to its extreme similarity with Super Mario Bros., Rainbow Arts was forced to withdraw the game from sale almost as soon as it was released and cancel release of the otherwise completed ZX Spectrum version, under pressure from Nintendo's legal arm. The cover of the C64 version, published in the UK by GO! (a sub-label of US Gold), went so far as to taunt Nintendo's game with the tagline "The brothers are history"."
Title: Re: GIANA SISTERS DS
Post by: demi on April 05, 2009, 03:13:09 AM: Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on April 05, 2009, 02:51:16 AM
Oh. If I deactivate the mic it works fine. I would have turned it off anyway.

Works for me, I dont know how to turn off the mic.

(I played up to the bubblegum just to test it)
Title: Re: GIANA SISTERS DS
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on April 05, 2009, 03:16:48 AM: Quote from: demi on April 05, 2009, 03:13:09 AM
Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on April 05, 2009, 02:51:16 AM
Oh. If I deactivate the mic it works fine. I would have turned it off anyway.

Works for me, I dont know how to turn off the mic.

(I played up to the bubblegum just to test it)

Press start and choose deactivate mic. The option only shows up on levels with bubblegum in it. When you choose bubblegum it just blows the bubble up automatically.
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Post by: trippingmartian on April 05, 2009, 02:47:18 PM: Damn. I grew up playing the sprite-hacked version of GS on C64. I wouldn't mind trying this.
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Post by: archie4208 on April 05, 2009, 02:53:45 PM: Game is awesome. DS hits another homerun. :bow Nintendo :bow2
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Post by: Himu on April 05, 2009, 03:03:55 PM: Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on April 05, 2009, 02:20:21 AM
It's so refreshing playing a good 2d platformer with no gimmicky touch bullshit.

IT DOESN'T HAVE GIMMICKY TOUCHSCREEN SHIT?

YES
Title: Re: GIANA SISTERS DS
Post by: Guybrush Threepwood on April 05, 2009, 04:42:52 PM: So this is never coming to the US?
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Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on April 05, 2009, 05:06:17 PM: Doubt it. Platformers that aren't Mario themed don't sell, and games as girly looking as this one sell even worse.
Title: Re: GIANA SISTERS DS
Post by: Lafiel on April 06, 2009, 10:20:24 AM: How does this remake exist anyway? when the original game was recalled by nintendos legal team. :-\
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Post by: Guybrush Threepwood on April 06, 2009, 09:59:28 PM: http://www.esrb.org/ratings/search.jsp?titleOrPublisher=giana&rating=&ratingsCriteria=&platforms=&platformsCriteria=&javaScript=0&searchVersion=compact&content=&searchType=title&contentCriteria=&newSearch.x=60&newSearch.y=16

:dur :dur
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Post by: demi on April 06, 2009, 10:03:50 PM: I sent Gazza the game and he said he cummed a thousand cummings when he played it. I will take that as nostalgia-tard approved
Title: Re: GIANA SISTERS DS
Post by: Enl on April 06, 2009, 10:04:15 PM: :hyper :drool :hyper :drool :hyper

spoiler (click to show/hide)
:piss :mario :piss2
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Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on April 06, 2009, 10:08:26 PM: I posted this on gaf and I'm copy pasting it here cause I'm lazy. I found two secret levels.

Level -1
In level 4-3, go right until you get bubble gum. Activate the bubble gum and fly all the way back to the level's start. In the absolute top-left most corner of the level is a hidden block, so float below that and fly up into it. When you activate it you'll unlock level -1.

Level -2
Play level 6-7 until you reach the first flower checkpoint. To the right of it is a bazooka bee. Bounce off it's head directly upward and you'll activate a hidden block opening level -2. -2 is a bit more interesting than -1.
Title: Re: GIANA SISTERS DS
Post by: demi on April 06, 2009, 10:09:57 PM: And nobody questioned how you were in fact playing Giana Sisters DS? lol
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Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on April 06, 2009, 10:15:39 PM: I live in Germany.
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Title: Re: GIANA SISTERS DS
Post by: pilonv1 on April 16, 2009, 09:46:18 AM: This is actually awesome, its charming and fun. Better than anything Nintendo has done recently.
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Post by: Mondain on April 17, 2009, 12:09:30 PM: Yep, awesome simple yet fun, cute platformer. Game is way too easy and pretty repetitive though.
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Post by: TVC15 on April 17, 2009, 12:37:02 PM: Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on April 05, 2009, 05:06:17 PM
Doubt it. Platformers that aren't Mario themed don't sell, and games as girly looking as this one sell even worse.

What's girly about this? Here's a tip, Bobbo, the chicks aren't into the hard nips.

(http://www.c64-wiki.de/images/7/77/GianaSisters_Cover.jpg)
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Post by: SantaC on May 14, 2009, 08:03:09 AM: it is better than NSMB
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Post by: The Sceneman on May 14, 2009, 08:08:21 AM: that shouldnt be hard considering NSMB is the biggest pile of shit Ive played this decade
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Post by: Bebpo on October 03, 2009, 01:47:10 PM: Just beat this getting all the red gems on every level. Been playing it in small bursts for a few weeks now. Overall thought it was a great little platformer. Good physics, graphics, level designs if you go for all the red gems, length.

My only complaints are that the first 5 or 6 worlds are a joke in difficulty and thus kind of pointless outside a few levels. World 7 is a good difficulty and World 8 is a nice challenging platform that gets your hands sweaty; so those worlds were great. The rest were fun but way too easy. The other complaint I have is lack of real bosses. Fighting the same boss with the same pattern every world (an easy pattern) is zzzz. Some other powerups would've been nice, but I understand they're going for more of a SMB1 game than a SMB3+ game.

Was cool, don't remember NSMB enough to figure out which I liked more. Why haven't they made another Mario for the DS btw...it's been a while and DS is only Nintendo's best selling system......hmmm.

Shame Nintendo is stupid and litigious and keeping this from the US. It's a B/B+ game that definitely worth about $30.
Title: Re: GIANA SISTERS DS
Post by: Raban on October 03, 2009, 02:37:51 PM: OMG LOOKS SO GOOD.

Goddamn America never getting good games :(
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Post by: Enl on October 03, 2009, 04:59:52 PM: So this finally got release outside of Germany? I might actually pick this up now. Know where I can import this on the cheap?
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Post by: Bebpo on October 03, 2009, 07:29:13 PM: Quote from: Enl on October 03, 2009, 04:59:52 PM
So this finally got release outside of Germany? I might actually pick this up now. Know where I can import this on the cheap?

It got released outside of Germany in a place called the internet. :shh
Title: Re: GIANA SISTERS DS
Post by: Enl on February 08, 2010, 07:27:40 PM: Game is now out on iPhone.

Copy/paste from that other forum:
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I thought this was the best place to say instead of making a new thread and I know some people missed the chance to play this because it came out in limited areas a while ago. This game is now out for iPhone/touch (http://"http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/giana-sisters/id347349722?mt=8") also, while that is awesome there are some drawbacks.

It looks like they applied a backbone-quality(tm) filter when they enlarged the sprites so it doesn't have that pixel sharp style to it all.

Also, it's only £2.99

(http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r30/Purple/75/90/f7/mzl.wdezyfzj.480x480-75.jpg)(http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r30/Purple/f0/f2/7b/mzl.qrzsfxxo.480x480-75.jpg)

*in before "no real dpad is shit"
Title: Re: GIANA SISTERS DS
Post by: pilonv1 on February 08, 2010, 07:46:26 PM: :o going to check this out
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Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on February 08, 2010, 08:07:08 PM: Quote from: Enl on February 08, 2010, 07:27:40 PM
Game is now out on iPhone.

Copy/paste from that other forum:
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I thought this was the best place to say instead of making a new thread and I know some people missed the chance to play this because it came out in limited areas a while ago. This game is now out for iPhone/touch (http://"http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/giana-sisters/id347349722?mt=8") also, while that is awesome there are some drawbacks.

It looks like they applied a backbone-quality(tm) filter when they enlarged the sprites so it doesn't have that pixel sharp style to it all.

Also, it's only £2.99

(http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r30/Purple/75/90/f7/mzl.wdezyfzj.480x480-75.jpg)(http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r30/Purple/f0/f2/7b/mzl.qrzsfxxo.480x480-75.jpg)

*in before "no real dpad is shit"

dat filter :yuck