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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Snapshot: Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/12/snapshot-giana-sisters-twisted-dreams/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/12/snapshot-giana-sisters-twisted-dreams/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/12/snapshot-giana-sisters-twisted-dreams/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="left"> <font color="#808080"><small>There are so many games out there we couldn't possibly review them all. Welcome to <a href="http://joystiq.com/tag/snapshot">Snapshot</a>, where we highlight games that might fall outside our usual coverage but are still something we think you should know about.</small></font></div><hr /><div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/12/snapshot-giana-sisters-twisted-dreams/"><img alt="Snapshot Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams" data-src-height="298" data-src-width="530" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/11/giana.jpg" /></a></div><em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/giana-sisters-twisted-dreams">Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams</a></em> is older than I am. Ancestrally, at least - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Giana_Sisters"><em>The Great Giana Sisters</em></a> launched in 1987 on Commodore 64, Atari ST, the Amiga and a few other, <em>old </em>platforms. The publisher, Rainbow Arts, was immediately embroiled in scandal for the game's similarity to <em>Super Mario Bros</em>. It was pulled from retail and eventually the IP shifted to Spellbound Entertainment, which released <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/09/beloved-c64-mario-clone-now-on-a-nintendo-system/"><em>Great Giana Sisters DS</em></a> in 2009. Spellbound went bankrupt in 2012 and many of its members re-formed as Black Forest Games with the Giana Sisters IP in hand.<br /><br />On August 31, Black Forest's Kickstarter for "Project Giana" earned $186,000 of a requested $150,000, promising fans a modern, direct "grandchild" of <em>The Great Giana Sisters</em>. Now, <em>Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams</em> is the <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/23/psa-giana-sisters-twisted-dreams-now-available-is-greenlights/">second game to launch on Steam</a> through the latest crowd-sourced initiative, Greenlight. After 25 years of refusals, bankruptcies and a shifty legal foundation, the only thing that matters is if the game, in the end, is worth it.<br /><br /><em>Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams</em> is worth it.<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/giana-sisters-twisted-dreams/">Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/giana-sisters-twisted-dreams/#5382753"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/10/gstd-01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/giana-sisters-twisted-dreams/#5382754"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/10/gstd-02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/giana-sisters-twisted-dreams/#5382755"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/10/gstd-03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/giana-sisters-twisted-dreams/#5382756"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/10/gstd-04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/giana-sisters-twisted-dreams/#5382757"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/10/gstd-05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/12/snapshot-giana-sisters-twisted-dreams/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Snapshot: Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/12/snapshot-giana-sisters-twisted-dreams/">Snapshot: Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/12/snapshot-giana-sisters-twisted-dreams/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20376732/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/12/snapshot-giana-sisters-twisted-dreams/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>black-forest-games</category><category>giana-sisters</category><category>giana-sisters-twisted-dreams</category><category>greenlight</category><category>snapshot</category><category>steam-greenlight</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Conditt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great Giana Sisters! Infamous Super Mario Bros. clone cloned for DS]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/10/great-giana-sisters-infamous-super-mario-bros-clone-cloned-for/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/10/great-giana-sisters-infamous-super-mario-bros-clone-cloned-for/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/10/great-giana-sisters-infamous-super-mario-bros-clone-cloned-for/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/ds/" rel="tag">Nintendo DS</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/action/" rel="tag">Action</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.dtp-entertainment.com/en/corporate/press/press_releases/index.php?objectID=264"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/12/giana.sisters.490.jpg" alt="" /></a><br />
<div align="left">Released in 1987 for the era's gaming-focused personal computers - Commodore 64, Amiga, Amstrad, Atari ST - <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Giana_Sisters">The Great Giana Sisters</a> </em>was a solid platformer, which isn't surprising. It was, by and large, a staggering<em> Super Mario Bros. </em>rip-off. Nintendo's lawyers had the sisters promptly locked away, but they've somehow escaped.<br /><br />Now, of all things, the game is being remade for a June 2009 release on Nintendo DS. German publisher dtp entertainment is working with Spellbound Entertainment and Bitfield on the title, which will - in addition to updated graphics - support the DS touchscreen and microphone, although exactly <em>how </em>has not been disclosed. In fact, we're not entirely certain that Nintendo knows about the game's existence. Check out the original game's (potentially NSFW) box art after the break.</div>
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/the-great-giana-sisters-ds/">The Great Giana Sisters (DS)</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/the-great-giana-sisters-ds/#1213276"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/12/giana.sisters.490.3_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/the-great-giana-sisters-ds/#1213275"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/12/giana.sisters.490.2_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/the-great-giana-sisters-ds/#1213274"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/12/giana.sisters.490_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/the-great-giana-sisters-ds/#1213273"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/12/giana.sisters.490.1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/10/great-giana-sisters-infamous-super-mario-bros-clone-cloned-for/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Great Giana Sisters! Infamous Super Mario Bros. clone cloned for DS</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/10/great-giana-sisters-infamous-super-mario-bros-clone-cloned-for/">Great Giana Sisters! Infamous Super Mario Bros. clone cloned for DS</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.dtp-entertainment.com/en/corporate/press/press_releases/index.php?objectID=264>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/10/great-giana-sisters-infamous-super-mario-bros-clone-cloned-for/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1396289/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/10/great-giana-sisters-infamous-super-mario-bros-clone-cloned-for/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>amiga</category><category>DS</category><category>dtp-entertainment</category><category>giana-sisters</category><category>mario</category><category>super-mario-bros</category><category>the-great-giana-sisters</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Randy Nelson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>