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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><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><item><title><![CDATA[Beloved C64 Mario clone now on a Nintendo system]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/09/beloved-c64-mario-clone-now-on-a-nintendo-system/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/09/beloved-c64-mario-clone-now-on-a-nintendo-system/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/09/beloved-c64-mario-clone-now-on-a-nintendo-system/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/screens/" rel="tag">Screens</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/imports/" rel="tag">Imports</a></p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/the-great-giana-sisters/1212771/"><img hspace="4" border="0" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/12/giana1209.jpg" alt="" /></a>Time Warp Productions' <a href="http://www.lemon64.com/giana/"><em>The Great Giana Sisters</em></a> is highly regarded as one of the Commodore 64's best platform games. It was also an unsubtle <em>Super Mario Bros.</em> clone, a fact which resulted in the removal of the game from the market. Even handicapped by <em>total retail unavailability,</em> the game propagated enough to become a classic, as did its <em>much</em> more original <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt1nld9cCOo">soundtrack</a>. <br /><br />Developer Spellbound Entertainment is bringing the sisters back, with a new game on the DS. The graphical style has changed quite a bit, with smooth backgrounds reminiscent of <em>Cave Story,</em> but the Mario influence is still as clear as ever. Publisher dtp Entertainment is planning a June 2009 release (presumably in Europe, where people know what <em>The Great Giana Sisters</em> is).<br /><br />It's not <em>new,</em> but if you're so inclined, you can play the original <em>Great Giana Sisters</em> on the DS right now in the form of a <a href="http://galway.c64.org/gianads/">homebrew remake</a>.<br /><br /><br />[Via press release]<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/2008/12/09/beloved-c64-mario-clone-now-on-a-nintendo-system/">Beloved C64 Mario clone now on a Nintendo system</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:00:00 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.joystiq.com/2008/12/09/beloved-c64-mario-clone-now-on-a-nintendo-system/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1395702/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/09/beloved-c64-mario-clone-now-on-a-nintendo-system/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>commodore-64</category><category>dtp-entertainment</category><category>platform</category><category>spellbound-entertainment</category><category>the-great-giana-sisters</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[JC Fletcher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>