The Great Giana Sisters started life on Commodore 64 where it was quickly taken off shelves for looking and feeling too much like the iconic Mario brothers. The sisters then saw a comeback on the DS in 2009 where the concept was still little more than a Mario clone with cute graphics, but in 2012 we then got Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams which later saw a director's cut and most recently the Owltimate Edition in 2018.
Since then we have seen nothing of the twin gals, and as someone who finds Mario way too safe and "basic" I would love to see Giana become more of a mainstay in the industry. Afterall, with Twisted Dreams the team sought to do just that: create a game that shed the "just a Mario clone" skin and made a wholy original and unique game that has a style all its own.
In addition, whereas it takes ages for any Mario game to actually get challenging because its main audience is them kiddies, Giana Sisters goes easy on you in the first 2-3 levels, but thereafter pulls no punches and quickly gets "old school hard". Even having an unlockable "Über Hardcore"-difficulty where you get ONE life to make it through the WHOLE game.
I could therefore totally see Giana Sisters as the more hardcore alternative to kiddy Mario. Plus the soundtrack absolutely slaps, having two versions of the same track play during every level. One being hard rock and the other a softer pop. Tell me, when was the last time in a Mario game you made it through spike filled castles to the beat of hardcore metal??
Since then we have seen nothing of the twin gals, and as someone who finds Mario way too safe and "basic" I would love to see Giana become more of a mainstay in the industry. Afterall, with Twisted Dreams the team sought to do just that: create a game that shed the "just a Mario clone" skin and made a wholy original and unique game that has a style all its own.
In addition, whereas it takes ages for any Mario game to actually get challenging because its main audience is them kiddies, Giana Sisters goes easy on you in the first 2-3 levels, but thereafter pulls no punches and quickly gets "old school hard". Even having an unlockable "Über Hardcore"-difficulty where you get ONE life to make it through the WHOLE game.
I could therefore totally see Giana Sisters as the more hardcore alternative to kiddy Mario. Plus the soundtrack absolutely slaps, having two versions of the same track play during every level. One being hard rock and the other a softer pop. Tell me, when was the last time in a Mario game you made it through spike filled castles to the beat of hardcore metal??
