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* MagicSkirt: See the box art on this very page for an example. Ruby's dress always bends strangely when she sits.[[spoiler: This even applies to the end screen in-game after collecting all of the gems, where Ruby sits on the floor in front of a chest of gems with Princess Dazzle nearby.]] This trope is averted in Ruby's VictoryPose.
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* MagicSkirt: See the box art on this very page for an example. Ruby's dress always bends strangely when she sits.[[spoiler: This even applies to the end screen in-game after collecting all of the gems, where Ruby sits on the floor in front of a chest of gems with Princess Dazzle nearby.]] This trope is averted in Ruby's VictoryPose.
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* GottaCatchThemAll: Rather, gotta collect all of the gems. There are 24 in total, and the game starts out each player character with 2 different ones. [[GuideDangIt Good luck figuring out how to get all of them on your own.]]
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** One of the stats in Survival Mode is "Magic." The closest the game gets to explaining this stat is a randomly dropped hint about using black gems twice (without referencing how it connects with the Magic stat), but otherwise Magic in Survival isn't explained at all. Not increasing it makes getting the highest ranking impossible. [[note]]The only way to increase the magic stat is by using black gems twice by placing at least 1 of them off the top of the screen. This can also happen by accident as the screen fills up with gems, but, considering how the player is likely losing at that point, it can be hard to notice.[[/note]]
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** One of the stats in Survival Mode is "Magic." The closest the game gets to explaining this stat is a randomly dropped hint about using black gems twice (without referencing how it connects with the Magic stat), but otherwise Magic in Survival isn't explained at all. Not increasing it makes getting the highest ranking impossible. [[note]]The only way to increase the magic stat is by using black gems twice by placing at least 1 of them off the top of the screen. This can also happen by accident as the screen fills up with gems, but, considering how the player is likely losing at that point, it can be hard to notice.[[/note]]
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* GuideDangIt: Getting all of the gems. You can get most of them by playing all of the modes well enough. 2 gems (different for each character, but both obtained the same way) in particular qualify for this trope, however, for not being obtained via normal gameplay and not being hinted at all. [[spoiler: Specifically, the two gems in question are locked behind winning a multiplayer match 5 times and pausing in survival for 5 minutes]].minutes after passing the 1 stage]]. No other gems have similar requirements.
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A 2001 FallingBlocks and MatchThreeGame by WOW Entertainment that was published by Creator/{{THQ}} for UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance. ''Columns Crown'' begins with [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess Dazzle]] being informed by her mother that, if she wants to become the queen, she has to [[GottaCatchThemAll recollect the 24 jewels belonging to the crown]]. Having uncovered four of those jewels in the castle, the princess realizes that outside help is necessary. Therein come Jade and Ruby, Dazzle's two friends from school. Happy to aid, they begin their expedition.
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A 2001 FallingBlocks and MatchThreeGame by WOW Entertainment that was published by Creator/{{THQ}} for UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance. ''Columns Crown'' begins with [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess Dazzle]] Dazzle being informed by her mother that, if she wants to become the queen, she has to [[GottaCatchThemAll recollect the 24 jewels belonging to the crown]]. Having uncovered four of those jewels in the castle, the princess realizes that outside help is necessary. Therein come Jade and Ruby, Dazzle's two friends from school. Happy to aid, they begin their expedition.
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A 2001 FallingBlocks and MatchThreeGame by WOW Entertainment that was published byCreator/{{THQ}}.Creator/{{THQ}} for UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance. ''Columns Crown'' begins with [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess Dazzle]] being informed by her mother that, if she wants to become the queen, she has to [[GottaCatchThemAll recollect the 24 jewels belonging to the crown]]. Having uncovered four of those jewels in the castle, the princess realizes that outside help is necessary. Therein come Jade and Ruby, Dazzle's two friends from school. Happy to aid, they begin their expedition.
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A 2001 FallingBlocks and MatchThreeGame by WOW Entertainment that was published by {{THQ}}.Creator/{{THQ}}. ''Columns Crown'' begins with [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess Dazzle]] being informed by her mother that, if she wants to become the queen, she has to [[GottaCatchThemAll recollect the 24 jewels belonging to the crown]]. Having uncovered four of those jewels in the castle, the princess realizes that outside help is necessary. Therein come Jade and Ruby, Dazzle's two friends from school. Happy to aid, they begin their expedition.
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A 2001 FallingBlocks and MatchThreeGame by WOW Entertainment that was published by {{THQ}}. ''Columns Crown'' begins with [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess Dazzle]] being informed by her mother that, if she wants to become the queen, she has to [[GottaCatchThemAll recollect the 24 jewels belonging to the crown]]. Having uncovered four of those jewels in the castle, the princess realizes that outside help is necessary. Therein come Jade and Ruby, Dazzle's two friends from school. Happy to aid, they begin their expedition.
Apart from PlayerVersusPlayer, there are three modes to choose from:
* '''[[EndlessGame Survival]]''', which has you start with a fresh, clear board and place randomly-generated jewel sets. The goal is to keep the game going for as long as you can, with rewards given at determined intervals. This is the only mode to feature DifficultyLevels. After filling the gauge to the board's right, a special set of silver orbs drop instead of normal gems; these destroy all jewels of the same color that they land on, and can be reused by stacking at least one of the orbs above the screen's edge. Progression is determined by your earned score.
* '''VS. CPU''' pits Ruby/Jade against a band of thieves seeking to acquire the jewels themselves, with their reasons for doing so not shown until the very end. [[spoiler:After TheReveal, the game's BigBad becomes Princess Dazzle's cousin, Pinch, who enlisted the thieves' help in her goal to complete her own kingdom's Columns Crown. She is not referenced in the other two modes.]] Filling the gauge causes one of your ability jewels to drop, which, when destroyed, can help you or hinder your opponent in various ways.
* '''Flash Columns''', where Ruby/Jade must clear preset jewels to reach and destroy [[NoticeThis one or more jewels with a white outline]] before progressing forward. There are fifty stages total. Every fifth level is called a “Challenging Stage,” which are actually closer to {{Breather Level}}s than anything else. After clearing five, you are awarded one jewel to the crown, and are allowed to resume playing at the next stage without penalty. [[note]]In other words, clearing stage 5 lets you quit playing, then start again at stage 6.[[/note]]
In all of those modes, attaching jewels of the same color vertically, horizontally or diagonally causes them to disappear. With enough skill or luck, {{Combos}} can be created, which, in Survival and VS. CPU modes, gives an increasingly bigger boost to the bonus gauge. Regardless of mode, if the middle row reaches the top of the screen, it's GameOver.
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!!Tropes used in ''Columns Crown'' include:
* AmbiguousGender: Jinx. Its VictoryPose has it do something akin to a PecFlex, but [[BuffySpeak the pecs don't look entirely pec-like]].
* ArtificialBrilliance: chaining becomes commonplace not long into Vs. CPU mode.
* ArtificialStupidity: Then again, several of the characters are utterly idiotic.
** Some will commit suicide by stacking the middle row of their playing field past the screen when the sides are practically empty. They usually do this ''within seconds of the match starting''. Happens the most with [[spoiler:Princess Pinch.]]
** A few of the abilities not only add extra rows of gems to the opponent's field, but do the same to the user's. Jinx can occasionally kill [[AmbiguousGender itself]] this way. Then there's the ones which swap your boards, which, due to their overlapping [[ArtificialBrilliance brilliance]] and [[ArtificialStupidity stupidity]], can leave them in a worse position than you.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Princess Pinch, Dazzle's cousin]].
* BigFancyHouse: Dazzle's.
* BlackMagicianGirl: Ruby is one, if her status as a Sorcerer is to be believed on the character selection screen.
* {{Combos}}
* {{Death Is a Slap on the Wrist}}: if you die in Flash Columns mode or VS. CPU mode, you can just continue.
* DifficultySpike: You got to [[RankInflation Rank C-]] in Survival Mode? You now have two seconds to place each row. C+? Less than half a second.
* ElegantGothicLolita: [[spoiler:Princess Pinch]].
* EndlessGame: Survival mode.
* {{Event Flag}}s: according to the manual, meeting certain conditions in one mode can unlock things in the others.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Princess Dazzle.
* ExcusePlot: Princess Dazzle wants dem jewels.
* FallingBlocks: Rather than the typical ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' style of game-play, each set of blocks drops in vertical threes, and cannot be rotated; instead, pressing A or B causes the order of blocks to shuffle downward or upward.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:The person that walks past while Princess Dazzle is asking for her classmates' help is her cousin, Princess Pinch, who has similar goals.]]
* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja: the second opponent in VS. CPU mode.
* ItsUptoYou: Dazzle finds four of the crown's gems, and then just kind of shuffles the responsibility onto you.
* GemEncrusted: the crown.
* GemstoneAssault: Judging by how the cover depicts Jade and Ruby fighting two of the thieves, this is how things go in VS. Mode [[GameplayAndStorySegregation behind all the Falling Blocks]].
* GenderBlenderName: Jade is a boy. No, that's not usually a boy's name.
* GirlishPigtails: Ruby.
* GottaCatchThemAll
* LuckBasedMission: Flash Columns can become this, since only the Challenging Stages have absolute patterns to the jewel sets.
* MatchThreeGame: Vertically, horizontally or diagonally—as long as it's a straight line, it counts.
* {{Mineral Mac Guffin}}s
* ModestRoyalty: Not only does Princess Dazzle wear a simple white dress in more royal situations, she wears a uniform when at school.
* NintendoHard: The fact that you can't rotate block structures should tell you this.
* OperaGloves: Princess Dazzle has them.
* PantyShot: A (probably) non-fetish version occurs when Ruby wins a match in VS. CPU mode or loses in Survival mode.
* [[PowerUpMotif Power-Up Motif]]: activating a technique jewel in VS. CPU causes a short theme to play.
* RankInflation
* RequisiteRoyalRegalia
* SchizophrenicDifficulty: Flash Columns can range from hellishly difficult to ridiculously easy, just by going from a normal stage to a Challenging Stage. For evidence, the very first Challenging Stage can be cleared ''without the player even pressing any buttons''.
* SocializationBonus: you can trade your jewels with those of other players.
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: there is no possible way [[spoiler:Princess Pinch]] could be pressing the control pad so quickly that she recovers from the Paralysis effect in a matter of two seconds.
* TheTetrisEffect
* TheVoice: Princess Dazzle's mother.
* TimedMission: Flash Columns usually features a limit of 3–4 minutes, with the Challenging Stages dropping that to just ten seconds.
* VictoryPose
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Apart from PlayerVersusPlayer, there are three modes to choose from:
* '''[[EndlessGame Survival]]''', which has you start with a fresh, clear board and place randomly-generated jewel sets. The goal is to keep the game going for as long as you can, with rewards given at determined intervals. This is the only mode to feature DifficultyLevels. After filling the gauge to the board's right, a special set of silver orbs drop instead of normal gems; these destroy all jewels of the same color that they land on, and can be reused by stacking at least one of the orbs above the screen's edge. Progression is determined by your earned score.
* '''VS. CPU''' pits Ruby/Jade against a band of thieves seeking to acquire the jewels themselves, with their reasons for doing so not shown until the very end. [[spoiler:After TheReveal, the game's BigBad becomes Princess Dazzle's cousin, Pinch, who enlisted the thieves' help in her goal to complete her own kingdom's Columns Crown. She is not referenced in the other two modes.]] Filling the gauge causes one of your ability jewels to drop, which, when destroyed, can help you or hinder your opponent in various ways.
* '''Flash Columns''', where Ruby/Jade must clear preset jewels to reach and destroy [[NoticeThis one or more jewels with a white outline]] before progressing forward. There are fifty stages total. Every fifth level is called a “Challenging Stage,” which are actually closer to {{Breather Level}}s than anything else. After clearing five, you are awarded one jewel to the crown, and are allowed to resume playing at the next stage without penalty. [[note]]In other words, clearing stage 5 lets you quit playing, then start again at stage 6.[[/note]]
In all of those modes, attaching jewels of the same color vertically, horizontally or diagonally causes them to disappear. With enough skill or luck, {{Combos}} can be created, which, in Survival and VS. CPU modes, gives an increasingly bigger boost to the bonus gauge. Regardless of mode, if the middle row reaches the top of the screen, it's GameOver.
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!!Tropes used in ''Columns Crown'' include:
* AmbiguousGender: Jinx. Its VictoryPose has it do something akin to a PecFlex, but [[BuffySpeak the pecs don't look entirely pec-like]].
* ArtificialBrilliance: chaining becomes commonplace not long into Vs. CPU mode.
* ArtificialStupidity: Then again, several of the characters are utterly idiotic.
** Some will commit suicide by stacking the middle row of their playing field past the screen when the sides are practically empty. They usually do this ''within seconds of the match starting''. Happens the most with [[spoiler:Princess Pinch.]]
** A few of the abilities not only add extra rows of gems to the opponent's field, but do the same to the user's. Jinx can occasionally kill [[AmbiguousGender itself]] this way. Then there's the ones which swap your boards, which, due to their overlapping [[ArtificialBrilliance brilliance]] and [[ArtificialStupidity stupidity]], can leave them in a worse position than you.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Princess Pinch, Dazzle's cousin]].
* BigFancyHouse: Dazzle's.
* BlackMagicianGirl: Ruby is one, if her status as a Sorcerer is to be believed on the character selection screen.
* {{Combos}}
* {{Death Is a Slap on the Wrist}}: if you die in Flash Columns mode or VS. CPU mode, you can just continue.
* DifficultySpike: You got to [[RankInflation Rank C-]] in Survival Mode? You now have two seconds to place each row. C+? Less than half a second.
* ElegantGothicLolita: [[spoiler:Princess Pinch]].
* EndlessGame: Survival mode.
* {{Event Flag}}s: according to the manual, meeting certain conditions in one mode can unlock things in the others.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Princess Dazzle.
* ExcusePlot: Princess Dazzle wants dem jewels.
* FallingBlocks: Rather than the typical ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' style of game-play, each set of blocks drops in vertical threes, and cannot be rotated; instead, pressing A or B causes the order of blocks to shuffle downward or upward.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:The person that walks past while Princess Dazzle is asking for her classmates' help is her cousin, Princess Pinch, who has similar goals.]]
* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja: the second opponent in VS. CPU mode.
* ItsUptoYou: Dazzle finds four of the crown's gems, and then just kind of shuffles the responsibility onto you.
* GemEncrusted: the crown.
* GemstoneAssault: Judging by how the cover depicts Jade and Ruby fighting two of the thieves, this is how things go in VS. Mode [[GameplayAndStorySegregation behind all the Falling Blocks]].
* GenderBlenderName: Jade is a boy. No, that's not usually a boy's name.
* GirlishPigtails: Ruby.
* GottaCatchThemAll
* LuckBasedMission: Flash Columns can become this, since only the Challenging Stages have absolute patterns to the jewel sets.
* MatchThreeGame: Vertically, horizontally or diagonally—as long as it's a straight line, it counts.
* {{Mineral Mac Guffin}}s
* ModestRoyalty: Not only does Princess Dazzle wear a simple white dress in more royal situations, she wears a uniform when at school.
* NintendoHard: The fact that you can't rotate block structures should tell you this.
* OperaGloves: Princess Dazzle has them.
* PantyShot: A (probably) non-fetish version occurs when Ruby wins a match in VS. CPU mode or loses in Survival mode.
* [[PowerUpMotif Power-Up Motif]]: activating a technique jewel in VS. CPU causes a short theme to play.
* RankInflation
* RequisiteRoyalRegalia
* SchizophrenicDifficulty: Flash Columns can range from hellishly difficult to ridiculously easy, just by going from a normal stage to a Challenging Stage. For evidence, the very first Challenging Stage can be cleared ''without the player even pressing any buttons''.
* SocializationBonus: you can trade your jewels with those of other players.
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: there is no possible way [[spoiler:Princess Pinch]] could be pressing the control pad so quickly that she recovers from the Paralysis effect in a matter of two seconds.
* TheTetrisEffect
* TheVoice: Princess Dazzle's mother.
* TimedMission: Flash Columns usually features a limit of 3–4 minutes, with the Challenging Stages dropping that to just ten seconds.
* VictoryPose
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