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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Sparkle (pink), Amy (green), and the Ice Cream Mermaid Princess (white).
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Everythings Better With Princesses is no longer a trope and should not be wicked
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* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Or in the case of the [[WordSaladTitle Ice Cream Mermaid]] [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess]], seemingly [[InNameOnly not really even a mermaid at all]].
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* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Or in the case of the [[WordSaladTitle Ice Cream Mermaid]] [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Mermaid Princess]], seemingly [[InNameOnly not really even a mermaid at all]].
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* ForcedTutorial: Subverted. The game offers a tutorial on first boot, but you can decline it (the tutorial is always still available from the menu, however).
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* ForcedTutorial: Subverted.Averted. The game offers a tutorial on first boot, but you can decline it (the tutorial is always still available from the menu, however).
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* RecoilBoost: Firing Spark's special attack pushes him backwards, albeit after a short delay. In a pinch you can use it to save items about to dissapear off the bottom of the screen.
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* RecoilBoost: Firing Spark's special attack pushes him backwards, albeit after a short delay. In a pinch you can use it to save items about to dissapear disappear off the bottom of the screen.
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* WidgetSeries
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* MeaningfulName: Toast is a girl named Toast who rides a flying piece of toast while eating toast.
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* MeaningfulName: Toast is a girl named Toast who rides a flying piece of toast [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment while eating toast.toast]].
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A [[VerticalScrollingShooter vertical]], SplitScreen ShootEmUp in which players compete to be first to finish a jigsaw puzzle.
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A [[VerticalScrollingShooter vertical]], SplitScreen [[SplitScreen split screen]] ShootEmUp in which players compete to be first to finish a jigsaw puzzle.
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A [[VerticalScrollingShooter Vertical]] SplitScreen ShootEmUp in which players compete to be first to finish a jigsaw puzzle.
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A [[VerticalScrollingShooter Vertical]] vertical]], SplitScreen ShootEmUp in which players compete to be first to finish a jigsaw puzzle.
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A [[VerticalScrollingShooter Vertical]]SplitScreen ShootEmUp in which players compete to be first to finish a jigsaw puzzle.
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A [[VerticalScrollingShooter Vertical]]SplitScreen Vertical]] SplitScreen ShootEmUp in which players compete to be first to finish a jigsaw puzzle.
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A SplitScreen ShootEmUp in which players compete to be first to finish a jigsaw puzzle.
Players get the pieces to their puzzle one at a time by collecting gems dropped by enemies to fill a gauge - which in turn releases a caspsule containing a puzzle piece into the play area.
Has CuteEmUp visuals styled to look like a Japanese arcade game from the 90's.
Players get the pieces to their puzzle one at a time by collecting gems dropped by enemies to fill a gauge - which in turn releases a caspsule containing a puzzle piece into the play area.
Has CuteEmUp visuals styled to look like a Japanese arcade game from the 90's.
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A SplitScreen [[VerticalScrollingShooter Vertical]]SplitScreen ShootEmUp in which players compete to be first to finish a jigsaw puzzle.
Players get the pieces to their A jigsaw puzzle one is displayed at the beginning of each round, after which it disassembles and becomes a time by collecting stack of capsules in the center of the screen. Both players shoot enemies on their side of the screen and collect gems dropped by enemies to defeated enemies. The gems fill a gauge - which in turn releases a caspsule containing a puzzle piece capsule into the play area.
area. Putting pieces in the right spot produces gems and fires an attack at the other player. The first player to finish their puzzle wins.
Has CuteEmUp visuals [[{{retraux}} styled to look like a Japanese arcade game from the90's.
90's]].
Has CuteEmUp visuals [[{{retraux}} styled to look like a Japanese arcade game from the
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* AstralFinale: The game manages to subvert the typical [[SpaceZone shooter setting of outer space]]... [[DoubleSubversion until the last stage]].
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* AstralFinale: The game manages to subvert the typical [[SpaceZone shooter setting of outer space]]...setting]]... [[DoubleSubversion until the last stage]].
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* GiantPoofySleeves: The Ice Cream Mermaid Princess, and the Frog Prince.
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* GiantPoofySleeves: The Ice Cream Mermaid Princess, and the Frog Prince.Prince both sport these as part of their RequisiteRoyalRegalia.
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* MeaningfulName: Toast is a girl named Toast who rides a flying piece of toast while eating toast.
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* MeaningfulName: Toast is a girl named named Toast who rides a flying piece of toast while eating toast.
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* ToastOfTardiness: Toast seems to be holding a piece of toast in her mouth at all times, except on the cover for some reason.
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* ToastOfTardiness: Toast seems to be holding a piece of toast in her mouth at all times, [[CoversAlwaysLie except on in the cover art for some reason.reason]].
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* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Bugs? Cookies? Mushrooms? It's a [[ShootEmUp shmup]], it checks out.
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* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Bugs? Cookies? Mushrooms? It's a [[ShootEmUp shmup]], it checks out.Checks out]].
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* ContinuingIsPainful: Losing and retrying a match in arcade mode means you're basically garaunteed a bronze medal for that run - except if you're still on the first match of the tour, which won't affect your score.
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* ContinuingIsPainful: Losing and retrying a match in arcade mode means you're basically garaunteed guaranteed a bronze medal for that run - except if you're still on the first match of the tour, which won't affect your score.
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* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Bugs? Cookies? Mushrooms? It's a shmup, it checks out.
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* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Bugs? Cookies? Mushrooms? It's a shmup, [[ShootEmUp shmup]], it checks out.
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* InNameOnly: Whatever Crow is, he's almost definitely not a real crow. Also,
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* InNameOnly: Whatever Crow is, he's almost definitely not a real crow. Also, the Ice Cream Mermaid Princess does not seem to have any actually mermaid features.
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* SkySurfing: Characters mix and match methods for achieving flight. Spark rides on some kind of machine, Sparkle [[FlyingSeafoodSpecial rides on a fish]], while the Frog Prince stands on a lillypad. Others seem to be able to do it without any mechanism at all.
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* SkySurfing: Characters mix and match methods for achieving flight. Spark rides on some kind of machine, Sparkle [[FlyingSeafoodSpecial rides on a fish]], while the Frog Prince stands on a lillypad.lily pad. Others seem to be able to do it without any mechanism at all.
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* VerbalTic: Crow tends to add "Nyah!" to his sentances.
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* VerbalTic: Crow tends to add "Nyah!" to his sentances.sentences.
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Players get the pieces to their puzzle one at a time by collecting gems dropped by enemies to fill a gauge - which in turn releases a caspsule containing a puzzle piece into the play area.
Has CuteEmUp visuals styled to look like a Japanese arcade game from the 90's.
Has CuteEmUp visuals styled to look like a Japanese arcade game from the 90's.
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Players get the pieces to their puzzle one at a time by collecting gems dropped by enemies to fill a gauge - which in turn releases a caspsule containing a puzzle piece into the play
Has CuteEmUp visuals styled to look like a Japanese arcade game from the
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!!Spark & Sparkle provides examples of:
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* Edible Theme Naming: Arcade mode's tours all have food-related names. "Mint" "Orange" "Truffle" "Vanilla," and "Cake".
* Everything Trying to Kill You: Bugs? Cookies? Mushrooms? It's a shmup, it checks out.
* Flash Step: The Frog Prince's special attack, combined with his sword.
* Forced Tutorial: Subverted. The game offers a tutorial on first boot, but you can decline it (the tutorial is always still available from the menu, however).
* Everything Trying to Kill You: Bugs? Cookies? Mushrooms? It's a shmup, it checks out.
* Flash Step: The Frog Prince's special attack, combined with his sword.
* Forced Tutorial: Subverted. The game offers a tutorial on first boot, but you can decline it (the tutorial is always still available from the menu, however).
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* Edible Theme Naming: EdibleThemeNaming: Arcade mode's tours all have food-related names. "Mint" "Orange" "Truffle" "Vanilla," and "Cake".
*Everything Trying to Kill You: EverythingTryingToKillYou: Bugs? Cookies? Mushrooms? It's a shmup, it checks out.
*Flash Step: FlashStep: The Frog Prince's special attack, combined with his sword.
*Forced Tutorial: ForcedTutorial: Subverted. The game offers a tutorial on first boot, but you can decline it (the tutorial is always still available from the menu, however).
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* Our Mermaids Are Different: Or in the case of the [[WordSaladTitle Ice Cream Mermaid]] [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess]], seemingly [[InNameOnly not really even a mermaid at all]].
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* Our Mermaids Are Different: OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Or in the case of the [[WordSaladTitle Ice Cream Mermaid]] [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess]], seemingly [[InNameOnly not really even a mermaid at all]].
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* CuteOwl: Crow's sidekick - [[FastballSpecial and means of attack]] - is a round, cuddley owl.
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* CuteOwl: Crow's sidekick - [[FastballSpecial and means of attack]] - is a round, cuddley cuddly owl.
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A SplitScreen ShootEmUp in which players compete to be first to finish a jigsaw puzzle.
Players get the pieces to their puzzle one at a time by collecting gems dropped by enemies to fill a gauge - which in turn releases a caspsule containing a puzzle piece into the play area.
Has CuteEmUp visuals styled to look like a Japanese arcade game from the 90's.
Developed by Essencey, and released on Steam in 2020.
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!!Spark & Sparkle provides examples of:
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*ActionGirl: Five of the eight playable characters are female.
*AndYourRewardIsClothes: Alternate costumes can be unlocked for each character.
*AntiFrustrationFeatures: The pieces you earn during a match will never be duplicates of ones you already have.
**Similarly, new puzzles can be unlocked one piece at a time by playing matches. There are quite a few puzzles to unlock this way, but you'll only ever be earning pieces for up to three of them at a time.
*AstralFinale: The game manages to subvert the typical [[SpaceZone shooter setting of outer space]]... [[DoubleSubversion until the last stage]].
*BigFancyCastle
*ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Green enemies are small and fast, blue enemies are big and slow, with red ones falling in the middle.
*CuteEmUp
*CuteOwl: Crow's sidekick - [[FastballSpecial and means of attack]] - is a round, cuddley owl.
*CollisionDamage
*ContinuingIsPainful: Losing and retrying a match in arcade mode means you're basically garaunteed a bronze medal for that run - except if you're still on the first match of the tour, which won't affect your score.
*Edible Theme Naming: Arcade mode's tours all have food-related names. "Mint" "Orange" "Truffle" "Vanilla," and "Cake".
*Everything Trying to Kill You: Bugs? Cookies? Mushrooms? It's a shmup, it checks out.
*Flash Step: The Frog Prince's special attack, combined with his sword.
*Forced Tutorial: Subverted. The game offers a tutorial on first boot, but you can decline it (the tutorial is always still available from the menu, however).
*GenreMashup: Between ShootEmUp and [[PuzzleGame jigsaw puzzles]].
*GiantPoofySleeves: The Ice Cream Mermaid Princess, and the Frog Prince.
*GirlishPigtails: Sparkle wears her hair in giant pigtails.
*GreenHillZone: The first area is comprised of some grassy castle courtyards.
*HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Amy neglects to wear a helmet, despite being an astronaut... in space.
*IaijutsuPractitioner: The Frog Prince can do this, as he re-sheathes his sword when not attacking.
*InNameOnly: Whatever Crow is, he's almost definitely not a real crow. Also,
*InterfaceSpoiler: The game has a SoundTest which will allow you to listen to music from stages you haven't reached (and thusly unlocked) yet.
*InvincibilityPowerUp
*InvulnerableAttack: Both special attacks and correctly placing puzzle pieces (with a corresponding shockwave) will make the player character invincible for a few moments.
*MeaningfulName: Toast is a girl named Toast who rides a flying piece of toast while eating toast.
*MercyInvincibility
*Our Mermaids Are Different: Or in the case of the [[WordSaladTitle Ice Cream Mermaid]] [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess]], seemingly [[InNameOnly not really even a mermaid at all]].
*RecoilBoost: Firing Spark's special attack pushes him backwards, albeit after a short delay. In a pinch you can use it to save items about to dissapear off the bottom of the screen.
*ReplayValue: The game directly rewards players for being able to correctly assemble puzzles without mistakes, so it's sort of expected that you'll be replaying puzzles you've become familiar with.
*{{Retraux}}: The game's graphics resemble a mid-90's arcade game, and the "cover art" assets are all made to look like old, worn out boxes or posters.
*SkySurfing: Characters mix and match methods for achieving flight. Spark rides on some kind of machine, Sparkle [[FlyingSeafoodSpecial rides on a fish]], while the Frog Prince stands on a lillypad. Others seem to be able to do it without any mechanism at all.
*SpecialAttack: The term used in-game. They fill the role of bombs in this game, although they aren't all the screen-clearing variety.
*SpreadShot: Toast's default attack.
*SprintShoes: There's a powerup that increases movement speed. It '''should''' be helpful, but it can be disorienting if you're not expecting it.
*TimedPowerUp: Most items are this variety.
*ToastOfTardiness: Toast seems to be holding a piece of toast in her mouth at all times, except on the cover for some reason.
*TheVoiceless: Toast seems to never speak.
*VerbalTic: Crow tends to add "Nyah!" to his sentances.
*VersusCharacterSplash: Before each round in arcade mode.
*WidgetSeries
*YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Sparkle (pink), Amy (green), and the Ice Cream Mermaid Princess (white).
*WaveMotionGun: Spark's special attack.
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[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]]
A SplitScreen ShootEmUp in which players compete to be first to finish a jigsaw puzzle.
Players get the pieces to their puzzle one at a time by collecting gems dropped by enemies to fill a gauge - which in turn releases a caspsule containing a puzzle piece into the play area.
Has CuteEmUp visuals styled to look like a Japanese arcade game from the 90's.
Developed by Essencey, and released on Steam in 2020.
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!!Spark & Sparkle provides examples of:
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*ActionGirl: Five of the eight playable characters are female.
*AndYourRewardIsClothes: Alternate costumes can be unlocked for each character.
*AntiFrustrationFeatures: The pieces you earn during a match will never be duplicates of ones you already have.
**Similarly, new puzzles can be unlocked one piece at a time by playing matches. There are quite a few puzzles to unlock this way, but you'll only ever be earning pieces for up to three of them at a time.
*AstralFinale: The game manages to subvert the typical [[SpaceZone shooter setting of outer space]]... [[DoubleSubversion until the last stage]].
*BigFancyCastle
*ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Green enemies are small and fast, blue enemies are big and slow, with red ones falling in the middle.
*CuteEmUp
*CuteOwl: Crow's sidekick - [[FastballSpecial and means of attack]] - is a round, cuddley owl.
*CollisionDamage
*ContinuingIsPainful: Losing and retrying a match in arcade mode means you're basically garaunteed a bronze medal for that run - except if you're still on the first match of the tour, which won't affect your score.
*Edible Theme Naming: Arcade mode's tours all have food-related names. "Mint" "Orange" "Truffle" "Vanilla," and "Cake".
*Everything Trying to Kill You: Bugs? Cookies? Mushrooms? It's a shmup, it checks out.
*Flash Step: The Frog Prince's special attack, combined with his sword.
*Forced Tutorial: Subverted. The game offers a tutorial on first boot, but you can decline it (the tutorial is always still available from the menu, however).
*GenreMashup: Between ShootEmUp and [[PuzzleGame jigsaw puzzles]].
*GiantPoofySleeves: The Ice Cream Mermaid Princess, and the Frog Prince.
*GirlishPigtails: Sparkle wears her hair in giant pigtails.
*GreenHillZone: The first area is comprised of some grassy castle courtyards.
*HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Amy neglects to wear a helmet, despite being an astronaut... in space.
*IaijutsuPractitioner: The Frog Prince can do this, as he re-sheathes his sword when not attacking.
*InNameOnly: Whatever Crow is, he's almost definitely not a real crow. Also,
*InterfaceSpoiler: The game has a SoundTest which will allow you to listen to music from stages you haven't reached (and thusly unlocked) yet.
*InvincibilityPowerUp
*InvulnerableAttack: Both special attacks and correctly placing puzzle pieces (with a corresponding shockwave) will make the player character invincible for a few moments.
*MeaningfulName: Toast is a girl named Toast who rides a flying piece of toast while eating toast.
*MercyInvincibility
*Our Mermaids Are Different: Or in the case of the [[WordSaladTitle Ice Cream Mermaid]] [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess]], seemingly [[InNameOnly not really even a mermaid at all]].
*RecoilBoost: Firing Spark's special attack pushes him backwards, albeit after a short delay. In a pinch you can use it to save items about to dissapear off the bottom of the screen.
*ReplayValue: The game directly rewards players for being able to correctly assemble puzzles without mistakes, so it's sort of expected that you'll be replaying puzzles you've become familiar with.
*{{Retraux}}: The game's graphics resemble a mid-90's arcade game, and the "cover art" assets are all made to look like old, worn out boxes or posters.
*SkySurfing: Characters mix and match methods for achieving flight. Spark rides on some kind of machine, Sparkle [[FlyingSeafoodSpecial rides on a fish]], while the Frog Prince stands on a lillypad. Others seem to be able to do it without any mechanism at all.
*SpecialAttack: The term used in-game. They fill the role of bombs in this game, although they aren't all the screen-clearing variety.
*SpreadShot: Toast's default attack.
*SprintShoes: There's a powerup that increases movement speed. It '''should''' be helpful, but it can be disorienting if you're not expecting it.
*TimedPowerUp: Most items are this variety.
*ToastOfTardiness: Toast seems to be holding a piece of toast in her mouth at all times, except on the cover for some reason.
*TheVoiceless: Toast seems to never speak.
*VerbalTic: Crow tends to add "Nyah!" to his sentances.
*VersusCharacterSplash: Before each round in arcade mode.
*WidgetSeries
*YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Sparkle (pink), Amy (green), and the Ice Cream Mermaid Princess (white).
*WaveMotionGun: Spark's special attack.
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