The Great Giana Sisters/YMMV
- Cult Classic: Despite Nintendo stomping the original computer versions in the US, the series enjoys a loyal fanbase.
- Excuse Plot: Does that dragon who is the Big Bad even have a name?!
- Furthermore, the dream starts with Giana losing her pretty things and needing to get them back.
- Hilarious in Hindsight: That the blatant Mario copy was remade twenty years later for a Nintendo system.
- Serial Numbers Filed Off: So much, that Nintendo successfully sued, so the original wasn't sold in the US after a month.
- Real Life Justified Trope: The game was created so computer users could play Mario too, since Nintendo refused to make computer games.
- Surprisingly Improved Sequel: Well, it was 20 years.
- Vindicated by History: The re-imagining is now on a Nintendo system: the DS.