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Monster Slider (Sega Saturn) (Video Game)

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Monster Slider (モンスタースライダー) is a cartoony horror-themed Puzzle Combat Game by DATT Japan for the Sega Saturn. It was released on March 28, 1997 in Japan only and is the first of a series of two games both titled Monster Slider. The other was released later in 1997 for the arcade and represents an Alternate Continuity.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })As a Falling Blocks game, Monster Slider presents the player with a field and blocks in six colors: red, yellow, green, purple, blue, and cyan. Three of any given color need to be touching to be eliminated from the field. The signature gameplay feature that Monster Slider brings in is that the bottom of the field is tilted. The player can change the direction of the tilt as they please and this will cause the blocks to slide towards the new lowest point. Timely tilts can be very useful in creating chain eliminations. Eliminations are good for keeping one's field empty, scoring points, and thwarting the opponent. Every time an elimination occurs, a candle is generated. Candles can be spent to summon skulls from the opponent's field's ceiling. Skulls are blocks that do fall down, but are not affected by the tilt of the field. They can only be eliminated by being next to color blocks that get eliminated. A row of skulls will just keep sitting there. It's game over when the blocks and skulls fill up the field.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The protagonist Nina is the character one traverses story mode with, but in two-player mode and endless mode, eleven of the twelve antagonists are also selectable. Each character has a unique special ability that can only be activated by eliminating a rapidly color-changing special block. Doing so generates a crystal and much like candles, crystals can be spent as the user deems it strategically sound. One crystal pays for one usage of the character's special ability. As an example, Nina's Holy Prayer plants a holy cross in her opponent's field. A holy cross can never be made to move from where it is planted and like a skull can only be eliminated when color blocks adjacent to it are eliminated. The only character not ever available to the player is Claudia, whose Bloody Lawn causes roses to sprout in the opponent's fields, which raise the floor or lower the ceiling and thus make it harder to keep the field from filling up.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })The plot concerns Dracula's abduction of Claudia, a beautiful woman from a village nearby his castle. The villagers try to save her, but are driven back by Dracula's monstrous servants. Claudia's younger sister, however, is divinely gifted a holy cross and with this weapon sets out to save Claudia herself. Nina battles her way from the cemetery to a waterway that leads into a cave system underneath Dracula's castle, then up into the castle and further up into the clocktower until she reaches Dracula's residential chambers. His defeat doesn't quite reunite Nina with Claudia, because the truth is that Claudia and Dracula are in love and by now married. Claudia is furious that Nina beat up her husband and demands retribution by means of combat. Nina defeats her too and finally gets the full story. It leaves her both exasperated at Claudia's behavior and just a teensy jealous about her solid marriage.A demo disc titled Monster Slider Taikenban (モンスタースライダー体験版) is known to exist, but its publication history is uncertain.
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Cute Witch
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Cute Witch: One of Dracula's henchmen is a young witch who lacks any of the classical witch attributes except for a magic wand. She's perky and pragmatically dedicated to the comfortable life she gets to live doing odd jobs for her boss. Along with the gillman, she guards the waterway leading into the cave system beneath Dracula's castle. Her special ability is Bind Spell, which temporarily prevents her opponent from moving falling blocks horizontally.
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Magic Wand
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Magic Wand: The witch has a simple stick with a gem on top to serve as her wand. With it, she casts Bind Spell, which temporarily prevents her opponent from moving falling blocks horizontally.
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Crucial Cross
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Crucial Cross: Nina is gifted a holy cross by God to save Claudia from Dracula and the monsters in his employ. It is the source of her special ability Holy Prayer.
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The Hyena
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The Hyena: The gillman has an obnoxious sense of humor, as he approaches Nina asking for a moment of her time, then turns around, makes a weird, and shouts "Boo!" It actually startles Nina, causing the gillman to let out a high-pitched laugh and mock her.
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In the Hood
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In the Hood: There is an unidentified hooded critter that sits between the two fields during a match and handles the levers to make the fields tilt. Only its eyes are visible in hood's shadow.
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Verbal Tic
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Verbal Tic: The wolfman ends all his sentences with "wan", the Japanese equivalent of "woof". Extra comedy is derived from the fact that the tic occurs while he tries to convince Nina that he is indeed the wolfman and not the dogman. The golem is a bodybuilder with a habit of randomly saying "chuus" ("チュース"), a derivation of the greeting "ちゅーっす" with a sprinkling of the German parting "tschüß". The informal greeting has both athletic and masculine connotations and was popularized a few years before 1997 by the manga Slam Dunk. Additionally, nearly every other thing the golem says ends on "-ssu", which creates informal politeness again with athletic and masculine connotations.
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Foreign Cuss Word
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Foreign Cuss Word: The English-speaking gillman lets out a "goddamn" if he gets defeated. While this is crass to an English audience, Monster Slider was only ever released for a Japanese audience, so no harm done.
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The Slacker
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The Slacker: The Frankenstein's monster rejects Nina's challenge for a battle by noting how bothersome that'd be. Then she proposes he let her through, which he also rejects as bothersome. So Nina notes that in that case they'll have to fight, which he noncommittally agrees is reasonable.
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Fish People
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Fish People: One of Dracula's henchmen is a gillman, who is obnoxious and mostly speaks English. Along with the witch, he guards the waterway leading into the cave system beneath Dracula's castle. His special ability is Tidal Wave, which by means of water temporarily raises the floor of his opponent's field.
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Ignored Enamored Underling
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Ignored Enamored Underling: Medusa was and is in love with Dracula and hurt that he went and married Claudia. As such, she readily tells Nina where in the castle she can find Dracula. She would not have fought the girl either would she not have called her old.
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Shock and Awe
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Shock and Awe: Frankenstein's monster can weaponize his body's connection to electricity to call forth a lightning storm in his opponent's field. This darkens the field so that they cannot see the colors of their blocks except for during the occasional lightning strike.
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Involuntary Dance
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Involuntary Dance: The skeleton's special ability is Skeleton Dance, which for the duration of its effect makes his opponent's field tilt back and forth.
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Onee-sama
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Onee-sama: Nina refers to Claudia as "onee-sama" and she herself is the polite young girl archetype. This sets up the expectation that Claudia is even more ladylike. This isn't the case: Claudia is selfish, somewhat uncouth in her presentation, and violent. It is quite a shock for Nina after all she did to save her.
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Green Thumb
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Green Thumb: Claudia's special ability is Bloody Lawn, which causes roses to sprout in her opponent's field. Each rose causes the floor to raise a certain height or the ceiling to come down. The effect is only undone by the roses being eliminated by lining up three blocks of the same color right next to them. How Crodia is able to do this is not explained. The special abilities of the other characters come from them being monsters or wielding weapons, while Claudia goes into battle barehanded and she's ostensibly human.
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Tongue-Out Insult
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Tongue-Out Insult: Nina twice sticks her tongue out against a monster, which is a sign of restraint on her part given how little the whole bunch gives her to respect. The first time she sticks out her tongue, it's against the skeleton when he's exasperated she'd dare disrespect the #1 of an okama bar called The Skeleton. She points out that she has no idea where that even is. The second time she sticks out her tongue, it's against the yeti who blames her for him getting lost because he got lost trying to set up an ambush for her. She does not agree that she's to blame.
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Lightning Reveal
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Lightning Reveal: The intro video show Dracula's coffin opening, but keeps the vampire lord out of view until he stands in front of a window and a flash of lightning brightens up the room.
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Repeating So the Audience Can Hear
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Repeating So the Audience Can Hear: Nina's conversation with the yeti has her repeat everything he says because how else is the audience going to understand his grunts as him being miffed because he got lost while trying to set up an ambush for her?
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Trick Boss
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Trick Boss: Dracula is set up as the big bad that needs to be overcome. Instead, it is revealed that his most recent act of evil, the abduction of Claudia, occurred with her cooperation. The two are in love and have since gotten married. Claudia therefore is pissed when her younger sister inadvertently beat up her husband and demands another fight. It's Claudia who is the final-final boss.
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GrimReaper
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Grim Reaper: The skeleton is only identified as such, but he, taking a cue from Castlevania, may be more of a grim reaper. He is dressed in a short cloak, carries a scythe, and still has eyes that glow when he instigates a chain reaction.
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Pre-Battle Banter
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Pre-Battle Banter: Nina has a quick chat with every monster she encounters before a battle begins. Most exasperate her.
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Calling Your Attacks
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Calling Your Attacks: Each of the thirteen characters calls out there special ability when they perform it. Incidentally, all special abilities have English names even though most characters don't otherwise speak a word of English.
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Camp Gay
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Camp Gay: The skeleton is a self-described okama and apparently the #1 of an okama bar called The Skeleton. The skeleton furthermore has a shrill voice and uses female speech patterns, foremost ending his sentences with "zamasu", and is depicted with a little heart in the credit sequence. Being an okama alone wouldn't necessarily mean he's gay, but in the ending Nina whines she'd like a relationship too, prompting all of the male monsters — but not the skeleton — to let her know they're single.
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Secret Underground Passage
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Secret Underground Passage: There is a route into and from Dracula's castle that goes through a cave system and follows a path outside along an underground river. It is not technically secret because both Nina and Dracula's servants know about it and use it, but it is an underground route that is not part of the castle's structure and where, as demonstrated by the yeti, you can get lost. Nina first battles the gillman and the witch at the waterway outside the caves and later battles the golem and the yeti inside the caves.
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Frankenstein's Monster
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Frankenstein's Monster: One of Dracula's henchmen is a Frankenstein's monster with the whole Universal look except that his bolts are in his temples rather than his neck. He is a creature of electricity, having a special ability called Gigavolt that darkens his opponent's field so that they cannot see the colors of their blocks except for during the occasional lightning strike. In contrast to his energy-based nature, his personality is downright lethargic. The monster guards the clock tower along with the mummy.
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Distinction Without a Difference
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Distinction Without a Difference: The witch is appalled that Nina dares refer to her as a "teshita" ("henchman") and offers "saifu-kun" instead. "Saifu" means "wallet", so in context the term can be thought of as "walleteer". She goes on to explain how she's enjoying a pretty nifty lifestyle in exchange for obeying an order here and there, essentially giving the definition of a henchman but focusing more on what she gets out of it than what she is made to do for her pay.
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Power Glows
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Power Glows: Five monsters have instances where their display of power is accompanied by a glowing aura. Dracula gains a purple aura every time he eliminates some blocks, but he also becomes pitch black with a blue aura any time he uses Evil Bat. Claudia gains a red aura every time she uses Bloody Lawn. The mummy generates a yellow aura when he casts Marionette. The werewolf glows in white when he prepares for Moon Strike. And the lightning-wielding Frankenstein's monster gets a white charge around him every time he uses Gigavolt.
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Abduction Is Love
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Abduction Is Love: Claudia is abducted by Dracula and ends up happily married to him. It is not clear whether she fell in love with him as his captive or if she was in on the abduction.
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Animated Armor
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Animated Armor: One of Dracula's henchmen is the ghost knight, a haunted piece of armor dedicated to his roles as both a creature of evil and a guard of the castle, specifically its halls where Medusa also is on the lookout for intruders. His special ability is Nightmare, through which a stronger manifestation of his ghost self blocks all incoming skulls.
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Chick Magnet
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Dude Magnet: After learning about Claudia's marriage to Dracula, Nina laments that she'd like a relationship too. This prompts the wolfman, the gillman, the golem, the yeti, the ghost knight, the Frankenstein's monster, and the mummy to point out they're single. Annoyed, Nina lets them know that unlike her sister she's looking for a human partner.
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Perky Female Minion
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Perky Female Minion: The witch is seemingly the youngest of Dracula's servants and a bright and frank girl to boot. Everyone else respectfully refers to Dracula as "Dracula-sama" while she cutely calls him "Dra-chan".
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Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti: One of Dracula's henchmen is a yeti with a long beard, who along with the golem guards the cave system underneath Dracula's castle. Unlike his colleagues, he can only grunt, but he's still perfectly understandable. His special ability is Blizzard Coffin, which temporarily freezes his opponent's blocks. The frozen blocks cannot be eliminated and don't slide from their place when the field gets tilted.
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Stay in the Kitchen
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Stay in the Kitchen: The mummy's reaction to seeing Nina, an intruder that he's supposed to deal with, is to point out that she's a woman and therefore is obliged to help him re-tighten his bandages.
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Eye Pop
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Eye Pop: The skeleton, wolfman, gillman, yeti, Frankenstein's monster, and mummy all have their eyes bulge out of their sockets when they're offended or when the battle doesn't go in their favor.
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Mood Whiplash
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Mood Whiplash: The ghost knight presents himself as a lot more intimidating than his colleagues, speaking in a low, drawling voice and being one of few to threaten her with death. He does reveal that he too has a quirky side when Nina is not impressed, but sticks with the intimidating attitude. In battle, his special ability Nightmare summons the image of a skeletal ghost knight that looks quite a bit more gruesome than anything else in the game.
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Medusa
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Medusa: One of Dracula's henchmen is Medusa, an elegant and slightly vain woman with snakes growing amidst her hair. She guards the castle halls along with the ghost knight and her special ability is Stone Curse, which petrifies up to five of her opponent's blocks. Petrified blocks act like skulls.
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Couple Theme Naming
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Couple Theme Naming: Claudia's name uses the exact same letters as Dracula's name except that "Claudia" has no "r" and "Dracula" has no "i". They get married.
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Intelligible Unintelligible
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Intelligible Unintelligible: The yeti only produces grunts, yet Nina can communicate with him without trouble.
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Significant Wardrobe Shift
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Significant Wardrobe Shift: In the opening cutscene, Claudia is depicted as wearing a red crop top, a short blue wrap skirt, pumps, and some jewelry. When she's encountered as the final boss, she's toned down the jewelry, exchanged the red crop top for a short red tube top with bat emblem, and gotten herself black boots and black two-piece gloves. The tougher look signifies that Claudia has exchanged her human village life for that of monster castle life.
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Gorgeous Gorgon
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Gorgeous Gorgon: Medusa is a beautiful woman in fine clothes who just happens to have a couple of snakes growing amidst her luscious blue hair.
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Glowing Eyes of Doom
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Glowing Eyes of Doom: Three monsters have instances where their eyes glow. The skeleton's eyes glow red every time he eliminates some blocks. Medusa's eyes glow red every time she uses Stone Curse. And the mummy's eyes get a sinister twinkle every time he uses Marionette.
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Golem
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Golem: One of Dracula's henchmen is a spiky rock-based golem with a passion for bodybuilding, who along with the yeti guards the cave system underneath Dracula's castle. His special ability is Crazy Rock, during which he drops massive boulders into his opponent's field that shake and obscure the view.
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Mummy
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Mummy: One of Dracula's henchmen is a mummy with purple skin and buck teeth who was a pharaoh in life. The mummy guards the clock tower along with the Frankenstein's monster. As a royal and possibly because of his bandages, he can take control of his opponent's field's tilt through his special ability Marionette.
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Dem Bones
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Dem Bones: One of Dracula's henchmen is a skeleton who is a proud member of the okama scene and armed with a scythe. He guards the cemetery along with the wolfman. His special ability is Skeleton Dance through which he forces the field of his opponent to rapidly tilt back and forth.
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Creepy Cemetery
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Creepy Cemetery: The cemetery is the first area Nina needs to cross to reach Dracula's castle. She fights the skeleton and the wolfman there.
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No Name Given
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No Name Given: Other than Nina, Claudia, and Dracula, no names are used within the game. Medusa is technically not named, but her stage is named Medusa. The skeleton, wolfman, gillman, witch, golem, yeti, ghost knight, franken(stein), and pharaoh are unnamed.
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Signature Headgear
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Signature Headgear: Claudia has a distinct rib-like hair piece. She holds onto it through her wardrobe shift.
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Dark Action Girl
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Dark Action Girl: Both the witch and Claudia are active combatants on Dracula's side and counterparts to Nina. The witch comes close to being an evil counterpart to Nina while Claudia as Nina's older sister taps into sibling conflict.
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The Dead Can Dance
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The Dead Can Dance: The skeleton's special ability is Skeleton Dance, which for the duration of its effect makes his opponent's field tilt back and forth. Two little skeletons dance in the opponent's field while Skeleton Dance is active.
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Love Redeems
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Love Redeems: According to the epilogue, Dracula ditched his evil ways after marrying Claudia.
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Mondegreen Gag
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Mondegreen Gag: Nina doesn't know what a pharaoh is, so when the mummy pridefully tells her he is the Pharaoh of Egypt, the best she can make of it is "hara o" ("abdomen" in the accusative case). When she asks him what the issue with his stomach is, he angrily tries to correct her, but because he doesn't actually explain what a pharaoh is, she remains oblivious to the mix-up.
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Vampires Sleep in Coffins
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Vampires Sleep in Coffins: The events of the game begin with Dracula rising from a very long slumber in his coffin.
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Something about a Rose
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Something about a Rose: Claudia's special ability is Bloody Lawn, which causes roses to sprout in her opponent's field. Each rose causes the floor to raise a certain height or the ceiling to come down. The effect is only undone by the roses being eliminated by lining up three blocks of the same color right next to them.
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Projectile Kiss
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Projectile Kiss: Medusa kisses hearts into the air whenever she eliminates blocks. The skeleton too smooches up a floating heart in the credit sequence.
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Eyelid Pull Taunt
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Eyelid Pull Taunt: The gillman taunts Nina with an eyelid-pull every time he eliminates some blocks.
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Cool Big Sis
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Cool Big Sis: Claudia is noted for her beauty and supposedly enjoys a good reputation in her village if the fact everyone tried to save her when she got abducted is anything to go by. Nina respectfully refers to her as "onee-sama" and takes it upon herself to rescue Claudia. Then in turns out that Claudia always was in control and went and got married to Dracula. Nina is not happy with her antics, but she admits she's jealous of what a match Claudia got herself.
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Our Werewolves Are Different
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Our Werewolves Are Different: One of Dracula's henchmen is a werewolf, a brown-furred and half-naked brute who thinks highly of himself. Supposedly, he has a human or at least tamer form, but he explains that he's already transformed by the time the adventure takes place. He guards the cemetery along with the skeleton and his special ability is Moon Strike. This calls forth a pack of wolves that snatch the pieces to fall up and force them down into the opponent's field faster.
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The Minion Master
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The Minion Master: With his special ability Moon Strike, the werewolf summons a pack of wolves that snatch the pieces to fall up and force them down into the opponent's field faster.
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