Columns Crown

Nintendo exclusive

Princess Dazzle has searched all over for the missing Magic Gems that fill in the Columns Crown. You must help her recover them from a band of Forest Thieves by beating every puzzle to unlock the hidden Gems! Can you collect them all and complete the crown? Frantic multi-player action full of devastating special moves.

Released: 7 December 2001
Platforms: Game Boy Advance
Genres: Puzzle
Developers: Sega Wow
Publishers: —
Series: Columns
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: First person
Themes: Action
Country: Japan
Age ratings: ESRB E

About

Columns Crown (コラムスクラウン, Koramusu Kuraun) is a puzzle game developed by WOW Entertainment and published by Sega for the Game Boy Advance. It is part of the Columns series and was released in Europe on December 7, 2001, in Japan on December 13, 2001, and in North America on February 4, 2002. The game was later re-released twice as part of the 2 Games in 1 twin-pack cartridge in Europe, first bundled with Sonic Pinball Party on November 11, 2005 and then with ChuChu Rocket! on November 28, 2008. The latter compilation, aside as being the final one released on the system in Europe, was the final game to be released on the Game Boy Advance.

The gameplay features falling vertical blocks of three coloured gems, with matching gems being destroyed. There is a basic plot of rescuing the stolen kingdom's crown by winning games.

Keywords

blocks
block matching

Media

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Reception

IGN gave a mixed review to Columns Crown, saying that while the versus mode was enjoyable with use of the power-ups, the game as a whole was much less addictive than other similar games released on the Game Boy Advance. Former publication Cubed3 criticized the gameplay as "restricted", stating that navigating levels successfully seemed dependent on luck rather than skill. GameSpot gave a mixed review, stating "Although it's not as energetic or complex as many modern-day puzzle games, it doesn't really disappoint in any specific area either."