Magical Pop'n

Magical Pop'n is a side-scrolling action-platform game similar to The Adventure of Little Ralph . The player takes control of the Princess, the main protagonist of the game, through six stages of varying themes set in the land of To'ahl. The main objective is to recover the kingdom's powerful Magic Jewel that was stolen by the army of the game's main antagonist, the Demon King, and defeat his many servants. At the end of each stage is a powerful boss enemy that must be defeated in order to progress further.

The stages are organized in a mazelike and non-linear fashion, which encourages exploration in order to find new items hidden in treasure chests . Example power-ups include extra heart containers that increase the player's total health, and obtaining magical spells; the Princess starts off with only a three-heart life gauge and one spell attack at the beginning. The player can also increase the Princess's number of lives by collecting three golden tokens (which look like the Princess's face) per life. There is no password or saving feature, so the game must be completed in one session.

Controlling the Princess is done with the D-pad, while jumping and attacking enemies are performed with either the A or Y button for magic or melee attacks. Repeatedly pressing the Y button increases the range of melee attacks, which allows the Princess to hang on certain objects and while jumping with the B button, the player can perform a pogo stick -like attack against enemies from above by holding down and Y. The L and R buttons change between different magic attacks, while pressing Select on the controller activates a powerful magic attack against enemies as well. When crouching, the Princess can also slide by holding forward and B.