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<h2>Overview</h2><p>Columns GB: Tezuka Osamu Characters is a <a href="https://www.giantbomb.com/falling-blocks/3015-4539/" data-ref-id="3015-4539">falling-block</a> <a href="https://www.giantbomb.com/block-matching/3015-3778/" data-ref-id="3015-3778">tile-matching</a> puzzle game developed by <a href="/game-studio-inc/3010-3036/" data-ref-id="3010-3036">Game Studio Inc.</a> and published by <a href="/media-factory/3010-3701/" data-ref-id="3010-3701">Media Factory</a> for the <a href="/game-boy-color/3045-57/" data-ref-id="3045-57">Game Boy Color</a> exclusively in Japan on November 5, 1999.</p><p>A handheld entry in <a href="/sega/3010-62/" data-ref-id="3010-62">Sega's</a> <a href="/columns/3025-97/" data-ref-id="3025-97">Columns</a> series, Columns GB allows players to pick from six characters created by famed mangaka <a href="/osamu-tezuka/3040-91567/" data-ref-id="3040-91567">Osamu Tezuka</a> to accompany them in games of Columns: <a href="/astro-boy/3005-7796/" data-ref-id="3005-7796">Atom</a> (from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_Boy" data-target="true" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Tetsuwan Atom</a>), <a href="/sharaku/3005-41137/" data-ref-id="3005-41137">Hosuke Sharaku</a> (from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three-Eyed_One" data-target="true" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Mitsume ga Tooru</a>), <a href="/black-jack/3005-36800/" data-ref-id="3005-36800">Black Jack</a> (from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Jack_(manga)" data-target="true" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">the series of the same name</a>), Sapphire (from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Knight" data-target="true" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Ribbon no Kishi</a>), Leo (from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimba_the_White_Lion" data-target="true" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Jungle Tantei</a>), and Melmo (from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvelous_Melmo" data-target="true" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Fushigi na Melmo</a>).</p><p>Along with the traditional "endless" mode of Columns (as "Classic"), the game includes a unique "Puzzle" mode where players are given pre-set boards and must clear them with pre-determined sets of pieces (similar to puzzle modes in the Puyo Puyo series). It also includes a linked multiplayer Versus mode, as well as <a href="/super-game-boy-enhancement/3015-4804/" data-ref-id="3015-4804">Super Game Boy</a> border enhancements.</p><h2>Characters</h2><h3>Playable</h3><ul><li><a href="/astro-boy/3005-7796/" data-ref-id="3005-7796">Atom</a> (from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_Boy" data-target="true" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Tetsuwan Atom / Astro Boy</a>)</li><li><a href="/sharaku/3005-41137/" data-ref-id="3005-41137">Hosuke Sharaku</a> (from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three-Eyed_One" data-target="true" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Mitsume ga Tooru / The Three-Eyed One</a>)</li><li><a href="/black-jack/3005-36800/" data-ref-id="3005-36800">Black Jack</a> (from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Jack_(manga)" data-target="true" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Black Jack</a>)</li><li>Sapphire (from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Knight" data-target="true" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Ribbon no Kishi / Princess Knight</a>)</li><li>Leo (from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimba_the_White_Lion" data-target="true" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Jungle Tantei / Kimba the White Lion</a>)</li><li>Melmo (from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvelous_Melmo" data-target="true" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Fushigi na Melmo / Marvelous Melmo</a>)</li></ul><h3>Appears in Puzzle Mode</h3><ul><li>Hyoutan-Tsugi (recurring gag character)</li><li>Pinoko (from Black Jack)</li><li><a href="/dracula/3005-348/" data-ref-id="3005-348">Dracula</a> (from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Dracula" data-target="true" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Don Dracula</a>)</li><li>Unico (from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unico" data-target="true" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Unico</a>)</li><li>Ochanomizu-hakase (from Tetsuwan Atom / Astro Boy)</li><li>Hi no Tori (from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(manga)" data-target="true" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Hi no Tori / Phoenix</a>)</li><li>Osamu Tezuka (recurring gag character)</li></ul>