Customer Reviews
how dare you name this tetris
This Tetris is as different from the real tetris as snood is from Bust a Move, except Snood is fun... This game just does not feel like real tetris, it sucks!!!!!!!!!! Give me Tetris not this artificial weird thing. The pace is off, its way too forgiving, and multiplayer makes no sense and is so far from real tetris multiplayer... It's sad that the DS cant play original GB games because this Tetris cant hold a candle to Tetris DX. Unless you have a DS, get Tetris DX, and if you have a DS, wait for a new Tetris game and we'll see if it doesn't suck.
Good tetris, Bad backgrounds
I just bought this Tetris game. I grew up with the black and white computer game "Nyet", before it was even called Tetris, so I love the Tetris game. The Tetris game itself was fine.
However, the backgrounds were horrible - mostly dark, with animated animals and an annoying flying cube with eyes getting in the way. The distractions might be good for building my concentration, but the backgrounds were so darkly colourful that I had trouble seeing the blocks properly. So they were a) cheesy, b) distorted the outline of the tetris blocks, and c) walked/swam/flew around a lot, so that it made the tetris blocks even harder to see.
I bought this game despite the mostly negative reviews because there wasn't another tetris gameboy advance game at the stores around my place. So it's enough to satisfy my Tetris fix, but I really wish it were better. That is, simpler, like white blocks on a black background, so I could concentrate on the game more than the bad graphics
Great game, new ideas...
This newest breed of Tetris starts out like any other. You have the option to play the classic Tetris game that everyone, including Homer Simpson, has played. But, there are also 5 new play modes, included Fusion which is the most unlike classic Tetris. Each of the games offers hours of reply.
This game also includes an outline option to help you see where your piece will land, for newer or less skilled players. As well as being able to see the next four pieces ahead.
Additionally you can swap out one piece by pressing the L or R button, and trade that piece with any piece later in the game... this option is very helpful for storing straight pieces.
Unfortunatly each game only has 15 levels, unlike the nearly limitless play of the origional title.
Another flaw on my system is that most of the backgrounds are so dark you have to be in a very well lit area to play, this is a typical flaw of all gameboy games without an SP, but the purple pieces are almost invisible without some serious overhead lighting.
All in all this game offers a new look at a great game, and offers at least a month of solid replayablity, plus it's great to pick up for a 5 minute distraction.
-- nemo54321 (3 1/2 stars)
