Tetris DS

Tetris (DS)

Strengths: lots of different modes of play

Weakness: not as engaging as the Tetris of the late 1980s

Tetris for DS is pretty good game. It has lots of different ways to play. For single player, there is standard, catch, mission, puzzle, touch and push. Within some of the modes, there are additional choices. For example, Standard has the following choices: Marathon, Line Clear and vs CPU. Marathon is the closest to the original Tetris of old. But instead of playing endlessly, the goal is to clear...

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Tetris DS

Strengths: familiar game play

Weakness: see below

After a few weeks with Tetris DS, there were a bunch of items that bothered me: - The changing/moving backgrounds were distracting early on. (newness) I found myself looking at was going on in the background vs. looking at the pieces. Eventually, the backgrounds were mundane and I was able to ignore them. - The 6 piece preview is too much. I wish it had an option to go back to the single piece...

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Great DS game

Strengths: Online play, Wi fi play, Tetris, 6 modes

Weakness: half the modes suck

Online play is amazing, 10 people can play off one cartage if you have 10 people with a DS in wifi range. Too bad On line support is only 4. Playing tetris, with power up mario kart style. Of the 6 game modes half of them suck. The 2 puzzle modes are decent, but not to much fun. The touch screen game is nice. The push and catch games are completely boring.

Tetris is Back!

Strengths: Great retro feel with Nintendo characters and music, lots of modes, addictive, online play.

Weakness: The retro Nintendo theme may turn some gamers off, ghost mode shows where peices will land.

Tetris is one of the most imitated games of all time with hundreds of wannabe puzzle games. But somehow, those titles never quite replicate the fun and feel of the original Tetris. As a big Nintendo fanboy, I was ecstatic to see Tetris get the Nintendo makeover complete with classic characters and themes from my favorite game developer. There are so many modes to play but I always end up going to...

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Tetris updated-- but do we need it?

Strengths: It's Tetris! It's still a fun game.

Weakness: It's Tetris! There's not a whole lot MUST HAVE new stuff here.

Sorry for the lack of originality in the Pros and Cons, but it's true! This is Tetris. Tweaked nicely for the Nintendo DS; with an eye to some nostalgia with familiar Nintendo characters. But at its core, it's Tetris. The same game you've been playing now for coming up on 20 years. That said, it is still one of the most addictive puzzlers ever; even people who traditionally don't like puzzle...

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Handheld Tetris is back

Strengths: Tetris?

Weakness: Some of the new modes aren't great, but that's really not important

Tetris on GameBoy was one of the most addictive games of all time. Tetris on the DS is now seeking that title. While much of the game is identical with some added old-school Nintendo flair, the best addition is that of multiplayer locally or on the Wi-Fi Connection. Play it for 5 minutes or 5 hours, Tetris remains one of the greatest pick up and play games ever created.

By member: zoglog - Jun 7, 2006

Another useless tetris rerun

Strengths: Online play

Weakness: Been there done that a million bajillion times, shameless fanboy appeal, milk the same game over and over mentality.

This game really only has one plus going for that, and that's the online play. Too bad it's really all been done before with tetrinet years and years ago with various portable versions floating around. All this game does is add a little nintendo fanboyism into the themes and once again a shameless and rediculous tetris rehash. Probably worth $3 at most. If I had a dime for every tetris rehash...

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Tetris DS

Strengths: WiFi play, multiplay, 6 different modes

Weakness: none

In this game you can play a 10 player local versus mode. You can also try the 4 player WiFi mode against people worldwide. There are 3 different WiFi mode. There are the Standard 2 player mode which there is no items to use. The other mode is the 4 player mode with items. And the last one is the Push mode, which is a 2 player game. In single player, there are 6 modes. There are Standard, Push,...

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It's Tetris! Plus some more stuff!

Strengths: -Everyone loves Tetris! -Online Play! -Fun Classic Nintendo theme! -Items add some new fun

Weakness: -Purists may be disapointed by game play tweaks. (Endless rotate, ect.)

At its core this game is Tetris. If you like Tetris and you want to play it on your DS, this is for you! This game has a very fun Nintendo theme to it. It also has several new modes. (But to tell the truth, I usually just play classic tetris) There's one I enjoy that gives you tasks to complete and you try to do as many as you can before a game over. I've also played a two player mode where you...

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Tetris DS for the Nintendo DS

Strengths: + Nintendo themes/backgrounds/music + Online play + Extremely addictive

Weakness: - Tetris still hasn't changed much over all these years

This review is for Tetris DS for the Nintendo DS. And let me start off by saying that if you aren't a Tetris fan, this game won't change your opinion on that. It's still Tetris, the basic game hasn't changed much. But for people like me, the real Tetris fans... that's not a problem. This game is classic, and this particular version (the first for the Nintendo DS), is pretty darn good. The...

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