![]() The music in the Game Boy game is better than this. The music is not fantastic-bizarre techno-remixes of classic Tetris themes. They look a little bit like the NES “bubble blocks,” which I appreciate. I’m happy that the Tetraminos are made up of individual blocks and aren’t solid shapes as they were in Tetris Worlds from 2002. The graphics are, you know, Tetris-appropriate. It’s satisfying and not as soul-crushing as competitive online Tetris. It even gives you a “next score to beat” notification, like Geometry Wars 2 did. Thankfully, as long as you’re connected to Wi-Fi, you will have constant access to a Friends List leaderboard, which gives you both something to strive for in the single-player modes and also something to cry about once you realize that your friends are much better than you at Tetris. Turns out, everybody is better than me at competitive Tetris. ![]() It’s a little like Puzzle League: clearing lines and getting combos sends junk blocks to your opponent’s screen. Nobody was playing in other modes, and I quickly learned that I suck at online Battle mode. Unfortunately, for all of the multiplayer I played, 90% of it took place in normal Battle mode. Connecting is very simple-you get online and join a random game type. Depending on the mode, you can play with up to seven other people and even set up communities, like in Mario Kart 7. These modes are not fun, but they do offer interesting, masochistic challenges for the extremely skilled Tetris player.īut it’s the online play that’s going to draw you in the most. ![]() The first two alone are virtually impossible: fixed-position Tetris, where you can’t rotate the blocks, and Invisible Tetris, which is exactly what it sounds like. There are brutal but unique Challenge modes that unlock the more you play, too. Along with the standard Endless Mode, you can try and get to Level 15 (in which blocks basically appear directly on the top of the stack), clear 40 lines in the shortest amount of time, get the highest score you can in 3 minutes, and take part in some interesting battle modes which I’ll talk about in a minute. Tetris Ultimate features plenty of offline single-player modes that provide a twist on classic Tetris gameplay. Did you know Tetris could be competitive? Not only can it be competitive, but people who are NOT me are incredibly good at it! Previously, I’d been under the impression that my Tetris skills were pretty good, but now I’m convinced I’m the worst Tetris player ever. Tetris Ultimate is an Ubisoft product, and its focus is on competitive online Tetris. In 2011, Hudson Soft developed Tetris Axis, a game I liked well enough, and before that, Nintendo published the wonderful but short-lived Tetris DS. Tetris seems to switch hands every few years.
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