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Tetris Attack 08-20-12 04:33 AM
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Dueling Panels: Tetris Attack Review
Following in the tradition of the American version of Super Mario Bros. 2, where Nintendo takes a game not related to the Mario franchise and redoes it with Mario characters for the English release; Tetris Attack is a rebranded version of the puzzle game Panel De Pon featuring characters from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. The game would later be redone once more on the N64 and GBC as Pokemon Puzzle League/Challenge.
Gameplay: 9 (Addictiveness 10/Depth 7)
Tetris Attack is a puzzle game in the same vein as Tetris and Dr. Mario. However, rather than puzzle pieces dropping from above, rows of panels rise from the bottom towards the top. Your objective is to swap them around to form rows or columns of three or more of the same panel to clear them. Clearing 4 or more panels at the same time is called a combo, and will net you more points, and in versus mode will drop garbage blocks on your opponent. Panels with nothing beneath them will fall until they land on another panel, and if clearing a group of panels causes a panel to fall and clear another group of panels, this is called a chain. Chains earn even more points than combos, the amount you receive multiplying depending on the number of chains formed from the initial clearing. Chains also drop garbage blocks on your opponent in Versus Mode, the size of the block determined by the size of the chain. Garbage blocks can only be cleared by clearing a group of panels that touch the block.
There are five 1 player game modes, Endless, Time Trial, Stage Clear, Puzzle, and Versus. Endless has you clearing panels for points while the speed gradually gets faster until the pieces reach the top. Time Trial is like Endless, but you have a two minute time limit; however clearing chains and combos will temporarily stop the clock. Stage Clear has you clearing levels hosted by each character, with 5 stages each. In puzzle, the panels are preset and you're tasked with clearing all of them within a certa... Read the rest of this Review
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