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Tetris Attack
Tetris Attack, also known as Panel de Pon in Japan, is a 1995 puzzle video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. A Game Boy version was released a year later. In the game, the player must arrange matching colored blocks in vertical or horizontal rows to clear them. The blocks steadily rise to the top of the playfield, with new blocks being added at the bottom. Several gameplay modes are present, including a time attack and multiplayer mode.
Tetris Attack was first released as Panel de Pon in Japan in October 1995, featuring fairies as the main characters with a mythical fantasy setting. The game was released outside Japan in 1996, with the original characters and settings replaced by those from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Though international releases have the name Tetris Attack, the game bears no relation to the Tetris video game series, leading Tetris Company co-founder Henk Rogers to regret giving Nintendo the license to use the name. Both Panel de Pon and Tetris Attack were later broadcast through the Japan-only Satellaview peripheral, the latter renamed to BS Yoshi's Panepon.
Tetris Attack was well received by critics for its graphical style, addictive gameplay and multiplayer modes, with some[who?] noting the North American version was superior to the original Japanese release. It was followed by a series of sequels and remakes for multiple platforms, most of which instead use the name Puzzle League. The game is referenced in other Nintendo games, such as the Super Smash Bros. series, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, and Captain Rainbow.
Tetris Attack is a puzzle video game. The player must use an on-screen cursor to arrange colored blocks into horizontal or vertical rows. Matching together three or more blocks of the same color will destroy them. Any blocks above cleared lines will fall, which can be used to cause chain reactions if they touch other matching blocks. The player can also earn combos, clearing more than three blocks in a single move. As the stage progresses, the blocks will begin to rise steadily towards the top of the screen, with new blocks generating from the bottom. Should the blocks touch the top of the playfield, the game will be over.
Several different gameplay modes are included. Story Mode pits the player against a series of computer-controlled opponents. In Endless Mode, the player is challenged to play as long as possible with a continuously rising stack of blocks, which increases in speed over time. Timed Mode challenges the player to score as many points as possible within a two-minute time limit. Stage Clear mode takes the player through a series of stages, in which the objective is to clear all blocks underneath a "boundary" line. In Puzzle Mode, the player must clear all the blocks in a preset block arrangement in a set number of moves. The blocks in this mode do not rise towards the top. Several multiplayer modes are also present with adjustable difficulty levels.
Tetris Attack was released in Japan on October 27, 1995, in North America in August 1996, and in Europe on November 28, 1996.[citation needed] Development was headed by Intelligent Systems and produced by Gunpei Yokoi, known as the creator of the Game Boy. The Japanese version is titled Panel de Pon, featuring fairies as the main characters with a fantasy setting. International versions instead replace these with characters and settings from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, a game that was released earlier in 1995. Though international releases have the name Tetris Attack, the game has no relation to the Tetris video game franchise, leading to Tetris Company co-founder Henk Rogers saying in a 2009 interview he regrets giving Nintendo permission to use the name. Although Rogers liked the game, he believed it "got lost in history" due to it using the Tetris branding.
A Game Boy version of Tetris Attack was released in 1996. Two years later, in 1998, a special version of Panel de Pon was broadcast through the Satellaview peripheral for the Super Famicom in Japan, renamed BS Panel de Pon – Event '98 as part of a contest by St. GIGA.[citation needed] Tetris Attack was later released for the Satellaview the same year, renamed BS Yoshi no Panepon.[citation needed] The original Panel de Pon was digitally re-released for the Japanese Wii Virtual Console on November 27, 2007.[citation needed] It was later added to the Nintendo Classics service on May 20, 2020.
Tetris Attack was met with extremely positive reviews, earning a 90% average rating on GameRankings. The four reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave it an 8.25 out of 10, commending the addictive gameplay, colorful and cartoony graphics, use of Mario characters in the North American localization, and two-player mode. GamePro gave it a perfect 5 out of 5 in graphics, control and FunFactor, and a 4.5 out of 5 in sound. The reviewer described it as "a gentler, slower style of gameplay that requires learning some easy new controls, but this game's no less addicting than the original Tetris." GameSpot called it "absolutely brilliant".
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Tetris Attack
Tetris Attack, also known as Panel de Pon in Japan, is a 1995 puzzle video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. A Game Boy version was released a year later. In the game, the player must arrange matching colored blocks in vertical or horizontal rows to clear them. The blocks steadily rise to the top of the playfield, with new blocks being added at the bottom. Several gameplay modes are present, including a time attack and multiplayer mode.
Tetris Attack was first released as Panel de Pon in Japan in October 1995, featuring fairies as the main characters with a mythical fantasy setting. The game was released outside Japan in 1996, with the original characters and settings replaced by those from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Though international releases have the name Tetris Attack, the game bears no relation to the Tetris video game series, leading Tetris Company co-founder Henk Rogers to regret giving Nintendo the license to use the name. Both Panel de Pon and Tetris Attack were later broadcast through the Japan-only Satellaview peripheral, the latter renamed to BS Yoshi's Panepon.
Tetris Attack was well received by critics for its graphical style, addictive gameplay and multiplayer modes, with some[who?] noting the North American version was superior to the original Japanese release. It was followed by a series of sequels and remakes for multiple platforms, most of which instead use the name Puzzle League. The game is referenced in other Nintendo games, such as the Super Smash Bros. series, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, and Captain Rainbow.
Tetris Attack is a puzzle video game. The player must use an on-screen cursor to arrange colored blocks into horizontal or vertical rows. Matching together three or more blocks of the same color will destroy them. Any blocks above cleared lines will fall, which can be used to cause chain reactions if they touch other matching blocks. The player can also earn combos, clearing more than three blocks in a single move. As the stage progresses, the blocks will begin to rise steadily towards the top of the screen, with new blocks generating from the bottom. Should the blocks touch the top of the playfield, the game will be over.
Several different gameplay modes are included. Story Mode pits the player against a series of computer-controlled opponents. In Endless Mode, the player is challenged to play as long as possible with a continuously rising stack of blocks, which increases in speed over time. Timed Mode challenges the player to score as many points as possible within a two-minute time limit. Stage Clear mode takes the player through a series of stages, in which the objective is to clear all blocks underneath a "boundary" line. In Puzzle Mode, the player must clear all the blocks in a preset block arrangement in a set number of moves. The blocks in this mode do not rise towards the top. Several multiplayer modes are also present with adjustable difficulty levels.
Tetris Attack was released in Japan on October 27, 1995, in North America in August 1996, and in Europe on November 28, 1996.[citation needed] Development was headed by Intelligent Systems and produced by Gunpei Yokoi, known as the creator of the Game Boy. The Japanese version is titled Panel de Pon, featuring fairies as the main characters with a fantasy setting. International versions instead replace these with characters and settings from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, a game that was released earlier in 1995. Though international releases have the name Tetris Attack, the game has no relation to the Tetris video game franchise, leading to Tetris Company co-founder Henk Rogers saying in a 2009 interview he regrets giving Nintendo permission to use the name. Although Rogers liked the game, he believed it "got lost in history" due to it using the Tetris branding.
A Game Boy version of Tetris Attack was released in 1996. Two years later, in 1998, a special version of Panel de Pon was broadcast through the Satellaview peripheral for the Super Famicom in Japan, renamed BS Panel de Pon – Event '98 as part of a contest by St. GIGA.[citation needed] Tetris Attack was later released for the Satellaview the same year, renamed BS Yoshi no Panepon.[citation needed] The original Panel de Pon was digitally re-released for the Japanese Wii Virtual Console on November 27, 2007.[citation needed] It was later added to the Nintendo Classics service on May 20, 2020.
Tetris Attack was met with extremely positive reviews, earning a 90% average rating on GameRankings. The four reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave it an 8.25 out of 10, commending the addictive gameplay, colorful and cartoony graphics, use of Mario characters in the North American localization, and two-player mode. GamePro gave it a perfect 5 out of 5 in graphics, control and FunFactor, and a 4.5 out of 5 in sound. The reviewer described it as "a gentler, slower style of gameplay that requires learning some easy new controls, but this game's no less addicting than the original Tetris." GameSpot called it "absolutely brilliant".