Tetris DS

Tetris DS
Developer(s)	Nintendo
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS
Release	March 20, 2006 (US) April 21, 2006 (Europe) April 27, 2006 (Japan)
Gameplay info
Next pieces	Six
Playfield size	22x10
Hold piece	Hold function
Hard drop	Hard and soft drop

Modes

Standard mode

Standard Tetris.

This mode supports single player, 2 to 10 player Ni-Fi with one DS Game Card, and 2 or 4 players in Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, although many people have found it impossible to get a 4-player game going without it failing with an 86420 error.

Push mode

Theme: Donkey Kong Wall kicks are not as flexible. Notably T-spin triples do not work.

Push mode starts with two blocks in the center of a 10x40 block playfield. Tetrominoes drop in two different directions for the different players. When a player completes more than one line at once, all blocks in the playfield move a number of lines toward the other player's side. Once one block is placed or pushed off a player's the end of the playfield, the player loses.

In push mode, it is possible for a game to be drawn by clearing all blocks from the playfield, although the program is incapable of recognizing a drawn game, and the first player to disconnect will lose.

This mode supports single player, 2-player Ni-Fi, and Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

Mission mode

Theme: The Legend of Zelda.

Catch mode

Theme: Metroid.

This mode is very derivative of the Game Boy Color game Klustar.

Puzzle mode

Theme: Yoshi's Cookie

Touch mode

Theme: Balloon Fight

This mode has two modes, one where the blocks drop, and you try to maximize points by aquiring columns. The other mode "Puzzle" mode, has you attempting to achieve various goals by moving blocks into a certain position to achieve combos of some sort. Solutions to the Touch Puzzle Mode can be found here: Tetris_DS_Touch_Solutions

External links

• Official Tetris Website
• Wikipedia - Wikipedia Article on Tetris DS
• Blockstats - Stat Tracker and Highscore board for Tetris DS
• TDS Gaming Hub - Tetris DS Gaming Hub