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...es. There are three different types of drops in Tetris, gravity drop, soft drop, and instant drops. Gravity can be thought of as an automatic drop. It moves a tetromino downward into the [[playfield]] at a regular rate, wh

...print mode. [[DAS]], ARR, [[Lock delay|lock delay]], [[Drop#Soft drop|soft drop]] speed, and gravity rate are fully adjustable. The player can also customi

== Soft-drop method == ...clear the first line of the stack. This has the same drawbacks as the soft drop method, and is unavailable (or, in the case of the "well-known twist", equi

|hard = No (two speeds of soft drop) ...e has two soft drop keys; by default, Space soft drops slowly, while Enter soft drops quickly. Each game has a pause function, but the pause function only

| Softdrop || {{softdrop}} || Soft drop | Firmdrop || {{firmdrop}} || Firm drop

! Drop scoring ! Soft drop speed

...acts as a hard drop. This is in contrast to Tetris Jr. which only has soft drop.

Some misdrops leave gaps that require only a simple slide to fix after soft dropping or firm dropping. Soft/Firm Drop L

...evel+1 * 30, with level+1 points being awarded for each half-block of soft drop used. ...e levels that are slower than the previous level. It also has 1/2 G [[Soft drop]], that can be used even when the natural falling speed is faster.

...me beyond level 15, but clearing lines will not give you any points. (Soft drop still gives you points, however) There is an interesting difference between *Black: Endless mode. [[Drop#Gravity|Gravity]] is fixed at 7G, which is same as level 15 in other modes.

|hard = Yes (automatic soft) Soft drop is 1G. Drop button acts as an automatic soft drop, blocking all inputs until the piece locks. By pressing A, B or C on the pa

|hard = Hard and soft drop ...en, but levels continue to increase indefinitely. The game never exceeds [[drop|1g]]. By level fifteen, the tetrominoes appear to fall one row per frame.

*Center Button: Soft drop *Play/Pause: Hard drop

...tead of two, or use a platform opening. With respect to [[twist|T-spins]], soft drops will be needed. ...e other reason justifies using a frame to hold it. If a tetromino requires soft-dropping to be placed optimally, hold it, but next time stack better. In re

...ficult line clears||Action score × 1.5 (excluding soft drop and hard drop) |[[Drop#Soft drop|Soft drop]]||1 per cell

...e clears and [[drop|soft dropping]]. 1 point is awarded for every two rows soft dropped.

*[[Drop#Soft drop|Soft drop]]: Varies by level. The following table shows gravity and soft drop speeds for levels 1 to 15.

...is S or Z]], but it does have a speed penalty on games with a slow soft [[drop]] (like Tetris DS). Soft-drop a T and spin it:

*''d'' = 1 for normal gravity or 2 for soft [[drop]] when the tetromino lands ...must have been accelerating for a certain number of rows (~6) for the soft drop bonus to count.

...-piece and O-piece. Pieces spawn on the 22nd and 21st row, but immediately drop one row. Pieces don't kick. [[T-Spin]]s are detected, although because ther === Landed hard drop ===

Early versions of the game feature a [[hard drop]] feature, but it was removed in later versions because of misdrops using t |[[Drop#Soft drop|Soft drop]]||1 per cell

* Soft drop: M * Hard drop: Space

Soft drop T Soft drop T

...sliding down performs a soft [[Drop|drop]], flicking down performs a hard drop, and flicking up or tapping the [[Hold]] window swaps the current piece wit

*{{softfirmdrop}} = Soft drop or firm drop

As long as the [[Drop#Gravity|gravity]] isn't too strong at this point in the game, you'll get to The L is moving through the corner piece: keep holding left and soft drop it into place

...control surface with individual buttons for piece shifting, soft and hard drop, rotation, and Hold.

Soft drop Soft drop

Soft drop and<br>rotate left Drop I for<br>

[[Lock delay]], [[wall kick]], and [[Drop#Hard drop|hard drop]] are not present. [[Drop#Soft drop|Soft drop]] speed is 1/2G.

...ally, sliding down performs a soft [[drop]], flicking down performs a hard drop, and flicking up or tapping the [[Hold]] window swaps the current piece wit ...are available in-game: ''Tetris Theme (Korobeiniki)'', ''8-Bit'', ''Funky Drop'', ''Play'', ''Zen'', and ''Aqua''.

...aving only minimal interactivity. Most versions have soft drop but no hard drop. ...lines) and revamps the scoring system (1 point per piece, 1 point per row soft dropped, 50 * 2^(no. of lines - 1) * (level + 1) for line clears).

*Diagonal motion (soft drop + shift) in Tetris

* DOWN (Down on PC): soft drop * UP (Up on PC): hard drop

...Player manipulates them as in Tetris. There is no lock delay or hard drop. Soft dropping increases the score by 1 point per row.

.... At the beginning of a game, avoid situations that force a player to soft drop more than once. One example of an SZ start with no soft drops. If you stack too high and don't open the hole in column 6, no sweat.

...w a laser line at the top of the playfield which goes down for every piece drop. Clearing a line moves the laser back up the playfield. ...o each other against one side of the playfield after a line clear or piece drop.

*Soft drop

{{Infobox |title = Minna no Soft Series: Tetris Advance *[[Drop#Gravity|Gravity]] maxes out at what appears to be 1G, even once the expert

|hard = Yes (sonic drop) *Up: [[Drop#Hard drop|Firm drop]], not locking

** This makes the action of soft dropping faster—0 is instantaneous. Once again based on frames.<ref name= ...math> frame.<!-- yeah i got nothing else to say about that. delays on soft drop were always stupid and weird... -->

...e term can also broadly refer to any game or mode wherein pieces instantly drop onto the stack as soon as they enter the playfield. Since most modes of man * ''[[Minna no Soft Series: Tetris Advance]]'' has an Advance mode, which is unlocked after com

* [[Drop#Soft drop|Soft drop]]: 1/3G

It did not implement [[wall kick]]s or [[hard drop]]. However, many of the mechanics that exist in later games were first seen * [[Drop#Soft drop|Soft drop]]: 1G

...lay]], [[Wall kick|wall kicks]], rotation lock, [[DAS]], [[ARE]], and soft drop speed. ...sel'' — Shifts an opponent's stack one column to the left after each piece drop.

...d to drop the other, leaving a hole that is most easily filled with a soft drop. An easy alternative is to do a t-spin single: ...ituation that would otherwise have either slowed them down due to the soft-drop, or forced them to make a hole at the base of their stack.

;[[Drop]] ;Fast drop

...well. If a piece cannot rotate, such as when next to a wall, it can not be soft dropped. Pieces can also not be manually locked. .../span> '''Ruin''' - For the opponent's next 6 pieces, cleared lines do not drop the pieces from

|hard = Yes, with optional sonic drop only with TGM wallkicks ([[ARS|ARS2]]) ...rop and locking soft drop in ''[[TGM2]]'' and 3. In addition to this, soft drop speeds were reduced to around 0.5[[TGM legend#Gravity_Unit_.28G.29|G]] as w

*Soft drop: 1G ** Soft dropped pieces do not lock immediately; instead, holding down the button wi