Tetris Battle Gaiden

Tetris Battle Gaiden
Tetris Battle Gaiden
	Tetris Battle Gaiden Super Famicom box art
Developer(s)	Bullet Proof Software
Publisher(s)	Bullet Proof Software
Platform(s)	Super Famicom
Release	JP: December 24, 1993;
Gameplay info
Next pieces	3 (shared with opponent)
Playfield size	10 × 20
Hold piece	No
Hard drop	No
Rotation system	BPS rotation

Tetris Battle Gaiden^[a] is a Tetris game developed and published in 1993 by Bullet Proof Software for the Super Famicom. Rather than playing solo, the only game type in Tetris Battle Gaiden is versus matches, vs a CPU opponent, or a local opponent. The game is notable for its unique gameplay involving orbs and character abilities.

Gameplay

Both players draw from the same 3 piece preview. The player who places the next piece gets the next one at the top.

Some tetrominos have orbs in them. Players must clear a line containing an orb to collect it. This brings a lot of strategy for the timing of your piece drops because you want to get the ones with orbs, and leave the ones without orbs for the opponent. However you also want to let the opponent have the pieces you don't have a spot for, and get the ones you do want.

1 orb is usually a small attack or a defensive move,
2 orbs usually interferes with the opponent's screen or controls,
3 orbs is something unique for each character, e.g., Halloween's 3 orb move is to steal the opponent's orbs,
4 orbs is a powerful attack.

Topping out

Blocks that get pushed up the vanishing zone are deleted. The only way to top out is by place a tetromino partially or fully above the 20th row.

Characters and abilities

	Halloween
	Level 1: Fry: Fills the bottom three rows with blocks. Crystal blocks are converted into normal blocks. Level 2: Dark Level 3: Vampire: Steals the opponent's orbs. Level 4: Bomb: Destroy random blocks on the opponent's field.
	Mirurun
	Level 1: Mirurun: Erases the bottom four rows of the player's field. Level 2: Level 3: Pentris: Send five lines of garbage to the opponent. Level 4: Sirtet: All rows containing blocks on the opponent's field are inverted, so that spaces are converted to blocks and non-orb blocks are converted to spaces.
	Shaman
	Level 1: Moses: Push all blocks towards the centre. Level 2: Level 3: Curse Level 4:
	Aladdin
	Level 1: Seesaw: Send the bottom two rows of the player's field to the opponent. Crystal and stone blocks are included. Level 2: Level 3: Fax: Copies the player's field to the opponent's field. Level 4: Remote Control: The movements of the opponent's next two pieces will be controlled by the player.
	Princess

	Bit

	Ninja
	Level 1: Level 2: Level 3: Level 4: Medusa: Converts the blocks on the opponent's field to stone blocks.
	Wolf-man

	Dragon
	Level 1: Level 2: Level 3: Level 4: Change: Swaps both players' fields.
	Grand Princess
	Level 1: Hyper Fry: Fills the bottom three rows with blocks. Crystal blocks are preserved. Level 2: Reverse: Level 3: Doubles: Any rows cleared by the player's next piece will send double garbage. Level 4: Clear: Clears the player's field.