Tetris 2 (1993 video game)
A color-matching twist on the classic Tetris formula.
Tetris 2 is a 1993 puzzle video game developed by Tose and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was later ported to the Game Boy in 1993 and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994. The game adapts the Tetris concept with a color-matching mechanic.
Quick Facts
- Developer
- Tose
- Publisher
- Nintendo (NES, Game Boy, Super NES), Bullet-Proof Software (Super Famicom)
- Producer
- Gunpei Yokoi
- Composer
- Mitsuhiko Takano; Miyuki Uemura
- Series
- Tetris
- Platforms
- Game Boy
- NES
- Super NES
- Genre
- Puzzle
- Modes
- Single-player, multiplayer
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Gameplay
The gameplay modifies the standard Tetris concept. Instead of filling horizontal lines, the player matches the colors of descending tetrominos to blocks already on the board. When three blocks of the same color align, they disappear, similar to Dr. Mario. Unlike in Tetris, some squares within a tetromino connect only at corners.
Reception
In the United States, Tetris 2 was the top-selling NES and Game Boy game in January 1994, and the top Game Boy game in February. In the United Kingdom, it was the top-selling NES game for eight months in 1994, including March and from May through November, and the top-selling Game Boy game in August 1994. The four reviewers in Electronic Gaming Monthly found the NES version had poor quality graphics and was not as strong as more popular versions of the first Tetris. They recommended the Super NES version for fans of the original, praising its background graphics and two-player mode. Nintendo Power considered the SNES version superior to both the Game Boy and NES releases, giving SNES owners the best Tetris experience for any system, though they noted the lack of the original game's Russian music, replaced by sad tunes. Game Players called the NES version a disappointing attempt for puzzle fans. Nintendo Power complimented the Game Boy release as a challenging action puzzle game with two-player support via a Game Link Cable, but found its graphics bland and not sufficiently different from Tetris or Dr. Mario.
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