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Wi-fi enabled Tetris DS announced

by Blake Snow on Jan 10th 2006 11:00AM

Nintendo has announced the wi-fi enabled Tetris DS for the dual screen portable today. The game will feature several modes including classic themed based puzzles like Mario Bros. and Zelda, touch screen interactivity, special Tetris puzzles, and multiplayer mode up to 10 players locally and between 2- to 4-players on the wi-fi connection. Only one DS owner needs the game card for local multiplayer and the title will use a point system for online battles.

Tetris DS is slated for release March 20. Though the game has existed for more than 20 years, it's still hard not to get excited about this one if you're a puzzle fan. Many thanks, Alexey.

[via DS Fanboy]

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Tags: DS, Nintendo, Tetris, Tetris-DS

Reader Comments (21)

A-W-E-S-O-M-E.

lol, that would be quite cool,

but then itll just be like mario kart and sore losers wil just turn their DS once their sure to lose.

it will be great to meet pro tetris players!!

It is ABOUT F'ING TIME. Tetris DX for GBC was the last Nintendo-produced Tetris title, and remains probably the best portable game ever made. Yet another reason the DS is IT.

Yeah, Nintendo definitely needs to do something about the people who power down. My official Mario Kart WiFi record is 0-1 because no one I've been beating has finished a match with me. I wonder if they could disable the power button during online play?

Actually, I'm not too impressed with this. Where is metroid prime hunters...

I cant say I have the same problems as you guys with mario kart power downers. My record is 86-27, which is not good by any means, but I've only been online over the christmas holidays. Try racing late at night when its just koreans and japanese.

I'm super ready for this. My parents still keep their GameBoy color around to play Tetris. With this, I'll never be able to get the DS out of their hands. The addition of Wi-Fi is EXACTLY what the world needs.

HELL.

YES.

actually White Rose Duelist you are wrong about mario kart dissconnects you do gain wins when someone dissconnects

Blizz419 and White Rose Duelist

You will only gain points if you reach the trophy screen after the four races. once the trophy screen is reached, all those who disconnected receive 1 loss point according to how many people finished all four races. The winner will receive 1 win point for each person who disconnected and 1 win point for each person he beat that has not disconnected.

So in the case of a 1 on 1 race, if you make it to race 3, then someone disconnects, no win points or loss points are awarded at all because the trophy screen has not been reached.

I seem to get a loss as soon as I quit/power off i.e. after turning my DS back on again and check my record the loss/losses are already registered.

So.. you don't actually have to get to the trophy screen.

I've been waiting for a new portable Tetris game for a long time. The

fact that this will be released by Nintendo and Wi-Fi just makes it

perfect. I even have the cash sitting in my wallet to buy a DS.

Now Nintendo, how about releasing the White DS in North

America or a redesigned DS in May.

Hmm, thats strange, I guess you get a loss after a disconnect no matter what. I dont know about wins for sure then, I read the above info from nintendo mario kart boards.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v137/CanadianFonz/Games/Tetris%20DS/1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v137/CanadianFonz/Games/Tetris%20DS/2.jpg

Whoa, nice pics there, tim! =) I can only assume that Tetris Attack DS will follow up on this release (if it's fairly successful), but you gotta love the one-card download option for local multiplayer.

I had thought a "Tetris Stadium" idea would be quite cool on the DS. Glad to see Nintendo thought the same way. This will be killer fun on the wi-fi connection.

I'm not sure what to think of the Nintendo franchise themes in Tetris. I love the Russian-themed one of the Gameboy version (or better yet, the one in the Tengen version). Hopefully they'll have this as one of the skins available.

about. frakkin. time.

I hated Tetris Worlds...

Glad to see it's back in good hands.

first Mario Kart, now Tetris....

and people complain about all the PSP ports?? at least the PSP ports are from the current generation of hardware and not 1990.

#19

Without Tetris, your cute little Lumines game would not be possible.

Run along now, go play with your "nut that you play with outside". =p

Another Killer App for the DS! Holy balls, I can't WAIT; I'm giddy with excitement! I really hope it is not a stinking pile of garbage like Tetris Worlds...

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