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[ManaByte]

Nintendo’s NES version of Tetris is coming to Switch Online this month | VGC

It marks the first ever re-release of the game since its NES release…

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The 1989 home console version will be added to the Switch’s library of retro games on December 12, marking the first time it has ever been officially re-released.

Officially licensed by Tetris’s Russian IP owner Elorg, Nintendo‘s version features two modes, A-Type and B-Type.

A-Type has players continuing to clear lines and building their high score until they reach the top of the screen, while B-Type gives them a screen with a certain height and speed of blocks, and asks them to clear 25 lines before getting Game Over.

B-Type contains cameos from a number of Nintendo characters, including Mario, Luigi, Samus and Pit.

And BTW, Digital Eclipse's Tetris Forever is amazing. Worth picking up. The story of Henk Rogers finding out that Yamauchi couldn't play a Famicom was hilarious.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Which game type do you want?

Type A or Type B?

ZOMG TETRIS IS WOKE AS FUCK

PUT IT ON THE LIST

 

[BlackTron]

What about the superior unlicensed black cart version?

 

[ManaByte]

What about the superior unlicensed black cart version?

Shockingly that’s not even on Tetris Forever.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

And BTW, Digital Eclipse's Tetris Forever is amazing. Worth picking up. The story of Henk Rogers finding out that Yamauchi couldn't play a Famicom was hilarious.

The story of the origins of Tetris and how it came to be licensed by Nintendo is possibly the best in the history of gaming. Pure ol' spy movie stuff.

What about the superior unlicensed black cart version?

I've played that one. Sure, it has more options, but it's uglier.

 

[saintjules]

Which game type do you want?

Type A or Type B?

ZOMG TETRIS IS WOKE AS FUCK

PUT IT ON THE LIST

 

[PSFan]

Should release the Tengen version instead. It's way better.