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Wi-Fi Tetris blocking DS March 20

Nintendo announces new touch-sensitive spin on classic puzzle game compatible with its wireless network.

After long dismissing online play as not being central to gaming, Nintendo is fast becoming one of Web-enabled multiplayer's biggest boosters. Today, the Japanese game giant announced the latest game that will be playable via its wireless gaming network, the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

But while the game itself is new, it is also the latest spin on a very old-school brand. The title in question is Tetris DS, a reworked edition of the 1985 Soviet puzzle game. It will add six new modes to Tetris' classic block-combination gameplay, all of which will incorporate the DS's second, touch-sensitive screen.

Each new mode of Tetris DS will have a theme based on a popular Nintendo property like Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, and Metroid. There will also be several multiplayer modes, including two- or four-player contests over the Wi-Fi Connection. For ad hoc bouts, up to 10 players will be able to play a single multiplayer match using just one copy of the game.

Tetris DS is set for release on March 20, the same day as the highly anticipated, wireless-enabled Metroid Prime: Hunters. The pair will join three other games on Nintendo's Wi-Fi-Connection: Mario Kart DS, Animal Crossing DS, and Tony Hawk's American Sk8land. No pricing or rating for the game has been announced.

57 Comments

  • Mindphaser

    Posted Jan 12, 2006 5:31 pm GMT

    FINALLY!!! Have you any idea HOW LONG I've been tracking this game, e-mailing developers to actually GET IT MADE?! They should list me in the credits!

  • dantron

    Posted Jan 12, 2006 7:06 am GMT

    If they make a mode similar to Tetris Attack, I know my wife will be into it, and let's face it....any game that gets your girlfriend/wife interested in gaming is always a good thing!

  • artistml

    Posted Jan 11, 2006 4:11 pm GMT

    Lumines and Meteos better watch there backs!

  • mierdahp

    Posted Jan 11, 2006 2:18 pm GMT

    yay!!!!!!!!!!!!! Me Lovs Tetris!!!
    No, seriously, I Do

  • DFTricks

    Posted Jan 11, 2006 12:04 pm GMT

    That a great news ^^
    more games will b available for the ds online more people will buy a ds

  • BobbyBobby85

    Posted Jan 11, 2006 9:18 am GMT

    Oooh, and apparantly, this game is being Developed inhouse by Nintendo itself. At least, that's what they're saying on the forums. Although I don't see why Nintendo would ever let THQ publish their games. Nevertheless, an online tetris game is a Godsend for the Nintendo DS. It'll most likely stomp Lumines if they do it right.

  • BobbyBobby85

    Posted Jan 11, 2006 9:13 am GMT

    The Boxart already looks awesome, and reminiscent of the original Tetris NES/GB boxart. I wonder if this is a hint of another handheld revolution like there was in 1989, Metroid coming out on the same day to boot.
    .
    Say yer prayers PSP...

  • Mdray23

    Posted Jan 11, 2006 6:04 am GMT

    What! yessssssssss can't wait I'm a tetris fan and I really need to play it again and plus it goes online I hope it has voice chat

  • Mdray23

    Posted Jan 11, 2006 6:04 am GMT

    What! yessssssssss can't wait I'm a tetris fan and I really need to play it again and plus it goes online I hope it has voice chat

  • NinjaFoot

    Posted Jan 11, 2006 1:42 am GMT

    Nintendo is serious about online because Tetris is coming to the DS online? ooooookay....

  • Kbs64

    Posted Jan 11, 2006 1:30 am GMT

    Who would of ever thought? Not me... No sir!! But its still interesting none the lease.

  • sinceps1

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 8:49 pm GMT

    They arent the first to push a new tetris.

  • megamegaman

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 7:56 pm GMT

    *Cartman impersonation* Schweet. Kick Ass. I love Tetris to death and being able to play a great game like this online will seriously kick arse.

  • buzzoinks

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 7:36 pm GMT

    having not bought a tetris title in years, this news made think, I will pick it up when I get Metroid. this is the nut, oldschool chestnut

  • Reload44

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 7:18 pm GMT

    Online tetris! The most addicting game off all time finally enables you to show off your skill worldwide!
    I thought this would never happen - but wut a good day indeed march 20!!!

  • forever_blank

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 6:39 pm GMT

    I like the sounds of what is coming out with it, Metroid Prime: Hunters YaY

  • cyprus646

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 5:55 pm GMT

    Yay about time !!!!! i have been wanting to flip blocks online for about 14 years now i can do it over nintendo Wi-fi Good wrk nintendo !!.

  • ZabuzaR

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 5:43 pm GMT

    Wow cant wait!!!!

  • air_wolf_cubed

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 5:17 pm GMT

    gyro the game will definitelly be worth more than 15 dollars. with online i'd say it'd be about 30-35 dollars

  • Willo_10

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 4:36 pm GMT

    its no surprise that nintendo would like a tetris game on DS, after all it was the game that originally gave the gameboy its houshold name.

  • xBlitzerx

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 4:10 pm GMT

    Wow!!
    I just got home from a really crappy day at work. And the first gaming news of the day I hear is a new Tetris!! Then I see DS, then online, then Mario, Metroid, Zelda themes. OMG this is gonna rock.

    Then to top it all off, a March release!

    Time to start a March DS fund.

    Nintendo ftw!!

  • GyRo567

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 4:04 pm GMT

    Mmmmmm. =) I still play Tetris all the time. Online competition... >=) If it's more than $15 I'll pass, but if it is priced reasonably, you can watch hopelessly as you are defeated this March.

  • EvIlKiNgKoOpA

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 3:58 pm GMT

    nope!!!

    finally someone is going to get the ass whomping they deserved from
    me on tetris

    hehehehehe

    get ready to get owned

    you dam noobs

    and for the haters out there

    i hope you like your $249.99 paper weight
    because the DS is getting one of the best appz
    ever made

    ENJOY your nut comercials

  • Supersonic2000

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 3:34 pm GMT

    It's Tetris, it's online. Need I say more?

  • air_wolf_cubed

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 3:31 pm GMT

    should be better than meteos

  • Ortadragoon

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 2:52 pm GMT

    This is definately cool news. I hope that they do a good job with this game, and they don't screw up with the touch-screen. Online play is always welcome.

  • MadGamer132

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 2:45 pm GMT

    Nintendo thinks they know online play is serious, why add Tetris into the mix, good job.

  • revamparts

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 2:40 pm GMT

    THQ is publishing, not developing. It says n/a for developer. Hey touch screen tetris sounds freakin' awesome, I don't know what's wrong with everyone. But online play! This is a great announcement, and a very pleasant surprise. As long as the dev.'s don't butcher the classic tetris formula with gimmicks, I will be buying this. Hello online play, hello, hello, hello.

  • stewiegriffin78

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 2:40 pm GMT

    Well, wifi Tetris could produce some serious fun.

  • DarthUltima

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 2:05 pm GMT

    Why can't sombody else make a tetris game? I really don't like THQ too much.

  • KIELW93

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 1:55 pm GMT

    let's just hope that this is the start of a long line of online DS titles

  • LordOfMidnight

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 1:31 pm GMT

    Tetris should be on every platform in the world... kind of like when you get Solitare with Windows!

  • stiker71

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 1:26 pm GMT

    koolness probly will buy it

  • Konfusion

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 1:24 pm GMT

    Babysteps to success. I haven't played Tetris in a long while, this will be the perfect occasion to get back at it!

  • Petri87

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 1:19 pm GMT

    Same day as Metroid Prime: Hunters? Well we know witch one of them wont sell good.
    Thay should release it after or a month before MPH

  • SuCuBuS_04

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 1:10 pm GMT

    oh wow this sounds like its goin 2 b soo gd!

  • 777rak

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 1:06 pm GMT

    Hmm sounds cool, I might get it depending on how good it is.

  • death919

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 12:38 pm GMT

    Meh, it's a puzzle game, big whoop. The only worthwhile puzzle game I've ever played was Meteos (which OWNED, btw). I'm not gunna get this, although it's good to see that Nintendo is making lots of games online. To be perfectly honest though, seeing as how this game is releasing the same day as Metroid Prime Hunters, anyone who chooses to buy the Tetris online game instead of the Metroid online game deserves to be slapped with an unusually large rubber glove!

  • Zerofitz

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 12:36 pm GMT

    Kick Ass!

  • Jimbokundesu

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 12:30 pm GMT

    I thought we didn't want to play online games...

  • NeonDarknessXRC

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 12:27 pm GMT

    finalliy about time

  • ninfan4life

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 12:21 pm GMT

    one werd

    ONLINE

    dat's wats up

  • Kenzo287

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 12:19 pm GMT

    Hallelujah! (If it's spelled that way) VIVA NINTENDO! VIVA THE DS! VIVA WI-FI! VIVA LA REVOLUTION! VIVA TETRIS!

  • hirushubi2

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 12:13 pm GMT

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  • DarkPassion

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 12:02 pm GMT

    Cool. I hope the touch screen doesn't cause them to screw the controls.

  • flastic

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 11:56 am GMT

    I have to admid, it is just as genius as it cheap is to release yet an other Tetrisgame...but hey, it just might be a succes, you never now.

  • acu02151

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 11:51 am GMT

    ha! soon everyone will know how great i am at tetris or more likely it will be another game that someone in kansas will be able to kick my ass at. I think i'm going to go with my original comment, no kansas boy is taking me at tetris!

  • Contelis

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 11:46 am GMT

    Finally. I've been craving some classic Tetris for over a year. Maybe one of the modes will be similar to tetrinet. Now that would be great. [raises a mug o' root beer float] Here's to some great portable Tetris.

  • DrFish62 Site moderator

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 11:37 am GMT

    I'm interested to see what properties they choose for the themed boards. Could be cool. Actually, it'd probably be the only thing convincing me to buy another version of Tetris.

  • Sargus

    Posted Jan 10, 2006 11:34 am GMT

    I wasn't too excited about this until I read the multiplayer bit. I LOVED the 4-player matches in the N64 Tetris. I get those online now! Awesome. Wait... 10 players with one game card locally?!?!?!? Sign me up!

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