This depth of gameplay is what makes Tetris Attack a true masterpiece.
Achieving this Zen-like oneness with the tiles usually involves over 1000 hours of studying, button-mashing, and philosophizing on the meaning of existence. sage (roughly the equal of a Jedi Master in terms of skill acquired and time invested) requires seeing the entire stack as one object, all at a glance. The weak Poochy falls to the superior Flying Wiggler.Įach link in a chain usually employs a different technique, and successfully implementing each technique requires the ability to make instant decisions based only on a glance at the entire screen. With split second timing and a mastery of the game's internal rules, the player can pull off mid-air snags of falling pieces, anti-gravity chains involving unsupported blocks, simultaneous drop-support swaps, and more. Tetris Attack, however, introduces "skill chains" into the mix. Ordinary puzzle games are about as interactive as dominos - you set off the first link, and watch the rest unfurl. Only then do you realize: there's a long way to go.Īs you find out, there are more ways of making chains than you'll ever be able to pull off in a real game - some that require lightning fingers, some that demand incredible eye speed, and some that aren't even possible unless you change how you hold the controller. It's here that you begin to see the mind-blowing depth of the game: after struggling for ten minutes to finally set up a chain of two links, you hear a more experienced player mention that he once pulled off a thirty-eight linker in the midst of competition. After the last link of a chain, the game celebrates with a pompous trumpet fanfare - the more "links" in the chain, the more grandiose the fanfare (and insulting to your opponent). Basically, these are sequences of connections and combos that set up to occur one right after the other, domino-style. These are useful, but to rake in the really gargantuan points, you need to learn to pull off chains. Eh?Ĭonnecting four or more blocks of the same color forms a combo. Suddenly, finding three blocks to line up gets a lot harder, and now the veteran players start talking about combos and chains. Nothing to it …that is, until you actually try to accomplish this seemingly simple task. The stack rises steadily from the bottom of the screen.
The goal is nearly as simple as the original's: arrange three or more tiles of the same color in a row or column and they disappear. Instead of organizing falling pieces into compact rows, the player reorganizes a pre-made stack of differently colored tiles. Surprisingly enough, Tetris Attack has little in common with its predecessor besides a stack of square blocks and a marketable name. The elegant simplicity, mind-bending puzzle-nature, and depth of gameplay all remained - but now there was a real person next to you to humiliate and trash-talk. Often abbreviated to "T.A." by initiated cultists, this game harnessed every ounce of potential that lay sleeping in the original Tetris, and then doubled it with a ferocious two-player mode. And there was a time when a video game could not be considered a religion - but then came Tetris Attack.Īfter playing enough Tetris Attack, this screen will seem cool. There was a time when a video game could not be considered an addiction - but then came Tetris. Gaming Intelligence Agency - SNES - Tetris Attack
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