Tetris DS: Переиздание для Nintendo DS

2006 video game

Tetris DS (テトリスDS, Tetorisu Dī Esu) is a puzzle video game developed and published by Nintendo. It was released for the Nintendo DS on March 20, 2006, in North America, April 13, 2006, in Australia, April 21, 2006, in Europe, and April 27, 2006, in Japan. An installment of the Tetris franchise, the game supports up to ten players locally, and supported online multiplayer of up to four players using Nintendo Wi Fi Connection prior to its discontinuation. Tetris DS features several new modes of play, each with a different theme styled after retro Nintendo games. They include Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Donkey Kong, and Yoshi's Cookie. Multiplayer gameplay also incorporates items to be used competitively. The game received positive reviews from critics, who cited its additional game modes and multiplayer capabilities. Long after its release, it continued to be upheld as the best portable Tetris title, and one of the best in the series.

The game is split into six unique single player modes, some of which are usable in the game's multiplayer. Difficulty of this mode increases with every 10 lines cleared. The game makes use of the infinite spin feature that was initially introduced in Tetris Worlds, allowing the player to prevent a piece from being locked as long as it continues to spin. Mission mode features changing goals that appear in the top right of the top screen; sometimes, only certain pieces can fall depending on what goal is active. A "hold" box allows the player to save a piece for later use. the player controls a rotating block of pieces that can catch other falling pieces. The central core will detonate once the player achieves a 4×4 block. If enough pieces fall to the bottom without being caught, the player will lose all their energy. Additionally, the various modes can be played from a single cartridge using Download Play.

Tetris DS was first announced on January 10, 2006. It was first released on March 20, 2006, in North America, with releases worldwide following on April 13, 2006, for Australia, April 21, 2006, for Europe, and April 27, 2006, for Japan. Rogers cited Mission and Tower modes as interesting to him because they were unlike anything done before in Tetris. He stated that the inclusion of the "infinite spin" feature in games such as Tetris DS was done so that games could progress to faster action more quickly without becoming overly difficult, since people had less time to play while on the go. Saying that he believed a sequel on DS was not necessary due to the game's "solid play", he said that his only complaint about the game was that its online mode was "uneven" in its matchmaking. THQ had been working on the game since late 2004, but was prevented from releasing the game in March 2005 by The Tetris Company, causing THQ to file a legal complaint against the company alleging a breach of its license agreement. The legal dispute was later settled.

In the years following the game's release, English copies of the game became rare and difficult to find due to its popularity in the West, leading many to purchase more plentiful Japanese language copies. Long after its release, Tetris DS continues to be held in high regard by critics as one of the best Tetris games ever made. In 2011, Stephen Totilo of Kotaku compared Tetris: Axis to Tetris DS, finding the latter significantly better and recommending people play it instead. In a 2018 retrospective, John Linneman of Digital Foundry called the game the third best in the series after Tetris Effect and Tetris: The Grand Master 3 Terror Instinct, as well as the best portable Tetris game. Christian Donlan, also of Eurogamer, stated in 2020 that his DS was "largely still active" due to the game, calling the series the "final boss of video game consoles".