| Tetris Party | |
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| Developer(s) | Hudson Soft |
| Publisher(s) | Hudson Soft (Japan) Tetris Online (NA, EU) Nintendo Australia (WiiWare, Retail)[1] |
| Series | Tetris |
| Platform(s) | Wii (WiiWare) DSi (DSiWare) Wii DS |
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| Genre(s) | Puzzle |
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Tetris Party is a puzzle video game by Hudson Soft for WiiWare. An installment of the Tetris series, the game supports the use of Miis and the Wii Balance Board, and features both local and online multiplayer in addition to several single-player modes unique to the game.
The game was released in Japan on October 14, 2008, in North America on October 20, 2008,[2] and in Europe and Australia on October 24, 2008.[3]
A retail version called Tetris Party Deluxe, which was announced by Tetris Online, Hudson Soft, Nintendo Australia and Majesco, was released in North America on June 1st, 2010, in Europe on September 3rd, 2010 and in Australia on October 14th, 2010 for the Wii and the Nintendo DS systems.[4]
There is also a version from the DSiWare called Tetris Party Live, which was released in North America on November 22, 2010 and later in the PAL region on December 3, 2010.
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Tetris Party introduces a number of new game modes. In addition to the 15-level traditional single player only marathon mode, the single and multiplayer versus modes, and Vs. Hot Lines and Team Battle modes returning from earlier games,[5] as well as the return of Bombliss, these new modes include:[1]
The multiplayer versus modes support up to four players offline and six players online through the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, and feature new powerups that utilize the pointer and motion functions of the Wii Remote. The game also keeps skill charts and statistics, and features online leaderboards and more than 130 achievements for players to monitor their progress.[6] The game does not include any multiplayer marathon modes. Garbage is not optional in multiplayer mode as it was in The New Tetris.
Both Hudson and Tetris Online have organized tournaments for players of the game, with the first held in December 2008. Each tournament involves the different game modes in Tetris Party, with the first and third tournaments featuring four rounds with four different game modes contested in each.[7][8]
There was a total of four tournaments where the top 500 in the first and third tournaments and top 100 in the second and fourth tournaments would be credited with 1,200 Nintendo points to use for either the Wii Shop or DSiWare Shop.
IGN scored the game a 9/10, calling it "the best console version [of Tetris] we've seen in years" and a "must buy", though they were slightly disappointed in the somewhat limited online multiplayer.[9] WiiWare World gave it 8/10, praising the online play in general and calling it "the most robust online Tetris experience money can buy" next to Tetris DS, though they were also disappointed in the limited online play modes and felt the game is geared more towards local multiplayer than for solo players.[10]. The Official Nintendo Magazine gave the game 91%. They were very impressed by the "addictive online play" and commented on the "great variety of modes". They also loved the "classic Tetris gameplay" and thought it was "good value for your points." However they did mark it down as they thought the "Balance Board mode was a bit gimmicky."[11] It was nominated for multiple Wii-specific awards by IGN in its 2008 video game awards, including Best WiiWare Game[12] and Best Puzzle Game.[13]
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