When I first gave this version a go I found it a bit underwhelming and I’m over that now, but then am also underwhelmed in different areas. The standard Tetris game feels sooo good here. Maybe the best feeling Tetris I’ve ever played, and if I’m ever getting a twitch for it I’ll definitely be coming back to this one. The thing is the other mini-games aren’t really my jam. The ‘puzzle’ game is interesting, but fuck if I’m gonna do a billion of those, lol. ‘Catch’ is really promising, but I don’t really get it. I just never cracked the nut and figured out what could be really interesting about it. I really, really liked the ‘touch’ game’s concept but it plays so poorly. Rotating and sliding pieces never feels right on the first try, it’s like actually try to move human-sized Tetris pieces. So, like, Tetris is so perfect, and it feels so good here, and I think this is just jam-packed with some extras that range from “alright” to “good,” so, what can ya say? That’s a pretty good Tetris right there, I guess.

Tetris DS é uma carta de amor para a franquia e principalmente para o nintendinho, que é o meu console favorito... então já sabe como eu fiquei enquanto jogava a campanha disso né?

É absurdo o cuidado que esse jogo tem em relação ao nosso nitendinho, é um amor enorme em tudo que envolve esse simples e perfeito jogo de puzzle.

Nos últimos 5 levels o jogo fica bem mais chato em jogabilidade (chega a ponto da peça não ter mais animação de queda) mas depois de alguns dias de prática consegui terminar, com muita frustração.

Enfim, é um sentimento muito bom jogar isso. Queria que tivesse um mais moderno que mexa com todos os consoles da nintendo (10 niveis pra cada? talvez?) seria perfeição.

Is Tetris DS one of the best methods of playing Tetris ever created? Well, to be frank, absolutly. Its offers many engaging and unique takes on the classic Tetris game mode; as well as offering a flawless version of the original game mode as well. An amazing Nintendo themed design, great music, and an overall amazing gaming experience. I wouldn't go as far as saying its one of the best games of all time, for at the end of the day, it is still another version of Tetris. But it does what it set out to do perfectly. A must play for not only Tetris fans, but anyone.

O melhor: As mecânicas modernas de Tetris + Estética de clássicos da Nintendo
O pior: Alguns dos modos extras não são lá grandes coisas
Chefão: Provavelmente nenhum jogo do Mario tem um Bowser tão difícil quanto o desse jogo no modo VS.

Se o Tetris DX de Game Boy Color é uma excelente versão da fórmula clássica de Tetris, a versão do Nintendo DS é uma das melhores iterações que implementa as mecânicas que estamos mais habituados com as últimas versões do jogo, como Hold e Hard Drop. Os controles são ótimos, e a ideia de usar uma das telas para mostrar um gameplay de algum clássico do NES traz um charme muito único.

Além dos tradicionais Marathon e Line Clear, Tetris DS traz vários modos adicionais que utilizam as duas telas e a tela de toque para modos diferentes. Apesar de gostar dos modos Mission e Puzzle, os demais parecem mais gimmicks que valem uma jogada de curiosidade e só. De todo modo, é uma das opções mais interessantes para quem gosta de Tetris. Uma pena a Nintendo nunca ter portado o jogo de alguma forma para plataformas modernas.

Okay so I'm normally a Grand Masters player but after a few folks recommending Tetris DS I can see why it's their favorite. The speed ramping is perfectly paced, the NES music and scenery is warm and welcoming, and the variety of modes on display is exceptional.

Combine this with the base marathon mode win condition of 200 lines cleared and you have an incredibly compact Tetris iteration that encourages you to return and replay at your own pace without making you slam your head against the wall.

It's actually shocking how good this game is. It's Tetris but there are different modes that make this game a whole lot more. Tetris (GB) was a masterpiece in its own right but Tetris DS is pretty much the overshadowed but more talented younger brother in the Tetris family. It's seriously that good. There's still basic modes, but there's also some very fitting modes for the console, namely Push and Touch. Mission mode is also a very fun change of pace, and this can even be played multiplayer. This game does support local and online multiplayer, and does so extremely well even in 2023 over fan run servers.

Tetris DS is a game title so unassuming for the variety and execution of this package. In addition to several single and multiplayer modes of Tetris are two other types of puzzles that use tetriminos, all with NES era Nintendo mascots cheering you on.

If you've ever played a "bad" version of Tetris, you'll appreciate this version all the more. The sound design is snappy, the leeway for placing blocks feels forgiving, and the friction for rotating and locking blocks is satisfying. It has the subtle and important flourishes in the sound effects and animations that elevate the experience to feeling like a game and not merely solving abstract spatial logic puzzles.

As a product, you can tell they conceived of every possible angle from which someone would want to play the game. Online multiplayer, DS Download Play local multiplayer from a single cartridge, and hundreds of preset puzzle boards to clear solo offer options for any playstyle.

Push Mode is the most natural version of multiplayer Tetris I can imagine, and one that fits perfectly on the Nintendo DS. Both players have a screen with gravity opposite the other, and drop blocks onto the same central mass. Clearing a line moves the mass closer to the opponent, so the first to experience a ring-out loses. I find this so elegantly designed compared to sending junk blocks in other forms of multiplayer tetris, as there is a mechanical link between your board and your opponents besides the abstraction of junk blocks. Were it not for the limitations of the DS system, this version of competitive tetris would be great for spectators as well.

Touch Mode is a new puzzle type where the tetriminos are stacked like a jenga tower, and you must move them side to side to fall into place. It is much more leisurely than regular tetris, but has enough of the same thinking to make for a good wind-down after a strenuous Tetris marathon. Fans of this mode should look into Crashmo for the 3DS.

Touch Mode has 50 pre-set puzzles that teach you the mechanics, and compliment well the 200 puzzles in Puzzle Mode. Puzzle Mode teaches you how to play regular Tetris by showing a board and asking you to select in what order and in what rotation to place 3 tetriminos. Its the kind of applied learning I wish was included in every version of Tetris to help new players learn how to smartly approach the board with multiple steps in mind instead of scrambling to fill their latest gap or mistake.

In my rating system, 2 stars is an average, C rank game. I award Tetris DS 4 stars, a solid A rank game I would recommend to anyone. It is a delightful package with the feeling that results from hundreds of invisible design decisions made imagining how it would be to play this type of game on exactly this system. The variety of modes makes it easy to swap between game styles while still in a Tetris-y mood, and the skills you pick up in one will enforce your efforts in the others. That such inventive modes have not made it forward to other versions of the game, even on future Nintendo systems, is a damn shame.

still a ton of content to see but i've dipped my toes into every mode the game has to offer and will log this now. Tetris is Tetris and i love it in almost every case but this is up there with my favorite iterations, for sure.

especially enjoyed my time with the mission mode as some of those requirements (mainly the X amount of lines, skip a line ones) got me thinking outside of the box in regards to my normal playstyle.

will spend many more hours with this yet.