Meteos

by Nintendo

Product Features

• Defend over 30 planets, each with its own alien race, theme music, block style, and gravitational laws
• Universe of game modes -- Explore planets in Star Trip, challenge CPU players of any skill, play Multiplayer, survive Endurance Mode, or spend your launched Meteos to unlock new planets and features
• Link wirelessly with up to three friends and have a war of the worlds as you select which planet to launch your Meteos toward
• Share the fun! Using Download Play, you can take on three friends with only one Game Card!

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009ENA2W
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches ; 3.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 8, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,914 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

In Meteos you're the last line of defense, in a bad case of planetary overload. As blocks drop down on the lower screen, you must use the DS's stylus to match up blocks of the same color. Once you have enough blocks connected, they'll shoot back up into the sky to form planets on the upper screen.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

49 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TOTALLY addictive---incredibly fun!, August 2, 2005

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Suzanne Amara (MA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Meteos (Video Game)

This game is very hard to describe when trying to make it sound as good as it is. Many people might say it's Tetris like, which it is to a SMALL extent, but it's far more. The basics of the game is trying to line up 3 falling blocks of the same color---when you do, they fly up into the sky and blast enemies. There is a little bit of a story line, but mainly, you are just trying to line up those blocks! The fun comes in that there are many different playing field to do this with, and each is a little different---different gravity, different strategies that work best, different kinds of blocks. And wildly different music---I am not someone that usually is that into music in video games, but this music is GREAT---it ranges from a country twang to a outer space sound to almost classical, and it really gets you into a groove. The other cool thing is that any block you manage to shoot into space gets added to your store of blocks, which you use to unlock more planets, and to unlock special kinds of blocks that do things like clear the board. You can play multi-player against the computer, but I so longed to try this in real multi-player mode I actually broke down and bought a second DS. I think I'm going to buy a second copy of the game, too, so I can use all the multi-player options (with one copy, you can play a limited version two player) This is the kind of game that makes you want to keep playing just a little more, to try to get a new planet, to try to make a new goal, just to see what the next area sounds and looks like...a TERRIFIC game!

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Puzzling Into Space, December 15, 2005

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Michael Kerner "Michael Kerner" (Brooklyn, New York U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Meteos (Video Game)

I definitely am amazed at times to what makes games so addictive and fun, especially puzzle games. To me, they are just the most addictive video games ever in the world. Since the days when Tetris and Dr. Mario reined supreme, they have spawned so much more within the linking chains of virtual puzzles. That also has been the case with the Nintendo DS. Although they have tried to make the status of must have puzzle games with Polarium, it really didn't add up all the way. However, when the thought of putting puzzles into action and space came around, the battales became uniquely outrageous.

Meteos for the Nintendo DS is a really, great puzzle game that really tests your memory, thinking and the movement with the stylus in the blink of a eye. The object of the game is for you to defend you spacecraft, and try to connect three of the same, exact puzzle blocks across or vertical for you to launch missles at the mind-controlling worlds. Unlike most handheld games, Meteos really is all about the control of the stylus. Although you can try to use the d-pad and buttons in this game, they arguably won't be as easy or skilled as the stylus. The graphics in this game are incredibly unique and vivid not just with the worlds, but the fact that the blocks are specifically designed to test you through each one of the worlds. That makes you feel like you absolutely aren't playing the exact same game. The music also has the feelings of space-like conditions of Star Trek through a blender, and carries out fairly well with each turn of the game.

Meteos is definitely one of the most addictive puzzle games I've ever played in years. This is absolutely the must have of all puzzle games for the Nintendo DS. I definitely love it, and you'll definitely enjoy it, once you start to play this gem.

Graphics: A-

Sound: B

Control: A

Fun & Enjoyment: A+

Overall: A

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Sky is falling!, March 16, 2006

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Cristobal Lander "crislander" (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Meteos (Video Game)

Ever since Tetris made it big in the original Gameboy, several clones have come. Dr. Mario, Columns, Blocktris.. You name it.

This game, while inspired in Tetris, is another thing upon itself. Sure, you have the same setup: big rectangular container, blocks come falling down from the top of the screen to the bottom, you have to rearange them somehow in order to clear them. But this is as close as it gets to tetris.

As the blocks (Called "Meteos") fall from the sky, you have to rearange them to form groups of three or more blocks, either vertically or horizontally. The trick? you have to do this with the stylus, and you can only move blocks in a vertical line. Once you do this, the Meteos "fuse" together and are shot upwards, back into the sky. Any other block that stands in its path is propeled into the sky too.

sounds simple enough, right? Well, it is, but several factors come into play. Every "World" where you play has it's own physics: The Meteos fall faster or slower, and when fused, they can fly upwards faster or slower. The amount of loose Meteos above the fused Meteos also factor in: they have an inherent weight, so if you have too many loose Meteos, then the fused Meteos won't be able to make it to the top, and will ball back down. There are bombs, hammers, lasers, and all sorts of items that can make your life easier or harder, depending on when they strike. And, of course, as the game progresses, it gets faster.

That's not including the multiplayer factor. You can play with up to 4 other players, and when you shoot some Meteos into the sky, you can choose which player gets them. This can allow groups to "gang up" on others, and have a lot of fun. Only one cartridge is needed for multiplayer games, and if you don't have any friends nearby, you can play against CPU players. Wi-Fi is no go, but it wasn't available when the game was released, so it wasn't an option then.

All in all, this is a great game. And that's not even mentioning all the extras and unlockables. When I pick it up, I can play for hours without realizing it. I highly recommend it.