Tetris Worlds

by THQ Software

Product Features

• The Tetrions are a set of gateways to other worlds. They can only be opened with the right combination of falling blocks. Find this combination to evacuate a species before their planet blows up!
• Evacuate the Minos by playing Tetris to open the gates and let them escape
• Play six different variations of Tetris, like Hot-Line, Cascade, and Fusion
• Watch in amazement as the worlds evolve while you play
• Multiplayer madness as four players race to find who can clear levels faster

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005YDIC
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: July 5, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,266 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: GameCube | Edition: Standard

Amazon.com Product Description

Tetris Worlds features 3-D graphics and six variations of classic Tetris gameplay. Hours will seem like minutes when you start playing this productivity killer. The Tetris variations include the all-new Hotline Tetris, Cascade Tetris, and Fusion Tetris. The multiplayer mode lets up to four players challenge each other to see who can clear levels the fastest.

Product Description

Tetris Worlds is your chance to save an alien race from extinction using your skill at Tetris!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some old, some New, September 16, 2002

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A. E. Cesaro "slevena" (NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tetris Worlds (Video Game)

Forget what you know, the variations offered in this game let you learn how to play tetris all over again. Some of the variations are fun and others will probably turn out to be not for you.

I know I had a problem playing the squares version of this game where you had to make 4x4 squares out of the same types of pieces. I never quite figured that out.

There's another version called collapse where the pieces fall down as rows below them are cleared. This is kind of like Dr Mario, where extra pieces fall down to the playing field below, and unlike classic tetris where you have to clear the rows above a gap to fill the gaps.

There's a version where the same colored pieces stick together. This was challenging because pieces also fall down as you clear the rows like the version above and when two of the same color pieces touch, they stick together. Its an interesting twist.

In both versions pieces are both traditional and segmented, for example sometimes the straight piece made up of 4 segments will be all in one piece/color, sometimes it will be made up of 2 or 3 or 4 different pieces/colors. Which makes it all the more challenging, you have to plan for how the segments of each piece will fall as well.

Another added bonus is that now your piece preview shows you the next several pieces that are in the queque (I think it shows the next 6), not just the next one up. The only version of Tetris that I think is missing was the version for Nintendo '64 Tetris Sphere. That game brought the Tetris game to a 3-Dimensional level where you had to get rid of groups of pieces instead of organize them into groups. When they bring that game over to the next-gen systems then my tetris collection will be complete.

Plus you can customize a little cube to look as you wish and you can name it as well, it will serve as your guide and watch you and let you know how you are doing.

There's a couple of other versions and of course classic tetris but for each one the challenges and strategies are different. They wrap a story around each version to explain why each game plays the way it does, pieces collapse because of a higher gravity and they stick together because its hot. Fortunately the same basic traits that kept you playing the original tetris games are still there. Its one of the oldest games out there that is still played today.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I'll take the Gameboy version, August 6, 2002

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Jason A. Schlueter (Albany, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tetris Worlds (Video Game)

I bought this because it IS Tetris. I've loved Tetris ever since I was exposed to it on my Gameboy that I got for my birthday in 1990. To this day, it's the only game that I play on that old, heavy, out-of-date Gameboy. This version was clean and colorful. I was drawn to it because it would allow me to play on my TV without pulling out the old Nintendo. I just wish that you had a score in this version! There are many new ways to play and even a story but the gameplay of the original surpasses that of Tetris Worlds. Get it if you're new to Tetris, don't get it if you're an old fan.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good game, major flaw, September 6, 2002

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david leinweber (Oxford, Georgia USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tetris Worlds (Video Game)

The people who are saying that this game hurts your eyes are correct. I had never played Tetris before, and I bought this because it seemed like a fairly straightforward version of Tetris, and I have a NGC. It's really pretty fun, highly addictive, and all that. But it's true that this game really hurts your eyes after a few minutes. Both me and my son have noticed this. I haven't found a way to re-set the game background to fix this, so I guess I just have to endure sore eyes. It's bad though. Why did they let such a simple thing hurt this otherwise solid, straightforward Tetris?

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