Tetris battle gaiden12/29/2023 To explain the powers better I will use my favorite character, Halloween (the pumpkin), as an example: The powers are activated by pushing up and then the fun begins. Like I said previously, you have four powers, meaning four levels. Each orb gives you one level toward your powers. Once you have one placed, you need to complete that line so you can obtain the orb. So if you see an orb-lodged piece it is usually a frantic rush to be able to grab the piece. However to use the powers you have to obtain power orbs that are mixed into the normal pieces.Īnother twist in Tetris Battle Gaiden is that the piece pool is shared. Essentially, Tetris Battle Gaiden is Tetris with Super Attacks and Power-ups added to the mix.Įach character in the game has four levels of power that do anything from blind the opponent to clear out lines. (For those who do not know about the Puyo Puyo series, imagine if Columns and Super Puzzle Fighter were combined). Imagine a game where you combine the best parts of Puyo Puyo and Tetris. I would say it is akin to Wrecking Crew 98, Battle Lode Runner, or Panel De Pon, but all of those have been given more limelight than this discarded beauty.Įnough reasons why you have not heard about it, let’s get into why you should care about this gem. I mean, this was before the internet was main stream and well before emulators were decent. It is understandable that this slipped under most of our radars. (Go ahead, Google it, see if anything comes up other than ROM sites). However, this Japanese-only Super Famicom release, snuck by.īlue Planet Software (Also known as Bullet Proof Software – Tetris for the Gameboy, Faceball 2000) released this game in 1993 to little fanfare. For some time, I was a big puzzle game fan and thought I had played almost every variation of the classic (and yes most of them are the same). On the surface, Tetris Battle Gaiden appears to be a shallow game with a tacked on theme that would leave me longing to play the original. With a quick look it would appear just like any other Tetris clone. In this case, the undiscovered gem is Tetris Battle Gaiden. It is always nice when you have a craving to play a classic games like Tetris, but end up discovering a relatively unknown spinoff that is just as amazing as the original. I admit that I had never heard of this game, so I want to thank him for pointing this gem out. Note from racketboy: fastbilly1 shares one of his favorite hidden puzzlers from the Super Famicom (SNES). Tetris Battle Gaiden: The Forgotten Puzzle Spin-Off
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