Tetris Party

Nintendo exclusive

Experience Tetris like never before!

Released: 14 October 2008
Platforms: Wii Nintendo DS
Genres: Puzzle Strategy Tetris variant
Developers: Hudson Soft Blue Planet Software
Publishers: Nintendo Hudson Soft Tetris Online Inc
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Side view

About

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, and in Europe and Australia on October 24, 2008.

Keywords

blocks
high score
falling blocks
block puzzle
digital distribution
block matching
nintendo wi-fi connection
leaderboard
mii support
balance board support
wiiware

Media

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Reception

Tetris Party received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. IGN called 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. Nintendo Life praised the online play in general and called 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. Official Nintendo Magazine was 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."