Tetris Battle Gaiden for SFC

Review #2403

Tetris Battle Gaiden

Random Tetris

SFC 1993 Bulletproof Puzzle Puzzle › Blocks
Tetris Battle Gaiden screenshot for SFC
Screenshot used for review/reference purposes.
2 / 5

Gameplay

So, this is a competitive Tetris game through and through. However, the gimmick is that you and your opponent gain special abilities by clearing certain blocks. This allows you to cause weird stuff to happen on your opponents screen, like adding incomplete rows from the bottom, wiping out blocks that are in the queue, and other random events. That's all fine and dandy, I suppose, but they happen with such remarkable frequency that you can barely play the game! I swear, half the time the block I'm about to place just disappears. It's so random!!

It's Tetris, but I hated my experience playing this one. Maybe it's doable while playing with a second human player but against the computer it's awful.

2 / 5

Level Design

There's only the one mode - "Battle". You can choose from either characters which each have a different set of special attacks. But that doesn't matter much. Other options are available, including difficulty (Easy is impossible), and speed. Still, it's just the one mode of play.

2 / 5

Theme

There's a tacked on whimsical set of characters. They each feel like they're ripped from a different game which leads to a weird mashup of random stuff.

3 / 5

Art Style

Not much to look at, although there are a bunch of different backgrounds.

3 / 5

Audio

Pleasant, bouncy music and some fun sound effects.

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