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: The New Tetris

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Binding: Game Cartridge
EAN: 0045496870423
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Label: Nintendo
Manufacturer: Nintendo
Platform: Nintendo 64
Publisher: Nintendo
Sales Rank: 6933
Studio: Nintendo



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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - VERY SERIOUS NOT A LIE MUST READ DO NOT BUY MATURE CONTENT
This game was very fun until I found out the game's hidden RATED M secrets. If you unlock the Greek level look closely at the trees. What do you see? A naked man's body. It is not an error in the game. It looks like they planned it. First nudity, now what? DRUGS! The music called HALLUCI stands for HALLUCINATE. If you type the name HALLUCI in as your name and pick the music HALLUCI, it will take you on a virtual drug trip.[also known as kaleidoscope] Do not buy for children.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Seven Wonders Of The World!
I am a huge, huge fan of Tetris and it's my all time favorite puzzle game ever made, even more than Meteos for the DS or Lumines for the PSP!! I just totally love Tetris and especially The New Tetris which is ultimately my favorite version of Tetris! My mother actually was the one who got me into this addicting puzzle game. Back in the 80's, my mother used to sit on her computer for hours on end playing the computer version of Tetris and it was color and then I really started liking it so I played it a lot. So for the longest time, my mother and I played for hours on end. Then when we got the NES in the late 80's, I got the Tetris game for the NES and played almost everyday, it was just so cool. Then my brother got the Gameboy and of course, he had the Tetris game on that so I played that version as well. I really have tried almost every single Tetris game ever made like Magical Tetris for the N64, another Tetris for SNES, a Tetris for the PlayStation and even Tetris Worlds for Gamecube but no Tetris has ever entertained or thrilled me like the N64's The New Tetris!!

The New Tetris is so unique and has so many things that no other Tetris game has. The coolest thing about this version is you build seven wonders of the world. At first when you play, it doesn't show which wonder it is, just the name of the Country. There's Africa and six other countries but you have to actually finish the wonder before you get to see exactly what it is. One cool thing about this is that after so many lines you do, when you finish a certain game, it will show how many lines needed and actually show part of the wonder but not a part of the final product, just a part that looks like building blocks until it's all finished. Once it's finished, the wonder looks much more realistic.

Another really cool feature in this Tetris is the shadow. The shadow or ghost feature lets you see where a piece will be and what it will look like before you actually drop a Tetris piece. It's so convenient that now I'm spoiled and hate not having the shadow when I play other versions of Tetris. The music and backgrounds are really awesome also. There are also sounds of a bird during one piece of music that just sounds so cool and makes me feel like I'm somewhere in the wild whenever I hear it. After each wonder is completed, you'll get a new background and music added to what you already had. For example, when you complete the first wonder and you start the second, you'll see a new background a hear new music but then the following game could have the original you started with and it will become random. Like on the third wonder, you'll get to hear 3 different kinds of music and see three different backgrounds randomly. I love it!

Something else that is really unique is in this Tetris, they use hold pieces. I LOVE this feature!!! I just totally love being able to swap out a piece that I don't need for a piece that I could actually use. It is so convenient!!! When you are making lines and you are able to get four square blocks and you put them together, something magical happens: you have just created a mono-square and the entire block turnes to gold!! Mono Squares are really cool because it multiplies the lines you get when you clear all four rows that contain the mono-square. Now, Mono-Squares are only created when you get four of the same kind of block. Like you can get four of those straight pieces, just four of one kind it will turn gold! You also get more lines when you create Multi-Squares. Multi-Squares are almost like Mono-Squares only when you make a Multi-Square, you don't use four of the same block. It will have to be a perfect square but you can use two of the square blocks and one straight piece on one side and one straight piece on the other side and now you've created a Multi-Square and this kind turns silver. There are so many combinations.

Something that you can do in this game that I have done once but not been able to do since that is really cool but I've seen a friend do it plenty of times is a Spin Move. Spin Moves are really cool but it takes an exact timing to do it. Spin Moves are used for filling in gaps blocked by other pieces. But I saw a friend do it a bunch of times and almost every time he did it, almost every row would just be gone. He got a lot of lines cleared. If you are able to get the instruction manual, it tells exactly how to do a spin move but in case you aren't able to get the instruction manual, I'll post it here:

You let the piece fall where you want it to go, but let it fall like you are just going to let it fall in that gap where you want it to go and let one part of the piece fall into the gap. Before the piece has a chance to settle or mold together, hit either the A or B button and it will move so that the piece is perfectly in place. It might take some practice. My problem is I keep forgetting which direction the A and B button turns the pieces but I'll get better at it one day.

There are four different modes in The New Tetris: Marathon, Sprint, Ultra, and Multiplayer. Marathon, my favorite mode of all time, lets you just keep making lines until you reach the top and depending on how many lines you clear and how much time it took you, you will get a rank between 1 and 30. Sprint is a timed game. You will only have three minutes to get as many lines as possible. This is my least favorite because it just wastes time if you are trying to get the wonders completed fast but everyone should try it at least once. Ultra is pretty cool, you have to see how quickly you can clear 150 lines.

I've played Multiplayer many times with friends and features three different ways to play multiplayer: Hot Potato Garbage, Directed Garbage, and regular that is almost like Hot Potato Garbage only you can choose to turn off the garbage feature. The way I've mostly played multiplayer is with one other person with the Garbage turned on sometimes and other times, just the normal way without the garbage. Hot Potato Garbage is really unique because whenever a player cleares a line, that "garbage" will be dumped on the other players side, making it even harder for the other player. When you have three or four players, with four being the most players you can have, you have the option of using Directed Garbage Mode which lets you choose which player gets the garbage. I have never had the chance to play this mode because I've never played with three or four people. But it sounds fun.

So I highly recommend getting The New Tetris for the N64 because it is just so fun and unique. I really love it more than any other Tetris, even today, six or seven years after it's release!! Get it today, you won't regret it!!


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The best version of Tetris!
I love this game so much. It really added some new life into the world's favorite puzzler. I love that you can now swap a block you don't like. The graphics and sound to this day are still beautiful. I unlocked many of the backgrounds not all. I wish there was a cheat to see all the backgrounds, because some of us don't have the extra free time to get 500,000 line!


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - God, I love this game!
This is the main reaon I'm gonna buy a N64(and GoldenEye). Yes, I own a PS2 and a XBOX but this is one of my favorite games of all time. One downside though, it's extremely addictive. Like crack even. Well, maybe not crack but pretty addictive.


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - good tetris game for a console
I picked up "the new tetris" because it featured my favorate game variaton from the excellant Tetris Worlds for Game boy Advance, only this version doesn't cut off at level 15. You can play for as long as you can. The tetris game on this package is pretty much the same as the classic version, but you only get one point for each normal line cleared, but it is still a pretty good scoring system. another good thing this game features is that it tracks how long you managed to stretch a game. I've been able to stretch some games for over an hour. thats because there are a few frills added to this game that make it more interesting
one, you can take 4 identical or differant tetroids and weave them together to form a solid 4x4 square and get bonuses when you clear a line containg a portion of the square. 2, you can use the "T" shape peice to rotate into a tight place and cause all blocks to seperate and collapse. This gets you out of a tough situation, and the lines you clear during the collapse count towards your line total, however, it also cancles out any remaining bonus square sections. even after you've unlocked all the wonders, you can still get good entertainment from this game with the multiplayer. the only thing I have a problem with is the music. it's just mindless techno-music in the style of what ever world your playing in, and this game is LOUD. you always have to turn your television set down when you play this game. it would be nice if they could of put in a recording of "the dance of the suger plum fairy" (which, if you've read my review for Tetris worlds, you know is my favorite tetris song) on a celesta.

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