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An updated version of a really fun game.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 12, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The New Tetris builds upon the simple foundation of the original game and adds some fun twists like: multi-player action, the ability to create special cubes with the pieces to receive extra points, and the funky music are a few examples. If you liked the original Tetris, this one is even more enjoyable.

mind of it's own

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 02, 2000
Author: Amazon User

To me this game gets very frustrating. This is when the blocks will jump somewhere else when I'm trying to put them in place. At first I thought it might be me that was doing it, but it happens too often, and seems to happen at critical times. Needless to say I don't plan this game too often.

Tetris-mania!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 24, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I've been a Tetris fan for years, and I have to say that this game rocks. I love the 4-player mode because it gives me the chance to play against more of my friends. As far as my friends can say, I've been undefeatable so far. Anyways, I like the Vs computer mode, but I think that it was far to easy to beat the computer Master mode. The Wonders are a really cool option. I like the information about the ancient structures and I like the camera mode on how it shows the "Wonder". I love the Silver and Gold Squares; those squares rake in a lot of lines. The play control and response time is awesome! I love the many different background scenes. I'd give the game 6 stars any time!

Awesome game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 07, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I think this is the best Tetris game, and I love it! Terrific graphics, very addictive, and out of this world, literally. It's very hard for me to find it. I'm hoping to buy it when the price goes down. I find the shadowing of the piece helpful, and I love the new "features" that this game has, such as showing the next 3 pieces, and making the boxes. I love the music and the sound effects on the game!

very very addictive, great for multiplayer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 25, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is an awesome game to play with your buddies. The little twists are very cool, I love dumping all my trash on to my friend's board. A total classic, I recommend it to everyone.

new tetris

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The new tetris is a good mind game in my point of view. YOU have to know where to put the shapes at fast enough to continue playing. Another thing I like about it is you can dump garbage on your apponent if you are playing with someone. I do not own this game, cause I cannot find it any where i rent it from the video store every time it is in. This is a really cool game.

Seven Wonders Of The World!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

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!!

VERY SERIOUS NOT A LIE MUST READ DO NOT BUY MATURE CONTENT

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 18
Date: January 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

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.

WOW

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: July 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I thought this game was chalenging and fun

Tons of Fun but...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 27, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game about a year ago. My Dad and I finaly got the 500,000 rows necessary to complete all the wonders. The win sequence is kinda cheesy, and I was hoping it would give you the option of resetting the wonders, so you could start over, but it didn't, so I stopped playing. With no more goals to attain what's the point. I suppose you could set your own goal, cus it still counts all the lines, but I liked having a pre-set goal.

Also, the game is extremely sensitive to controller movement. So much so, that I took the controller apart(don't do this, it voids the warrenty) and disabled the up button. FYI, the up button makes the pieces drop like rocks. After that we had no more problems with the game "cheating".

And the music is bad. I turned it off after the first 100 or so lines, cus I just couldn't stand it.

But I really enjoyed playing and am hoping to get a new copy of the New Tetris, if I can find one, so I can start over.

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