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Addictive

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 33 / 37
Date: June 21, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I never played a Tetris-like game before. When I played it @ E3 (Game convention) I was so addicted to it I played until they made me leave (I returned the day after & the day after that). I will definitely preorder this game. In short, the gameplay is similar to Tetris, there are 2 modes: 2D & 3D. 3D mode is much more challenging in that the block structure spins 360 degrees so you have to be really quick. You can choose to be Team Rocket or Ash Ketchum & can choose 1 of 3 Pokemon available for each team. In battling against another player you can devastate him/her by getting combo plays & that will drop a big slab of concrete on their screen. I personally enjoy 3D more.

Pokémon's next attack!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: September 25, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Red, Blue, Yellow, TGC, Pinball, Stadium, Snap. How many pokémon games can one player have? Well if your choice is limited, you should definitely make room for this smash hit. Pokémon Puzzle League is the next installment in the poképhenomenon, but you should be warned that it bears about as much resemblance to pokémon battles as the latest FIFA game.

That's not necessarily a bad thing though. If you're an avid gamer, you'll have probably found out by now that PPL is based on the excellent puzzle game, Tetris Attack. For those of you who've played it, you'll have probably discovered how amazingly entertaining and addictive it is. If you've never heard of it, Tetris Attack is a wonderfully playable game that bears no more resemblance to Tetris than the name. The idea is simple: Blocks of various colours rise from the floor and it's your task to get rid of them. You continuously switch blocks around the screen to try and match three or more of the same colour at which point they disappear and the blocks above fall down. Of course, in the event that the rising blocks should reach the top of the screen, it's Game Over for you, mate!

The strategies are much, MUCH more complex than Tetris and the game is infinitely more playable. Tetris Attack is to Tetris what Chess is to Snakes and Ladders. Like Chess, it's often the player who can see the most moves in advance who wins. Unlike Chess, there's a lot of emphasis on speed too and you'll be dripping with sweat as you try to prevent the mountain of blocks from reaching the top of the screen.

Like all the great puzzle games, PPL is deceptively simple to get into, but astonishingly tough to master. Clearing four blocks at once is not all that hard to do, but pulling off multiple combos requires all the brainpower of three supercomputers. That's no easy task when you have an opponent continuously dumping blocks on your screen. The computer AI shows an astonishing level of intelligence and can execute tricks that humans can only dream of. PPL also gives us our first definitive look at Ash on a game (unlike that masked gray haired individual in Stadium) and it also features Ricky: an obscure trainer from the cartoon who befriends Ash at the championships. So at least you know you're not fighting alone against the onslaught of blocks.

In the end, you know that the pokémon license alone will sell this game by the millions. Thankfully, it's actually worth all the hype.

Tetris Attack in *almost* every way

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 12 / 16
Date: September 26, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Wow! This game is exactly like Tetris Attack. (a super nintendo game released a few years ago) And that was REALLY addicting! This time, though, it's all about pokémon. It has lot's of pictures from the show appearing as backgrounds and the intro scene is just like the beginning of the Kid's WB tv show! If you played tetris Attack, you'll really like this game. even if you don't like pokémon, there is a new version of gameplay with a 3-D cylindrical game wall. This game is really fun!

FINALLY!!! A Good Pokemon Game For N64!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 17 / 22
Date: October 09, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Although this is a compleate copy of "Tetris Attack" I found this a game worth playing one the N64! For a while now we've gotten nothing but flunk Pokemon games on the N64 (Pokemon Stadium anyone?), but this game makes up for it! With witty puzzles, two player fun, and no choppy 3D graphics make this a must! I'm still convinced that Pokemon was the only way to get people to buy this game, but who cares? At least it's fun!

Lots of fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game a couple of weeks ago for my goddaughter's 8th birthday. Like most kids her age, she is a Pokemon expert with cards to toys. Looking at the game, I was immediately reminded of Supernintendo's Tetris Attack. Anyway she was excited by the game, but just didn't have the patience to think the strategy of matching the shapes through. So her Mother and I sat down and played a few games to show her how it's done - and we've been addicted to it ever since. I could personally care less about the Pokemon characters. The only one I knew was Pikachu, and that's just because he's my goddaughter's favorite. So, I let my goddaughter choose the character I'll play under (I don't know any of them) and proceed to beat her mother. It's great fun - obviously for adults as well as children. We get together and play each other every week. By the way, I've only lost one game so far.

May be too hard to conquer, but it's worth a rental.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: December 07, 2000
Author: Amazon User

.... it has the exact same difficulty level as the Game Boy version does. (Too hard!) The graphics and sound are the only good parts of this game....

What happened?!?!?!?!??!?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: December 14, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I mean come' on. All of the other pokemon were ok but this one......... is...... kindy werid. I mean, you'll sit down and play it for 15 mins. So do yourself a favor and rent it(buy a diff. game)

A Great Pokemon Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: December 15, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This a great Pokemon game.You can play with two guys,and the game has great graphics,but it is a copy of Tetris.It is challenging too.

[Pokemon Puzzle League]

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 21, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I bought the game for my 4 children... ages 5 through 11... boy were we all shocked when we actually played it! It was not much fun for the kids at all!! it is basically one game, Tetris presented a few different ways with different characters decorating the screen... My kids played about an hour and have not touched it since, what a waste. My husband and I played for a bit longer but we too soon lost interest! Don't waste your money, to many other games out there that are better!

Well, I was pleasantly surprised....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 26, 2000
Author: Amazon User

When advertisements for this game first started, we dubbed it "PokeTetris" and didn't attempt to track it down. My husband rented it for me this weekend--and it's been a great distraction. It's NOT like straight-on Tetris; it's more like a combination of Tetris and the Bust a Groove series. If you're a big fan of those games, this should sit well with you. It's fun (try 3-D mode for a bigger challenge), though I have the feeling that it may not take too long to "finish" the game; it's taken me about three hours, total, to get up to the middle of the normal level. Still, great game for Tetris/Bust a Groove fans and champs.

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