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"Tetris Blast" (Game Boy)
Kris Caballero • Apr 27, 2017 • 0 comments • Video Gaming Reviews
You Tetris fans must love Tetris Week here at SHOWSOTROS which is an exclusive showcase reviewing the block-stacking classic. I'm certain you'll have a "blast" with this one: Tetris Blast!
This game harkens back to the original concept that made Tetris a mega-hit. With the option to have 2 players, there are three modes: CONTEST, TRAINING and FIGHT. What the Contest Mode features is very much clear the board and you advance to the next stage; The Training Mode is specifically a mode to train your stacking skills; Lastly, the Fight Mode is the one where you challenge against characters only exclusive here on Tetris Blast.
As you can tell, this version includes a ball in one of the pieces. This ball acts as a bomb to explode off the completed lines and pieces of the blocks on each line. The more of these explosive spheres you stack on each line, the faster it eliminates that very line and the lines on top and on the bottom of it. If you stack up four balls in a cube, it converts into one large explosive sphere, which can come in handy when you bust your skills in FIGHT Mode.
On FIGHT Mode, you'll find yourself in a challenge against eight characters, and they are as follows: Cubit, Snaptor, Gloop, Creepa, Squidly, Dug Grub, Shadow and B-Boy. Looking at these enemies, they can perfectly pass off as emojis lots of smartphone and social media users use to add some emotion on their statuses. Anyway, the most difficult enemy I've dealt with has to be Shadow who not only adds rows and rows of blocks but petrifies the blocks that drop restricting you from moving the block to the desired position. Defeat all 8 enemies and you win! The game ends with credits.
The graphics are good but not as artistic and detailed compared to Tetris Attack. The sound/music is fine but I'm still stuck in that whole classical Russian music from the original game. The controls are, as always, excellent and not a single hang-up did I experience during gameplay.
When you play this game on the Super Game Boy, I feel that some graphical borders were lazily done. Nevertheless, it's better than no custom graphics at all, but it's not too big a deal.
Some critics find this game so much better than Tetris 2 (I thought I was the only one). There's something to be had with this game and it will certainly challenge you to a limit. In other words, hurry up and play this game!
GAMEPLAY5/5
CONTROLS5/5
GRAPHICS5/5
AUDIO5/5
- Block-destroying fun for everyone.
- Combines the structural playing from the original "Tetris" and "Puyo Puyo"/"Kirby's Avalanche" combined.
- Great graphics and good music.
- Cute cut scenes.
- Also uses password to continue progress at a later time.
- None.
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Game Title | Tetris Blast |
Description | Puzzle Action With A Blast! Have a BLAST! The favorite puzzle sensation EXPLODES back on the Game Boy scene! Test your dexterity at the highest level yet! With rapid moves align blocks containing explosive bombs and clear away the screen. KA-BLAAM!! In FIGHT MODE build a mega bomb and take out menacing enemies that threaten your progress, BOOM! You've never experienced Tetris like this before! It's DYNAMITE! • Three different modes! New block shapes! • Outwit dangerous and evil characters in Fight Mode! • Awesome 2-player VS action with Game Link! • Compatible with Super Game Boy for incredible sound and color! • Password feature. |
ISBN / Bar Code number | 0 45496 73049 9 |
Video Format | 1.33:1 (4:3) Full screen |
Audio Format | Mono (Stereo via Super Game Boy) |
Language(s) | English |
Disk/Cartridge | One (1) |
Region(s) | NTSC |
Genre | Puzzle |
Rated | K-A - Kids to Adults |
Released | March 1995 (JP), January 1996 (US), 1996 (EU) |
Video Specification | Monochrome (Color via Super Game Boy) |
Licensed by | Nintendo |
Developed by | Nintendo / B.P.S. / Elorg / TOSE |
Company | Nintendo / B.P.S. / Elorg / TOSE |
Product / Item / Catalog Number | 60222 / DMG P ASBE |
Copyright | TM AND ® ARE TRADEMARKS OF NINTENDO OF AMERICA INC. © 1996 NINTENDO OF AMERICA INC. © 1995, 1996 B.P.S. LICENSED TO NINTENDO. © 1987 ELORG. © 1989 NINTENDO. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. TETRIS BLAST IS A TRADEMARK OF ELORG. TETRIS CONCEPT BY ALEXEY PAJITNOV. TETRIS BLAST CONCEPT BY APE. |
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EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Henk Rogers
PRODUCER
Takehiro Moriyama
DIRECTOR
Toshihiko Kitazawa
PROGRAM
Hirakky
GRAPHIC
Yanote
Zed
Fumiko
MUSIC
Niwaka-Zu
BunbunMaru
Lah++
Gockey7 Arrived
SOUND/SE
Lah++
Quality Assurance
Kimio Matsumura
Norio Fujita
Hideki Murata
Mariko Hakone
Eijiro Okamoto
Hiroto Amano
Norifumi Hara
Kayo Nishihara
Susumu Ogata
TETRIS BLAST SUPERVISOR
Tsunekaz Ishihara
BOMBLISS DESIGNED BY
Akihiko Miura
GAME DESIGN
Toshihiko Kitazawa
Ituki Sera
PRESENTED BY NINTENDO
Thank you for playing!
THE END
Kris Caballero
Founder of KCU Network and KCU Plus, Kris has been writing since he managed a personal blog made back in late 2005. Officially back to doing computer programming (software development) and video production, Kris enjoys reading books on Mathematics, Quantum Computing, Philosophy, playing old video/DOS games, digital video archiving, and listening to sports, public radio and classical music.
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