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Pokémon Tetris

Pokémon Tetris is a game released as part of Pokémon mini. It has only been released in Japan and Europe. It was classified by the ESRB as E for Everyone under the title Pokémon Mini Shock Tetris, but was…

21 March 2002

Pokémon Tetris is a puzzle developed by Nintendo, released 21 March 2002 on Pokémon mini.

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What Pokémon Tetris is

Pokémon Tetris is a puzzle game developed by Nintendo and released in 2002. It is available on Pokémon mini only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Pokémon Tetris is a game released as part of Pokémon mini. It has only been released in Japan and Europe. It was classified by the ESRB as E for Everyone under the title Pokémon Mini Shock Tetris, but was never released in the United States. The game is inspired by Tetris. The game consists of several variations of the main game of Tetris with varying levels of difficulty. This game also allows most bricks to be Flipped by shaking the Pokémon mini. In all one player and VS. games, a silhouette of a Pokémon will be shown on the right hand side of the screen; if the player can make a match of 4 or more lines, the Pokémon will be captured and added to the in-game Pokédex. The player has a…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Pokémon series

Pokémon Tetris is the 51st of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Pokémon Puzzle Collection Vol. 2 in 2002.

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What it launched against

Pokémon Tetris launched on 21 March 2002, within three weeks of Resident Evil (2002), Resident Evil, Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast and Heroes of Might and Magic IV.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil (2002), Resident Evil, Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast, Heroes of Might and Magic IV.

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When did Pokémon Tetris come out?
Pokémon Tetris was released on 21 March 2002 for Pokémon mini.

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