When did Tetris: Axis come out?

Tetris: Axis was released on 18 June 2011 for Nintendo 3DS.

Tetris: Axis (2011) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Tetris: Axis

The original portable Tetris game was a smash hit on the Game Boy system. The new Tetris: Axis game lets players use the magic of the Nintendo 3DS system to jump into the action in 3D without the need for…

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What Tetris: Axis is

Tetris: Axis is a puzzle game developed by Hudson Soft and released in 2011. It was published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The original portable Tetris game was a smash hit on the Game Boy system. The new Tetris: Axis game lets players use the magic of the Nintendo 3DS system to jump into the action in 3D without the need for special glasses. The game includes more than 20 different modes – some familiar, some new. Up to eight players can compete in wireless multiplayer battles, even if only one player has a game card.

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How it plays

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

Where it sits in the Tetris series

Tetris: Axis is the 107th of 145 entries we hold in the Tetris series. The next entry was Tetris Battle in 2011. Its critic score of 74 is 5 points above the series average of 69. The highest-rated entry is Tetris Effect: Connected at 89.

See all 145 Tetris games in release order →

How it was received

Tetris: Axis holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 6 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Tetris: Axis launched on 18 June 2011, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Infamous 2, Alice: Madness Returns and F.E.A.R. 3. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Infamous 2, Alice: Madness Returns, F.E.A.R. 3.

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