Tetris DS
You can rediscover the timeless puzzle game Tetris on your Nintendo DS with Tetris DS. Now you can choose from six different game modes, all of which take advantage of the DS's touch screen. Each game mode…
Tetris DS is an arcade developed by Nintendo SPD Production Group No. 2, released 20 March 2006 on Nintendo DS.
What Tetris DS is
Tetris DS is an arcade game developed by Nintendo SPD Production Group No. 2 and released in 2006. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo DS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Tetris DS is a puzzle video game developed and published by Nintendo. It was released for the Nintendo DS on March 20, 2006, in North America, April 13, 2006, in Australia, April 21, 2006, in Europe, and April 27, 2006, in Japan. An installment of the Tetris franchise, the game supports up to ten players locally, and supported online multiplayer of up to four players using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection prior to its discontinuation.
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 DS is the 83rd of 145 entries we hold in the Tetris series. It arrived a year after Tetris: The Grand Master 3 - Terror‑Instinct. The next entry was Tetris Mania in 2006. Its critic score of 80 is 11 points above the series average of 69. The highest-rated entry is Tetris Effect: Connected at 89.
How it was received
Tetris DS holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Tetris DS launched on 20 March 2006, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Final Fantasy XII, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II and Daxter. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Final Fantasy XII, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, Daxter.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Tetris DS yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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Quick answers
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