The Next Tetris

The next Tetris is a superb update to an old classic. The package contains the original game plus the new version so you can compare and see just how much has been put into the new title. The single player mode is engaging and entertaining but the two-player mode is really where it's at. Playing this game against a friend will provide "edge of your seat" tension and excitement. The game is simple to learn but contains a devious strategy curve where you learn to create and use cascades to cripple your opponent. The better you become at doing this the more consistent you will be at winning. The graphics, while pretty simple, have been updated with some nice vibrant colors and great animation effects. The Next Tetris is quite capable of ushering in a whole new generation Tetris fans while retaining advocates of the original title.

There are lots of cool little bits that Hasbro have added to this game to make it just that little bit different than the original; the cool menu graphics, the different playing modes, the ability to reply the best tetris moves, the ranking system, and of course all the in game extras such as the ability to spin blocks into places, which they would not normally be able to get into. Overall this is a nice remake of a classic, with enough little visual extras to get you into it, and tetris its self will do the rest.

One must remember The Next Tetris was not really meant for the people who are first diving into Tetris. They are attempting to market the game to the people who have mastered the game of Tetris. The Next Tetris really takes the game, and changes a lot of the rules completely. If this is worth your time to teach an old dog new tricks, that's your decision.So is The Next Tetris really THE next Tetris, and really worth it to be your next PSX purchase? For most Tetris fans, that is a yes. While The Next Tetris does kind of mess up the oldschool formula of the traditional Tetris, they do add some new additions into the game, and of course they add in the original Tetris and don't mess with the try and true two player split screen. If you're a loyalist of the old Tetris, this might not be your bag. This is worth it for the puzzle fans out there and definitely at least a rental.

I'd recommend this game to anyone looking for a new Tetris fix - it's definitely different enough from the other versions to warrant a purchase. Once you discover the beauty of The Next Tetris' new block system, you'll immediately become hooked. But again, be warned - this is not the old-school Tetris you've gotten used to over the years. I suppose many people will be glad to hear that, though... It's time for something new.

Het blijft een verdomd verslavend spelletje, maar dat is geen nieuws. Leuk voor mijn vriendin, jouw oma en Ed's moeder, maar laat mij maar lekker Tetris spelen op de Game Boy.

Auch wenn aus der Spiel-Idee etwas Luft heraus ist, für die Mittagspause etwa ist The Next Tetris absolut geeignet.

It is with almost perfect irony that H2O, the gimmick name used for the last Halloween movie's ad campaign, is also the name of the developer Nintendo chose for this game. Because when the final curtain went down on the flick, it only served to prove that Michael Myers wasn't scary anymore, Jamie Lee Curtis (while still hot after all these years) was still no fighter, and that it would take a whole lot more than a couple of teen-idols (from romps like Dawson's Creek) to breathe new life into the franchise. The New Tetris suffers a similar fate by not including involving goals on top of the new play mechanics and by failing to set any new standards. So in both cases, the movie and the game, I wasn't impressed.

Truthfully, The Next Tetris isn't really the "next" tetris. It's just a twist on the familiar game making it less fun to play. Clearing the bottom line has been done before, but adding the accidental combos and removing a big chunk of the strategy has hurt the game. If you want multi-player Tetris, the network based Tetrinet is much more fun, and truer to its Tetris roots. Then there's Gameboy Tetris, Window's Tetris, Tetris Jr, Acid Tetris... Life is good and doesn't always need change.

Apparently today's gamers wouldn't accept a remake unless each piece was modeled in 3D. It supports 3D acceleration, though you'll be hard pressed to tell—this is possibly the ugliest version of the game in existence. So it looks like all of those Tetris fans will be going back to that high-tech GameBoy version for their falling block fix.