Meteos
| Meteos | |
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North American Nintendo DS box art
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| Developer(s) | Q Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) |
Bandai Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Takeshi Hirai |
| Producer(s) | Tetsuya Mizuguchi |
| Designer(s) | Masahiro Sakurai |
| Composer(s) |
Takayuki Nakamura Kaori Takazoe |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS, Mobile phone |
| Release date(s) |
Nintendo DS |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Aggregate score | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 88/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Eurogamer | 9/10 |
| Famitsu | 38/40 |
| G4 |  |
| GamePro | 4/5 |
| Game Revolution | B+ |
| GameSpot | 8.5/10 |
| GameSpy |  |
| IGN | 9/10 |
| Nintendo Power | 9/10 |
| Nintendo World Report | 8.5/10 |
| PALGN | 9/10 |
Meteos (メテオス Meteosu?) is a 2005 puzzle video game developed by Q Entertainment and published by Bandai and Nintendo for the Nintendo DS portable gaming system. The game was released in Japan on March 10, 2005, in North American on June 27, 2005, in the United Kingdom on September 23, 2005 and in Australia on November 24, 2005. In Meteos, the player moves colored piece of blocks called Meteos, launching three or more of the same colored blocks back onto the top of the screen. The game offers multiple modes, including a story mode. Q Entertainment founder Tetsuya Mizuguchi produced the game while Masahiro Sakurai designed it. Inspiration for Meteos came from video game Missile Command, TV series 24, and film The Matrix.
Meteos received positive reviews upon its release and topped Chart-Track in its first week. The game was compared to other puzzle games like Tetris and Lumines, a game for PlayStation Portable by the same developer. The game received multiple awards and nominations from several gaming publications. Later versions of the game were released for mobile phones and the Xbox Live Arcade. A sequel for the game, Meteos: Disney Magic, was released for the Nintendo DS.
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