Tetris Attack | |
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North American SNES cover art
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Developer(s) |
Intelligent Systems Nintendo R&D1 |
Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
Composer(s) |
Super NES Masaya Kuzume Game Boy Masaru Tajima Masaya Kuzume Yuka Tsujiyoko |
Series | Puzzle League |
Platform(s) | Super NES, Game Boy |
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Super NES
Game Boy
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Genre(s) | Puzzle |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Tetris Attack is a 1995 puzzle video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy. It is the first game in the Puzzle League series. While it was originally known in Japan as Panel de Pon (パネルでポン Paneru de Pon) for the Super Famicom and featured different art assets and characters, its English localization was replaced with characters from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. It was released on the Game Boy under the same name. The Game Boy release of the Yoshi version was also later released in Japan. On November 3, 1996, a version was released for the Super Famicom's Satellaview satellite modem service as BS Yoshi's Panepon (BSヨッシーのパネポン Bī Esu Yosshī no Panepon?). This game is similar to the Baku Baku Animal, developed by Sega in 1995.
Despite using the Tetris name, this game has no resemblance to its Russian namesake. This has led Henk Rogers of The Tetris Company to say that he regrets granting permission to Nintendo to use the name.
The game's single-player story mode takes place in the world of Yoshi's Island, where Bowser and his minions have cursed all of Yoshi's friends. Playing as Yoshi, the player must defeat each of his friends in order to remove the curse. Once all friends have been freed, the game proceeds to a series of Bowser's minions, and then to Bowser himself. During these final matches, the player can select Yoshi or any of his friends to play out the stage.