Better connected.
Has there ever been a more perfect marriage of hardware and software than Tetris and the Game Boy? Despite not being an original Nintendo IP, Tetris felt like it was made for the monochrome portable, and it’s hard to imagine either of them being anywhere near as successful without the other. However, Tetris is very much its own thing and has utilised the staggering fame it achieved thanks to its pairing with Nintendo’s console to turn into one of the most famous video game properties of all time, with entries appearing on practically every device with a screen.
One such ‘evolution’ of the Tetris concept is the sublime Tetris Effect, the brainchild of legendary game designer Tetsuya Mizuguchi. Originally released on the PS4 in 2018 with impressive support for the PSVR headset, it has since gone multi-platform with an updated version that includes online multiplayer, one of the key omissions from the original game. Tetris Effect: Connected is now available on the Nintendo Switch, which represents something of a homecoming; while we’ve had plenty of Tetris on Nintendo systems over the years (including the excellent Tetris 99 and the just-OK Tetris DS), this feels more significant, somehow; perhaps because Tetris Effect: Connected is effortlessly one of the best interpretations of Alexey Pajitnov’s game the world has ever seen.
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