About the only thing to really recommend this game is the two-player head-to-head mode, but as there's a four-player version of Tetris due for release later this year, you'd be far better off waiting for that. Once you've got over the surprise of the differently shaped and sized new blocks, the Magical Tetris mode becomes fairly boring and even frustrating as larger and larger blocks get dumped on your screen. Judging by the dialogue in Story mode (which is, frankly, excruciating) this game must be aimed at a fairly young age group and in truth it won't hold older audiences' attention very long. This is a fair attempt at a variation on Tetris with bright, colourful graphics. In addition to Magical Tetris mode, there is also an Updown Tetris mode (which is two-player Tetris without the new blocks) and also Endless Tetris mode, which is normal Tetris with no opponents. The biggest innovation is the inclusion of some new shapes for the blocks ranging from small to so-big-it's-ridiculous! When playing in Magical Tetris mode, if you get more than one line at a time, 'magical' energy is sent to your opponent's screen and causes one of these annoying new blocks to appear. This fills up every time you clear a single line and when it reaches the top it wipes out all the blocks above the level of the meter, thus giving you a few seconds of breathing space. Capcom has also attempted to add something to the basic gameplay. One difference is that rather than playing solo, you play split-screen against an opponent - just like the original Game Boy link-up mode. Magical Tetris Challenge is - rather obviously - another Tetris clone, albeit with a few small innovations. Brilliant! Let's do it! Heads You lose?Īnd that's how it happened.
We put a small meter at one side of the screen, add a few different shaped blocks and call it Magical Tetris Challenge.įirst: Hmm. Second: Ah, no, because you see this is the cunning bit. Tetris?įirst: Tetris! No one's going to pay huge wedges of cash for a game like that.
Second: Nah, we'll just get Capcom to take a game that's already successful and stick a few Disney characters in it. got it! We'll release a videogame!įirst: But won't that cost a lot to develop? How about we open another amusement park somewhere?įirst: No, no, no. Sorry, kind of forgot about it.įirst: Everyone's tried to forget about it! I mean, it's just embarrassing! And the last thing I want is to open my mail one morning to find someone's FedExed me a defrosting severed head! It could only be Tragical Tetris Challenge?ĭisney Corporate Headquarters: Crisis Meetingįirst Executive: Damn, we've got a problem! Thanks to government cutbacks the cost of cryogenics has just gone up!įirst: So I've just had the cryo lab on the phone and if we don't find about $10 million immediately, Walt's head is gonna be thawed out and sent back! SECOND: Oh yeah, Disney's frozen head.
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