Tetris: Axis

Tetris: Axis
Developer(s) Hudson Soft
Publisher(s)
Designer(s) Tony Tran
Composer(s) Brian DiLucente
Series Tetris
Platform(s) Nintendo 3DS
Release date(s)

Retail

  • NA October 2, 2011
  • JP October 20, 2011
  • EU October 21, 2011
  • AUS October 27, 2011

Nintendo eShop

  • JP February 28, 2013
  • NA April 19, 2013
  • EU June 6, 2013
Genre(s) Puzzle
Mode(s) Single Player, Multiplayer

Tetris: Axis, released as simply Tetris in some regions, is a puzzle video game for the Nintendo 3DS developed by Hudson Soft and Bandai and was published by Nintendo. The game was released in all regions in October 2011 and was published by Namco Bandai Games and Tetris Online, Inc. in Japan and PAL regions respectively.

Game modes

Tetris: Axis features over 20 game modes, which are divided up into three modes, Feature modes, Party modes, and AR modes.

Featured modes

Party Modes

AR Modes

Development

The music was composed by Brian DiLucente.[1]

Release

Tetris: Axis was first released on October 2, 2011 in North America.[2] The game was then released in Europe on October 21[3] under the name Tetris. The North American version was released for the Nintendo eShop on April 19, 2013.[4]

In November 2014, it was announced that Tetris for Nintendo 3DS and the Virtual Console release of Tetris for Game Boy would be removed from the European Nintendo 3DS eShop at the end of that year.[5] On December 31, 2014, both games were removed from the European and North American Nintendo 3DS eShops, despite there being no prior announcement of the removal from the North American Nintendo 3DS eShop.[6]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings76.33%[7]
Metacritic74[8]
Review score
PublicationScore
IGN7.5/10[9]

Tetris: Axis received positive reviews, receiving aggregate critical scores of 76.33% and 74 on GameRankings and Metacritic, respectively.

References

  1. DiLucente, Brain. "Brian DiLucente Portfolio". Idea Garden Advertising & Production House. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  2. Drake, Audrey (August 29, 2011). "Tetris: Axis Release Date". IGN. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  3. Newton, James (September 21, 2011). "Tetris 3DS Drops Into Europe on 21st October". NintendoLife. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  4. Brian (April 19, 2013). "Tetris Axis is just $10 on the 3DS eShop". Nintendo Everything. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  5. Whitehead, Thomas (November 28, 2014). "Two Tetris Downloads to be Removed from the 3DS eShop in Europe". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  6. Brian (January 1, 2015). "Tetris for Game Boy, Tetris Axis pulled from the North American 3DS eShop as well". Nintendo Everything. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  7. "Tetris: Axis reviews". GameRankings. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  8. "Tetris: Axis reviews". MetaCritic. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  9. Drake, Audrey (October 4, 2011). "Tetris: Axis Review". IGN. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
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