TETRiS 99

Tetris: Battle Royale!

Overview

Tetris 99 is a free online multiplayer version of Tetris developed by Arika and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch in February 2019. Incorporating elements of the battle royale genre, Tetris 99 has up to 99 players competing simultaneously to complete rows with falling Tetriminoes, which in turn send attacks in the form of garbage rows (see 'Tetris Battle' page) to other players with the goal of knocking them out of the game.

During gameplay, small grids representing the other 98 players are displayed at the sides of the main board. Players can either choose to target individual players, or have the computer automatically target other players based on one of four criteria: random players, those who are targeting the player, those who are close to being defeated, and those who possess badges. Badges are earned by knocking out a player with garbage (or gray lines), which earns them a piece of a badge, along with any other badges or pieces that player had. The more badges a player completes and possesses, the more lines they can send to other players at a time (up to a 100% boost).

In the clip below, pro player Wumbo showcases an entire match with him winning.

He rarely loses in this game.




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