anyone good at tetris attack?

[TecHNooB]

recently got hooked on this game. it's an old game for the snes. anyone good at this game want to share some tips on how to extend chains and what to look for when starting chains?

 

[Beev]

I played it quite a bit during my college days. I wasn't ever a master, but I liked it a lot. Set up stacks of two that, when finished, drop a block into another stack of two thus creating a chain. Practice, practice, practice . Maybe I'll play some tonight...

 

[sao123]

seems to me, we played 2P dr mario instead of tetris...

 

[Syborg1211]

There's a new(ish) tetris game on PSN that has some interesting game modes. There's a couple team modes and a co-op mode where you share the same screen. It's pretty interesting. I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoyed tetris in the past.

 

[TecHNooB]

There's a new(ish) tetris game on PSN that has some interesting game modes. There's a couple team modes and a co-op mode where you share the same screen. It's pretty interesting. I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoyed tetris in the past.

Is it anything like tetris attack? Name of the game?

 

[fatpat268]

If you want something modern that's similar to Tetris Attack, check out Poker Smash on XBLA. Great game.

But yea, I can hold my own in Tetris Attack. I'm not great at making combos, but I'm pretty quick at making matches.

 

[TecHNooB]

i just want a tetris attack guru to show me the ropes

 

[ioni]

I love Tetris Attack. Got it when it came out and still play it on occasion. Always keep a lot of blocks on screen. If you find yourself down to ~3 rows, hit R to raise them faster and get back up to ~7 rows. Don't get distracted by the !. If you can get them, great, but never focus on them. I tend to go for lots of 4/5 sets with a x2 if I can get it.

This gives your opponent ammo. And their ammo is good for you. If they drop big garbage blocks on you, it means more stop time for you. Abuse the hell out of stop time. Get as many 2 set columns on your top row as possible so when the destroyed garbage blocks fall, you get a xN combo.

If you're in a jam, just get a 3 set for a little bit of stop time.

Having this game online would be so sick. It's so hard to find any good competition for this game.

edit: Just found out you can play online with zsnes.

 

[smartpatrol]

Planet Puzzle League for DS is the most modern sequel to Tetris Attack AFAIK. You can play with 2-player over WiFi or 4-player locally (with only 1 cartridge!)

The only thing I dislike about PPL is power-ups. They really make the game more about luck than skill. Thankfully, you can turn them off.

The best tip I can give is that you have to use the freezing effect to its maximum advantage. Blocks hang in mid air while they're disappearing, you have to hustle to move the blocks beneath them to keep the combo going.

On some of the ludicrously difficult levels, you basically have to keep it frozen the entire time or you lose immediately.

 

[TecHNooB]

I love Tetris Attack. Got it when it came out and still play it on occasion. Always keep a lot of blocks on screen. If you find yourself down to ~3 rows, hit R to raise them faster and get back up to ~7 rows. Don't get distracted by the !. If you can get them, great, but never focus on them. I tend to go for lots of 4/5 sets with a x2 if I can get it.

This gives your opponent ammo. And their ammo is good for you. If they drop big garbage blocks on you, it means more stop time for you. Abuse the hell out of stop time. Get as many 2 set columns on your top row as possible so when the destroyed garbage blocks fall, you get a xN combo.

If you're in a jam, just get a 3 set for a little bit of stop time.

Having this game online would be so sick. It's so hard to find any good competition for this game.

edit: Just found out you can play online with zsnes.

the latency on znes makes it so much harder to chain. and there's a desync issue for some games including tetris attack. both players think theyre winning when the game is out of sync.

 

[crisium]

I played this game like mad back in elementary school and college (yes, there was a decade gap where I forgot about it). I never was a master like you can see in some youtube videos, but my roommate and I got good in our own respects.

Planet Puzzle League is the only "real" way to play online, and I did that whenever the game came out but it's not the same as Tetris Attack.

My roommate and I were very nitpicky about EVERY version of the game and we tried them all. Panel De Pon for the Super Famicom, Tetris Attack, Pokemon Puzzle League, GBA Puzzle League, and Planet Puzzle League. All are different in two important area you might overlook: how long can you stay at the top before you die (PdP = not at all, Pokemon = forever), and how long do you have to slide blocks over before a layer or block drops.

We found the original Tetris Attack to be the best version, although PdP was sometimes better if we wanted quicker games (you die quicker).

Planet Puzzle League for DS, even on the harder difficulty, still gives you a bit more time than Tetris Attack. The problem is that stylus control is TOO GOOD, and the games last a long time and is just non-stop giant chain vs giant chain. Tetris Attack is more about fast 4/5 sets and 1-3 chains rather than the giant attacks, and we liked that.

Just wanted to ramble.

edit:

Here's the strategy I like. Once you have a few gray blocks available, throw down as big of a regular chain you can muster. Then immediately use all of your gray blocks. Finally, spam 4/5 sets and quick chains as fast as possible. Gray blocks interrupt your opponent's breaking up of your offensive garbage. So by the time he has cleared both your big chain and gray blocks, you should have a good array of quick dissolving 4/5 sets and small chains that do not give him much time or space to prepare for.

 

[The-Noid]

Kirby's Avalanche is much more fun.

Beating king dedede was always a good challenge.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I was a beast at Tetris Attack back when it came out. I found the best way to get good at the game was to play against Bowser on the Very Hard setting (you can enter a password to reach him). He'll always bump his stack and drop a big chain on you (usually around 8x or so). Watch what he does and emulate it. When you start chaining combos off the block he drops, the game slows to a crawl which can help you figure out how to move things around and keep the chain going; I've gotten up to 18x with this method. Yes, it's easy because of the slowdown, but it really helps you figure out how to move the blocks around and work up your speed and accuracy.

Apart from that, practice is the best bet. The puzzle mode can be helpful because it gives you an idea of what to look for in the stack that will make for large combos or chains relatively easy. The best strategy for the game itself seems to be bumping your stack right at the beginning, then working from the bottom. The tiles seem to naturally group in adjoining rows, so many times, if you connect a set of blocks down low, you'll end up with a chain of two or three without making any further moves. Once you start seeing how the chains come together and get good at moving the cursor, you can put together large chains very quickly. Mix up chains and combos; chains are better because they drop bigger blocks, but if you throw some combos in between, your opponent will get stuck with smaller bricks on top of the chain brick that he won't be able to deal with until the larger brick is gone.

Also, never play this game with your girlfriend who "loves to play it." It turns out that she doesn't love to be humiliated and she doesn't want you to "let" her win. Bah.

 

[crisium]

Also, never play this game with your girlfriend who "loves to play it." It turns out that she doesn't love to be humiliated and she doesn't want you to "let" her win. Bah.

When playing against casuals, I like to set it to speed 10 (adds an extra block) while they play at 5 or something.

 

[ioni]

I found the best way to get good at the game was to play against Bowser on the Very Hard setting (you can enter a password to reach him). He'll always bump his stack and drop a big chain on you (usually around 8x or so). Watch what he does and emulate it.

lol, this is exactly what I did to get better when I was a kid.

When playing against casuals, I like to set it to speed 10 (adds an extra block) while they play at 5 or something.

I never found that to work too well. I always set us both to 1 when playing against newbies. If I'm at 10, that just means I'm going to be force to rain hell on them non stop for the stop time.

 

[iamluigi3]

I love Tetris Attack. Got it when it came out and still play it on occasion. Always keep a lot of blocks on screen. If you find yourself down to ~3 rows, hit R to raise them faster and get back up to ~7 rows. Don't get distracted by the !. If you can get them, great, but never focus on them. I tend to go for lots of 4/5 sets with a x2 if I can get it.

This gives your opponent ammo. And their ammo is good for you. If they drop big garbage blocks on you, it means more stop time for you. Abuse the hell out of stop time. Get as many 2 set columns on your top row as possible so when the destroyed garbage blocks fall, you get a xN combo.

If you're in a jam, just get a 3 set for a little bit of stop time.

Having this game online would be so sick. It's so hard to find any good competition for this game.

edit: Just found out you can play online with zsnes.

I also want to play online on the zsnes, but i never have someone to play with, you wanna sometime? Lemme know,

 

[pankajs]

In tetris, never let the lines go more then 6 blocks,
You will have to act manageable from your brain and place and convert the blocks at right place. Just required a little practice then you are ready to go..

 

[BountyHunterSAx]

I was okay at Tetris Attack back in the day; now I'm absolutely godly at it. As in, if I'm not making at least on 13x chain every minute, I'm doing something wrong. I've posted a couple vids on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqkJIALRwzU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5OwrDsLaA4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk966HZebvo) of my playing.

I'm hoping to advance this to a full on series of vids (like I did for other games on my channel), but I'm really not sure what exactly to teach. Would be very curious as to your opinion (OP), and happy to answer any questions you might have.

 

[TecHNooB]

i'd just like to know what your goto moves are when you're chaining past 3. I seem to rely a lot more on speed than good followups, but good tetris attack players seem to have a pattern going. they also wait for things to drop before moving certain blocks. i haven't played in a while, but i was trying to copy what better players were doing.

 

[Arkaign]

This is not Tetris X[