Year released: ? (Nintendo 64)

Number of Players: 1-4

Help the blocks escape by cramming them onto the same horizontal line!

Graphics: Animated perfectly and vivid... just like watching a cartoon on TV. Tetris blocks are great looking, too.

Play control: Left and right on the + control pad to move the block you are in control of left and right, down to make the block you are in control of fall faster, B to make the block you are in control of flip counter-clockwise, and A to make the block you are in control of flip clockwise. The block you are in control of is always falling at a speed (you can set the speed you start at, and then as you get more lines, the speed increases). Pulled off without a hitch.

Sound: The sounds are mostly normal sounds, but clearing lines just plain deserves its own adjective. You can make that adjective up when you play the game. The music, although completely original, is still awesome for puzzle playing.

Challenge: Get the blocks to fit so that you can go as long as possible while without touching the top of the screen (your stack of blocks reaches the top of the room = you lose). You can arrange blocks so that part of them fills up an entire line, at which point that line disappears (more lines disappearing simultaneously = more points). Then, for every ten lines you dissolve, your speed level will increase.

Gameplay: You can gather what it's like from above. Only thing I've left out is that each block is made up of four smaller blocks (the smaller blocks ALWAYS being the same size, no matter which bigger block you take). Most of the time you'll be engaging the computer in combat to finish the story.

Bottom line: Mickey's Magical Tetris Challenge is comparable to DX in its efforts--almost enough variety to qualify its purchase, but not quite enough... but don't let that stop you from getting it. Mickey's Magical Tetris Challenge is still great quality stuff, and getting to play multiplayer without a link cable is nice. If you get any version of Tetris, let it be this one.

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