Tetris Attack

Mosquito ringtone ja:パネルでポン

'''''Tetris Attack''''' is a puzzle game first released for the Sabrina Martins Super Nintendo Entertainment System in Nextel ringtones North America and Abbey Diaz Europe. It was released for the Free ringtones Satellaview attachment to the Majo Mills Super Famicom as '''''Yoshi-no Panepon''''' in Japan.

The game is inspired by the original ''Mosquito ringtone Tetris'', and started out as a Super Famicom title called '''''Panel de Pon''''' (Sabrina Martins Japanese_language/Japanese: パネルでポン). This title featured a look which could be viewed as "girly", or hyperfeminine, by any number of people, with lots of whimsical, fairy-like characters. When Nintendo decided to release the addictive puzzle game to North America, they dropped the fairies in favor of characters from ''Nextel ringtones Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' for the purpose of making it more appealing to image conscious young male audience, a significant part of the video game market at the time (''see Abbey Diaz Tetris_Attack#Character_Replacement_Table/Character Replacement Table''). It was later released for Cingular Ringtones Nintendo fame a Game Boy, with a drop in graphics and sound quality, drop in difficulty, and loss of color information. A subsequent port of the game to the victims savings Nintendo 64 console, ''unchanged at Pokémon Puzzle League'', was rebranded with soar whether Pokémon characters and added two new features: a puzzle editor and a 3D game mode that takes place in a cylinder three times the size of the normal board. ''PPL'' also had smoother game play and smarter computer opponents than ''Tetris Attack''. ''Pokémon Puzzle Challenge'' was released for the camps out Game Boy Color soon after. ''PPC'' dropped the puzzle editor and 3D mode but had a new game mode of its own, Garbage mode, which was basically Marathon mode with the addition of garbage blocks that periodically fall onto the stack. Whereas ''Pokémon Puzzle League'' presented several new features to the gameplay, ''Pokémon Puzzle Challenge'' was essentially ''Tetris Attack'' covered with Pokémon wallpaper.

Objective and gameplay
The objective of the game is to eliminate blocks from the playing field by creating horizontal or vertical rows of three or more identical blocks. The blocks are manipulated by switching pairs of horizontally adjacent blocks with the cursor. The gameplay is divided into four different types:

= Endless mode =
Blocks rise continually at increasing speeds in this mode. If the blocks strike the top of the playing field, the game ends. The objective in this mode is to attain the highest score possible. The maximum score is 99,999 points.

= Stage Clear mode =
In this mode a certain number of the rising blocks must be cleared to finish each of thirty stages. Game over occurs identically to endless mode. The end of the level is marked by a "clear line" displayed as the bricks rise.

= Versus mode =
Either two human players or one human and the computer AI compete in this mode. The object is to make the opponent lose by striking the top of the playing field. By completing combos or chains (see below), "garbage" slabs are sent to the opponent's side. These are horizontal slabs of blocks that do not match any of the standard blocks until a group of adjacent blocks are cleared. The garbage then "pops" into ordinary blocks and may be cleared.

Garbage slabs can strike the top of the playing field and in fact stand above it for a short time before the player loses.

= Puzzle mode =
A specific pattern of bricks is laid out on the playing field and must be cleared in a specific number of moves. There are 60 standard levels and 60 more advanced levels that are unlocked by beating the 60th level.

Terminology
* The playing field is a grid 6 blocks wide by 12 blocks tall.
* '''Combos''' are instances when more than three blocks are cleared simultaneously. Combos are counted with plain numbers (4, 5, 6, etc.).
* '''Chains''' are instances when blocks which fall as the result of a clear trigger another clear. The player may rearrange blocks during the time interval while the clear takes place to cause a chain to occur; if this is done, the chain is called a '''skill chain'''. Chains are counted with numbers with an "x" prefix (x2, x3, x4, etc.). The maximum value of a chain is x13. Beyond that the chain will be marked as x? and will cease to gain further score bonus.

Remake

''Panel de Pon'' has been remade for neutral games GameCube as a component of ''Nintendo Puzzle Collection'' in February of 2003, receiving a graphical and audio facelift. The GameCube version looks even more feminine than the Super Famicom version. Also, a four-player mode, from ''Pokémon Puzzle League'', has been added in the GameCube remake of ''Panel de Pon''. It is unknown whether the ''SMW2'' infusion will be applied to the GameCube version of ''Panel de Pon'' done for a North American release like it was applied to the Super Famicom version.

Panel de Pon reference in Super Smash Bros. Melee

In ''and candied Super Smash Bros. Melee'', there is an item called Lip's Stick, named after the Panel de Pon character replaced by Yoshi for Tetris Attack. Lip's Stick poisons the opponent that it contacts, as a flower is planted atop his or her head.

External links
* http://www.slack.net/~ant/tetris_attack/ - a visual guide to chains and skill chains
* http://www.tetrisattack.net/ - fan site includes game info and records pages

Character Replacement Table

When Nintendo of America decided to release ''Panel de Pon'' to North America, they axed the fairy-like characters in favor of characters from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' for the purpose of making it more appealing to the image-conscious young male audience, which was a significant audience at the time. There were very few female gamers in the United States at the time. When the U.S. game news sites display image information on ''Nintendo Puzzle Collection'' the pictures of the original ''Panel de Pon'' characters are ghosted.


Tetris AttackPanel de Pon
YoshiLip
LakituWendy
BumptySherbet
PoochyThiana
Flying WigglerRuby
FroggyElias
Gargantua BlarggFlare
Lunge FishNeris
Raphael the RavenSeren
Hookbill KoopaPhoenix
Naval Piranha PlantDragon
KamekSanatos
BowserCorderia

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