Hatris (NES) Review

I always look back on Hatris and just wonder what were they thinking when they came up with this. I'm guessing cheap and easy money. 

It's obviously inspired by the amazing puzzle classic, Tetris. However it is not a mere shameless rip-off. 

The game was designed by Alexey Pajitnov, creator of the original Tetris. 

The game is basically Tetris with hats. Except not as fun. Put the right hats on the same hats and hats go bye-bye. That's about as exciting as it gets. 

Let's face it; the game is slow, hats are stupid, and nobody will be making any modern sequel/remake/reboot to Hatris ever. Tetris was and still is King among puzzles, Hatris is more of a jester or  town drunk. 

Score: 4 out of 10

Tetris Axis Announced For 3DS

Tetris has been pretty good to Nintendo over the past couple of years. Plenty of new games with online play for all of their current systems. Now it seems the 3DS is getting a Tetris as well. Tetris Axis will feature the usual stuff the other games have enjoyed such as classic mode and online play, but it will also have special 3D modes. 

Sounds good to me, I really liked the extra modes in Tetris DS.

Tetris Attack (SNES) Review

I've heard of the Puzzle League series for awhile now, but never got a chance to play them. Decided to try the SNES classic which was marketed as Tetris Attack to take success of the Tetris name. 

The game was originally known as Panel de Pon, but I guess Americans wouldn't buy this girly crap. 

So they just added Yoshi, but ironically stayed "girly" with the graphics. But Yoshi is manly, arghh. 

Stupid crap aside it's a much better puzzle game than I thought. Sliding the blocks around was a bit strange to me at first, but I got the hang of it. It's quite addicting. 

Wished I had someone to play multiplayer with me.


Score: 9 out of 10

Things I Like: Super Puzzle Fighter II HD Remix

I never had the chance to play the long-running series until the XBLA version. 

It's kinda like Puyo-Pop meets Tetris. But unlike Puyo-pop, this game is actually fun. 

My favorite thing is the multiplayer, which I can really only do offline now since nobody plays it online anymore. Fuckers. 

Things I Hate: Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine

I couldn't stand this game as a kid, and I sure can't stand it now through re-releases like Sonic Mega Collection. 

The game is basically Puyo-Pop with Sonic and friends. Even the weird cartoon villains are in this game. 

It's not a bad game in it's own right I suppose. I like my Tetris, but I'm not a fan of this puzzle game. Just can't get into it.