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Instruction booklet · August 1996

Tetris Attack

Puzzle1–2 playersESRB E

The story

A puzzle game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy. It is the first game in the Puzzle League series. The Super Famicom release featured different art assets and characters than the English localization where they were replaced with characters from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. The Game Boy release of the Yoshi version was also later released in Japan.

Specifications

Released
August 1996
Developer
Intelligent Systems
Publisher
Nintendo
Players
2
Genre
Puzzle
Rating
ESRB E
Series
Tetris
Themes
Action · Kids
View
Side view
Multiplayer
2+ players

What the magazines said

8.25
EGM · one reviewer
7
7
8
7
Famitsu · four reviewers
Players
84/100 (36 ratings)
Honest Gamers
9/10
AllGame
4.5/5
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Week of August 2, 1996
Aug. 6

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💵 A Super NES was $199.99 at launch · about $473 today

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