Platform: Nintendo Switch
Region: Other
Developer(s): Arika Co., Ltd.
Publishers(s): Nintendo
ReleaseDate: 2019-10-20
Players: 99
Co-op: No
Tetris 99
Tetris 99 is a 2019 battle royale puzzle video game developed by Arika and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is an online multiplayer adaptation of Tetris (1985): players move and drop puzzle pieces called tetrominoes onto a playing board, and must clear rows by filling them completely with pieces. Players lose if tetrominoes overflow off the top of the board. Matches contain 99 players, who send additional rows to other players' boards by clearing a row on their own board; whoever is the last man standing without an overflowed board wins the match. Tetris 99 was released as a free digital download for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers. Paid downloadable content and a physical edition have released subsequently. It received favorable reception from critics, has been nominated for several awards, and has been played by over 2 million players. Arika would later develop similar games to Tetris 99 for other popular video game series, such as Pac-Man 99 and Super Mario Bros. 35.
ESRB Rating: Not Rated
Genre(s): Puzzle | Virtual Console
