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What is this....Tetris they speak of?
I would ask how many people have played the game, but I believe it would be faster to ask the planet how many people have not played the game.
Tetris, originally designed by Alexey Pazhitnov, is a game about shapes. A puzzle game if you will. But a puzzle game that has entranced entire generations.
And it's back. In pog form.
Or DS form, if you will. Nintendo reincarnates Tetris in its most polished and well thought-out iteration yet. With six distinct modes, the ability for ten people to play wirelessly off of a single cartrige, and, best yet, complete internet multiplayer. It truly doesn't get better.
This game pretty much has it all. The lower screen is, for most modes, used for the gameplay section. While in Standard mode the top screen is classic games for the NES on a rolling demo, accompanied with the music from the game. The new multiplayer mode "Push" could actually be a standalone game, and I think people would pay $40 to go out and buy it. I know that I would. The game is basically one long Tetris screen, with both ends open. You are on the top, your opponent on the bottom, and the pieces fall towards the centre. With each line you get, you push your opponent closer to the end of his side. Push him over the line and he loses. With two players of relatively even skill, you can go back and forth for all of eternity.
I challenge each and every one of you to resist the call that is 10 player VS team battles in Tetris, and then I will ridicule you for not understanding just how intense that is.
I give this game a solid 
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