Tetris: Axis

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Tetris: Axis
Tetris Axis cover.jpg
Developer(s) Hudson Soft
Publisher(s)
Designer(s) Tony Tran
Composer(s) Brian DiLucente
Series Tetris
Platform(s) Nintendo 3DS
ReleaseRetail
  • NA: October 2, 2011
  • JP: October 20, 2011
  • EU: October 21, 2011
  • AU: October 27, 2011
Nintendo eShop
  • JP: February 28, 2013
  • NA: April 19, 2013
  • PAL: June 6, 2013
Genre(s) Puzzle
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Tetris: Axis, released as Tetris in some regions, is a puzzle video game developed by Hudson Soft for the Nintendo 3DS. The game was released in all regions in October 2011 and was published by Namco Bandai Games in Japan, Nintendo in North America, and Tetris Online in Europe and Australia.

Contents

Game modes

Tetris: Axis features over 20 game modes, which are divided up into three modes, Featured modes, Party modes, and AR modes.

Party Modes

Augmented reality modes

Development

The music was composed by Brian DiLucente. [1]

Release

Tetris: Axis was released on October 2, 2011 in North America [2] and in Europe on October 21 [3] under the name Tetris. The North American version was released for the Nintendo eShop on April 19, 2013. [4]

In November 2014, it was announced that Tetris for Nintendo 3DS and the Virtual Console release of Tetris for Game Boy would be removed from the European Nintendo 3DS eShop at the end of that year. [5] On December 31, 2014, both games were removed from the European and North American Nintendo 3DS eShops, despite there being no prior announcement of the removal from the North American Nintendo 3DS eShop. [6]

Reception

Tetris: Axis received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [7] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of one eight and three sevens for a total of 29 out of 40. [10]

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