Pokémon Tetris

Pokémon Tetris; ポケモンショックテトリス
	; European boxart
Basic info
Platform:	Pokémon mini
Category:	Puzzle
Players:	1-2 players
Connectivity:	Infrared
Developer:	Nintendo
Publisher:	Nintendo
Part of:	Pokémon mini series
Ratings
CERO:	N/A
ESRB:	E
ACB:	N/A
OFLC:	N/A
PEGI:	N/A
GRAC:	N/A
GSRR:	N/A
Release dates
Japan:	March 21, 2002
North America:	N/A
Australia:	N/A
Europe:	2002
South Korea:	N/A
Hong Kong:	N/A
Taiwan:	N/A
Websites
Japanese:	N/A
English:	Official website
	Japanese boxart ; Japanese boxart

Pokémon Tetris (Japanese: ポケモンショックテトリス Pokémon Shock Tetris) is a puzzle game released for the Pokémon mini. It has only been released in Japan and Europe, being the last Pokémon mini game released in the latter region. It was classified by the ESRB as E for Everyone under the title Pokémon Mini Shock Tetris,^[1] implying that the game was planned to be released in the United States but was scrapped for unknown reasons.

Gameplay

The game consists of several variations of Tetris with varying levels of difficulty. The player's main task is to use blocks consisting of four pieces (known as tetrominos) to create lines in order to remove them from the game field. If the tetrominos reach the top row of the field, the game is over. In addition to being able to rotate pieces by 90 degrees using the A and B buttons, this game also allows most blocks to be flipped 180 degrees by shaking the Pokémon mini. During gameplay, a silhouette of a Pokémon will be shown on the right hand side of the screen; if the player can make a match of 4 or more lines, the Pokémon will be captured and added to the in-game Pokédex. The player has a limited time to capture the Pokémon before it is replaced by another one chosen at random.

Modes

1-Player Modes

Standard

The player keeps playing until the screen fills up.

20 Lines

This is a time attack mode, tasking the player to clear 20 lines of blocks as fast as they can. Only tetrominos appear in this mode.

Pyramid

The player is timed to see how quickly they can clear one of every time of line combination: Singles (one line), Doubles (two lines), Triples (three lines), and Tetrises (four lines). Like in 20 Lines, only regular tetrominos appear.

Pokédex

This section is incomplete.
Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it.
Reason: Where/when was this offline event available? Was it available both in Japan and Europe? Did this involve some external device? Or was it programmed in-game but ultimately never available?

249 Pokémon can be captured in this game. In this mode, the player can see which Pokémon they have caught. The Pokédex also shows both the Pokémon's number and the quantity captured. Up to three kinds of picture of each Pokémon can be viewed. Rarer Pokémon appear at higher difficulties, while some only appear in certain game modes. An offline event that is no longer available allowed the player to capture Mew and Celebi, making the total amount of different Pokémon in the game 251.

VS. Mode

This is a two-player mode, requiring both players to have a copy of the game. Two players compete against each other, attempting to outlast their opponent. As lines are cleared, incomplete lines will be added to the bottom of the opponent's field.

Difficulty levels

Rookie: Only regular tetrominos appear. This difficulty level is only available in Standard mode.

Normal: Five-piece blocks (called pentominos) begin to appear as the player's level increases.

Super: Pentominos's spawn rate will accelerate as the player's level increases. This difficulty level is only available in Standard mode.

Hyper: Pentominos appear from the beginning. It's unlocked by capturing 100 different Pokémon.

Master: Only pentominos appear. It's unlocked by capturing 200 different Pokémon.

Spawning information

Different Pokémon appear depending on the difficulty level. Some Pokémon, most notably legendary ones, only appear at the higher difficulty levels. This can only be changed through the +1 mechanic, which is exclusively available on difficulty levels that have pentomino pieces. Each Pokémon stays for a determined amount of turns. In general, rarer Pokémon stay for less turns than more common Pokémon, making them far harder to catch. It's worth noting that managing to clear 5 simultaneous lines (also known as a Jeem) guarantees the next Pokémon to be a Pokémon still not caught by the player. This, again, is only available in difficulty levels where pentominos are present as it is impossible to get a Jeem without a 5 blocks long Line Piece. Using this mechanic is essential to complete the Pokédex as it's the only way to eliminate absolute randomness from Pokémon spawning.

The +1 mechanic

If you manage to clear 5 simultaneous lines (also known as a Jeem), there's a chance the +1 mechanic could be randomly activated. This mechanic allows Pokémon that only appear at a certain difficulty level to spawn one difficulty level lower. For example, Bulbasaur doesn't spawn in the Super difficulty, but it does in the next level: Hyper difficulty. If the +1 mechanic were activated after getting a Jeem, Bulbasaur could spawn in Super difficulty. Thus, thanks to the +1 mechanic, a Pokémon that only appears in Master difficulty, like Suicune, could be captured in the Hyper difficulty, something that is far easier to achieve. This applies to all Pokémon in the game. If the +1 mechanic were activated in the highest difficulty level, Master mode, the next Pokémon will be guaranteed to be a still not caught Pokémon from a very small list of rare Pokémon like the legendary birds or the Legendary beasts. The complete list of these Pokémon will be on its own column in the following table.

Mew & Celebi DLC Event

Pokémon Center stores in Japan hosted dedicated DLC events for Pokémon Shock Tetris in 2002. By connecting a Pokémon Mini device to an infrared hotspot in-store, both Mew and Celebi would become unlocked as possible Pokémon spawns while the device remained actively connected. The Pokémon, while natively coded into the game, will fail to spawn without the connection event activated. ^[2]

List of Pokémon

Main article: List of Pokémon in Pokémon Tetris

In Pokémon Tetris, it is possible to catch the 251 Pokémon from Generation I and II.

Trivia

This is the last game in which Jynx appears in its original dark-skinned design.
In the Japanese version of Pokémon Adventures volume 13, Hidenori Kusaka states that he has been playing Pokémon Tetris and praises the game.

In other languages


Language		Title
Brazilian Portuguese		Pokémon Shock Tetris

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