Tetris Attack

Genre

Release date

01-08-1996

Base game

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. Later a version for the Super Famicom's Satellaview satellite modem service was released.

Plot

The story mode takes place in the world of Yoshi's Island, where Bowser and his minions have cursed all of Yoshi's friends. Playing as Yoshi, the player must defeat each of his friends in order to remove the curse. Once all friends have been freed, the game proceeds to a series of Bowser's minions, and then to Bowser himself. During these final matches, the player can select Yoshi or any of his friends to play out the stage.