If your a competitive player like myself, get yourself a copy of Tetris DS if you do not own one already. This version of the game is great for kids. Some of the new modes are fun, along with the 3D animations. For serious players, the 3D is not a deal breaker as you can turn it off however the 3D animations you cannot turn off and this hinders game play considerably. Every time you have a Tetris or similar line-clearing feat the game stutters every time to display an obnoxious animation of blocks being blown up which also covers the game area. Again, this will not bother people who stay in Single player mode, only multiplayer and only those who are competitive.



As for the multiplayer modes, classic versus has not changed except for the fact that you can hardly find anyone to play. The majority of players are playing modes that have items enabled and there design flaws with how some of them are used (such as switching play areas). If you are a competent player it will certainly provide a challenge as you will have five people teaming up against you with items. This I enjoyed however it does get old considering the only reason you will lose a game is due to the cheap value the items bring and not due to a skilled opponent.



If you are not expecting to play online and only against the CPU (in classic versus mode), you will be disappointed if you were competent with Tetris DS. Compared to Tetris DS, the highest difficulty rating in Axis (10) is CLOSE to level 4 in the DS version. For competitive players, level 4 difficulty in Tetris DS is an easy stepping stone to the complete 180 in difficulty that level 5 provides. Again, if your not competitive nor have you played Tetris 3DS this should not bother you.



Bottom Line: I love Tetris. I own every version of Tetris that was released for portables since Gameboy (I still have my original Gameboy with Tetris, and the box it came in). In my opinion, Tetris DS is the best version when it comes to competitive, one-on-one, play. If you already own the DS version I would skip this one unless you can get it for under $10. If your not a competitive player, then I encourage you to get this or any other version of Tetris as it is truly an amazing game.