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Pokémon Tetris
ポケモンショックテトリス
Tetris EN boxart.png
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
Tetris JP boxart.png
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

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 to capture Mew and Celebi, making it 251 the total amount of different Pokémon in the game. Today, the event can be recreated on the Pokémon Mini emulator.

VS. Mode

This is a two-player mode, requiring both players to have a copy of the game each. 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, having 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 Pokémons 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]

Table of Pokémon

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Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it.
Reason: Upload the 251 Pokémon sprites from Pokémon Tetris

The following table[3] contains all information regarding Pokémon spawning. The numbers in each cell indicate how many turns the Pokémon stays after spawning. Each color represents a different game mode, and each column within each game mode represents the different difficulty levels. The last column on every game mode (except for Link mode) is for when the +1 mechanic is activated on Master difficulty; thus, it shows the pool of rare Pokémon guaranteed to spawn and how many turns they stay if the +1 mechanic were activated on Master difficulty.

Endless Mode 20 Lines Pyramid Link Mode – VS
Dex# Pokémon Rookie Normal Super Hyper Master +1 in Master Normal Hyper Master +1 in Master Normal Hyper Master +1 in Master Link0 Link1 Link2 Link3
1 Bulbasaur 16 7 7 7 7 16 16 16
2 Ivysaur 11 7 7 7 7 11 11 11
3 Venusaur 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
4 Charmander 16 7 7 7 7 16 16 16
5 Charmeleon 11 7 7 7 7 11 11 11
6 Charizard 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
7 Squirtle 16 7 7 7 7 16 11 11
8 Wartortle 11 7 7 7 7 11 11 11
9 Blastoise 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
10 Caterpie 16 16 16 16 16
11 Metapod 16 16 16 16 11 16
12 Butterfree 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
13 Weedle 16 16 16 16 16
14 Kakuna 16 16 16 16 11 16
15 Beedrill 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
16 Pidgey 16 16 16 16
17 Pidgeotto 16 16 16 16
18 Pidgeot 11 11 11 11 11 11
19 Rattata 16 16 16 16
20 Raticate 16 16 16 16
21 Spearow 16 16 16 16
22 Fearow 11 16 16 16
23 Ekans 16 16 16 16 16
24 Arbok 11 16 16 16
25 Pikachu 11 7 7 7 7 7 11
26 Raichu 4 7 7 7 7
27 Sandshrew 16 16 16 16 16
28 Sandslash 11 16 16 16
29 Nidoran♀ 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
30 Nidorina 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 16 16 16
31 Nidoqueen 4 7 7 7 7
32 Nidoran♂ 16 16 16 16 16
33 Nidorino 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
34 Nidoking 4 7 7 7 7
35 Clefairy 7 7 7 7 7 7 16
36 Clefable 4 7 7 7 7 11
37 Vulpix 11 16 16 16 16
38 Ninetales 4 7 7 7 7
39 Jigglypuff 11 16 16 16
40 Wigglytuff 4 7 7 7 7 11
41 Zubat 16 16 16 16 7
42 Golbat 11 16 16 16
43 Oddish 16 16 16 16
44 Gloom 11 11 11 11 11 11
45 Vileplume 4 7 7 7 7
46 Paras 16 16 16 16 16 11
47 Parasect 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 16 16 16
48 Venonat 11 16 16 16 16 11
49 Venomoth 11 11 11 11 11 11 7
50 Diglett 16 16 16 16
51 Dugtrio 11 11 11 11 11 11 16 16 16
52 Meowth 16 16 16 16
53 Persian 11 11 11 11 11 11
54 Psyduck 11 16 16 16 16
55 Golduck 11 16 16 16
56 Mankey 11 16 16 16
57 Primeape 11 11 11 11 11 11
58 Growlithe 11 16 16 16
59 Arcanine 4 7 7 7 7
60 Poliwag 11 16 16 16 16 16 16
61 Poliwhirl 11 16 16 16
62 Poliwrath 4 7 7 7 7
63 Abra 11 16 16 16 16
64 Kadabra 11 11 11 11 11 11
65 Alakazam 7 7 7 7 7
66 Machop 11 16 16 16 16 16 16
67 Machoke 11 16 16 16 16 16 16
68 Machamp 7 7 7 7 7
69 Bellsprout 16 16 16 16
70 Weepinbell 11 16 16 16
71 Victreebel 4 7 7 7 7
72 Tentacool 16 16 16 16
73 Tentacruel 11 16 16 16
74 Geodude 16 16 16 16
75 Graveler 11 16 16 16
76 Golem 7 7 7 7 7
77 Ponyta 11 16 16 16
78 Rapidash 11 11 11 11 11 11 16 16 16
79 Slowpoke 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
80 Slowbro 11 16 16 16
81 Magnemite 16 16 16 16
82 Magneton 11 11 11 11 11 11
83 Farfetch’d 7 11 11 11 7 11 11 7 7 7 7
84 Doduo 16 16 16 16 16
85 Dodrio 11 11 11 11 11 11
86 Seel 11 16 16 16 16 16 16
87 Dewgong 11 11 11 11 11 11 16 16 16
88 Grimer 16 16 16 16
89 Muk 11 11 11 11 11 11 16 16 16
90 Shellder 16 16 16 16
91 Cloyster 4 7 7 7 7
92 Gastly 16 16 16 16
93 Haunter 11 11 11 11 11 11 16 16 16
94 Gengar 7 7 7 7 7
95 Onix 11 11 11 11 11 11 16 16 16
96 Drowzee 11 16 16 16
97 Hypno 11 11 11 11 11 11
98 Krabby 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
99 Kingler 11 11 11 11 11 11
100 Voltorb 16 11 11 11 11 11 16 16 16
101 Electrode 11 11 11 11 11 11 16 16 16
102 Exeggcute 11 11 11 11 11 16
103 Exeggutor 7 7 7 7
104 Cubone 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 16
105 Marowak 11 11 11 11 11 11 7
106 Hitmonlee 4 7 7 7 7 7
107 Hitmonchan 4 7 7 7 7 7
108 Lickitung 11 11 11 11 11 4 7 11 11 11
109 Koffing 11 16 16 16
110 Weezing 11 11 11 11 11 11
111 Rhyhorn 7 7 7 7 7 16
112 Rhydon 11 11 11 11 11 11 16 16 16
113 Chansey 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 7
114 Tangela 11 16 16 16 7 16 16 16
115 Kangaskhan 7 7 7 7 7 4 7 7 7 7
116 Horsea 11 16 16 16 11
117 Seadra 11 11 11 11 11 11
118 Goldeen 11 16 16 16
119 Seaking 11 16 16 16
120 Staryu 11 16 16 16
121 Starmie 4 7 7 7 7
122 Mr. Mime 7 7 7 7 7 11 7 7 7
123 Scyther 4 7 7
124 Jynx 7 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
125 Electabuzz 7 11 11 11 11 11
126 Magmar 7 11 11 11 11 11
127 Pinsir 4 7 11 7
128 Tauros 11 11 11 11 11 4 7 7 11 11
129 Magikarp 16 16 16 16 16
130 Gyarados 11 11 11 11 11 11
131 Lapras 7 7 7 7 7 7
132 Ditto 11 11 11 11 11 11
133 Eevee 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
134 Vaporeon 4 7 7 7 7
135 Jolteon 4 7 7 7 7
136 Flareon 7 7 7 7 7
137 Porygon 4 4 4 7 4 4 7 4 7
138 Omanyte 4 7 7 7 7 7
139 Omastar 4 7 7 7 7 7
140 Kabuto 4 7 7 7 7 7
141 Kabutops 4 7 7 7 7 7
142 Aerodactyl 4 7 7 7 7 7
143 Snorlax 4 7 7 7 7 7
144 Articuno 2 4 7 4 7 4 4
145 Zapdos 2 4 7 4 7 4 4
146 Moltres 2 4 7 4 7 4 4
147 Dratini 7 11 11 11 11 11 7 11
148 Dragonair 7 11 11 11 11 11 4 7 7
149 Dragonite 4 7 7 7 7
150 Mewtwo 2 4 7 4 7 4 7
151 Mew 2 4 2 4
152 Chikorita 16 16 16
153 Bayleef 11 11 11 11 11
154 Meganium 11 11 11 11 11
155 Cyndaquil 16 16 16
156 Quilava 11 11 11 11 11
157 Typhlosion 11 11 11 11 11
158 Totodile 16 16 16
159 Croconaw 11 11 11 11 11
160 Feraligatr 11 11 11 11 11
161 Sentret 16 16 16
162 Furret 11 11 11 11 11
163 Hoothoot 16 16 16
164 Noctowl 16 16 16
165 Ledyba 16 16 16
166 Ledian 11 11 11 11 11
167 Spinarak 16 16 16
168 Ariados 11 11 11 11 11
169 Crobat 7 7 7 7 7
170 Chinchou 16 16 16
171 Lanturn 11 11 11 11 11
172 Pichu 4 4 7 4 4 7
173 Cleffa 4 4 7 4 4 7
174 Igglybuff 4 4 7 4 4 7
175 Togepi 7 7 7 7 7
176 Togetic 7 7 7 7
177 Natu 16 16 16
178 Xatu 11 11 11 11 11
179 Mareep 16 16 16
180 Flaaffy 16 16 16
181 Ampharos 11 11 11 11 11
182 Bellossom 7 7 7 7
183 Marill 7 7 7 7 7
184 Azumarill 7 7 7 7
185 Sudowoodo 7 7 7 7 7
186 Politoed 4 7 4 7 4 4 4
187 Hoppip 16 16 16
188 Skiploom 11 11 11 11 11
189 Jumpluff 11 11 11 11 11
190 Aipom 11 11 11 11 11
191 Sunkern 16 16 16
192 Sunflora 7 7 7 7
193 Yanma 11 11 11 11 11
194 Wooper 16 16 16
195 Quagsire 16 16 16
196 Espeon 7 7 7 7
197 Umbreon 7 7 7 7
198 Murkrow 11 11 11 11 11
199 Slowking 4 7 4 7 4 4 4
200 Misdreavus 11 11 11 11 11
201 Unown 16 16 16
202 Wobbuffet 11 11 11 11 11 11
203 Girafarig 11 11 11 11 11
204 Pineco 11 11 11 11 11
205 Forretress 11 11 11 11 11
206 Dunsparce 7 7 7 7 7
207 Gligar 11 11 11 11 11
208 Steelix 4 7 4 7 4 4 4
209 Snubbull 11 11 11 11 11
210 Granbull 11 11 11 11 11
211 Qwilfish 11 11 11 11 11
212 Scizor 4 7 4 7 4 4 4
213 Shuckle 11 11 11 11 11
214 Heracross 7 7 7 7 7
215 Sneasel 11 11 11 11 11
216 Teddiursa 11 11 11 11 11
217 Ursaring 16 16 16
218 Slugma 11 11 11 11 11
219 Magcargo 11 11 11 11 11
220 Swinub 16 16 16
221 Piloswine 16 16 16
222 Corsola 16 16 16
223 Remoraid 11 11 11 11 11
224 Octillery 11 11 11 11 11
225 Delibird 11 11 11 11 11
226 Mantine 11 11 11 11 11
227 Skarmory 11 11 11 11 11
228 Houndour 7 7 7 7 7
229 Houndoom 7 7 7 7
230 Kingdra 4 7 4 7 4 4 4
231 Phanpy 11 11 11 11 11
232 Donphan 16 16 16
233 Porygon2 4 7 4 7 4 4
234 Stantler 11 11 11 11 11
235 Smeargle 11 11 11 11 11
236 Tyrogue 7 7 7 7 7
237 Hitmontop 7 7 7 7
238 Smoochum 4 4 7 4 4 7
239 Elekid 4 4 7 4 4 7
240 Magby 4 4 7 4 4 7
241 Miltank 11 11 11 11 11
242 Blissey 7 7 7 7 7
243 Raikou 2 4 2 4
244 Entei 2 4 2 4
245 Suicune 2 4 2 4
246 Larvitar 7 7 7 4 7 4
247 Pupitar 7 7
248 Tyranitar 4 4 7 4 4 7
249 Lugia 4 4 7 4 4 7
250 Ho-Oh 4 4 7 4 4 7
251 Celebi 2 4 2 4

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. However, there is a different commentary in the English version, where Pokémon Tetris is not mentioned.

In other languages

Language Title
Brazil Flag.png Brazilian Portuguese Pokémon Shock Tetris

External links

References

  1. ↑ ESRB - Pokémon Mini Shock Tetris
  2. ↑ Every Game Ever Ep. 73 - Pokémon MINI : 9 MINIgames in 1!
  3. ↑ Adapted from table orginally created by YasaSheep and LarviStar on the pokemon-mini.net Discord server
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