Several hours ago, we shared the news that a Tetris 99 Maximus Cup event was arriving in North America, giving players the chance to earn a number of My Nintendo Gold Points by claiming victory royales, Well, we're pleased to confirm that an almost identical event is taking place in Europe, too, so you better get practising.
Yes, just like the North American equivalent, Tetris 99 players will be able to take part in a special event to win 999 My Nintendo Gold Points (worth £9.99 / €9.99 on the eShop). The event will take place from 1pm GMT on 8th March until 7am GMT on 11th March.
The European event's rules are slightly different to the North American competition, however. Rather than having to place inside the top 999 performing players, the European variant will simply choose 999 players at random from those who manage to claim a victory during the event. The official terms for the event state that "the number of Tetris Maximus wins achieved has no influence on the chance of winning a prize".
So, if you're feeling up for the challenge, make sure to log on to the game during these times to take part. If you have a Nintendo Switch Online subscription and haven't checked out Tetris 99 yet, then what are you doing? It's brilliant.
Will you be taking part? Do you like the sound of Switch Online events like this? Tell us below.
[source nintendo.co.uk]
Comments 33
Great prize, but... I imagine you have to get a lot of 1sts, a lot, in order to get into be among the best 999.
I've finished 2nd loads of times, top 10 the others. Once I finished 1st. Only took me 84 games to do so. I'll be participating in this but don't know if I'll do any good. Maybe I'll call in sick to work. Unless my boss is reading this in which case I'll call in dead.
3rd was my best rank so far ...70% i am in the top 10, but mostly 5~10th place. I guess i will never make it to the first place hahaha
@ryancraddock The rules look pretty clear to me:
"Out of all participants that finish at least one match of Tetris® 99 in first position (“Tetris Maximus”) during the event, 999 can win a prize of 999 My Nintendo Gold Points each, delivered to their Nintendo Account"
Edit: Ignore this... 🤦♂️
@chardir Yep, but as I said, they are the rules posted for the North American event. The European event has been revealed under a different name 'Grand Prix' and that description hasn't been posted anywhere on Nintendo of Europe's official channels.
It could well be the same rules as the North American one, but we can't know for sure yet.
@ryancraddock No, I copied that from the UK site terms:
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Campaigns/TETRIS-99-Grand-Prix-Event-Details-1524262.html
Haven't played Tetris for years, but will give it a go on sunday as six nations on saturday
@chardir Apologies, you're absolutely right. For some reason I can't access that link and therefore assumed the terms site was down, but it seems to work for others and explains the rules clearly.
Thanks for the heads up, I've changed the text above 😊
Here is it in more detail:
"Out of all participants that finish at least one match of Tetris® 99 in first position (“Tetris Maximus”) during the event, 999 can win a prize of 999 My Nintendo Gold Points each, delivered to their Nintendo Account. The number of Tetris Maximus wins achieved has no influence on the chance of winning a prize. If more than 999 participants achieve a Tetris Maximus win, winners will be determined by random draw. If less than 999 participants achieve a Tetris Maximus win within the period, the number of winners will be reduced accordingly."
I think this method is a bit more fair and more ethical than the US one. People with less available time still have a change to win in Europe if they win at least 1 match.
So if I get more than one 1st, do I increase my chances of winning the prize? Or is it equal weighting for anyone who won at least one match?
@dystome Just need to win once.
@Starvald Alright thanks.
@Bunkerneath,
Which team are you supporting? As you can see from my username there's no guessing who I'll be supporting
So Nintendo makes no money from the direct sale of this game, had to pay Tetris for the license, put time and money in to develop it, and is now forefiting a collective £20000 in discounted eShop purchases?
The hell.
So NL you can unpublish the piece now. There's no need more people finds out about this, especially if it's going to be some kind of raffle. LOL
Just gotta come first once. Easy to say but real difficult in practice
My best places have been 11th and 6th. I have no reason not to give this a go. Who knows, might pull off 1st for once.
There goes my weekend...
@Knuckles-Fajita for the players! I think the aim is to attract more online subs.
@Welshland Wales of course! Brilliant win against England last time.
I should have realised with a Neath in your name lol
And yes it was fantastic win against England
the rules for this one are much better than the US rules. you just know that there will be enough crazy people in the US racking up win after win doing nothing else all weekend so it's not even worth trying in the US.
with the European rules you just need to get one win and some luck.
Looks like I found what I’ll be doing while stranded at the in-laws this weekend!
My highest ranking is an embarrassing 13! Achieved once!
Any tips?
Guess I'm playing more Tetris this weekend. I've got 1st place twice so far. Last time I checked, I had played for 5 hours. I should be able to reach 1st place in time to have a chance of winning.
@Knuckles-Fajita
Well it is $10 on digital money, which means it'll be spent on their games.
Imagine someone who wasn't to thrilled to buy Yoshi or something, but because they have $10 + another $10 in discounts, instead of Nintendo not making $60, they made $40 USD. Sounds pretty good for them. They know they'll get people to play more, which means more support. Plus the game needs the online subscription. So yea, this pays for half the year.
Smart business move. No one be winning $10 for the pub, but for more games.
But you probably know this and I'm just rambling... ._.
@Lionyone
Get the hang of quick drop, literally help me get 6th (highest I have had after 5 games or so). But I don't have that great of advice from someone who hasn't even placed first yet.
I get destroyed when there are 5 people targeting me T_T
@Ttimer5 I did know that. Hence I said "forefiting a collective £20000 in discounted eShop purchases"
I specifically said it was in eShop discounts. But regardless that's still £20000 they aren't making from eShop purchases, but is probably subsidised by the volume of subscriptions they have to play Tetris 99 in the first place.
@Retron Always been that way with Nintendo. LIke it's convenient when we count as EU/UK stuff and when we don't.
Wuuuut? Did someone say 10 bucks?
I tried this, i totally sucked and deleted it. Maybe i will re download for the weekend but doubt I'll win.
@Retron This is crap. WE ARE PEOPLE TOO NINTENDO!
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Lol.
Well my best is 8th so far, but this gives me an incentiveto try and bust that this weekend. Especially with the lottery type rules. I probably have a tiny chance of getting 1st place once and then winning a prize. In the US rules i'd have to get 1st multiple times and that aint ever happening!
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