As we discovered last week (or last year, we should say), Kirby has a big year ahead - with the pink puff's developer HAL Laboratory teasing new projects, games, merchandise, and much more for 2021.
Now, to kick start the new year, Nintendo is hosting a Tetris 99 Maximus Cup and it just so happens to feature...you guessed it, Kirby! This event, which runs through until next Monday, is actually in celebration of last year's release, Kirby Fighters 2.
He’s pink. He’s powerful. He’s Kirby! By participating in the Tetrid 99 19th Maximus Cup online event, players can earn an in-game theme inspired by the Kirby Fighters 2 game. During the event, collect 100 event points by playing matches in the Tetris 99 online mode to unlock the in-game theme! The event will be: 1/7 (Thurs.) 11 p.m. PT to 1/11 (Mon.) 10:59 p.m. PT
Have you unlocked this special Kirby theme yet? Let us know in the comments below.
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These themes are the only reason I consider coming back to Tetris 99
@Danethor Well for me it's literally the only reason I will ever play the game online. I simply have a lot more fun playing the single player portion of this game, the marathon is what I play most of the time I am in the mood for some Tetris. The offline bots can be kinda fun on occasion, but the online play is just so hyper-competitive that I don't really want to play it. It seems like I am always getting matched with loads of pro players who are ridiculously fast and good at the game, sometimes I might be able to get near the top 10 but that's about as good as I can hope for, and I can usually beat 150 line mode without issue.
Periodic updates may seem insignificant to many, but they succeed at reminding an outsider like myself to try out the game. I keep forgetting to install it, and this new update has reminded me to do it sooner rather than later!
Welp let me go get my butt kicked for the sake of a theme. Right back at ya, Kirby.
After the Mario theme last cup I will never ever need to change how my Tetris 99 looks.
Yep I just come back to this game just to play them always fun.
@abdias That’s what I said after unlocking the gameboy theme 😆
Hoo boy. Here we go again...
@TheLightSpirit Agreed, alongside bringing back the Elemental Effects and Helpers.
@JayJ Pretty much the same with me. I mostly play marathon these days for the core experience, and return to the online mode when these events happen. But this is a nice strategy by Nintendo to keep the game alive.
I called this wrong. I thought Pikmin 3 was going to be the next theme. Did I miss it?
@abdias that’s funny I was so disappointed with that theme!! Thought they were kinda lazy with it://
@Tandy255 that would’ve made more sense to me! They already did a small Kirby game theme...
The theme choice really makes a difference to how well I play. I seem to do best on the Animal Crossing theme. I think it's the calm music.
Already got it, via a Tetris Maximus victory 😊
This theme is quite bad! The pieces have some engravings or something which makes it very difficult for me to focus. In my opinion, the pieces should be coloured rectangles. :/
Kirby Fighters 2 Tetris 99? Ouch, that's one hell of a beating.
I like the colors and backdrop design, but I thought the music for this one was meh.
I like this theme and the music for it. Already got it this morning. Surprisingly came third and didn't even realise how far I'd got until I lost.
Got loads of KOs and into the top ten a few times I was really surprised.
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