Tetris Forever is scheduled to release on the Nintendo Switch on 12th November 2024, and in the latest trailer for the new Gold Master Series entry from Digital Eclipse, we get a fresh new look at the title's 'Tetris Time Warp' mode.
Made exclusively for this new release, Time Warp is a singleplayer and multiplayer mode in which players are transported throughout different eras from the game's storied history. You start playing with modern visuals, but when you encounter a 'Time Warp Tetrimino', the visuals will change and you'll be taken through to another distinct Tetris era.
You'll be moving through to the original 1984 Tetris on the Soviet Electronika 60 computer, the 1989 black and white handheld era, and the 1993 Bombliss era. Up to four players are supported, and we frankly can't wait to get stuck in.
The new trailer features lead programmer and designer for Tetris Time Warp, Jason Cirillo, who sits down for a discussion with Digital Eclipse's studio head Mike Mika about how this new mode came to be.
If you're unfamiliar with Tetris Forever, here's a reminder of the key features:
- The Game that Started It All: Digital Eclipse has prepared an authentic recreation of the first version of Tetris, which Alexey Pajitnov created on a Soviet “Electronika 60” computer system. Experience the look and feel of Tetris as Alexey envisioned it in 1984.
- Interactive Timelines: Explore a virtual museum with archival materials, including video featurettes, photos, original ads, and playable games restored in high-definition and presented chronologically.
- The True Story of Tetris: With over 90 minutes of all-new documentary featurettes produced by Area 5—creators of Outerlands, Grounded: The Making of The Last of Us and Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II — explore the true story of Tetris in its purest form.
- An All-New Tetris Game: Tetris Time Warp, an all-new Tetris variant by Digital Eclipse, will have up to four players warping between different eras of Tetris in real time to experience a variety of memorable graphic styles and play mechanics!
Are you looking forward to checking out Tetris Time Warp in the upcoming Tetris Forever title? Which 'era' of Tetris is your favourite? Let us know with a comment.
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With your hands on your hips!
The video was set to private at first, but now it's back so it seems they've already fixed whatever was wrong with it.
Anyway, looking forward to Tetris Forever as a whole so absolutely including the Time Warp mode!
And turn your piece to the Ri-i-iiiiight
It's gonna be that kind of day 😆
Looks great! I grew up on Tetris and Panel de Pon so I love these puzzle games. Very interested in this collection!
Still waiting on that physical.
Although a cool project, I haven’t been interested in Tetris Forever until seeing this Time Warp mode. I enjoy Tetris, but I may need a deep discount on Tetris Forever to actually buy it, considering I already have Puyo Puyo Tetris and Tetris Effect on my Switch. If Tetris DS was remastered, I’d buy that in a heartbeat.
Not that I'd blame y'all with the article about the game itself, but this is now the second Rocky Horror reference within just hours and I swear if Tim Curry, Patricia Quinn, Richard O'Brien, or any of the other cast pass away over the next few days then I know who to glare at.
Looks great, though I'd prefer physical.
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Honestly seems like a really cool mode to put in competitively. Seems like there could lots of back and forth interactions because of the time-warp. I only wish they were maybe able to represent a few more eras of Tetris, like maybe have one of Tetris's extra silly modes represent a time period like with tower climber and the late 90's and possibly Tetris Plus, or work with Enhance to have a Tetris Effect warp where you need to clear at least 8 lines in zone mode or something. Like I think that would be so cool for actually getting more Tetris history represented, while working around obviously nit being able to have those specific games on there
I don't think any Tetris game would be able to pull me away from Tetris Effect Connected now. But this is all cool I'm sure.
I love it! I forgot Jason Cirillo is now at Digital Eclipse, still working on games with a similar spirit to the Bit Trip series. I love that its a different spin to what we usually see with multiplayer Tetris where the punishment is typically garbage blocks.
I really feel this is shaping up to be a must-have collection. It's just too bad I'm only a fair weather Tetris fan and not a die hard. I hope it does really well though.
If I hadn’t just got Tetris Effect recently (not regretting it), I might pick this up.
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