Update []: Earlier this week, Nintendo announced a special Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom event for its battle royale Tetris 99. If you haven't already unlocked the theme, there's still some time left. Of course, you'll need to have an active Switch Online subscription to participate.
Original Story: The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom has been one of the major highlights for the Switch this year, and to send 2024 out with a bang, Tetris 99's final Maximus Cup of the year will be all about this game!
The 44th Maximus Cup will take place between 19th December and 23rd December, and if you participate and accumulate 100 points, you'll unlock a special theme.
"The Tetris® 99 44th MAXIMUS CUP event runs from 11 p.m. PT on December 19 to 10:59 p.m. PT on December 23. To participate, you’ll need to be a Nintendo Switch Online member* and play the Tetris 99 online mode during the event period. You’ll earn event points based on your placement in each match. Once you’ve accumulated a total of 100 event points, a new theme will unlock, featuring art, music and Tetrimino designs inspired by the Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom game!"
To play Tetris 99, you'll need to have an active Switch Online membership. And if you haven't already, Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is well worth a look if you're a fan of Link's top-down adventures. There's plenty of puzzle solving and the new mechanics add plenty of surprises.
In some related news, Nintendo added another Zelda track to its music app this week, and last week it added two Tetris titles to its Switch Online retro service.
Will you be participating in this next Tetris 99 event? What other themes would you like to see added? Let us know in the comments.
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oooh. I forgot we hadn't had this theme yet. Count me in.
Hopefully we get another update that adds access to prior events.
I missed ONE this year and now my theme collection is incomplete.
It's a shame they skipped TTYD (both Origami King and Super Mario RPG got themes) but still cool to see that Echoes of Wisdom got a theme.
Two Zelda themed announcements in one night? Let’s go! I will be participating, hopefully I am reminded when the event starts!
Crazy to see this silly little game still get support through events, but I'm not complaining! Genuinely, all these years later, I'll still get the urge to jump back in and see if I can attain Maximus. Didn't expect to like this game as much as I do!
Two Zelda things in one night...
Could there be something Zelda coming soon?
I read the headline as the final Maximus Cup…. 😮😮😮
…of 2024. 😅😅😅
Yay! Like others have mentioned, I love to keep getting more themes in my Tetris 99. Hope this never ends and gets carried over to whatever Switch 2's online will be.
Cherry on the cake would be an option to get a random theme automatically selected each time you start a new game!
Cool. I just wish there was a way I could get the two themes that I've missed so far, the Monster Hunter one and the Mario Party one.
Love to see the Tetris 99 support continuing for those still playing it and even more so since this latest event is about Echoes of Wisdom - fingers crossed all themes from prior events will eventually come back, too!
Nice, I'll play for this one.
I love these cups. Even though I don't care about this game, but hey, it's another theme.
About time! Echoes is the real GOTY in my book, and much more of a milestone in context. Astro Bot's biggest merit was preservation of SJS creative magic (all the more topical after another torch bearer in Sony's clip, Pixelopus, got their plug pulled) - but from the pragmatic perspective, if the award clout can secure more of that preservation on the publisher side, then Astro did need it more.
As always, I'll boot up the game and play enough to collect the theme during the event.
I also got a bit juked by the headline lol
@Slain @nukatha @JohnnyMind See if the theme is available for tickets during the Maximus Cup. I was missing a theme and it wasn’t available, even after they made some available. Later, I was able to get it. It was during a Maximus Cup, but no announcement was made that it was available again (it was Theme 12 - Kirby Fighters 2).
@DwaynesGames Based on what I've heard unfortunately some themes haven't come back even in that way but yep, luckily for most you should be able to get them by doing that!
Still wish they'd ever release older themes in the shop for any Maximus Cups we might have missed along the way...
I love this game and I need to rotate it in more often. I used to put a lot of hours into it weekly. I'll definitely be playing this event!
Eh, why not? I'm game. On a side note, I wish I could throw it down in Tetris like the person playing that demo LOL. I might have had a first by now. I'll enjoy my beautiful 5th Place.
Got it on Friday. It kind of makes me want to go back and play Echoes of Wisdom.
Does anybody know how often these event themes pop up? I'm missing so many of them, especially the last 5 or so.
What I don't like about this one is that the music doesn't change throught the match like it does in all the other special themes. The music should change once you get into the top 50, as well as when you get down to the top ten. They phoned it in on this one.
The music doesn't do much for me. I prefer something more intense or upbeat for Tetris. But the tetriminos are bright and easy to see against the backdrop, which is always a plus for me, as some of these custom themes make it difficult to see the gaps in your stack.
@CStallion It's quite random, but they don't often do reissues of earlier themes.
@citizen_zane It does change, at both top 50 and the top 10.
@larryisaman
Huh, guess I just didn't notice it. I only played it twice. I should give it another go.
@sanderev Yeah I noticed that! I hope they do some catch up events soon, or at least offer them as locked items purchasable with tickets like they did with the very first theme.
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