Nintendo Expands Switch Online's NES And Game Boy Color Library With Two More Classics

WOAH TETRIS DX?!?!

For some reason Donkey Kong Land III was also listed as “something new to play” after I updated the Game Boy app, even though I’ve been playing through it for the past week.

Ok. I don't know if I was expecting something along with Nintendo's NES Tetris, but it wasn't Tetris DX.

Not that I'm complaining, that's a Tetris I have never played.

EDIT: I already love the music box rendition of the Tetris Records theme in Tetris DX.

EDIT 2: So, with the surprise addition of Tetris DX, let's see again how many Tetris games there are on Switch.

-Tetris 99
-Tetris Effect: Connected
-Tetris Forever, which has 17 games plus Tetris Time Warp
-Puyo Puyo Tetris
-Puyo Puyo Tetris 2
-Nintendo's NES Tetris (via NSO)
-Tetris (Game Boy) (via NSO)
-Tetris DX (via NSO)
-Tetris: The Grand Master (via Arcade Archives)
-Tetris: The Absolute - The Grand Master 2 Plus (via Arcade Archives)
-Tetris Diamond (via G-Mode Archives, Japan-only)

Am I missing any? If not, that's 27 games (28 if you include Tetris Time Warp). And if you want to be pedantic, there's Panel de Pon (which was originally released on the west as Tetris Attack) and the Tetris representation in Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Is NES Tetris is considered the definitive version for competition? I’m guessing emulated versions won’t replace this? Anyway, NES Tetris is exciting

Thats great.

Should they ever figure out a way to do DS games on Switch 2, there's hope for Tetris DS.

Or heck, the 5 or so Tetris spin offs on Gameboy.

And N64 games?

Love Alexey and Henk! Here’s to the next 40 years of Tetris!

@mereel Same thing happened to me. Weird. My save state was still there, though.

@Dr_Corndog @mereel Same here, that "glitch" is also present on the Japanese app.

Tetris DX is a surprise, but a welcome one!
The music isn't as iconic as the GB original, but the glitches make the game real fun to mess around with.

And Tetris NES is still one of the best ways to play classic no-frills Tetris. I've already spent over an hour with it, and it remains a treat ❤️

@timp29 NES Tetris is still the go-to for official competitions around the world, yes.

Do hope they keep churning out NSO games at a more frequent pace like they've been doing. These don't really do anything for me - I'm pretty much of the mindset, "Tetris is Tetris and we already had Tetris" - but cool for the people who are hyped for them.

Switch is reaching peak Tetris though

Well tetris is always better than more dr mario. May play a bit of this actually

to my knowledge, tetris DX's big thing was being able to save high scores, and multiple player profiles. 👍 made it very compelling to switch off doing high score attempts on road trips. my personal favorite tetris game.

I'd rather these two be included in the recent Tetris Forever release simply so I don't have to retain a NSO membership or when the service eventually discontinues on the Switch and I can remain playing them! Oh well, no better time than the present to play these I suppose.

NES Tetris is my favorite! This is awesome!

Tetris DX is the first Gameboy game I owned, incredibly happy to see it back.

And even with those we still hadn't gotten all the Tetris yet, we're still missing Genesis Tetris, Tengen Tetris, Tetris 64, The New Tetris, Magical Tetris Challenge, Tetris/Dr. Mario, Tetris Plus, Tetris World, and Tetris DS.

And here I was just seeing the Tetris movie two days ago.

I’ll be playing both. Welcome update.

Tetris DX plays so much better than original GB Tetris. Great addition.

Cool, will be giving these a spin. Personally want the Dr Mario variant that was paired up with Tetris on SNES, that one was rad.

Tetris DX was, and still is - I still have my GBC Tetris DX cartridge and play often on my modded GBC (with a new screen and shell) - one of my favourite Tetris games.

So, I am very happy here.

@Serpenterror @Yosher Yeah, the Tetris & Dr Mario SNES game has two player support with a mode where you play rounds of both games. 😊🤞

Did they change the music on NES Tetris? Maybe my memory is just flawed.

We must have every single version of Tetris on the Switch.

But if you want Tetris Attack,
go shove a fork up your arse.

Now if we could just get Tetris DS and the original GB Tetris with the Rosy Retrospection and DX patches and I’d have all my favourite Tetris games on one system!

Great update! The NSO library is starting to become quite impressive.

My mom would be thrilled about Tetris DX. She used to steal my GBC and bring it with her when she worked nights & went to cancer treatment in the mornings.

@rvcolem1 I'm still waiting for Tetris and Dr. Mario for the SNES. That games had a mode that mixed the two games which is my family's favourite multiplayer game! 🤎

OMG I love the three minute Ultra mode on Tetris DX! What a nice surprise!

And this gives me hope The New Tetris on N64 might come at some point too!

I forgot how 'sticky' the pieces were in the NES version. #Old-SchoolChallenge

@Clyde_Radcliffe
Give me TETRISPHERE!!!!!!

@HammerGalladeBro That's a lot of Tetris!

@LadyCharlie Time to wall climb your way to victory, huh?

I like the original Gameboy Version more than the DX

Still needs Tetris 2, Tetris Blast and Tetris Attack for the Gameboy to show that Nintendo was really milking the property by shoving the name into any puzzle game.

Always nice to see Alexey Pajitnov, that man is so cool and heartwarming.

The website complains if all I say is just o/yeayo/
So I'll pad it all out, even though it's just o/yeayo/
I love Tetris DX, and this brightens my day.
So I'll play it all morning, and be happy and o/yeayo/

@Clyde_Radcliffe
Puyo Puyo Tetris (both of them) has the Ultra mode, too, and has become my new all-time favourite Tetris version. Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 even has a multiplayer Ultra mode!
Mmmmm....

@Crono1973 NES Tetris does not have the famous Tetris theme aka Korobeiniki, but Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy as the default music. Korobeiniki was introduced via the GB version.

wasn't tetris nes already two weeks ago? anyway good to add since this year it was 'beaten' ,,, wonder how that wunderkid works on this version

Surprised we actually got TWO Tetris games in this update. Also I love that they got the creator of Tetris to share the message, I think that's really heartwarming and makes the announcement feel more special than them just throwing the games on NSO and calling it a day

@HammerGalladeBro So what you're saying is, WE NEED MORE TETRIS! It's a very under served market on Switch. I hope they fix this on the Super Nintendo Switch.

Wish it was Tengen Tetris for NES though with coop mode...

Huh. Wasn't expecting a Tetris DX, but then again, I didn't know it existed. Very nice. Oh and I guess everyone "re-got" Donkey Kong Land III 😁

@PKDuckman Korobeiniki goes back a little further than the GameBoy version. I heard it in some of the 1988 home computer versions in Tetris Forever.

@BoFiS Right. For historical purposes, Tengen Tetris should be in the Tetris Forever collection or on NSO. 😊

I am glad Tetris NES is finally getting the love it deserves by being added to NSO. Besides Super Mario Bros., I grew up playing Tetris in my dad's NES and I can say that as an autistic person, this game helped me a lot to become more patient as also keeping me focused on one activity without being distracted. This is the definitive version of Tetris every nintendo gamer should play at least once in their life.

Classic games no doubt but still a Zzzzz for me. Maybe one day when Switch 5 comes out we’ll see classic Cube and Wii games hit??? 🙄🙄 Heck even Wii U had some Wii games!!

@Pillowpants Yep, and the number is only gonna get bigger on Switch 2 since it'll be backwards compatible and NSO will be there as well.

@SoIDecidedTo Absolutely.

any time i hear Alexey's voice say "play tetris, my friends" i can't help but smile
probably the highlight of gold master vol 3 if anything for me, that and Henk being one hell of a storyteller

We still need Tetris 2, and Tetrisphere.