Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Tetris 2 landed on Game Forest GF today and this commercial captures one of the loudest, most over the top Nintendo ads of the early 90s. Developed by Tose and published by Nintendo, Tetris 2 released for the NES in 1993, then ported to the Game Boy that same year and the Super Nintendo in 1994, but unlike the original Tetris, this one was not designed by Alexey Pajitnov at all, since it was an internal Nintendo and Tose project instead.
The gameplay flips the original formula on its head. Instead of clearing horizontal lines, you match three or more same colored blocks together to clear flashing colored dots already sitting on the board, borrowing a bit of the same logic Dr. Mario used for its capsules, and some of the tetromino pieces only connect diagonally at the corners instead of fully touching like classic Tetris blocks. One detail longtime fans noticed right away is that the soundtrack dropped the iconic Russian inspired music from the earlier games, with Nintendo Power specifically calling the replacement tunes rather sad in comparison.
Critics were genuinely split on this one, with some magazines calling the NES version a disappointment with weak graphics, while Nintendo Power praised the Super Nintendo version as offering the best Tetris experience available on any system at the time. None of that stopped it from selling, though, since Tetris 2 became the top selling NES and Game Boy game in the US in January 1994 alone, and stayed at the top of the UK's NES charts for eight separate months that same year. One last bit of trivia worth knowing is that this is not the only Tetris 2 out there, since Bullet Proof Software had already released a completely unrelated Japan only game with the exact same name back in 1991.
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Tetris 2 landed on Game Forest GF today and this commercial captures one of the loudest, most over the top Nintendo ads of the early 90s. Developed by Tose and published by Nintendo, Tetris 2 released for the NES in 1993, then ported to the Game Boy that same year and the Super Nintendo in 1994, but unlike the original Tetris, this one was not designed by Alexey Pajitnov at all, since it was an internal Nintendo and Tose project instead.
The gameplay flips the original formula on its head. Instead of clearing horizontal lines, you match three or more same colored blocks together to clear flashing colored dots already sitting on the board, borrowing a bit of the same logic Dr. Mario used for its capsules, and some of the tetromino pieces only connect diagonally at the corners instead of fully touching like classic Tetris blocks. One detail longtime fans noticed right away is that the soundtrack dropped the iconic Russian inspired music from the earlier games, with Nintendo Power specifically calling the replacement tunes rather sad in comparison.
Critics were genuinely split on this one, with some magazines calling the NES version a disappointment with weak graphics, while Nintendo Power praised the Super Nintendo version as offering the best Tetris experience available on any system at the time. None of that stopped it from selling, though, since Tetris 2 became the top selling NES and Game Boy game in the US in January 1994 alone, and stayed at the top of the UK's NES charts for eight separate months that same year. One last bit of trivia worth knowing is that this is not the only Tetris 2 out there, since Bullet Proof Software had already released a completely unrelated Japan only game with the exact same name back in 1991.
Let me know in the comments if you played the NES, Game Boy or SNES version first. Subscribe to Game Forest GF for retro gaming content every single day.
#tetris2 #tetris #nes #gameboy #nintendo #retrogaming #classicgaming #90scommercial #retrocommercials #90sgaming #oldschoolgaming #vintagegaming #gaminghistory #90snostalgia #puzzlegames
