Tetris Effect: Connected
Arrange falling blocks into horizontal lines, building a Zone gauge that pauses their descent, while themed stages synchronize music and visuals with your play and Connected mode joins players' boards.
- AI score · out of 10
- 9.1 / 10
About this game
Place falling Tetriminos to complete horizontal lines, keeping a piece in Hold when you want to save it for later. Line clears charge the Zone gauge. In supported modes, activating Zone stops time and the pieces' descent while you continue building up cleared lines, giving the familiar stacking rules another decision: when to use that pause. Journey carries this play through themed stages with graphics, music and sound effects that synchronize with your actions. You choose a difficulty before setting out. For a different objective, Connected mode brings a team together against AI bosses and merges their playfields so they can clear lines jointly. Offline Local Matches can use CPU players to fill missing places.
Collected in topics
Local co-op picks
Work together on the same screen or console, sharing objectives, decisions and the satisfaction of overcoming challenges.
Category: Occasion
Collected in series
Tetris is a falling-block puzzle series about fitting four-square pieces into complete horizontal lines. Rotate and place each piece while leaving room for the next; its many variations turn that simple task into everything from competitive pressure to an audiovisual journey.
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AI review
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A strong design match for players who want tactical pauses and audiovisual feedback around familiar stacking.
Charging Zone through line clears creates a choice between using its pause to recover and saving it to build a larger clear. Journey's synchronized presentation and Connected's merged boards could appeal for different reasons: personal concentration or working toward a shared board objective.
Strengths
- Zone could make planning its activation as engaging as choosing where the next piece lands.
- Merged playfields may give cooperative players a more tangible shared task than simply comparing separate results.
Who it is for: Players who enjoy refining block placement, timing a stored resource and coordinating a cooperative puzzle objective.
Play notes: Multiplayer requires the latest game version; the publisher recommends checking the version on the title screen.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Journey's stage progression and selectable difficulties offer a framework that may suit players who prefer a defined sequence over an isolated match. | Reviewed | 8.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension A gauge earned through line clears could make Zone a useful planning layer for players who like deciding when to recover or pursue a larger clear. | Reviewed | 9.3 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Music, graphics and effects that synchronize with play could make each placement feel connected to the stage's presentation. | Reviewed | 9.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension CPU substitutes in offline Local Matches may make cooperative sessions easier to arrange when a full human group is unavailable. | Reviewed | 8.9 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- MonstarsStage GamesResonair
- Publisher
- Enhance
- Release date
- Oct 8, 2021
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Puzzle · Primary genreMusic & Dance
- Tags
- Puzzle SolvingPlayer versus PlayerScience FictionRhythm-based PlayFast-pacedSide-scrollingArcade StyleLow Entry BarrierLocal Co-op3D GraphicsReplayableShort SessionsPick-up and PlaySolo-friendlyOnline Co-op
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single playerMultiplayerCo-op
- Perspectives
- Virtual realitySide view
Release editions
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwideOct 8, 2021
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Sources
- www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
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