Tetris 99

Tetris 99^[a] is an online version of the tile-matching video game Tetris, developed by Arika, and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch in February 2019. The software is free, but only to Nintendo Switch Online members. Using elements of the battle royale genre, Tetris 99 has up to 99 players competing at the same time to complete rows with falling tetrominoes (blocks), which send attacks in the form of "garbage rows" to other players with the goal of knocking them out of the game.

Tetris 99
Developer(s)	Arika
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Director(s)	Ryuichi Nakada Akito Kitamura
Producer(s)	Ichirou Mihara Hitoshi Yamagami Akira Kinashi
Designer(s)	Akito Kitamura Makoto Hasebe
Programmer(s)	Hitoshi Hirashima
Composer(s)	Teruo Taniguchi
Series	Tetris
Engine	NintendoWare Bezel Engine[source?]
Platform(s)	Nintendo Switch
Release	Nintendo eShop WW: February 13, 2019 Physical release JP: August 9, 2019 NA: September 6, 2019 EU: September 20, 2019
Genre(s)	Puzzle, battle royale
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Arika would later develop similar games called Super Mario Bros. 35 and Pac-Man 99, which instead involve the games Super Mario Bros. and Pac-Man.

Other websites

• Official website
• Tetris website

References and notes

1. Japanese: テトリス99, Hepburn: Tetorisu 99^?