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Tetris 99
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About
Tetris 99 is an online multiplayer Tetris game for the Nintendo Switch console developed by ARIKA and released on February 13th, 2019. The game pits 99 players against each other, with the online match continuing until all but one players lose. Online, the game was dubbed "Tetris Battle Royale", with multiple memes ridiculing the concept posted following the release.
History
On February 13th, 2019, Nintendo announced the release of a multiplayer installment in the Tetris video game series titled Tetris 99 in a Nintendo Direct[1] presentation. On the same day, the game was made available for free to Nintendo Switch Online subscribers.
Reception
Early reception of the game was positive, with the game maintaining 8.7 user rating on Metacritic[2] with six votes submitted after 24 hours and news outlet The Verge [3] calling the game "amazing".
![Tetris 99 Gameplay NEXT Κ.Ο.s К.О. К.О. Randoms Badges 9H1 59< Attackers K.O. κ.ο. argeting К.О. K.O. 72 98 7 71 к.о. κ.ο. PLACE 66/gg ко ОО 000% UP 5 9 9](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/460/728/a2d.jpg)
![Tetris 99 Gameplay HOLD L NEXT K.O.s Randoms (R) -Badge Attackers argeting Κ.Ο. 53 61 15 36 κ.ο. κ.ο.κ КОРК.О. 21 5S 8430 К.О. 2 31 98 9182 2 35 ка, кака ка че 32 39 86 65 PLACE 25 81 68 22/g9 Κ.01 52 85 050% UP TCH OU 요니 a. K니 디 K.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/460/727/909.jpg)
Online Presence
On June 15th, 2018, Redditor[8] tornillo86 posted a joke about a battle royale installment in the Tetris series to /r/gaming subreddit (shown below). The post gained over 1,600 upvotes in six months. Following the announcement of Tetris 99, Redditor[9] IHad360K_KarmaDammit reposted the image to the subreddit, gaining over 6,200 upvotes in one day.
![The last in battle royal.. TETK BATTLE ROYALE SCORE 8432](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/460/737/f4d.jpg)
After the Tetris 99 was announced, multiple posts which referred to Tetris 99 as "Tetris Battle Royale" appeared on Twitter[4][5] and Reddit[6] (examples shown below).
![Tetris BATTLE ROYALE Bear @BearUNLV Tetris BATTLE ROYALE APEX GONNA DIE FORTNITE DEAD PUBG DED YALL DONE 5:25 PM - 13 Feb 2019 from Las Vegas, NV](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/460/712/177.jpg)
![NINTENDO JUST ANNOUNCED A TETRIS BATTLE ROYALE GAME Nibel @Nibellion NINTENDO JUST ANNOUNCED A TETRIS BATTLE ROYALE GAME #Nintendâ—‹Direct PLAYERS ETK WINNER 99/99 000%up A Special Offer Nintendo Switch Onlin LINE 5:25 PM 13 Feb 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/460/713/86e.jpg)
![oh my God they made Tetris battle royale RTGame Daniel @RTGameCrowd oh my God they made Tetris battle royale 5:25 PM - 13 Feb 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/460/711/189.jpg)
![I rush to twitter to make a "TETRIS BATTLE ROYALE" joke jacksfilms @jacksfilms I rush to twitter to make a "TETRIS BATTLE ROYALE" joke and it's literally trending on twitter. Friendzoned again 5:52 PM - 13 Feb 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/460/717/faa.jpg)
Additionally, posts in which the concept of the game was ridiculed, often by comparison to Apex Legends, Fortnite, PUBG and other battle royale games, appeared on various online platforms. In one popular post, Twitter[7] user _ScaleTipper made a reference to dance emotes from Fortnite.
Tetris 99's emotes look sick pic.twitter.com/AZjduW4oFc
— Tipper (@_ScaleTipper) February 13, 2019
Various Examples
![The champ is here APEX LEGENDS_ You can't defeat me FORTNITE BATTLE ROVALE I know, but he can ETTKL](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/460/520/1ad.png)
![The one true royale APEN LEGENDS ORTNIE BATLEGROUNES](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/460/614/ca4.png)
![fortnite TETRIS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/460/647/1e8.jpg)
![When you thought the BR craze is over KEALM ROYALE FORTNITE APEX LEGENDS TETT](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/460/733/c2d.jpg)
![Tetris op my guy Nintendo: Announces Tetris battle royale. Internet: you did it. you crazy son of a bitch, you did it](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/460/732/7b4.png)
![Tetris 99 for the win! FORTNITE TETR 99 BATTLE ROVALE |Battle royale The cooler Battle royale Ju](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/460/731/ceb.png)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Nintendo – Nintendo Direct 2.13.2019
[3] The Verge – Tetris 99 is the opposite of Tetris Effect, and it’s amazing
[4] Twitter – @Nibellion's Tweet
[5] Twitter – @BearUNLV's Tweet
[6] Reddit – A Tetris Battle Royale game was just announced
[7] Twitter – @_ScaleTipper's Post
[8] Reddit – The last in battle royal..
[9] Reddit – AThis image was made as a joke 8 months ago. Today…it became reality.
Top Comments
Nedhitis
Feb 13, 2019 at 08:59PM EST
SomeRandomDude1
Feb 14, 2019 at 01:44AM EST