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Tetris Attack is a 1996 puzzle game for the Game Boy, developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. A localization of Panel de Pon with Yoshi’s Island characters, it has no connection to Tetris mechanics: players swap adjacent blocks with a cursor to match three or more as the stack rises. Modes include Endless, Timed, Stage Clear, Puzzle, and Vs via Game Link Cable.

How To Play Tetris Attack

Control Action
D-Pad Move the two-block cursor around the playfield
A or B Swap the two blocks under the cursor
SELECT (hold) Raise the stack faster
Match 3+ blocks in a row or column Clear them; falling blocks that match trigger chains
D-Pad (menu) Select mode, difficulty, and character
START Start / pause

About Tetris Attack

Release date NA: August 1996
EU: November 28, 1996
JP: October 26, 1996
Developer Intelligent Systems
Publisher Nintendo
Platform Game Boy (also SNES)
Genre Puzzle
Series Puzzle League (Panel de Pon); Yoshi
Modes Single-player (Endless, Timed, Stage Clear, Puzzle, Vs. CPU); 2-player versus via Game Link Cable
Also known as Yoshi no Panepon (Japan)

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