This is not a drill, people: Tetris for NES will join the Nintendo Switch Online library on December 12. Nintendo of America <a target="_blank" data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1863750001781792782″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:announced;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “> this exciting unexpected arrival today in x. The NES port of Tetris It was initially released in 1989, so it's been a long time until this classic title returns to Nintendo hardware.
That's not to say there haven't been plenty of other ways to get your tetrimino fix. Tetris is an ever popular puzzle game, with many official releases and many imitations. And many of them, like the dazzling Tetris effectThey are extremely good. But the NES version is the one most often hailed as the best of the bunch. It is the iteration used primarily in the fascinating and even after more than three decades, one gamer barely managed to do it by breaking his little computer brain. For those of us who missed the NES era, or those whose NES hardware bit the dust long ago, we finally have a modern way to play this iconic version of Tetris It is very exciting news.
The Switch Online service has received a couple of notable updates in recent weeks. One of the Sega Genesis games joined the Switch's online library, and Nintendo also launched an app for subscription plan members. While that's all well and good, the really exciting development will be the long-awaited announcement, expected in March.