Tetris Party

 is a puzzle video game by Hudson Soft for WiiWare. An installment of the "Tetris" series, the game supports the use of Miis and the Wii Balance Board, and features both local and online multiplayer in addition to several single-player modes unique to the game.
The game was released in Japan on October 14, 2008, in North America on October 20, 2008, and in Europe and Australia on October 24, 2008.
A retail version called Tetris Party Deluxe which was announced by Tetris Online, Inc., Hudson Soft, Nintendo Australia and Majesco Entertainment, was released in 2010 for the Wii and the Nintendo DS systems.
A DSiWare version called Tetris Party Live was released in North America on November 22, 2010, and later in the PAL region on December 3, 2010. This version is no longer available for purchase as of March 31, 2012.
Game modes.
"Tetris Party" introduces a number of new game modes. In addition to the 15-level traditional single player only marathon mode, the single and multiplayer versus modes, and Vs. Hot Lines and Team Battle modes returning from earlier games, as well as the return of Bombliss, these new modes include:
The multiplayer versus modes support up to four players offline and six players online through the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and feature new powerups that utilize the pointer and motion functions of the Wii Remote. The game also keeps skill charts and statistics and features online leaderboards and more than 130 achievements for players to monitor their progress.
The game does not include any multiplayer marathon modes. Garbage is not optional in multiplayer mode as it was in "The New Tetris".
Tournament play.
Both Hudson and Tetris Online have organized tournaments for players of the game, with the first held in December 2008. Each tournament involves the different game modes in "Tetris Party", with the first and third tournaments featuring four rounds with four different game modes contested in each.
There was a total of four tournaments where the top 500 in the first and third tournaments and top 100 in the second and fourth tournaments would be credited with 1,200 Nintendo points to use for either the Wii Shop or DSiWare Shop.
Reception.
"Tetris Party".
"Tetris Party" received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. IGN called it "the best console version [of "Tetris"] we've seen in years" and a "must buy", though they were slightly disappointed in the somewhat limited online multiplayer. "Nintendo Life" praised the online play in general and called it "the most robust online "Tetris" experience money can buy" next to "Tetris DS", though they were also disappointed in the limited online play modes and felt the game is geared more towards local multiplayer than for solo players. "Official Nintendo Magazine" was very impressed by the "addictive online play" and commented on the "great variety of modes". They also loved the "classic Tetris gameplay" and thought it was "good value for your points." However, they did mark it down as they thought the "Balance Board mode was a bit gimmicky."
The game was nominated for multiple Wii-specific awards by IGN in its 2008 video game awards, including Best WiiWare Game and Best Puzzle Game.
"Tetris Party Deluxe".
The DS version of "Tetris Party Deluxe" received "generally favorable reviews", while the Wii version received "average" reviews, according to Metacritic. In Japan, "Famitsu" gave it a score of one eight and three sevens for the DS version, and one eight, one six, one seven, and one eight for the Wii version.
"Tetris Party Live".
At the time of release, "Tetris Party Live" received "average" reviews according to Metacritic.