
count.Įach completed badge you have increases your attack power by 25 percent. contributes to badges, which appear beneath your K.O. Just beneath your rank, K.O.s are listed.

Here are the four choices, visible in faded white font at the top of the playfield: You have several strategies when it comes to targeting other players with Garbage Blocks, which can be chosen using the right analog stick.

Press the left shoulder button again to deploy it. If you want to hold a piece in reserve, use the left shoulder button to place a tetromino in the Hold Area. Things get a little more complicated from there. Face buttons-A, B, X and Y-rotate the tetromino. Use the D-pad to move tetrominoes side to side, press down for a speedy descent "Soft Drop," or press up for a "Hard Drop" to instantly pop the piece into place (Hard Drop can be turned off completely in the Options menu). Tetris 99 Controlsĭespite its frantic, information-rich, battle royale format, Tetris 99 controls are still, mostly, classic Tetris controls. You don't necessarily need to clear multiple rows at once, clearing a single row will eliminate a row of incoming attack blocks. For example, clear two rows at once and you'll eliminate two blocks from the oncoming attack. To get rid of the attacking Garbage Blocks, you'll need to drop combos. Stacked squares first appear as solid yellow, then quickly turn red, then flash yellow, red and pink, which means the blocks are about to get added to your playfield, as gray rows. It's important to keep an eye on the gutter just to the left of your playfield, because that's where incoming Garbage Block attacks accumulate. Garbage Blocks stack up fast when other players are targeting you in "Tetris 99." Arika / Nintendo
