Wii Points up for grabs in Tetris Party tournaments

by Chris Greenhough { Nov 20th 2008 at 10:30PM }

Those online Tetris Party tournaments won't just enhance your fearsome internet reputation -- they'll also offer Wii Points as prizes, a pretty awesome way of keeping player interest high. The first tournament kicks off December 1st, and contains four rounds, each featuring one of Tetris Party's eighteen variations. After you complete a round, the game will give you a rank and confirmation code, which you can register at the official Tetris Party tournament site. Perform strongly over all four rounds, and you could win!

Five hundred prizes are up for grabs (though how many points will be given away isn't known), and we're fairly sure this is a global contest -- there's no mention of regional restrictions in the press release. Skip past the break for start dates, end dates, and other details of the first tournament, then get practicing!

Gallery: Tetris Party

Tetris Party -- Tournament #1 details

Round One: Play Marathon mode (Endless option OFF), obtain highest score possible.
Starts: 0:00 (GMT) on December 1, 2008
Ends: 23:59 (GMT) on December 15, 2008

Round Two: Play Field Climber mode, try to get climber to goal in the shortest amount of time.
Starts: 0:00 (GMT) on December 16, 2008
Ends: 23:59 (GMT) on December 31, 2008

Round Three: Play Shadow mode (Stage 7 -- Bomberman), solve the puzzle in shortest total time and with 100% completion.
Starts: 0:00 (GMT) on January 1, 2009
Ends: 23:59 (GMT) on January 15, 2009

Round Four: Play Stage Racer mode (Route T -- Beginner), cross finish line in the least amount of time.
Starts: 0:00 (GMT) on January 16, 2009
Ends: 23:59 (GMT) on January 31, 2009

Round Five that we might have made up: Mentally attune yourself to the fact that you're competing with us now, a.k.a, the BEST TETRIS PLAYERS ON THE PLANET EVER.
Starts: Now
Ends: For many, never

Tags: contest, hudson, puzzle, tetris-party, tournament, wii-points

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

hvnlysoldr @ Nov 20th 2008 10:37PM

Darn it! I'm hundreds of hours late on practice to actually rank in those tournaments.

TheOverlord#2(AC FC: 1161-3212-7729 Pre-Game Night: Wednesday 7pm) @ Nov 20th 2008 10:45PM

I could do well, but probably not as well as who will win or who is in the Top 500.
And hopefully now more games will do this, especially to compete for special items from a Wii Download Ticket.

Raven @ Nov 21st 2008 12:06AM

this is really an awesome idea.

Sonic_13 @ Nov 21st 2008 1:57AM

This is awesome. I will be downloading Tetris Party this weekend and playing it with friends and family over Thanksgiving.

The idea of possibly winning Wii Points makes it all even sweeter.

Sisyphus @ Nov 21st 2008 4:28AM

That's my thinking as well. Although I doubt I'll do well enough to win squat, the possibility is enough plant the seed.

Anthony @ Nov 21st 2008 5:44AM

This is exactly what I want from my Wii !

I want to see multi-player to the max and more prices - Wii-points are pretty much perfect!

It is a shame that it is only limited to 500 prizes. Nintendo needs to embrace and promote the community spirit of its users and give something back for all the $$$ we are spending and all the $$$ they are keeping because they don't wish to cut prices (even though their increasing production is almost certainly bringing them huge cost savings!)

I think the killer application would be online multiplay of Wii Sports/ Wii Fit - I don't need fancy graphics. I don't care about sword play or jet-ski - just give us some online multiplayer tournaments with some cold hard Wii-points as rewards!