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August 3rd, 2016 
Carl Williams 
Tetris Attack was an awesome game. Too bad it had to rip off the Tetris name as that probably should have been saved for a true puzzle game in the series. What we got in Tetris Attack was a Nintendo-ized puzzle game that was pretty much all new for the North American market. Bejeweled would take this game design one step further and create a new genre of gaming.
This feels familiar
The premise of this game is almost completely backwards than that of Tetris – they rise out of the bottom. You are not removing lines, you are matching 3, or more, pieces and setting up combos similar to Columns on the Sega platforms. The only thing that this games has connecting it to Tetris is the “well” that pieces fill and the score being on the screen.
One game, many platforms, many names
Along with the Super Nintendo version of Tetris Attack, Nintendo released a Game Boy version. Over the years Nintendo has kept Tetris Attack alive and well on their platforms. Nintendo remade and renamed the original to Pokemon Puzzle League and featured Pokemon characters. We saw a similar release on the Game Boy Color in Pokemon Puzzle Challenge. Nintendo reworked TA little bit as Nintendo Puzzle Collection which was released on the Nintendo GameCube. On that first optical media based Nintendo console it featured the original Panel de Pon characters but with updated graphics.
Remakes more than ports
Back to North America and the Game Boy Advance release of Dr. Mario and Puzzle League we see a stripped down version. Puzzle League featured generic graphics much to the disdain of hardcore fans. Weird considering this is the only version like this. Tetris Attack, Puzzle League, saw release many for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi portable platforms.
Where to get it right now
If you need some Tetris Attack in your life (it really is awesome) then hit up eBay, Amazon
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