Tetris 2 (NES)

Tetris 2
Also known as: Tetris Flash (JP) Developer: TOSE Publisher: Nintendo Platform: NES Released in JP: September 21, 1993 Released in US: October 1993 Released in EU: 1993 This game has unused graphics. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden sound test. This game has regional differences.

Tetris 2 is the so-called "sequel" to Nintendo's NES rendition of the classic game (in the same way that Pac-Man 2 is the sequel to the original Pac-Man). It's a sort of mish-mash of Tetris and Dr. Mario, and while nowhere near as iconic as either, it's still solid fun in its own right.

Not to be confused with Bullet-Proof Software's Japan-only sequel to their version of Tetris

CHR Test

In all versions, Game Genie code GAUKLVZE lets you access a CHR Test by pressing Reset.

Music Test

In all versions, Game Genie code IAUKLVZE lets you access a Music Test by pressing Reset.

Oddly, it refers to the game as "Tetris 3". One can only guess what game TOSE considered to be the "real" Tetris 2...

(Source: hybrid)

Unused Graphics

To do: Rip the rest.

A stone tablet with a snake, similar to those which are used for CPU difficulty levels in both versions.

A stone statue.

Strange UFO-esque creatures that sort of resemble the viruses from Dr. Mario.

• Part of the title screen of the Japanese version is obscured by a black box at the bottom, but its CHR data is still present in the CHR ROM.
• International versions contain part of the Japanese title screen.

Unused Music

There is a song present in the ROM that is not present in the Game Boy version. It sounds as if it were meant as a cutscene theme, but none of the cutscenes play it.

Regional Differences

Japan	US

The Japanese version is known as Tetris Flash, and has a very different, animated title screen. Nintendo of America decided to brand the game as a sequel rather than a spinoff, giving it a much plainer, static title screen.