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Originally Posted by BentonGrey

Really? It's hard to imagine Tetris being that gripping. What makes it so engaging? The wife and I have been playing Boom Blox quite a bit lately. The Wii is good for games that your wife will actually be willing to play with you.

Like the past two posters, I can't even begin to describe my love of Tetris... it's one of the first games I remember playing in my youth (Tengen Tetris was my favorite growing up) and I've played it all my life.

BUT this Wii edition lacks something you don't see in other Tetris games, the special items! You're probably picturing the two of us playing a regular game of Tetris and seeing who can get a higher score... but no my friends, this isn't the 80's anymore! So anyway, these special blocks will occasionally drop and if you can get a line with it, thereby destroying the block, you'll get a random item that you can use against your opponent to win the game. The items are varied and all have different uses.

For example: One will allow you to increase the speed of your opponents blocks to the max, another will give you the ability to literally control their block and another will cover their side of the screen in snow. There's several other items but these are just a few examples. So while regular Tetris rules still apply, the items add some fun to the battles and you can actually win a game in under five minutes.

Tetris will never get old... and I think what gives it such lasting appeal is that every game you play is so different from the last.