Falling Blocks: Difference between revisions

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One of the most common types of [[Puzzle Game|Puzzle Games]], particularly console video games.

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** In some versions of ''Tetris'' (''Tetris DS'' and ''[[Tetris the Grand Master]]'', for instance), pieces don't even bother falling once you hit higher levels; they ''instantly hit the stack.''

* In [[Sega]]'s classic ''[[Columns]]'', the player arranges sets of gems into [[Match Three Game|lines of three or more. ]]

* The long-running ''[[Puyo Puyo]]'' series features blobs, which are arranged into groups of four or more--unlike many, they don't actually have to be lined up, just connected horizontally and vertically. ''Puyo Puyo'' also was one of the first games to add "Junk Blocks", which are dropped onto the opponent's playing field.

** After Compile lost the ''Puyo Puyo'' franchise to [[Sega]], it created a [[Spiritual Successor]] called ''Pochi and Nyaa'', which plays rather similarly.

* ''Super [[Street Fighter|Puzzle Fighter]] II Turbo'' also uses gems, but rather than just lining them up, you have to use special "crash gems" that will destroy any adjacent gems of the same color.

* ''[[Lumines]]'' features blocks of squares(or is that squares of blocks?) that are eliminated by a moving line when they are arranged into blocks/squares of all the same color.

* ''[[Meteos]]'' had falling blocks, but was unique that instead of just vanishing when aligned, they attempted to blast back up off the top of the screen. Also of note is the fact that the blocks could not be moved while falling, and once the blocks had landed, they could only be moved vertically. Horizontal movement was incorperated in the sequel, ''Meteos: Disney Magic''.

* ''Gussun Oyoyo'' gives the player control over falling blocks, but arranging them into lines or other formations is not at all the object. Instead, they have to be placed to help Gussun make a ''[[Lemmings]]''-style progress to the [[Level Goal]].

* ''[[Bejeweled]]'' greatly modifies the formula. The field is already full, and matching the blocks causes more to fall into the field. Failure comes only if no more matches can be made (or time runs out).

 

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