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Tetris Ultimate is launching in North America on November 11, Ubisoft has announced. The game will be available for $29.99 at retail, but the eShop version will only cost $19.99.

Tetris Ultimate for Nintendo 3DS offers six ways to play Tetris, in addition to “a new single-player Challenge mode that will test the skills and determination of the most die-hard Tetris champions.”

Fans can expect the following game modes from the title:

• Battle Ultimate – Be the last person playing after using crazy power-ups! Go on the offensive with Carousel and make your opponent’s Matrix shift to the left after each move, or trigger Let it Rain and dump blocks on top of them. Buzz Saw helps you advance by clearing away a number of your lines, especially useful when you’re in a spot of trouble.
• Marathon – Complete level 15 and rack up as many points as you can.
• Endless – Keep clearing lines until your stamina runs out!
• Ultra – Race to score as many points possible before time runs out in this three-minute challenge.
• Sprint – Clear 40 lines as quickly as you can.
• Battle – Go head-to-head to knock out 1-4 challengers.
• Challenge – With four mode variants, be prepared for a variety of challenges that will put any player’s determination to the test:
o Master – The Tetriminos drop instantly and appear at the bottom.
o Rotation Lock – The orientations of the Tetriminos are random and you cannot rotate them.
o Escalation – As the game levels up, you’ll have to clear more lines.
o Invisible – The Tetriminos become invisible as they drop to the bottom.

Check out the gallery below for some screenshots of Tetris Ultimate.

Source: Ubisoft PR

The latest Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo

2. Skylanders Trapteam – Activision Blizzard

3. Hyrule Warriors – Nintendo

4. Nintendoland – Nintendo

5. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo

6. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo

7. New Super Luigi U – Nintendo

8. Wii Party U – Nintendo

9. Disney Infinity 2.0 – Disney Interactive

10. Sonic: Lost World – Nintendo

3DS

1. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo

2. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo

3. Fantasy Life – Nintendo

4. Frozen: Olaf’s Quest – 1st Playable

5. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo

This week’s UK software sales are as follows:

Individual Formats

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All Formats

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It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart! Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, Final Fantasy XV, Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, Persona 5, and Tales of Zestiria are the new top five.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between September 25 and October 1.

Over the past few days, we’ve covered most of what Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai had to say about the new Wii U and 3DS games in his bi-weekly Famitsu column. One of the few other topics Sakurai discussed was the naming of the two titles.

Sakurai addresses what could be a question some fans have: “Does the word ‘for’ in the title contain the meaning of Smash Bros. 4?” While it doesn’t seem like the naming was intentional, it just so happens that “for” can also be thought of as “4”.

“This time the name of the system was used as a subtitle in order to avoid confusion among consumers,” Sakurai commented. “However, for both systems ‘Smash Bros. for’ is included in the title, so isn’t that nice?”

Elsewhere in his Famitsu column, Sakurai talked about how characters are chosen for the Smash Bros. roster and why some of the clones made it into the Wii U and 3DS games.


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