The New Look of Tetris

Via a Joystiq post, the British Gaming Blog has videos of Tetris on the DS. The short movies include the standard mode, and the 'push mode' that will be playable over Nintendo's wifi service. From the Joystiq post: "As for the ingenious Donkey Kong-themed Push mode, it seems ideally suited for Wi-Fi multiplayer battles. Each player is relegated to one of the DS screens, with the opponent being mirrored in the bottom screen (i.e. his blocks move upwards). Each player slots Tetrominoes into a cluster of blocks that's initially right in the middle of the two playing fields. Performing well and racking up combos pushes the block cluster away and into your opponent's screen, lessening his maneuvering space and chances of survival. "

Re:Sorry, no.

[HoneyBunchesOfGoats]

So, can you play your Tetris in new game modes, wirelessly over the internet? Even if it's technically possible, how many GP2X owners are out there to play against?

This is the kind of thing that the public domain allows. It means that anyone can create a derivative of a public-domain work without paying royalties to the original creator. I'm free to create my own Tetris clone. It doesn't mean I have to release my Tetris clone into the public domain. It doesn't mean my Tetris clone must be free either.

Oh, and the monopoly thing was more than 15 years ago. Way to dredge up some FUD there, AC.