Tetris Attack was first released as Panel de Pon in Japan in October 1995, featuring fairies as the main characters with a mythical, fantasy setting.

Both Panel de Pon and Tetris Attack were later broadcast through the Japan-only Satellaview peripheral, the latter renamed to BS Yoshi's Panepon.

The Japanese version of the game is titled Panel de Pon, featuring fairies as the main characters with a fantasy setting.

International versions instead replace these with characters and settings from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, a game released earlier in 1995.

The original version of Tetris Attack was added to the Nintendo Switch Online service on May 20, 2020, under its Japanese title Panel de Pon.

[6] The four reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave it an 8.25 out of 10, lauding the addictive gameplay, colorful and cartoony graphics, use of Mario characters in the North American localization, and two-player mode.

The reviewer commented that it has "a gentler, slower style of gameplay that requires learning some easy new controls, but this game's no less addicting than the original Tetris.

[8] GamePro gave the Game Boy version a brief positive review, saying it "updates the age-old Tetris concept by inverting the basic action".

They cited its accessibility and addictive quality, confessing that their boss had confiscated the office copy of the game because of how much time they spent playing it.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl features multiple Panel de Pon 64 characters and a red-colored block as collectible stickers.

Lip appears in the Japan-only Wii game Captain Rainbow and as a Spirit and Mii Fighter costume in Super Smash Bros.

[18] Panel de Pon was included solely in Japan as part of the 21 games rereleased on the Super Famicom Mini on October 5, 2017, and was made available internationally on the Nintendo Switch Online service on May 20, 2020.