Tetris DS[a] is a puzzle video game developed and published by Nintendo.

Tetris DS features several new modes of play, each with a different theme styled after retro Nintendo games.

They include Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Donkey Kong, and Yoshi's Cookie.

Long after its release, it continued to be upheld as the best portable Tetris title, and one of the best in the series.

[2] The game's standard mode plays in a similar manner as classic Tetris, in which the player must move clusters of different-shaped tiles (tetrominos), manipulate them as they drop by spinning them, and place them in a pile at the bottom.

Players must stack each piece without empty space so that they can continue clearing lines of the pile.

The player always controls the top screen and must clear two or more lines to shift the block down towards their opponent.

The pieces must be selected in the proper combination, and rotated the right way to solve the puzzle by clearing all blocks.

Saying that he had "complete confidence in him", Rogers confirmed that there had been no issues combining Nintendo properties and characters with Tetris.

[10] In 2016, The Cutting Room Floor discovered and released a prototype for Tetris DS developed by Tose Software originally to be published by THQ, but cancelled in favor of Nintendo's version.

[11] THQ had been working on the game since late 2004, but was prevented from releasing the game in March 2005 by The Tetris Company, causing THQ to file a legal complaint against the company alleging a breach of its license agreement.

In his review, he said that while the game was much better than other recent versions, it also made "enough minor, obvious mistakes to keep it from becoming essential", calling it "saddled with some unfortunate compromises".

[25] By August 1, 2006, Tetris DS was close to going platinum in Japan, with more than 800,000 units sold.