{"id":133881,"date":"2023-05-22T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-149815"},"modified":"2023-05-22T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T14:30:00","slug":"tetris-the-absolute-grandmaster-2-plus-slots-into-hamsters-arcade-archives-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/22\/tetris-the-absolute-grandmaster-2-plus-slots-into-hamsters-arcade-archives-next-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Tetris The Absolute Grandmaster 2 Plus Slots Into Hamster&#8217;s Arcade Archives Next Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a84eef7519d8f\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a84eef7519d8f\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Tetris The Absolute Grandmaster 2 Plus\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a84eef7519d8f\/tetris-the-absolute-grandmaster-2-plus.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA3Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a84eef7519d8f\/tetris-the-absolute-grandmaster-2-plus.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Tetris The Absolute Grandmaster 2 Plus\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Psikyo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hamster has today announced that the second game in Arika&#8217;s tough Tetris series, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/arcade_archives_tetris_the_absolute_grandmaster_2_plus\">Tetris The Absolute Grandmaster 2 Plus<\/a>, will be dropping down onto the Switch via the Arcade Archives collection on <strong>1st June<\/strong> (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/2023\/05\/tetris-the-absolute-the-grand-master-2-plus-coming-to-ps4-switch-via-arcade-archives-on-june-1\">Gematsu<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The game&#8217;s predecessor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/arcade_archives_tetris_the_grand_master\">Tetris The Grand Master<\/a>, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/11\/surprise-hamster-is-bringing-the-hardest-tetris-series-to-switch-eshop-next-week\">added to the Archives<\/a> at the end of last year and this second entry promises much of the same challenging twists on the classic block-aligning format. Alongside the split-second gameplay of the series&#8217; Master Mode, this version of the sequel also adds a Normal Mode for more casual players and new challenges in the shape of TGM+ and T.A. Death which adds a rising garbage mechanic and increased gravity respectively.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/tgm_series\/statuses\/1660586305460359168 @ 2023-05-23T07:11:08+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tgm_series?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#tgm_series<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are pleased to announce that we have licensed &#8220;Tetris The Absolute The Grand Master 2 PLUS&#8221; to Hamster Inc. for porting to NintendoSwitch and Playstation4.<\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 tgm_series (@tgm_series) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tgm_series\/status\/1660586305460359168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Tetris The Absolute Grandmaster 2 was originally launched in Japanese arcades in 2000, before receiving the PLUS upgrade a few months later. It will make its way over to the Acarde Archives collection next month, where it can be purchased on the Switch eShop for <strong>\u00a36.29 \/ $7.99 \/ \u20ac6.99<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Will you be picking up this throwback title? Drop down to the comments and let us know.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Psikyo Hamster has today announced that the second game in Arika&#8217;s tough Tetris series, Tetris The Absolute Grandmaster 2 Plus, will be dropping down onto the Switch via the Arcade Archives collection on 1st June (thanks, Gematsu). The game&#8217;s predecessor, Tetris The Grand Master, was added to the Archives at the end of last [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133881\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}