{"id":20583,"date":"2020-11-16T00:01:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T00:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=20583"},"modified":"2020-11-01T13:38:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-01T13:38:52","slug":"powertris-switch-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/16\/powertris-switch-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"Powertris (Switch, Mobile)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/powertris_box\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/POWERTRIS_BOX-150x38.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"38\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/POWERTRIS_BOX-150x38.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/POWERTRIS_BOX-300x76.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/POWERTRIS_BOX.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>To this very day, one of my top favorite puzzle games is still plain old Tetris.\u00a0 But another puzzler I really liked back in the day was Pipe Dream, also sometimes called Pipe Mania.\u00a0 In that one, you arranged pipes so water can flow through, and you tried to keep that up as long as you could.\u00a0 But what happens when you combine Pipe Dream and Tetris?\u00a0 You get Powertris, a downloadable puzzler for Switch and mobile devices, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, Powertris plays almost EXACTLY like an older arcade game from Taito called Tube-It.\u00a0 But don\u2019t worry, I never heard of that game either until I played it on one of the PS2 Taito Legends collections.\u00a0 Anyway, in Powertris, pipes fall from the top of the well, and you must place them on the bottom.\u00a0 If a pipe arrangement connects one end of the well to the other side, all the pipes are cleared out and you get points.\u00a0 But you can\u2019t connect pipes on one side, they have to go from one end of the well to another.\u00a0 Sometimes helpful items like bombs can help you clear out pipes, too.\u00a0 After you get enough points, the level changes and you must connect pipes higher in the well, or move around obstacles.\u00a0 When your pipes reach the top, it\u2019s Game Over.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s pretty much the game.\u00a0 It\u2019s all right, but the game could\u2019ve used more modes.\u00a0 Like a two player option or something.\u00a0 Also, the gameplay drags a bit.\u00a0 But even though it\u2019s a tad bare-boned, Powertris is still a decent and serviceable puzzler.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/powertris_screen\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20577\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/POWERTRIS_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/POWERTRIS_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/POWERTRIS_SCREEN-150x84.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/POWERTRIS_SCREEN-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nothing violent or objectionable here.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Powertris is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To this very day, one of my top favorite puzzle games is still plain old Tetris.\u00a0 But another puzzler I really liked back in the day was Pipe Dream, also sometimes called Pipe Mania.\u00a0 In that one, you arranged pipes so water can flow through, and you tried to keep that up as long as 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