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    Quite possibly the most popular puzzle game in the world, Tetris, created by Alexy Pajitnov, has seen releases on just about every platform imaginable.

    Animator Creates Fake Teaser for Tetris: The Animated Series

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    Edited By ZombiePie  Staff

    Every now and then YouTube recommends some great stuff though often it's just a bunch of junk. This time I have YouTube to thank for finding this recent video which was created by a Nickelodeon animator as a parody of video game animated television entertainment that plagued the 80s and 90s on Saturday mornings. I think even someone who was born five years ago can think of at least on terrible video game television show that was on Saturday. Regardless this animator has created a fake teaser for TETRIS: The Animated Series and the results are well...just check it out:
      

      
    Alright now as hilarious and well intentioned this parody may be a few things bug me. Firstly there's no reverse L-block, which for me was the ruin of many a potentially perfect run on Tetris. Secondly the 2x2 block is 3x3. Lastly the S-block and Z-block are five pieces. So I guess what I'm saying is that this is not canon. Anyways to end this here's the lyrics to the rap song to humor you for a while:
     

    Well...
    In a frozen land, there was an evil czar
    His name was Time Limit and he took it too far
    So the people revolted and tore down his wall
    There were magic bricks that started to fall
    There was Tom, Lance, Sam and Steph
    Reversula S-Block, schemin' Lex
    They hightailed it out of the land of the oppressed
    And came to America, cause we are the best




    They're chillin' with Zack, their new best friend
    But that's not the way the story ends
    Czar Time Limit wants his magic blocks back
    To rebuild the wall / Now they're under attack
    Zack will protect them / On that he insists
    They got STACK POWER and this is TETRIS

    WORD!

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    #1  Edited By ZombiePie  Staff

    Every now and then YouTube recommends some great stuff though often it's just a bunch of junk. This time I have YouTube to thank for finding this recent video which was created by a Nickelodeon animator as a parody of video game animated television entertainment that plagued the 80s and 90s on Saturday mornings. I think even someone who was born five years ago can think of at least on terrible video game television show that was on Saturday. Regardless this animator has created a fake teaser for TETRIS: The Animated Series and the results are well...just check it out:
      

      
    Alright now as hilarious and well intentioned this parody may be a few things bug me. Firstly there's no reverse L-block, which for me was the ruin of many a potentially perfect run on Tetris. Secondly the 2x2 block is 3x3. Lastly the S-block and Z-block are five pieces. So I guess what I'm saying is that this is not canon. Anyways to end this here's the lyrics to the rap song to humor you for a while:
     

    Well...
    In a frozen land, there was an evil czar
    His name was Time Limit and he took it too far
    So the people revolted and tore down his wall
    There were magic bricks that started to fall
    There was Tom, Lance, Sam and Steph
    Reversula S-Block, schemin' Lex
    They hightailed it out of the land of the oppressed
    And came to America, cause we are the best




    They're chillin' with Zack, their new best friend
    But that's not the way the story ends
    Czar Time Limit wants his magic blocks back
    To rebuild the wall / Now they're under attack
    Zack will protect them / On that he insists
    They got STACK POWER and this is TETRIS

    WORD!

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    #2  Edited By Video_Game_King
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    #3  Edited By rjpelonia

    That's pretty funny. And I'm pretty sure those imperfections are part of the joke in that Saturday morning cartoons based on video games never really got the idea of the video game spot on.

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    #4  Edited By Gav47

    Dude, were is the I block?

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    #5  Edited By recroulette

    I would watch this over Sonic X.

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    #6  Edited By ZombiePie  Staff
    @Video_Game_King said:

    " Eh, I've seen greater offenses to great video games. For example:
     
      

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    ABSOLUTELY!
      
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    #7  Edited By sweep  Moderator

    That's still pretty impressive! I'd watch it. They should do it. People would buy it. I read about it in the magazine... 
     
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    #9  Edited By buft

    I would watch that...

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    #10  Edited By AURON570

    the animator forgot the reverse "L" shape

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    #11  Edited By ArbitraryWater

    That nails the tone of those cartoons pretty well, even if the animation quality isn't shitty enough for it to be accurate. It actually reminds me of the bit about video game cartoons that homestar runner did...
      

      

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    #12  Edited By jonnyboy

    I still think in the contest for 'Best Fake 90's Saturday Morning Cartoon', this guy is miles in the lead....

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    #13  Edited By wolf_blitzer85

    Yo, dawg that 4 square block is fucking all wrong!

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