Meteos 2005

Is it still worth playing?

A 2005 tile matching game for the Nintendo DS in which a sentient planet named Meteo tries to destroy the galaxy. Q Entertainment made it, with Tetsuya Mizuguchi producing and Masahiro Sakurai designing, inspired by Missile Command, The Matrix and the series 24. You use the stylus to move colored blocks, the meteos, that fall from the top of the screen. Making a line of three or more of the same color ignites them and they rise, so it is described as a shoot and lift up puzzle game. The speed and frequency of the blocks can be adjusted with the speeder gauge, and power ups may help or hinder you, such as a giant hammer that destroys many blocks. The game ends when the blocks reach the top of the screen. There are thirty two aliens and their planets to play as. Lining blocks up and launching them before the stack fills the screen still makes every round a test of speed and reflexes.