Meteos (DS)

Last weekend I picked up a copy of Meteos for the Nintendo DS last weekend and it's absolutely fantastic. Finally a must own game for the DS. I haven't played a puzzle game this much since Tetris Attack/Pokemon Puzzle League. Meteos is created by the same developer that brought us the fabulous Lumines on the PSP.

Meteos is a fast paced puzzle game in which you are fighting to save the planets from the evil Meteos planet. In Meteos you launch blocks off the top of the screen by matching three or more like blocks either horizontally or vertically. All blocks above the matching three are lifted up as well. When blocks are launched off the top of the screen they are sent to your opponents screen as dead blocks. If your screen fills to the top you lose.

Meteos offers a slew off unlockables that are purchased with the blocks you send of the top of the screen. Purchasable items have to first be unlocked by meeting specific goals such as fighting a specific planet, playing for a given amount of time or launching a set number of blocks off the screen.