History VideoGame / Meteos

* AllPlanetsAreEarthLike: Except for Geolyte, averted.

* ArmlessBiped: Many of the alien races in this series take this form, including the Freazers, Wuudites, Hotteds, Jeljellians, [[RoboticAliens Grannestians]], Lumiousians, [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Limotubians]], Forters, Hevendorians, and Lastarals.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The different Meteo elements are color-coded. [[BlowYouAway Air]] is white, [[PlayingWithFire Fire]] is red, [[MakingASplash H2O]] is blue, [[DishingOutDirt Soil]] is orange, [[ExtraOreDinary Iron]] is purple, [[ShockAndAwe Zap]] is yellow, [[GreenThumb Herb]] is green, [[TheBeastmaster Zoo]] is pink, [[LightEmUp Glow]] is light green, [[CastingAShadow Dark]] is indigo, [[AnIcePerson Ice]] is cyan, [[PoisonousPerson Poison/Dust]] is mauve, [[TimeMaster Time]] is aqua green, and [[OurSoulsAreDifferent Soul is magenta (lavender in ''Online'').

* AsteroidThicket: Arod

* HumanoidAliens: Some of them, at least. A few examples would be the Geolytes, Starriings, Boggobians, Dawndusians, Gelyerns, Caviousians, and Suburbionites.

* IntelligentGerbil: The bee-like Hanihulans, the snake-like Arodians, the catlike Limotubians, and the microbial Layazeroes.

* WorldShapes: Some unusual ones as viewed by the select screen. Oleana resembles a bone despite being UnderTheSea, Grannest/Smogor is a concave cylinder, Hotted/Pyros is cube-shaped, Firim/Ignus is shaped like a lightning bolt, and Globin is shaped like a blood cell.

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: The seven sages of Hevendor did-- and despite this, they're still targeted by the Meteos.

* CityPlanet: Grannest/Smogor

* DeathWorld: Some of the planets have extremely dangerous fauna. In some of these cases, it's the intelligent life itself, like with Gigagush/Vortinia, and in the others, it'ssimply the wildlife, like Boggob/Perilia.

* HumanoidAliens: Some of them, at least.

* ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans: Ranbarumba, with the Brazilian Carneval mixed in too.

* LethalLavaLand: Firim/Ignius (fire), Jeljel/Magmor (lava/magma), and Hotted/Pyros (molten iron) all count.

* PlanetSpaceship: Darthvega is a diamond-shaped ship thousands of kilometers large, and as far as the Meteos are concerned, counts as a planet. Suburbion is also a colony that floats through space, though it's more a planet-sized fleet.

* ShiftingSandLand: Anasaze and Dawndus

* UnderTheSea: Oleana

* GraffitiTown[=/=][[OutlawTown Outlaw Planet]]: Dejeh is a planet inhabited by space-gangsters and has a hip-hop culture. It is also apparently a place for other criminals to stay, though the biography implies they are hostile to other planet-controlling gangs.

''Meteos'' is a Nintendo DS FallingBlocks PuzzleGame, released in 2005, created by Creator/MasahiroSakurai, of ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' fame. His first work as an independent developer apart from HAL Laboratories, Meteos was instead developed by Creator/QEntertainment. As of this writing, it is Sakurai's only work apart from Nintendo (who still published the game in the West). Despite the pedigree and similar feel and features to his past work (Music vs. SFX slider, Item Switch, multiplayer emphasis), it comes off as a wholly original project.

* ArtificialStupidity: Some of the lower-level opponents are so stupid that they will lose the match ''without the player touching the DS''

* DifficultButAwesome: Planet Meteo, in the DS game, has 6 randomly chosen Meteos types. In ''Meteos Wars'', the types are fixed, but they are the 7 rarest in the game. Either way, Planet Meteo takes heavy advantage of the game mechanic where burnt Meteos sent to other planets turn into types of their planet of origin, meaning opponents attacked by Meteo will have to deal with Meteo's types as well as their own. However, Planet Meteo has the widest playfield (though tied with some others), and its high number of types makes it difficult to find matches in the first place.

''Meteos'' is a Nintendo DS FallingBlocks PuzzleGame, released in 2005, created by ''Creator/MasahiroSakurai'', of ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' fame. His first work as an independent developer apart from HAL Laboratories, Meteos was instead developed by Creator/QEntertainment. As of this writing, it is Sakurai's only work apart from Nintendo (who still published the game in the West). Despite the pedigree and similar feel and features to his past work (Music vs. SFX slider, Item Switch, multiplayer emphasis), it comes off as a wholly original project.

''Meteos'' is a Nintendo DS FallingBlocks PuzzleGame, released in 2005, created by MasahiroSakurai, of ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' fame. His first work as an independent developer apart from HAL Laboratories, Meteos was instead developed by Creator/QEntertainment. As of this writing, it is Sakurai's only work apart from Nintendo (who still published the game in the West). Despite the pedigree and similar feel and features to his past work (Music vs. SFX slider, Item Switch, multiplayer emphasis), it comes off as a wholly original project.

* BonusLevel: The MiniGameCredits after Star Trip. There's a significantly increased chance of Soul or Dark Meteos dropping, and the length of the game scales directly to the difficulty you chose.

* SpaceDoesNotWorkThatWay: Thirnova/Trinova

* GravityScrew: The aptly-named Gravitas. According to official materials, gravity is '''10 billion times stronger''' there than on Earth. Try and ignite Meteos and they stay frozen in place...then get a second ignition going and they shoot off into the atmosphere at breakneck speeds. Hevendor also has weird gravity; blocks fall at a normal speed, are really floaty when shot into the air individually, and are whisked away with a single ignition (which makes for game-breaking fun when coupled with a Super Rocket).

* HornetHole: Hanihula is a planet whose civilization consists of bees. They travel through space looking for flowers on other planets to pollinate.

* PlanetSpaceship: Darthvega is an octagonal ship thousands of kilometers large, and as far as the Meteos are concerned, counts as a planet. Suburbion is also a colony that floats through space, though it's more a planet-sized fleet.

* WorldShapes: Some unusual ones as viewed by the select screen. Oleana resembles a bone despite being UnderTheSea, Grannest/Smogor is cylindrical, Hotted/Pyros is cube-shaped, Firim/Ignus is shaped like a lightning bolt, and Globin is shaped like a blood cell.

*** '''Sentinel:''' Burnt blocks under the effects of Sentinel, whether garbage or by the player, will restore themselves into random colors, making it harder for the opponent to find matches. It can even invoke {{UnwinnableByAccident}} situations.

A proper sequel, ''Meteos Wars,'' was released on the XboxLiveArcade in 2008. It introduced online play, planet-specific special attacks, more planets and unlockable costumes for the aliens.

* GraffitiTown: Dejeh is a planet inhabited by space-gangsters and has a hip-hop culture.

* [[OutlawTown Outlaw Planet]]: Dejeh

* {{Retraux}}: The theme of Gigagush, with repetitive beeping music and [[TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames 4-bit meteo block sprites]].

* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja: Gelyer, from ''Meteos Wars''. No pirate equivalent, though.

** '''Armageddon:''' Sends a cluster of heavy, unchainable blocks to opponent's field.

* IntelligentGerbil: The bee-like Hanihulans

* SugarBowl: Limotube is a world that is always sunny and is populated by peaceful cat-like aliens.

''Meteos'' is a Nintendo DS FallingBlocks PuzzleGame, released in 2005, created by MasahiroSakurai, of ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' and ''SuperSmashBros'' fame. His first work as an independent developer apart from HAL Laboratories, Meteos was instead developed by Creator/QEntertainment. As of this writing, it is Sakurai's only work apart from Nintendo (who still published the game in the West). Despite the pedigree and similar feel and features to his past work (Music vs. SFX slider, Item Switch, multiplayer emphasis), it comes off as a wholly original project.