Line #22 DarthWiki/TetrisTheGrandMaster5


1	''VideoGame/TetrisTheGrandMaster 5'' is one of two nonexistant things:
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3	''[=TGM5=]'' was originally going to be a commerical game developed by Arika called '''''Tetris: The Grand Master V''''', but during the ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' wars of 201X, The Tetris Company successfully [[strike:took over]] hijacked the ''Tetris: The Grand Master'' series and sued Arika into bankruptcy, and released a [[DolledUpInstallment dolled up]] ''Tetris Worlds 2'' as ''[=TGMV=]'', with the most broken scoring and rotation systems of all time. ''[[Music/KanyeWest The most broken scoring and rotation systems]] [[MemeticMutation of all time!]]''
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5	In response, the TGM fanbase's programmers got ahold of the original design document of ''TGMV'' and took it upon themselves to mod a popular TGM clone to finish off what TTC trashed. The result is '''''Tetris: The Grand Master 5 - Gotaru'''''. In addition to being a continuation of the ''TGM'' series, the PC port offers a Versus Campaign mode in which you take on various ''Tetris'' players and, ultimately, [[spoiler:the folks currently behind ''Tetris.'']]
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7	Neither game exists, except in Ray Ayanami's mind.
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10	!!''TGMV'' contains examples of:
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12	* ArtisticLicenseStatistics: Outright averted; the game decides on a permutation of the 7 tetrominoes when the round starts and just gives you that same permutation repeatedly until the round ends.
13	* CriticalBacklash: Despite poor reviews, it still managed to sell a million copies because [[PublicMediumIgnorance "dude, it's just Tetris."]]
14	* DolledUpInstallment
15	* EasierThanEasy: Monomino mode.
16	* ExecutiveMeddling: ''And how.''
17	* NintendoHard: Classic mode, which offers Nintendo rotation (the rotation system used in the NES and Game Boy incarnations of ''Tetris''). It's hard [[FakeDifficulty for the wrong reasons]].
18	* NoFairCheating: If you hack the game to change the controls to anything other than "left/right to move, down to soft drop, up to rotate", the game deletes your achievements.
19	* ScoringPoints: Singles are worth 100 points per line, Doubles 150, Triples 200, Tetrises 201 (or 301 when in a back-to-back). Also, the combo scoring system has been tweaked to work best with singles to encourage the same sort of "4-wide" stacking that burst onto the ''Tetris Friends'' scene [[http://harddrop.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2163 back in mid-2010]].
20	* ScrappyMechanic: Every one in the book.
21	* {{Sequelitis}}: Holy piss.
22	* TakeThat: The following names are banned from name entry -- "KAN", "[=JIN8=]", "ARIKA", "TGM", "[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking REI]][[Franchise/TouhouProject MU]]"[[note]]See "20-year-old {{shrine maiden}} relieved of her duties after flashing her armpits during a major ritual", ''Bunbunmaru News'', 2009-11-21[[/note]].
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24	!!''[=TGM5=]'' contains examples of:
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26	* AwesomeButImpractical: D Rotation (aka DTET Rotation), imported straight from ''DTET'' with the author's permission. It's basically a more flexible version of A2 Rotation ([=TGM3=] rotation), with more wallkicks, easy 180-degree rotations, and appearance delay cancel, but has quirky autoshift and doesn't have firm drop like ARS does.
27	* BerserkButton: To most fans, [[HarderThanHard VOID]] mode, perhaps the mode idiotic mode to grace a ''TGM'' clone.
28	* BigBad / FinalBoss: Versus Campaign brings us [[spoiler:Henk Rogers]].
29	** TheManBehindTheMan / TrueFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Ichiro Mihara. No, not the one from ''Manga/AngelicLayer''.]]
30	* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: The last two bosses of Versus Campaign. They have extremely low appearance delay, can slide pieces at a rate faster than 1 cell per 1/60th of a second, fill up their item gauges three times as fast. Also, [[spoiler:Henk has "Deep Drop", the power to drop pieces ''through'' overhangs, and ''[[RealityWarper Mihara can alter the rules of A3 Rotation in mid-round to his liking.]]'']]
31	* CoolOldGuy: Alexey Pajitnov in Versus Campaign. As the inventor of ''Tetris'', he's too cool to be a [[spoiler:villain]].
32	* EasyModeMockery: If you use the S* rotations in Speed Mania, the music is replaced by Top 40 hits.
33	* FanSequel
34	%%* {{Fartillery}}: One of Att's attacks in Versus Campaign.
35	* HarderThanHard: Versus Campaign 2. [[supersecretspoiler:The unlock method for it is to get a Secret GM in Speed Mania, then type "imamoetard" as the stack fades out. VC 2 is the same as standard Versus Campaign, but all the female moe characters vanish, all the male characters become [[{{Bishounen}} extra]] [[ArtShift pretty]], and the final boss, instead of being Mihara, is [[VideoGame/{{DJMAX}} Kimys]]. Kimys has a special attack that floods your playfield with one of his boring visual effects. If you defeat him, you'll be given a special password you can use on the secret webpage of the Platinum Crew website that disables all the generic Kimys videos. If you lose, you'll get unskippable credits that consist of reading names from a phonebook, superimposed against a Kimys video. Oh, and during this entire sequence, you cannot ALT+TAB, close the game process via Task Manager, or turn off your computer.]]
36	* InterfaceScrew: Reach the 900-999 section of Speed Mania, and the background will turn purple and all foreground elements will turn black.
37	* MoeAnthropomorphism: Each rotation system is represented by a different character:
38	** A1 Rotation (''TGM 1'' and ''2''): A YamatoNadeshiko in a kimono.
39	** A2 Rotation (''TGM 3'' Classic): The son of A1 Rotation, he is an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent with mildy daring tendencies.)
40	** A3 Rotation (''TGM 4'' Classic): The rebellious younger sister of A2 Rotation. She dresses like a punk and likes to take it easy in life.
41	** AA Rotation (''TGM ACE'' ARS): The cousin of A3 Rotation. Is adopted.
42	** [=AA2=] Rotation (''TGM ACE'' [=ARS2=]): AA Rotation after being reunited with his long-lost parents.
43	** D Rotation (''DTET''): A skater with bruises here and there. Looks kinda like [[VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou Beat]].
44	** S1 Rotation (''Tetris DS''): A high school dropout and a BadassBiker.
45	** S2 Rotation (''TGM 3'' World): The more disciplined (though GenkiGirl) older sister of S1 Rotation.
46	** S3 Rotation (''TGM ACE'' SRS): S2's cousin. Is a bit clumsy.
47	** SX Rotation (''Heboris Unofficial Expansion'' SRS-X): S2's twin sister. Goes out with A2.
48	* NightmareFuel: One of the songs can be best described as [[PublicDomainSoundtrack "Koro]][[EarWorm beiniki"]] meets ''VideoGame/{{Eversion}}''.
49	* PinballScoring: ONE SHIT mode, unlocked by defeating Att in Versus Campaign.
50	* RankInflation: Inverted. Grades have been scaled back to [=TGM1=] scale ([[KyuAndDanRanks 9 through 1, S1 through S9]], then GM).
51	* ShoutOut: The subtitle ''Gotaru'' is a portmanteau of one of the Japanese pronunciations of the number 5 and a significant TGM player's nickname.
52	** In level 500-599, the background is a remix of the Stage 7 background from ''DarthWiki/DesuShi''.
53	** Some of the special titles you get:
54	*** Top out in Master at level 100 or higher with a grade of 9 = "Ba[[Franchise/TouhouProject ka]]"
55	*** Top out in ONE SHIT with score >=100,000,000 and <101,000,000 = "[[VideoGame/RaidenFighters You're a real liar!]]"
56	*** Have a versus record of 0-99 = "[[VideoGame/PunchOut Glass]] [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Jotaro]]"
57	*** On name entry, enter "[[Manga/FutureDiary Yuno]]" or "[[Manga/FutureDiary Gasai]]" = "[[BilingualBonus Snow]] [[{{Yandere}} Lover]]"
58	*** On name entry, end your name with "taru" = "[[RunningGag o]]"
59	*** On name entry, enter "[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji]]" = "I musn't run away", and force quit becomes un-disableable \
60	Thankfully, unlike in ''VideoGame/WanganMidnight'', if you get a title, it is saved to your user account so if you replace that title with something else, you can change it back the next time you log in.
61	* StalkedByTheBell: At a level stop, you must clear a line within 5 seconds or 5 pieces, whichever comes first. Otherwise, you will lose one grade (in Master), get garbage lines (in Speed Mania), or lose points proportional to your current score (in ONE SHIT).
62	* StuffBlowingUp: Fail a [[TimedMission torikan]] in Speed Mania and your playfield ''explodes.'' Afterwars, [[ItsAWonderfulFailure you get depressing Game Over music]].
63	* TakeThat: The following names are banned from name entry -- "HENK" (becomes [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood FRED]]), "ROGERS", "TTC", "O", "FART", "[[VideoGame/DonPachi LEINYAN]]"[[note]]See "15-year-old [[ElegantGothicLolita gothic lolita]] pilot sentenced to 10 years in prison after deploying [[WhatTheHellHero enemy-healing laser weapon]]", ''Chief Hornet Daily'', 2003-04-12.[[/note]].
64	** You can unlock ''Jewelry Master 2'' by completing Sakura mode. As a jab at ''Jewelry Master Twinkle''[='=]s DatingSim elements, [=JM2=] also features DatingSim elements...but with male characters instead.
65	* TakeThatCritics: One reviewer's complaint: "Just what were the developers thinking? Making an evil ''Tetris'' clone that only the Japanese can stand a chance at, when there's already the wonderful ''TGM V''?" Said reviewer was sent a restraining order that prohibited him from coming within 50 meters of a TGM player, a Japanese person, or one of ''[=TGM5=]''[='=]s developers for 12 months.
66	* WhatTheHellPlayer: In Versus Campaign, you can choose to side with Arika or The Tetris Company. [[spoiler:Side with TTC and fellow TGM players will berate you and challenge you to a BossRush. You'll [[SkippableBoss skip Henk Rogers]], but now you have to team up up with him in a doubles battle with Mihara and [=jin8=]. Oh, and [[ArtificialStupidity Henk's AI is rather idiotic]] and you two are stuck with S1 Rotation while Mihara and [=jin8=] get to use A3.]]
67	* [[JustForFun/XMeetsY X Meets Y Meets Z]]: Versus Campaign is TGM's versus mode meets ''DJMAX Portable''[='=]s Club Tour mode meets ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''[='=]s VisualNovel-esque decision making.
68	* YourMindMakesItReal: Lose to [[spoiler:Mihara]] three times in Versus Campaign and [[spoiler:HE SHUTS DOWN YOUR YOUTUBE ACCOUNT]].
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