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The game was released outside Japan in 1996, with the original characters and settings replaced by those from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
Two years later, in 1998, a special version of Panel de Pon was broadcast through the Satellaview peripheral for the Super Famicom in Japan, renamed BS Panel de Pon – Event '98 as part of a contest by St. GIGA.
Tetris Attack was later released for the Satellaview the same year, renamed BS Yoshi no Panepon.
It was followed by Dr. Mario & Puzzle League for the Game Boy Advance in 2005 and Planet Puzzle League was released for the Nintendo DS in 2007 (renamed to Panel de Pon DS in Japan and Puzzle League DS in Europe), featuring online multiplayer support via the now-defunct Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service and touch-screen controls.
GameSpot called it "absolutely brilliant".
GamePro gave the Game Boy version a brief positive review, saying it "updates the age-old Tetris concept by inverting the basic action".
In 2018, Complex listed the game #64 on its "The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time".
Tetris Attack was first released as Panel de Pon in Japan in October 1995, featuring fairies as the main characters with a mythical fantasy setting.
The first of these were Pokémon Puzzle Challenge for the Game Boy Color and Pokémon Puzzle League for the Nintendo 64 in 2000, featuring characters from the Pokémon franchise.
The four reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave it an 8.25 out of 10, commending the addictive gameplay, colorful and cartoony graphics, use of Mario characters in the North American localization, and two-player mode.
A previously unreleased sequel, Panel de Pon 64, was later released as part of Nintendo Puzzle Collection for the GameCube in 2003.
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