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title: "Tetris 99 – 23rd Maximus Cup this week"
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description: "Nintendo has announced Tetris 99‘s 23rd Maximus Cup. It will begin on August 6th. This time, the theme is based on The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2021-08-06 14:18:53"
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Tetris 99 - 23rd Maximus Cup this week | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters

 [![Tetris 99 – 23rd Maximus Cup this week](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/tetris-99-23rd-maximus-cup-this-week.png "Tetris 99 – 23rd Maximus Cup this week")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/tetris-99-23rd-maximus-cup-this-week.png)Nintendo has announced Tetris 99‘s 23rd Maximus Cup. It will begin on August 6th. This time, the theme is based on The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD.

It has been less than a month since The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD released exclusively on the Nintendo Switch.

> The [\#Tetris99](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tetris99?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 23rd MAXIMUS CUP event will run from 12am PT, August 6 – 11:59pm PT, on August 9! Once you've accumulated a total of 100 event points, a new theme will unlock, featuring art, music, and Tetrimino designs inspired by The Legend of [\#Zelda](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Zelda?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): [\#SkywardSwordHD](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SkywardSwordHD?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) game! [pic.twitter.com/q6yRtncjPe](https://t.co/q6yRtncjPe)
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> — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) [August 3, 2021](https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1422361934863769605?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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## [](#23rd-maximus-cup)23rd MAXIMUS CUP

The Tetris 99 23rd MAXIMUS CUP event runs from 12 a.m. PT on August 6 to 11:59 p.m. PT on August 9.

To participate, you’ll need to be a Nintendo Switch Online member\* and play the Tetris 99 online mode during the event period. You’ll earn event points based on your placement in each match. Once you’ve accumulated a total of 100 event points, a new theme will unlock, featuring art, music and Tetrimino designs inspired by the recently released The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD game!

\*Nintendo Switch Online membership (sold separately) and Nintendo Account required for online features.

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### [](#tetris-99-maximus-cups)Tetris 99 Maximus Cups

Tetris 99 has been doing Maximus Cup events every now and again. These usually happen to celebrate some first-party content that recently launched on the Nintendo Switch, usually a game, and the theme you can unlock during the event is usually based on what the first-party content is.

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