Torikan

Torikan (とりカン) is a term for a feature that exists in the Tetris The Grand Master series and inspired games, particularly in TAP and Ti. It refers to a condition where the game reaches a premature end when the player failed to fulfill a certain requirement up to that point. It was first introduced in TAP's Death mode, where the game entered a false ending if the player reached level 500 too slowly (in reality, the game could go on until level 999). Later modes, like Ti's Shirase mode, contain multiple torikan cutoff points.
==Etymology==
The term torikan is an abbreviation of the Japanese phrase とりあえずカンスト(toriaezu kansuto), which translates to "maxed out for the time being". カンスト(kansuto) itself is yet another abbreviation of カウンターストップ(kauntaa sutoppu, counter stop), the Japanese term for "maxing out". In this case the term is referring to the level counter.
==Known Torikan Conditions==
Game 	Mode 	Condition
Tetris The Absolute The Grand Master 2 PLUS	T.A. Death 	Level 500 within 3:25
Tetris The Grand Master 3 Terror-Instinct 	Master (all) 	Level 500 within 7:00
Tetris The Grand Master 3 Terror-Instinct 	Shirase (Classic) 	Level 500 within 2:28Level 1000 within 4:56Level 1300* (Disproven)
Tetris The Grand Master 3 Terror-Instinct 	Shirase (World) 	Level 500 within 3:03Level 1000 within 6:06Level 1300*(Disproven)
Heboris Unofficial Expansion (C7) 	Master (all) 	Level 500 within 7:00
Heboris Unofficial Expansion (C7) 	20G (all) 	Level 500 within 6:00
Heboris Unofficial Expansion (C7) 	Devil-Doom (ACE-SRS, ACE-ARS, DS-World) 	Level 500 within 4:00Level 1000 within 8:00
Heboris Unofficial Expansion (C7) 	Devil-Doom (Heboris, Ti-World, ACE-ARS2)	Level 500 within 3:25Level 1000 within 6:50
Heboris Unofficial Expansion (C7) 	Devil-Doom (Ti-ARS, SRS-X, DRS) 	Level 500 within 3:03Level 1000 within 6:06
Heboris Unofficial Expansion (C7) 	Devil-Minus (ARS or DRS) 	Level 500 within 3:25
Heboris Unofficial Expansion (C7) 	Devil-Minus (SRS) 	Level 500 within 3:55
Heboris Unofficial Expansion (LITE) 	Master (all) 	Level 500 within 7:00
Heboris Unofficial Expansion (LITE) 	20G (all) 	Level 500 within 6:00
Heboris Unofficial Expansion (LITE) 	Devil-Normal (all) 	Level 500 within 3:25
Heboris Unofficial Expansion (LITE) 	Devil-Hard (ARS or DRS) 	Level 500 within 3:25Level 1000 within 6:55
Heboris Unofficial Expansion (LITE) 	Devil-Hard (SRS) 	Level 500 within 4:00Level 1000 within 8:00
Heboris Unofficial Expansion (LITE) 	Devil-Doom (ARS or DRS) 	Level 500 within 2:55Level 1000 within 5:50
Heboris Unofficial Expansion (LITE) 	Devil-Doom (SRS) 	Level 500 within 3:30Level 1000 within 7:00
*In Master mode, if the game is a qualification exam, the torikan cutoff is disabled. The player can proceed beyond level 500 however long it may take.
*Back when TGM3 originally released, rumors have been spread about a possible torikan in Shirase at level 1300. These were largely based on the fact that Ichiro Mihara, developer of the game, stated that the game can go on to level 1301 and beyond. However, this has been disproven through reverse engineering the game's data, and verifying that no levels beyond 1300 exist.
*The torikan values for Heboris can be modified by editing the configuration file. The default values are listed here.
*Devil mode Lv1000 torikan in Heboris is 2 times longer than each Lv500 torikan.
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