another puzzler...could be good though.

EDIT: Yay first, first post ever for me!

Hi everyone, it's Jacob from RiverMan Media. I'd like to thank WiiWare World and all its readers for the support they've shown MadStone since we announced it several months ago. All your feedback, good and bad, is what keeps us pushing forward, working to make better games for you to play.

We're really proud of what our small team has been able to accomplish. We hope you'll give one more puzzle game a shot and check out MadStone!

Thanks!
Jacob

sweet-o

World of Goo, now Mad Stone. You're getting real hits this week. Hope this week for Europe has something interesting.

Hello Riverman Jacob. Let's hope you don't end up like wiiboy (bplus).

I still have 900 points left so I could buy this. It depends on what is released for the VC though.

I can't wait for this game =D
yah.. another puzzler.. But this one looks like it has a good chance.
As long as the multiplayer is good.. which is what I'm most concerned with pretty much every game I buy.. Multiplayer!

Yay! They quoted you!

lol, yeah thats pretty cool!

I was so looking fwd to MaBoShi though,.. This means Late October at the earliest b/c of WoG and the Art Style games. Hopefully MadStone isn't alone on Monday.

It depends on what is released for the VC though.

Gradius 2 and Digital Champ.

I was so looking fwd to MaBoShi though,.. This means Late October at the earliest b/c of WoG and the Art Style games.

Id like MaBoShi to come out soon too but something tells me Nintendo isnt going to release 3 WiiWare games from themselves in a month.

Hope your game is a success Jacob and the rest of the Riverman team!

It's a crowded area the puzzle genre but I would give it a chance once I see a review or two. So far the impressions have been positive. As long as it's a good puzzler like Dr. Mario or Groovin' Blocks then I say keep'em coming. =)

hmmm...I got 1800 points left...I hope to god World of Goo is 1000 points

@WarioFan63
Thanks!

Gradius 2 looks good but I have enough shmups right now so I might actually go with MadStone, because of its very cool logo and I've heard multiplayer is quite fun.

@Riverman Jacob
Thanks for joining the site and I hope your game does well!

I want Maboshi too. I hope we get it this week along with this.

I might give this one a pass; For now at least. There's too much good stuff I want to DL already, and more keeps coming!

"World of Goo, now Madstone. You're getting real hits this week."

We're not getting WoG this week, we're getting it the week after.

@Breaderer. Apparently you haven't read the latest WoG article. It's already been confirmed to be 1000 points.

Edit: Nevermind. An exact price hasn't been announced yet. It was merely estimated to be between 1000-1500 points.

So the next two weeks for North America have puzzle games, eh? Hmm...Both look good, but I'm kinda torn. Guess this is why I read the reviews on this site.

This looks better every time I read about it, and it's only 800, I may give it a shot.

@Riverman Jacob
Good luck next monday, may the downloads be with you (or at least with your game).

This looks like this is going to be one of the more succesful puzzle games.

And I like the developers that are mostly quiet. Their games seem to do better in the end.

And I like the developers that are mostly quiet.

Me too.
I like the developers of this game.
They haven't made us feel like we HAVE to buy the game, and haven't advertised the game all over this site.
Hopefully the game's good, and people buy it!

@x.SuperMario.x
Still bitter about Bplus I see. And for good reason too. The game is only 800 points however, so it isn't so much a jump off the deep end like Plattchen's 1000-1500 price tag.

Yet another new puzzle game i want now...

Let's just pretend PLATTCHEN never happened. So, a new puzzler? Only had one wink wink recently, so could be good. Actually, if it has decent multiplayer and some kind of campaign, I'm fairly likely to get this.

Oh hell yeah!!... i been waitin for this game to be out in the wiiware and we are gettin this monday, that is so cool... once again, one of my type of favorite kind of games!!... cant wait!!

Was checking out the site for the developer, and I thought it was pretty cool how it's comprised of two brothers who went into the game business.

I really wish Nintendo had spaced out the Wiiware releases a little better. MM9, World of Goo, the Strong Bad series, Bomberman, Orbient... so much stuff in such a short time.

That said, I need a good Wiiware puzzler that isn't Tetris, so it's either this or Groovin' Blocks.

Actually, I just noticed that they listed Meteos and Tetris Attack as the inspirations for Madstone.

Definitely leaning towards this game now.

@ttplayer and x.Supermario.x. I completely agree. These guys are actually telling us what we need to know, rather than plainly boast about how great their game is gonna be. I respect that. And I might've enjoyed Brawl more if Nintendo didn't give away every painstaking detail about it on a weekly basis before the game released. Overhyping is bad for the soul.

I hope Europe gets this or groovin' blocks on the 10th...oh who am I kidding we'll probably be getting Protothea and Family Table Tennis...

For some reason inspite of how well the puzzlers do on WiiWare here (when I say Puzzlers I mean Pop) we seem to get them either mega-early (Actionloop, MaBoShi) or mega-late.

Not for me but i think it will do pretty well.

It does look good, but it also looks very confusing and frantic. I'm going to wait for the review before I think about purchasing it's UK release, but I bet it's going to be an 8.
Next Friday on WiiWare: Gyrostarr, Potpurri or Groovin' Blocks maybe? Or perhaps we can stick Alien Crush in the faces of Americans and laugh uproariously with glee. We'll most likely end up with rubbish/average games though.

@Wiiloveitonline
If you guys get Alien Crush on Friday, I will crush you. Just kidding, becuase that likely means we'd get it the next Monday with World Of Goo!

I hope this game does well critically. There have been too many small companies that have ruined their image and the image of others by releasing sub-par or worse games.

1 more day to go until it hits Monday the 6th and i got my wii points stocked up and ready to go... bought a 5000 wii points on the wii shop!.. gonna be usin that for Madstone and World of Goo.

Yes =D
I just noticed this is going to be 800 wii points, and I have exactly 1800..
After these two weeks.. I'm only going to be waiting for Tetris party, Gravitronix, Crescendo, Mabisho(sp?), and Swords and Soldiers.

Nah I dont want any more puzzlers. I hope developers start pushing more original idea's on Wiiware. The next game I want is Gradius Rebirth but I don't see much beyond that at present.

@ Outrunner

So you want more original games, but then say the next game you plan on getting is Gradius?

Yes. I'm allowed to like retro stuff too...
Plus you could look at it from the perspective that releasing sequels to old games is, in it's own way, an original idea.
Perhaps I phrased it wrong. I should've said I want to see a bit more diversity.

so much good new stuff and so little time to dive into it all! It's so cheap, too, but adds up if I get it all. What should I get first/next Mega Man, Strong Bad 2, Madstone, Groovin' Blocks, or that Artstyle thing? Even if I wanted to get them all I don't think they'd all fit without buying an SD card. Jeez, decisions. So good to see Nintendo doing well again, reminds me of renting NES games in middle school.
Hey, weird, how'd I get a Ren picture here? Thanks, whoever did it. I like it.