TGS07: Mawaskes -- puzzle fighting both cute and confusing

Irem Software's new puzzle game Mawaskes sounds like a mix between the PlayStation Network's Piyotama and something like Tetris. That's probably the best description we'll be able to give without actually getting our hands on it, but we'll try to clarify what we mean. Every dropped block is the same size, but with different shapes imprinted on them. These blocks will have one to three spots available for linking with other blocks, allowing you to create shapes. Let's see ... that sound like if you had a bunch of blocks with triangles on them and one block with a giant circle, you could arrange the triangles around the circle to make the image of a sun. That's just an example, since a circle apparently isn't a shape in the game, but that's what we get from the description.

There are plenty of versus modes offered as well, so if you and some friends are really into puzzle games, this one seems like it'll give you a lot to do. Aside from the regular versus modes, you've got a mode where you and a friend share the same "pit" and scramble to assemble the largest shape possible in order to win. Once you complete a shape, we imagine they're set in stone and can't be moved. Otherwise, there's not much of a point. Sounds complicated on paper, but once you get it in your hands, we're sure it's fairly straightforward.