Let there be no doubt, Surf's Up is strictly for kids in love with the movie. The redundancy of the gameplay will certainly help to break one's obsession with all things penguin in a weekend. Definitely a rental.

Cake Mania appears to be a game that graphically and conceptually targets a younger, more casual gamer. Unfortunately, the extreme difficulty level will most likely alienate this target audience.

Dark Horizon is a game that should be seen, not heard. Whether it should be played depends on just how empty your life is.

Only the most experienced real-time strategy players will be able to make sense of it, much less enjoy it.

Dragon Ball: Raging Blast has a lot of things going for it including an interesting story mode, great graphics, and a huge character roster. However, the foundation of the game - the battle system - isn't very fun, and that sinks the whole experience.

Exploration is as good as ever, and the Wii Remote mini-games, from cooking to building to foraging for food, are solid. But the problem with the health gauges really detracts from the experience, and it’s getting more and more difficult to overlook that problem as we see it in game after game.

While Pandemic Studios has attempted to bring their applauded formula to The Lord of the Rings in Conquest, the game is just missing too much finesse to impress most audiences.

Just like the first entry, this one doesn't try to escape from the simple button mashing, combo street brawler.

Let there be no doubt, Surf's Up is strictly for kids in love with the movie. The redundancy of the gameplay will certainly help to break one's obsession with all things penguin in a weekend. Definitely a rental.

In the end, it seems like Baja: Edge of Control was trying to please everybody and, in doing so, managed to create an experience that isn't ideal for anyone.

Just like the first entry, this one doesn't try to escape from the simple button mashing, combo street brawler.

It's just a mess. It pains me to say it, but it's absolutely true.

It's just a mess. It pains me to say it, but it's absolutely true.

It's just a mess. It pains me to say it, but it's absolutely true.

Just like the first entry, this one doesn't try to escape from the simple button mashing, combo street brawler.

In the end, it seems like Baja: Edge of Control was trying to please everybody and, in doing so, managed to create an experience that isn't ideal for anyone.

Harry Potter and Half-Blood Prince is a half-baked game that is almost certain to leave you with a sour taste.

As a traditional arcade co-op fighter this one delivers. Anything past this, and you are asking too much from it. The price tag is its own worst enemy.

Vanguard just feels dated and unoriginal. Even by including Wii controls, Vanguard doesn't do anything to make the game stand out from any of the other dozens of WWII games out there, many of which are much more fun.

There's a fair amount of content here, but it's tedious and repetitive enough that you won't want to play it for very long.

There's a fair amount of content here, but it's tedious and repetitive enough that you won't want to play it for very long.

Though the 3D visuals undeniably add something to the Splinter Cell experience (and it's nice to have a functional shooter on the 3DS) too much has been stripped away from the core game to make this worth your $40.

Like the vampires portrayed here, this game just plain sucks.

Disappointing. Everything about this title feels like it needs more work, from the cut-scenes to the broken A.I. of your allies.

A game that may sell based on name recognition alone. It's certainly not worth the forty-dollar price tag.

There may be plenty of "hours" of gameplay, but when that time is stuffed with pointless dialogue and boring game design, it can't be counted as time well spent.

It's doubtful the developers set out to reinvent the FPS wheel, but in even the basic areas-controls, story, co-op-the experience comes off as subpar.

If you're a huge fan of Iron Man, this version of the game might be worth a rental. But, if you're just looking for a solid action title on the DS, this is not the game for you.