The game does have some endearing visuals that manage to put a funny spin on rather grim material.

Someday, Sega might actually do Sonic right in 3D, but at the moment, this is the worst attempt yet.

One of the few DS games that not only takes advantage of the platform but doesn’t try to shoehorn in use of every feature as well as having great gameplay.

Avoid this game at all costs, it isn't worth your time, nor anyone else's. This is what happens when publishers push a game through in order to meet the holiday sales rush.

Absolutely not a title I would recommend to any kid already playing other platformers like Mario, Ratchet and Clank, or Sly Cooper.

Has a lot going for it, especially in the graphical department. Unfortunately, gameplay issues sap most of the fun out of the game.

An ambitious attempt at an addictive game, and meets expectations more times than not.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire delivers the expected “you’ve seen the movie, now play it” goods, though tedious collection quests and a dearth of fresh material that goes beyond the movie storyline will limit the game’s appeal to the teen-and-up audience.

The AI has no qualms with calling you on your bluffs and aggressively checking, creating a believable experience that is fresh and unique each play.

Gun is intense and packed with violence and action, but it is extremely brief and tends to overdose on the M-rated excesses.

Despite the good attempt, WCP2 is nothing compared to real-life poker.

Maybe for the casual gamer who likes to spend their Saturday mornings doing firearms drills on the front lawn.

Get more friends, get more controllers, get Red Hot Rumble. In that order only.

Kameo is absolutely beautiful, and it's a decent game, too.

It actually plunges past mediocrity into outright craptitude.

Better than Finest Hour, but still not where it needs to be.

This title seems to bluntly and directly prey on young girls' naiveté and lack of experience… and their obsession with hair…

This is a game that caters for all players; from war enthusiasts to war-hating vegetarians.

A technically accomplished and truly involving first-person shooter.

Gunstar Super Heroes is a wonderful game and deserves, nay, needs, to be in anyone's GBA collection.

Who should get this game? Well, if your kid is absolutely in love with the cartoon, and keeps yelping "Kong, king of Atlantis!" at the top of his lungs, I'd imagine your only solutions would be to buy this game or get the kid in therapy, and the game is cheaper than therapy.

If you're a fan of hack-n-slash button-mashing in your RPGs, Shining Force Neo offers a load of challenge and a long campaign.

Doesn't provide much more in the way of improving upon the original formula, and manages to totally demolish the fantastic enemy AI on the trip over to Sony's console.

The structure outside the battlefield, like the country it portrays, is broken. Shattered, if you will.

The general spiritual themes of the first game are expanded on from the word, “Go,” here.

It's like Vegas without the money and excitement and shiny things.

Casual fans of the genre may want to think twice about the work that will be needed to create a game.

The new content alone more than makes it a worthy purchase even for those who have played the original release. A year on, Ninja Gaiden is still an extraordinary game. Game of the Year? Insulting. Game of the Generation.