Another World – 20th Anniversary is a welcome new edition of one of videogaming’s most significant works and cult classic of other days. This port keeps all that made the original so appealing, while also keeping the frustrating difficulty and low replay value.

Despite its accessible gameplay, within the general traits of a classic shoot'em up, Gaiabreaker does not stand out. Its control scheme, which will get the players feel like stuck in several situations and its rather short lifespan, along with the lack of an online mode make it less attractive to the crowd.

Flowerworks HD: Follie’s Adventure departs from a concept that's funny enough to provide a good background and its cooperative mode certainly has something worth exploring. However, the game ends up being repetitive, even on a short-term basis, with a frustrating control system and some visual and sound inconsistencies.

Gravity Badgers is full of good intentions. Its plentiful contents and interest mechanics have everything that would amount to a fun and compelling challenge…but its repetitiveness and exaggerated resource to those very same mechanics end up leaving the player weary and tired.

Quell Reflect is simple and direct, direct drops of water through glass surfaces, using as least moves as possible to reach the end of each level. Addictive, relaxing, demanding but within the limits of reason, this is a fine puzzle game worthy of all the time put into it.

It's certainly a fun effort, full of details that will pull a laugh off players' faces and its mechanics simple enough to learn quickly, but it might be too long for some and runs the risk of becoming somewhat repetitive in the long term.

Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition, a title as long and exaggerated as the fun and entertainment this game provides. One of the Wii U’s best works, Guacamelee’s enhanced version plays like a a “metroidvania” type of game and fills the spaces with a delightful atmosphere, an exquisite artistic component and an affection which is set to grow in the player’s heart.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal World Duel Carnival appears as a mutilated effort which lost a lot of its content on the journey from Japan to the Western markets. The lack of a multiplayer of any kind and its short lifespan, as well as an overall sub par visual outlook, mean that only the most dedicated fans of the Yu-Gi-Oh! series will find reasons to appreciate this game, as it still manages to keep the spirit of the series intact.

Fun and involving enough to be compelling, Cocoro - Line Defender's only obstacles are its repetitiveness which gets excessive at some points and its unbalanced difficulty level. If these issues were addressed, this would be a fine strategy for Nintendo's handheld, as all the other elements attest to that.

Puzzle games need to be easy to learn and difficult to master but Blok Drop U doesn't leave much space for that, as its short amount of levels and lack of a scoring system don't leave much room for the players to appreciate it. While its gameplay mechanics and physics are well implemented, there's still a lot that Blok Drop U needs to be more of an acceptable piece of gaming.

While Monkey Pirates does make an effort to become a fun and involving multiplayer game, its chaotic structure and strange construction are more bound to leave the players confused and uninterested beyond the first tries. Its lack of an online multiplayer mode and bizarre organization are impediments to what would otherwise be a rather entertaining title.

Fan service always manages to strike a core audience but ends up sacrificing other segments of the public. In the case of One Piece: Unlimited World Red, the fans will get a proper serving character and plot-wise, but a repetitive formula and low difficulty level will not give the rest of the audience a significant challenge unless they are already fans of the series.

Tangram Style has no ambition and it shows. An overall dull and technically flawed experience, which will wear out the players’ patience and which does not in any way maximize the game’s potential lifespan derived from its very high number of puzzles, Tangram Style is only to be considered by those specifically looking for something like this.

With a gameplay that is as easy to learn as it is addictive and an immense variety of puzzles, made even bigger by the puzzle editor, Pullblox World has all the conditions to become a very welcome member of any Wii U family.

Squids Odyssey is a fun, addictive and extremely challenging turn-based RPG with an action twist. Its difficulty level can prove merciless for those less willing to invest their time and energy, but the rewards are more than welcome in this well-designed and well-crafted piece of work.

A short, uninspired effort, hampered by serious obstacles which prevent it from being fully completed, this downloadable title is not worthy of more than a few minutes’ attention.

The Denpa Men 3: The Rise of Digitoll is a continuity in evolution, bringing elements of change but leaving the series' fundamentals untouched. While being a game of its generation, it still creates a retro RPG outlook and addresses some of the nuisances often present in this genre, which is very appreciated, and its colourful and imaginative settings along with the customization possibilities are set to appeal. On the down side, its plot is relatively uninteresting and it doesn't really attempt to stand out from the series' previous titles.

Color Zen Kids is not much more than a downsized version of the original Color Zen, with a lower difficulty setting and a much shorter lifespan.

Once set aside the easy temptation of comparing it to Angry Birds, Castle Clout 3D delievers what it promises in a varied way, even more so with two players. While there are several flaws to correct regarding the usage of the weapons and some camera issues to fix, this is a very entertaining and relatively long-lasting piece of work.

The JRPG style is not going through its finest hour and it’s not Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars that will lift it upwards. While the battle system is very well implemented and the breeding function is a welcome detail, nearly everything else is missing: an involving narrative, a captivating exploration, charismatic characters and appealing graphics are all absent from this lacklustre and overall tedious production.

Yet another zombie title in a saturated market segment, How To Survive needs to learn what it title says. While it lures players in a fun way, the game quickly falls into a succession of unchallenging and repetitive assignments. The lack of an online cooperative mode only aggravates the case and its overall lifespan is too short for even the most enthusiastic zombie fans.

For its short ambitions, AiRace Xeno delivers…But beyond Time Trials and online leader-boards, there’s very little else this sequel provides. While there are some clear improvements over the original and this game manages to pull the 3DS graphical capabilities very well, the borderline is drawn very close to the starting point and perfectly in line with its very light price tag.

Etrian Odyssey Untold is a successful and well-executed remake which does a superb job at introducing the series to newcomers, as well as to rekindling the interest of its veterans. The game's enormous lifespan, its wide variety of locations and magnificent remastered soundtrack more than make for a rather simple narrative.

Hometown Story’s attempts at setting up an involving store management game end up falling in a tiresome, repetitive and often difficult to understand challenge, where the rules are not clear and where aspects which are logic in everyday life gain a completely illogical dimension in the game. While the beginning may be alluring enough to bring some players in, the game will quickly wear out those with higher expectations.

Scram Kitty and his Buddy on Rails is more than a throwback to the 16-bit era, it’s an action-packed challenge on rails, guaranteed to keep the most demanding players closely around its simple, yet demanding concept. The jumping mechanics could use a more accessible learning curve, but anyone who plays this will have their entertainment needs properly fulfilled.

The tasks presented are fun to fulfill and make use of one of the most overlooked assets of the 3DS. Let's Go, Photo! could use some more variety in its whole but it shows Nintendo can deliver more than the usual series everyone knows.

Color Zen is a creative and challenging package of colour-based puzzles at a low cost. Its longevity is surprising for such a price tag but the experience would fit better within the 3DS format than in the Wii U's, running the risk of becoming too repetitive after several minutes.

The rollercoaster genre hasn't stood out in the last 9 years and it's not Coaster Creator 3D that will change the way things are looking. While the roller coaster editor is very varied and ambitious, the game is not properly constructed and all its (older) PC counterparts are still more attractive options for anyone looking to build and ride roller coasters.