It's only a slightly better game than last time but that's almost irrelevant given the impossible range and complexity of virtual objects at your command.

An aggravatingly poor sequel that insists on changing things that didn't need changing and refusing to fix those that did.

Even for those that would never normally dream of playing a basketball sim this is a great game, although it's best played in small doses.

The best new music title for years and a significant improvement on the first game, with almost every complaint from the original addressed.

Considerably worse than the thoroughly unremarkable original, this is a horror game but not quite in the way it was intended.

The plot may have gone off the deep end but thankfully the puzzles remain perfectly logical in what is Layton's biggest and arguably best adventure yet.

Another charmingly scripted adventure with bright cheery graphics, a loveable cast and… tedious combat and frustrating exploration.

Indie gaming at its retro-loving best, with some of the most cunningly-designed and purposefully infuriating 2D gameplay of the year.

It needed a lot more fine tuning to work properly on the Wii, but almost by default this still becomes one of the best racers on Nintendo's home console.

Some minor improvements to the formula, but the dull combat remains an unresolved problem in this lighting fast sequel.

Game starved rally fans will welcome it all the same but this low tech racing sim has a bit too much room for improvement.

Not only the worst PlayStation Move game but probably the worst motion-controlled title ever. Riding through traffic on a real chair would be more entertaining.

There are a few points of interest here but the greatest accomplishment of this lacklustre role-player is making Dragon Quest IX seem even better by comparison.

An unremarkable and derivative first person shooter that uses the cover of controversy to hide a game severely lacking in courage and ambition.

It looks the part, but this 18-rated Final Fight suffers from a repellent script and the usual descent into monotonous, skill-less button-bashing.

As a game it still clearly doesn't work in anything like the way it's supposed to, but as a party game novelty it currently has few equals.

It's the gameplay which is slave to the visuals and storytelling here, in this intriguing but shallow post-apocalyptic fable.

It may stimulate nostalgia glands just as intended but this is the best modern day Sonic game by only a surprisingly small margin.

A great start to a promising new sports series. It does feel a little lightweight in some of the options but the central combat is handled very well.

Dumbing down Mario Party sounds impossible, but this strips out every ounce of fun or thought from the concept to create the most vapid Nintendo game ever.

There are some welcome advances here over Fallout 3 but they risk being drowned out by the cripplingly poor technology that still powers the game.

Even though it's let down by longevity and a lack of ancillary options this still plays like a classic and is one of the best new shooters of its generation.

Unquestionably the best Dynasty Warriors style game so far, but at its core it's still just as shallow and repetitive as any of Koei's games.

It's inconsistent and never quite fulfils its potential but this is far more inspired than it first appears and one of the best Wii games of the year.

Pikachu has probably had more exciting adventures visiting the men's room, than in this boring spin-off.

It might not be a game, but this is as entertaining a slice of edutainment as you'll ever find. Even if it's not quite the bargain it first appears.

A mostly successful reboot of the series in terms of pure gameplay, except now it seems even more like a minor variation of the still superior FIFA.

The camera technology can't keep up with the game's ambition, but at least this Pokemon clone has some.