Despite quaint touches, this is cumbersome and wholly unoriginal. We didn't come here to get the mick taken out of us by talking mice, you know. [Nov 2006, p.71]

As a pinball game, it's up there. As entertainment, it stares blankly at you and occasionally farts. Concrete-proof pinball belongs in the arcade.

Could have done with more ruthless quality control. [Feb 2009, p.65]

The control system is irritatingly basic, and you'll likely be bored of it within ten minutes. [Aug 2006, p.67]

The minigames are repetitive and won't keep more game-savvy kids busy for long, but if you know a DS-owning pre-schooler this is at least fairly wholesome. [Oct 2011, p.71]

A passable clone of Nintendo's classic brawler is undermined by a frustrating single-player mode. You're better off waiting for the real thing instead. [Feb 2012, p.97]

It all just seems a bit unnecessary. [Jan 2009, p.71]

There's a pleasant enough Toy Story 'vibe' about the whole package but a few technical problems stop it being much fun. [Aug 2010, p.72]

A strong action RPG title that, due to a meticulous and inflexible storyline, is sadly at times as impenetrable as a remake of "Van Helsing" cast by the Goons from "Popeye." [JPN Import]

Clumsily executed port. [Christmas 2010, p.60]

As a tribute it's more souvenir than towering statue. [Christmas 2010, p.69]

A strong action RPG title that, due to a meticulous and inflexible storyline, is sadly at times as impenetrable as a remake of "Van Helsing" cast by the Goons from "Popeye." [JPN Import]

A dark fantasy adventure stripped of darkness, fantasy and, well, adventure. [July 2009, p.71]

A great idea for a puzzle game, with a cool minimal art style, but it's just stretched too thin. The baffling slowdown and useless mini-map only make it worse. [July 2012, p.92]

A strong action RPG title that, due to a meticulous and inflexible storyline, is sadly at times as impenetrable as a remake of "Van Helsing" cast by the Goons from "Popeye." [JPN Import]

We find it difficult to recommend something with so little originality or craft. [Nov 2011, p.72]

For non-Bakugan followers this is, quite literally, balls. [Christmas 2009, p.70]

The interactive clues are nicely done. [Jan 2010, p.75]

Unrefined and frequently maddening. [Apr 2012, p.107]

A disappointing case of quantity over quality. [Feb 2010, p.68]

Two of the least memorable lightgun games we're ever played. [Oct 2010, p.61]

It's just another drab city full of shallow rent-a-goon fisticuffs. [Jan 2009, p.56]

Barely a game at all. [June 2011, p.65]

It's dull, unsatisfying far for fans of the movie or the less discerning gamer. [Aug 2006, p.66]

It's samey, stuff, though, even at a budget price. [Aug 2011, p.75]

The fighting's better than expected, but it's outdated, unimaginative and you'd want to wait for it to be cheaper. [Sept 2011, p.71]

Like an awful movie shown in the graveyard shift during a sleepless night, you'll hve fun, but only because there's nothing else going on. [Oct 2007, p.56]

The directional prompts are too vague, and the movement recognition seems even more slapdash than Just Dance's. [Christmas 2011, p.76]

It's just not much fun. [Winter 2009, p.70]

The combat is pedestrian and repetitive. [May 2010, p.69]

And the environments! Catastrophically dull. [July 2008, p.72]

Mario Kart 7 will put this pretender to shame. [Dec 2011, p.75]

Shame the developers don't feel Wii owners are able to handle the "proper" Top Spin, though. [Apr 2011, p.61]

Tedious backtracking. [Feb 2011, p.70]

Harvest Moon should stick to the cow-tending. [Dec 2009, p.70]

Forget calling it 'the one that comes with the plastic wheel'; this is 'the one with the shoddy graphics and limited control.'[January 2007, p.57]

Oozed originality on PS2 a few years back but now feels stale. Wii controls are weak. [May 2008, p.56]

Utterly uninspired stuff in every single way imaginable. [Jan 2008, p.55]

Even with a year to polish it up, Bleach feels like a rushed Wii launch job. Very poor. [Mar 2008, p.59]

If someone could give this a tidy-up with some spot-on physics and some real challenges it could be a gem. Shame. [Feb 2009, p.77]

Uninspired missions, repetitive gameplay, bored-sounding voiceovers, ugly graphics, painful controls. [July 2007, p.46]

It's a rather cute create-a-friend-to-play-minigames-with cart, sadly it's just a little short on the games. [June 2008, p.71]

Outdated, frustrating, repetitive and only intermittently fun. [June 2010, p.68]

An old-fashioned platformer with no challenge, no depth and no real point. Buy some classics on Virtual Console instead. [Winter 2009, p.50]

A very basic DS game dressed up for Wii. [Mar 2011, p.69]

A package riddled with niggles. [Sept 2009, p.69]

Uninspired. [July 2010, p.63]

Offering simultaneous play for eight players (four on nunchuks and four on remotes) with everyone playing on the same game screen, it's certainly a tempting idea. Unfortunately after five minutes with even just a couple of players, all the ball action becomes totally confused, empty and aimless.

Not a game, but a series of instructional videos, plus simple interactive activities. [Aug 2011, p.69]

Namco have done much better retro remixes. [July 2008, p.64]

A nice approach to DS development, but the whole thing was slightly doomed to failure by the hardware. [Dec 2008, p.72]

There are some cheeky thrills - roughly two per character - but this is tiresome. [Apr 2009, p.58]

This one is let down slightly by a poor conversion from the PC original. [Feb 2008, p.71]

Not without its moments, but it's needlessly confrontational without necessarily raising any hairs. [July 2008, p.60]

Who knew hideous monsters could be so dull? [Christmas 2011, p.77]

Never trust a board game designer to do a math's professors job. This is too lightweight to be of note. [May 2008, p.72]

A linear snooze fest that suffers from overwhelming plainness. [Jan 2009, p.62]

If only we could go back in time and make Telltale leave this in the oven for a couple more months. [Jan 2012, p.114]

As innovative as a zero-effort PS2 conversion that makes no use of the Wii's features. [Jan 2009, p.60]

Short on charm and challenge. [July 2012, p.98]

Definitely not the most offensive game on the shelf for Wii, but not the most enjoyable either. Without multiplayer functionality, life on the water is a rather lonely one. [Feb 2007, p.72]

A hasty rush job. [Nov 2011, p.73]

Kudos for embracing the stylus, but you really need to have the basics of gameplay down before the snazzy controls. [Jan 2009, p.72]

Slightly better than the GC version, but that's not saying much. We'd much rather write about the genius of Bruce Campbell. [Mar 2007, p.63]

Leaden and clumsy. [June 2010, p.62]

A mediocre entry in the Bub and Bob saga, too irritating to ever be absorbing, and missing the sparkle of the mighty original. Some nice ideas meet the frustration of poor level design. [Apr 2007, p.56]

Repetitive, bland and ultimately not very Goku. [Jan 2009, p.76]

Nothing to see here. [May 2008, p.65]

Plays like a second-rate attempt to rip off a series that's not enjoyed a distinguished recent past itself. [March 2012, p.99]

Pedestrian. [March 2012, p.100]

Our relationship with IM is similar to the one we have with our grandparents - kudos for giving us life, but pardon us if we don't want to play with them. [Sept 2007, p.70]

Welcome to Migraine City, population you. [June 2008, p.54]

Too slow, too short, too annoying. Only the graphics have any real quality. Stick with "Sonic And The Secret Rings," or even "Excite Truck" if you don't mind the lack of hedgehog.

Save the 30 quid and spend it on a side salad in one of Gordon's restaurants instead. It'll be better and should last longer than this pile of ****. [Dec 2008, p.62]

This brawler is a step down from the first Panda game - and with barely any drawing elements, it's stupid that uDraw is mandatory. [Aug 2011, p.72]

Wait for snow and venture outside instead. [Feb 2012, p.100]

One of the worst Worms games in memory. [May 2008, p.62]

The flimsy core betrays a bevy of neat ideas nabbed straight from the film. [Aug 2008, p.63]

But hey, at least the characters look nice. [Christmas 2010, p.74]

This isn't the sort of thing you play for the 'game' part, is it? [May 2011, p.70]

Too little, too late. A shameless, lazy cash-in on a venerable series, which ultimately feels totally pointless to play. [Feb 2009, p.70]

Too basic to be much fun. [Apr 2011, p.74]

Neither compelling nor a decent rhythm-actioner. [Apr 2012, p.49]

A few nice ideas spoiled by some blitheringly daft ones and duff graphics. "Mario and Sonic" are still the gold medalists. [Nov 2008, p.67]

Weak, tiresome and devoid of almost any excitement whatsoever. [Winter 2009, p.66]

Boring and confusing in single-player; briefly entertaining with a friend. That's not really worth 25 quid, is it? [Oct 2009, p.67]

Not awful, then, but crushingly generic. [Oct 2011, p.70]

Dark, dreary and awkward. You'd have more fun spending the afternoon trying to pronounce the noise Fisher's goggles make. Pyooooaeeeee?

A collection of ordinary games with no soul and an awkward gimmick. [Aug 2011, p.66]

Dry presentation and limited interaction. Home run? Not quite. [May 2012, p.98]

A remarkably charmless game. [Apr 2010, p.71]

A competent golf game, but also a fussy, bland and entirely forgettable one. [May 2012, p.108]

This is too creaky to forgive. [June 2008, p.55]

Only the basic building blocks of an average RPG are to be found here - and nothing else. Move along. [Apr 2010, p.65]

The tracklist isn't bad. [Nov 2011, p.72]

The 3D judders horribly. [Dec 2011, p.72]

We applaud the return to nature, but outside of a few icky moments there really is nothing to recommend Necro-Nesia. Go throw a spider at someone; it's a whole lot more fun. [JPN Import; Mar 2007, p.52]

A pale imitation of a far more ambitious game, Alone in the Dark on Wii is too higgledy-piggledy to satisfy. A handful of terrific highs can't make up for hours of lows. [Sept 2008, p.58]