Amazingly, Rooms manages to turn hateful tile-slide puzzles into something compulsive and fun. As a package, however, it's a little disappointing. [May 2010, p.61]

Very pleasant and cute for the kiddies, but mum or dad will soon spot the technical shortcomings. [May 2010, p.68]

Up there with the very best that WiiWare has to offer. Essential playing. [May 2010, p.72]

The ship's the star in the most ambitious DS RPG to date. At times the DS cannae take it, but when the engines engage, they really do.

An endearing story and a thoroughly enchanting world marred by a game that's too simple to pull off its lofty ambitions. An acquired taste. [Apr 2010, p.58]

An awkward and ugly collection of minigames. [Apr 2010, p.62]

Captivating adventure gaming, sadly ruined by a horrible port. [May 2010, p.52]

Compact, deep and great fun to get stuck into. [June 2010, p.77]

The Pokemon formula stays unchanged, but Gold and Silver remain our favourites. Essential for Johto newcomers and veterans. [Mar 2010, p.94]

The Pokemon formula stays unchanged, but Gold and Silver remain our favourites. Essential for Johto newcomers and veterans. [Mar 2010, p.94]

Not enough depth to bother a PC strategy title, but the intended crowd (fans of manga girls) may find something new to do here. [Sept 2009, p.71]

With its modern setting and effective scares, Calling is not a boring way to whimper away a few evenings. Just a shame silly artistic choices severely dampen the effect. [Mar 2010, p.50]

More a party game than a sports sim, but not a particularly good one. [May 2010, p.64]

There's not much that surprises you. [Mar 2010, p.74]

A simple but enjoyable blaster that costs way too much. [May 2010, p.73]

You won't find many gamers round here who've imported this. [Apr 2010, p.71]

Sometimes you enter a rabbit hole and all you find is dirt, worms and rabbit droppings. [Apr 2010, p.63]

Old games cruelly exposed by a shoddy conversion to DS. [Apr 2010, p.64]

Just not terribly exciting. [May 2010, p.68]

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

A cheap and cheerful extended minigame. [Feb 2010, p.74]

Deadly tough retro platformer that won't give you an inch. Feat its power. [Apr 2010, p.77]

A bafflingly deep card battle experience to look forward to. [June 2010, p.71]

Shameless lack of originality aside, this might be worth a look if you've exhausted the real thing. [Mar 2010, p.52]

A perfectly acceptable pint-sized kart racer. [Mar 2010, p.58]

A relaxing underwater adventure that teaches you about fish and shows you how to battle sharks for their buried treasure. [Feb 2010, p.62]

Although limited in scope, Flipper executes its few ideas with great panache and bags of charm. [July 2010, p.77]

Edgeworth is always good company, but what this spin-off fixes in execution, it loses in melodrama. Still, nice to have the gang back. [Feb 2010, p.58]

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

Scientific and thoroughly accurate. [June 2010, p.64]

A simple idea perfectly executed. It deserves a place among your favourite Wii Channels. [May 2010, p.75]

If you're not keen on challenging dungeon crawls, you can give this a pass. For fans of console roguelikes, however, this is a must-have. [Apr 2010, p.56]

It's no longer a game for the hardcore, that much is for certain, but what audience is this aimed at? We're not sure who's going to get full value from Step & Roll.

Even die-hard Twilight fans (Twi-hards?) are going to feel a bit short-changed by this. [Apr 2010, p.70]

This is a game you'll want to run and shout about immediately - if only all those dinosaurs and robots weren't in your way. [Feb 2010, p.72]

Not as good as it used to be. [Apr 2010, p.76]

What a sorry affair. [June 2010, p.77]

A massively disappointing puzzler. [Mar 2010, p.65]

A Suda51 game anyone can enjoy. [Mar 2010, p.44]

Loads of variety, some of the most spectacular moves we've seen and a control system that lets everyone get the best out of it. Aces.! [Jan 2010, p.70]

Strong in every department, from story to combat to graphics. [Mar 2010, p.60]

It's ridiculous, but it's executed so garishly, and revels in its own absurdity with such confidence, that you can forgive it for being the shallow nonsense that it is. [Apr 2010, p.76]

The ideal next step for puzzle-hungry gamers who've exhausted Zoo Keeper and the like. [Apr 2010, p.68]

A perfectly acceptable yet unremarkable RPG. [Mar 2010, p.61]

Not only the best combat flight sim on Wii but one of the best shooty action games of any type. [Feb 2010, p.60]

Great value. [Mar 2010, p.75]

It beggars belief, then, that someone would consciously make a game that contained only the worst bits of an already atrocious game. [Mar 2010, p.75]

The real downer is the price, which is ludicrously sky-high for something so simple. [Feb 2010, p.73]

With 30 stages, Magic Obelisk is a great little package. [Mar 2010, p.74]

Dumb action threatens to overshadow the odd combat system, but beneath it there's some of Squeenix's most enjoyable work in years.

The content-to-price ratio is horribly skewed. [Mar 2010, p.67]

We'd struggle to recommend it. [Feb 2010, p.74]

Some enemies that weren't can-based would have been even nicer. [Mar 2010, p.73]

Online play is another welcome addition. [Feb 2010, p.73]

It's a good way to kill some time - and cute little Moki. [Feb 2010, p.75]

The fat's been trimmed, but the horror has dimmed. The result is the most psychological Silent Hill yet, if not the scariest. [Feb 2010, p.56]

Peril, puzzles, laughs and rabbits - everything you'd want for a cracking Christmas romp. [Christmas 2009, p.42]

Memorable, though perhaps not essential, playing. [Mar 2010, p.75]

Not particularly original or polished, but we found it hard to put down. [May 2009, p.58]

Sorry to disappoint, but if Safecracker is the ultimate puzzle adventure then we're a small punnet of strawberries. [Mar 2010, p.68]

Looks nice and is actually challenging, but repetitive goals and fussy controls are a downer. [Christmas 2009, p.60]

A life-consuming wonder-gem. [Winter 2009, p.65]

Botched design, poor songs and bloody chipmunks. [Feb 2010, p.68]

A silhouette of an almost great game. [Apr 2010, p.60]

Dull. [Feb 2010, p.69]

Bit of a one-trick pony, but it's still a neat idea, well executed. [May 2010, p.73]

Far tighter than the original, an indispensable bit of fan service takes a good shamble closer to being an indispensable lightgun gem.

Glitchy, hard to control, unimaginative, repetitive, frustrating, overpriced... Nobody except Tony Hawk himself seems to like it. [Jan 2010, p.73]

A dizzying array of stuff will keep you tinkering for a while. [Christmas 2009, p.54]

A lovely bit of fan service. [Jan 2010, p.75]

The lack of single-cart multiplayer is a bit hard on on the piggy bank. [Mar 2010, p.68]

Technically flawed but undeniably fun with the right company (and probably several crates of beer). [Mar 2010, p.66]

A box office turkey. [Feb 2010, p.67]

Dreary racer. [Christmas 2009, p.51]

Curiously forgettable and throwaway compared to the Mario platforming standard, but as a social experience ti's up there with the best on Wii. [Winter 2009, p.46]

A frustrating experience. [Mar 2010, p.65]

Succeeds in delivering Phantasy Star Online to DS, but niggling flaws and missed opportunities tarnish an otherwise great online RPG. [Mar 2010, p.62]

Heavy on the boyband adoration, light on the gameplay. [Apr 2010, p.70]

Excellent, in its own peculiar way, but offers little new if you've got PES 2009. [Winter 2009, p.61]

Technical and control issues mean this is far from the best way to experience it. [Christmas 2009, p.46]

You just mash buttons and move on. Dire. [Jan 2010, p.74]

The concept's fresh, the tunes are funky and the music creation mode is top notch. [Nov 2009, p.70]

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

While this is enjoyable stuff, more should have been done. [Mar 2010, p.73]

Cheapo presentation. [Christmas 2009, p.67]

It's all fun and games until someone remembers how good SSX used to be. [Christmas 2009, p.62]

Feels more like a budget release. [Jan 2010, p.75]

There's a better party at Activision's house. [Christmas 2009, p.57]

A top-notch DS music game. [Christmas 2009, p.65]

Absolute minger of a game. [Christmas 2009, p.66]

A very strong, well-rounded pop package. [Christmas 2009, p.56]

Worse than Pele's impotence advert. [Dec 2009, p.67]

A bumper festive parcel. [Jan 2010, p.74]

If you have "Rome," knock 30% off the score. [July 2010, p.67]

It might look like a Burnout for kids but it doesn't play that way. [Christmas 2009, p.50]

The score is for people who like this sort of game. [Christmas 2009, p.70]

A flimsy mess. [Christmas 2009, p.70]

The Rabbids can pull off a fully fledged game without Rayman's assistance. This is witty, charming and, above all, incredible fun.