So bad it's worth renting, just to see. [Christmas 2009, p.68]

A terminal case. [Sept 2009, p.73]

By no means bad, but less than we'd expect from the MySims 'franchise'. Limps home a distant second place to the real thing. [Aug 2009, p.67]

Multiplayer has the slight advantage. [Sept 2009, p.73]

Immensely charming for what it is. [Mar 2009, p.61]

A simple, solid strategy game, but one that never becomes more than the sum of its (easily clicked together) parts. [Sept 2009, p.67]

This is a love letter to 16-bit RPGs, albeit written in really messy handwriting. [Sept 2009, p.73]

What Virtua Tennis lacks in panache or style, it makes up for with substance, including a comprehensive World Tour mode and the best tennis controls on Wii. [July 2009, p.62]

This is by turns frustrating, fun, exciting, dull, a technical achievement and a bit of a mess, but it's the most authentic Indy game yet.

A bit of a mish-mash, with environmental puzzles leading into distinct combat sections or explory bits. [Sept 2009, p.72]

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

It's a neat idea but it would shine with a greater variety of tracks. [Oct 2009, p.68]

The best tennis game on Wii, and probably the most enjoyable one we've played on any console since Mario Tennis on N64. [Aug 2009, p.62]

If golf's your game, this will keep you busy for ages. Decent new control modes, some good minigames, online play and real-time weather. [Aug 2009, p.70]

It doesn't do anything new and it's not exactly challenging, but Starfy is a charming, funny game, and a pleasant enough way to while away a few hours. [Sept 2009, p.68]

The most complex RPG we've ever played. Takes a lot of time to get to grips with, let alone master, but it's worth the effort. [Sept 2009, p.71]

Online play with rankings tables and Mii support is the big draw (no pun intended) here. [June 2009, p.73]

More of a light snack than a hearty meal. [Aug 2009, p.74]

The whole thing just feels a bit cheap. [Oct 2009, p.69]

A well-stocked game and a big improvement over Jake's previous outing, but it still feels a bit dry. [Nov 2009, p.73]

Unremarkable. [Sept 2009, p.72]

There's a special place in percussion hell for crap like this. [July 2009, p.73]

The map-making function is a stroke of genius, but this curious title is neither big nor clever enough to steal our heart. [July 2009, p.75]

If you've ever delighted in kicking down a sandcastle, demolishing a house of toy bricks or, indeed, playing Jenga, you'll love this. Creatively destructive. [July 2009, p.56]

Good stuff for the hardcore. [June 2009, p.75]

A hugely disappointing sequel to a great puzzler. More of the same would have been better than this. [Nov 2009, p.68]

Punch-Out!! is an odd choice for a revival, but it suits the Wii perfectly. Thumpy and brash but not without brains. It's time to get reacquainted.

A yo-ho-no. [Dec 2008, p.77]

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

Do minigames become more playable when coupled with a story that would have cinema goers lobbing popcorn at the screen? Answer: not really. [May 2009, p.60]

With Zoo Keeper still available, there's no need for this. [Mar 2010, p.68]

There are a couple of neat features in Enchanted Folk, but it gets too bogged down with boring activities and doesn't make enough of its magic theme. [June 2009, p.66]

What's fun for free isn't always worth paying for. It's why our theme park, Jump Into Piles Of Leaves World, went into administration. [Aug 2009, p.72]

A disappointingly underwhelming title. [Mar 2009, p.69]

This is the kind of game that makes us invent words like stinktacular and dumpulescent. [June 2010, p.71]

Contains tiny needles of goodness, but they're buried in a giant haystack of vomit, poison and rabid dogs. Not fun. [July 2009, p.61]

Even minus bongos Beat is too good a core experience to criticise. [Aug 2009, p.66]

Kingdoms is still playable, but after the delights of the two Puzzle Quests, this is a real letdown. [Nov 2009, p.72]

The film was duff; the game's duff. [Aug 2009, p.77]

Hardly the deepest RPG ever, but it's a fast-paced bots 'n' boobs romp, with more energy than a tap dancing meerkat. [Aug 2009, p.75]

A flawed but enjoyable shooter you can play with one hand. Pretty much on a par with Operation Vietnam, funnily enough. [Apr 2009, p.69]

There are some okay ideas here, just not 101 of them. [Feb 2009, p.76]

There's certainly lots of it, just not that much to it. [July 2009, p.68]

Visually it's 15 years old. No thanks. [July 2009, p.77]

Most of the Shodowns hold up today, but the bare bones presentation is disappointing. [Apr 2009, p.59]

It's no substitute for the real thing. [Apr 2009, p.75]

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]

It's like reading through the wrong end of a pair of binoculars. [Apr 2009, p.76]

Brilliantly odd music game made slightly less good by the replacement of four of the best tracks. not fair! [July 2009, p.75]

Not what we were hoping for from such a great developer of music games. [July 2009, p.66]

Our hopes were raised by the decent control scheme. But the gameplay is as messy and tangled as the great man's hair. Leave this one ringside.

Not a great game. Not really even a good game. But a very funny game. [June 2009, p.69]

A cute enough attempt to perk up the Mama franchise but a mere change of scenery isn't enough to disguise the same old gameplay. [July 2009, p.74]

The perfect package for Metallica fans, though putting together a full set of instruments could be costly. [July 2009, p.90]

A narrative oddity that we couldn't put down. [May 2009, p.73]

The kind of game that needs a budget price. [May 2009, p.62]

The cutscenes don't look so horribly grainy here either. [June 2009, p.74]

This is great fun with a few friends on board and on DS it handles exceptionally smoothly, but Wii owners may end up feeling a bit short-changed by it.

We wonder if we did something terrible in a past life which is coming back to haunt us as movie tie-in Monsters vs. Aliens. [June 2009, p.74]

Limited appeal and completely lacking in decent variations. [Apr 2009, p.40]

You can do a spot of car modding as well, but the options are pretty limited. [July 2009, p.77]

An acquired taste, and definitely not for impatient gamers. [Nov 2009, p.69]

One of the finest strategy games ever made. [June 2009, p.50]

Blisteringly fast racer with slightly dodgy handling but a great track editor. Link up with four other players for maximum fun. [Dec 2008, p.75]

Engrossing freeform farm 'n' harm. [July 2009, p.58]

Handsome, witty, and very good company. [May 2009, p.72]

It's such a well-told story. [June 2009, p.67]

Technically brilliant, well written, loads of fun to play, maybe a little bit naughty, maybe the best thing on DS. [May 2009, p.68]

There's no logic to any of the celebrity characters apart from having a cheap laugh at people currently in the public eye. Jack Black? Schwarzenegger? Why not jam Mika or Gail Trimble in there?

FC Konami deliver another excellent game of football. The additions and on-pitch improvements mean this is well worth forking out for. The lads done good.

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]

Not bad at all. [May 2009, p.75]

An often charming adventure for the CBBC crowd but too flaccid a storyline with too infuriating a score for the rest of us. [Dec 2008, p.75]

A brilliantly ballsy debut on a console short on adult thrills. [May 2009, p.48]

Worth a look if you're a connoisseur of action RPGs. [Apr 2010, p.66]

Brevity is pretty much the only complaint we can level at the game. [Dec 2008, p.81]

The characters are still charming but they're fronting a dull, lazy game. [June 2009, p.60]

Everything's got that cute MySims sheen but it feels hollow. [June 2009, p.75]

It's hamstrung by a presentation problem - i.e., you can't read the questions. [June 2009, p.60]

A cynical reissue to exploit the game-starved hardcore on Wii? This is far too complicated for your mum to play. Still, it's a genuine (prequel to a) classic.

With the basic controls it's like a jazzed up version of Wii Sports. With the full manual controls it's a mess. Take your pick.

Dead on arrival. [June 2009, p.74]

Much like a value supermarket sausage, this is 18% Sonic and 82% sawdust. Avoid it. [May 2009, p.56]

A relaxed approach to skiing and snowboarding that has loads of visual charm, very satisfying handling and a huge frozen playground to explore at your leisure.

A brilliant portable fix for PC Peggle-heads and a treat for newcomers to the world of peg-toppling. [June 2009, p.63]

A zombie-infested mall doesn't make much sense without zombies to infest it. Poodles and parrots are among the most irritating substitutes imaginable. [Apr 2009, p.50]

A solid second outing for the Puzzle Quest series that will keep you busy for light years if you can overlook a few frustrating elements. [June 2009, p.65]

It's good value if you just want to spend the afternoon mindlessly shooting cannon fodder. Don't expect anything different, though. [May 2009, p.77]

It didn't make an impact first time around, and it's unlikely to make one now. Everything Plus has to offer has been done better elsewhere. [Apr 2009, p.65]

Another strong offering for RPG fans to sink their teeth into, with some great graphical updates, but be warned: this is two parts work, one part play.

Shadow Dragon boasts some of the most intense turn-based squabbling in existence. [Feb 2009, p.60]

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

A bunch of so-so games. [June 2009, p.64]

Scratch one up for the 'hardcore.' [Apr 2009, p.52]

You'll see interesting sights, but this doesn't capitalise on the ick factor or the thrill of seeing our world through a fresh set(s) of eyes.

It's good fun and something different. [May 2009, p.76]

Really get into it and you'll spend weeks finding the perfect 'solutions". For everyone else, this is a rare actioner on Wii, and very competently handheld. [JPN Import; Mar 2009, p.58]

Not quite the blistering next step after "Hotel Dusk," but Cing at their worst are still better than most. Gently intriguing stuff. [Aug 2009, p.68]