Well-presented and very charming. [Apr 2009, p.72]

The presentation will attract younger gamers but unless you're adept at this gaming lark The Chase could prove frustrating. [May 2009, p.78]

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

A blatant rip-off that, if anything, isn't derivative enough, stealing only the surface ideas from LocoRoco, but ignoring the invention that lies underneath. [Mar 2009, p.73]

This little gem was made by three blokes in a Parisian attic. Basically a shoot-'em-up, but one stuffed with loads of great ideas and lots of content. Tres bon. [Mar 2009, p.67]

A bit disappointing in terms of its presentation but we can recommend it to anyone with a hankering for an unusually sweet god game. [Mar 2009, p.54]

Word-manglers of any sort should have some fun with this. [Apr 2009, p.77]

Visit your local arcade instead. [Apr 2009, p.72]

Worth a play if you can put up with the hand cramps. [Apr 2009, p.67]

One of the better party games. [June 2009, p.72]

Initial excitement that this may be the next big thing soon subsides, but the adventure that remains is solid, entertaining stuff. [Apr 2009, p.64]

No fun. [Apr 2009, p.46]

Will the Large Hadron Collider end the world? Probably not. Ignoring MaBoShi on the other hand... that's a totally different story. You must get this. [Dec 2008, p.75]

It somehow turns a shallow activity into a game with all the depth of a puddle. [Apr 2009, p.72]

Complex and hideous, but there's a lot to keep you occupied - if you're of the almost non-existent demographic that'll be interested in it. [Mar 2009, p.71]

More disappointing than the first outing. [Mar 2009, p.74]

Horribly dated and lazy, this mind-numbing puzzler only exists on Wii because of motion controls. [Apr 2009, p.70]

There's a decent 3D platformer buried somewhere in SPRay, but a mass of bugs, poor design decisions and slipshod localisation makes it very hard to access. [Mar 2009, p.65]

Cribs some good ideas from the Wii title but implements them badly - much like every other element of the game. [Mar 2009, p.69]

Spore Wars isn't quite the game we were hoping for but there is potential here for a future franchise if the uninspired level design is given a few tweaks. [Mar 2009, p.56]

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

A mediocre compilation of five average games. [Apr 2009, p.59]

An original, challenging and addictive shooter that will keep you coming back to the shop menu to buy the rest of the downloadable levels. Episodic! Ace! [Dec 2008, p.75]

Unusual, fun and insane. [Mar 2009, p.73]

Save your sesterces for something else. [Dec 2008, p.80]

Not as perfect as grandad remembers, but its design quirks fade under an onslaught of unrelenting brilliance. [Mar 2009, p.68]

Pretty good motion controls, so why ruin them with bog standard, dull events? [May 2009, p.64]

Epic missions will take a lot of train journeys to finish, but this comes recommended for players who know what they're doing and can tame the irritating controls. [Mar 2009, p.66]

It's great for anyone who wants to learn to cook a bit more adventurously or simply expand their repertoire with something that isn't a celebrity cookbook. [Sept 2008, p.71]

Just pick up a 99p quiz book instead. [Mar 2009, p.72]

The Wii doesn't have a great history with skating games, but that's no reason to settle for a boring, charmless title such as this. [July 2009, p.72]

If the balance board controls worked, the game world wasn't so barren and there weren't severe balancing issues, this would be okay. [Feb 2009, p.64]

There's loads to do. [Feb 2009, p.77]

Ugly and uninspired, but with a cracking story. [Mar 2009, p.64]

Mostly horrible, with a side order of decent enough. [Feb 2009, p.58]

Ultimately, there's no good reason whatsoever to play Castlevania: Judgment, save morbid curiosity. If you love terrible games as kitsch, it's worth a look. [Feb 2009, p.66]

A brilliant, beautiful adventure that takes everything good about Tomb Raider and polishes it. One of the Wii gmaes of the year. [Jan 2009, p.54]

A polished platformer with plenty of 'oooh' moments, but has ideas too big for its station. [Jan 2009, p.65]

The visuals are spiffier, though, and the music is top-notch. [Dec 2009, p.69]

Easily the best Rabbids have been, making TV Party the minigame compilation to get. Wobbly and very, very silly. What more can we say? [Christmas 2008, p.44]

There's less meat on this than a turkey carcass after Boxing Day. [Feb 2009, p.68]

A lazy addition to a series that belongs on DS anyway. [Apr 2009, p.70]

If you like paintball, book a session of the real thing. [Christmas 2009, p.69]

There are some nice DS-specific ideas here, but not enough to keep you playing. [May 2009, p.79]

Another engrossing and attractive RPG adventure. [Oct 2010, p.62]

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

Courses are angular and riddled with pop-up, and the impression of speed is created by what looks like dandruff flying off your car's roof. [Feb 2009, p.76]

Not quite as stuffed with content as "SSX Blur" but the charm-filled SWS takes snowboarding games to new heights with its controls. [Christmas 2008, p.52]

Only the stony-hearted would fail to appreciate at least some of this game. [Jan 2009, p.48]

A game first and foremost (and maybe a torture device). [Feb 2009, p.69]

Stylish but cliched presentation hides a flimsy boxer. [Feb 2008, p.71]

Too shallow and formulaic to be anything other than an RPG footnote, but this is still a robust, accessible and enjoyable game. [Winter 2009, p.59]

The innovation of the new Wii gameplay modes is dulled by the fact you're playing a game you probably already own in its 'real' form. [Feb 2009, p.65]

There's very little actual game. [Feb 2009, p.77]

The coolest of all cool ideas, pieced together in a profoundly uncool way. Wait for MotionPlus to throw up something more substantial.

Uninspired controls. [Jan 2009, p.70]

Dark, brutal and cinematic. [Jan 2009, p.57]

The sad effects of aging in all their glory. Populous used to crack top ten games lists in 1990. Populous DS isn't even one of the top ten games this issue.

Avoid this bad medicine. [Feb 2008, p.75]

If you like wrestling but find old-school SmackDown as welcoming as Croydon, it's finally time to get involved. As enjoyably overblown as the TV show. [Christmas 2008, p.64]

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

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

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

Very playable. [Jan 2009, p.73]

Save your wrists and steer clear of this in favour of "Guitar Hero." [Jan 2009, p.65]

Like watching Cristiano Ronaldo getting sent off, we enjoyed this a lot. The visuals are ropey, but it's very playable. [Feb 2009, p.68]

An amusing little time-thief. [Jan 2009, p.74]

Exactly what you were expecting from a pinball title. That's either a good or bad thing, depending on your level of Tommy-esque wizardry. [Feb 2008, p.74]

We can't deny the initial thrill of creating your own dungeon and looting it for meat, but it wont' take long before its charm turns into sheer annoyance. [Dec 2008, p.64]

An intriguing title. [Jan 2009, p.76]

A lightweight, schizophrenic football title that fails to draw you in like a "FIFA" game should. [Dec 2008, p.50]

It looks like they've raided the N64 back catalogue for the lowest-res textures they could find and shoveled them into a Wii. [Christmas 2009, p.69]

A simpler, more focused MySims experience. Shorter than the original but much nicer to look at, well written and quite funny at times. Who needs the real world? [Christmas 2008, p.50]

Accessible, socially acceptable strategy action. [Jan 2009, p.72]

A bit dull. [Apr 2009, p.68]

A neat idea, completely upended by the punishing difficulty. [Apr 2009, p.71]

Totally gimmick-free puzzling that ends up feeling a little too sparse. [June 2009, p.73]

If only the MIDI tech were better, and the song list tighter, this would be utterly essential. [Jan 2009, p.52]

This shatters the glass ceiling for ludicrous minigame compilations. [Jan 2009, p.70]

Sky-high production values, lavish special effects and great fun to explore with a friend. A highly enjoyable adventure that you'll happily forgive for its shortcomings. [Christmas 2008, p.63]

A brilliantly made challenge, but rarely much fun. [Jan 2009, p.64]

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

Strictly for the show fans. In America. [Mar 2009, p.74]

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

Don't demand an orchestral "Guitar Hero" or instrument simlation and you'll be happy. [Christmas 2008, p.48]

It's one hell of a block party, but Tetris has always lost a little of its lustre on the big screen. [Jan 2009, p.74]

It's a hairy wart on WiiWare's beautiful face. [Jan 2009, p.75]

I crushed the cart under the wheels of my office chair and chucked the pieces in the bin. [Jan 2009, p.77]

It's bad. Not in a '80s Michael Jackson album sense, either. Just the traditional 'the genocide in East Timor was bad' kind. [Christmas 2008, p.68]

Finally, point 'n' click done right. [Oct 2008, p.58]

Snooze-a-rama. [Mar 2009, p.75]

Battles are a massive disappointment. [Jan 2009, p.77]

The ultimate exercise in futility. [Jan 2009, p.71]

An unusual action game with hidden depths that comes into its own in multiplayer. A bit too self-consciously 'kooky', mind. [Nov 2008, p.66]

Deep, gorgeous and inventive, World of Goo is not only the most striking title on WiiWare, it's also one of the finest puzzle games around. [Feb 2008, p.72]

A puzzle that's traded beauty for intelligence. [Feb 2008, p.75]

This is the right way to get kids into gaming. A charming romp with plenty in reserve to enchant us oldies. [Dec 2008, p.69]

Blighted by camera issues and its short length, but the sheer physicality of the gameworld will endear it to fans. [Dec 2008, p.69]