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]

There's only so much you can do with a Japanese "Love Hamster," but we already love the cute music, behaviour and entertaining minigame frolicks. [JPN Import; Jan 2007, p.77]

Not bad at all. [Oct 2007, p.77]

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

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

The cuteness may drive away sports gamers, and the realistic gameplay may drive away others, but this is surprisingly deep. [Mar 2007, p.56]

While Centipede ably fulfills its remit, it doesn't really try to go beyond it. [Jan 2012, p.114]

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

The best example of the genre we've seen in ages. [Christmas 2009, p.70]

Beautiful to look at, very nice to play, but disappointingly light on content. Perfect for launch day, and maybe the day after, too, but it feels so limited.

It's short and fairly basic, but well presented. [Jan 2009, p.71]

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

Rock solidly made and full of evil-flavoured charm, but you can't help but wish this had been so much more. The Little King still rules Wii. [Aug 2009, p.58]

A great concept hampered by some boring level design and clumsy interfaces. [Sept 2008, p.56]

Unbelievably annoying and liable to trigger extreme rage at any moment, but it's as addictive as it is nasty, and worth a punt for masochistic fans of the online original. [Dec 2008, p.71]

Part dating sim, part rhythm-action dancing game, Princess Debut is perfectly pitched at its girly audience. [Dec 2008, p.81]

So what if it's the same old Fire Emblem? The score's for non-Japanese speakers - the UK version will likely do much better. [JPN Import; May 2007, p.45]

Proper Bomberman action that makes wise use of the Wi-Fi features built into DS. Consider the solo mode as a bonus in a great value package. [JPN Import; Oct 2006, p.63]

Addictively fun yet lamentably short. [March 2012, p.96]

This is solid, but too basic to live up to the Hawk gaming legacy. Good for newcomers to skateboarding games though. [January 2007, p.58]

A solid but unspectacular adventure. With a little less hand-holding and a bit more longevity this could have been great. [Dec 2008, p.76]

Works as well as you could hope for on the dinky DS screen. [Oct 2010, p.53]

A pleasant diversion. [Oct 2010, p.56]

For the completist, a must-have. For the rest of us, an entertaining history lesson that's just about weathered the passage of years. [Apr 2007, p.49]

The locations are bright and luxurious. [June 2010, p.58]

This is Mega Man done right, not New. Don't expect to get too fresh with the touch screen, either. [JPN Import, Oct 2006, p.56]

Apart from the occasional feeling the gender differences have been artificially embellished to pad out the puzzles, this is an odd, sometimes confounding, but fun game of item-combining and sleuthing. [Dec 2007, p.71]

Very playable. [Jan 2009, p.73]