It's a disheartening slurp backwards when compared to "Eledees," but there are enough unique ideas here to warrant a rental when it comes out in the UK. [JPN Import; Nov 2007, p.46]

It's not that it's badly made or anything. It's just a bit dull, and there's only so many polygon peppers we want to chop. [Dec 2006, p.43]

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

An engagingly simple puzzler rendered a bit clunky by the motion-controlled bits. You'll keep playing, though, and the multiplayer's a good laugh. [Oct 2009, p.61]

What could have been a great celebration of a truly odd universe is scuppered by a lack of effort. [Dec 2009, p.56]

Mario & Sonic fills the multiplayer gap, and does it with good-humoured minigames and a renewed focus on throwaway Olympic fun. As far as party games go, it's the gold standard.

About the only thing we like is the directness of the chap at the start of "Strider": "KILL HIM! THAT'S YOUR MISSION!" [Nov 2006, p.76]

Good-looking and fan-pleasing, but a bit short. [Dec 2011, p.65]

It looks fairly nice, the city is big and there's plenty to do. [Sept 2007, p.64]

It's the same DDR as it ever was, but the inclusion of even more gimmicks just waters it down rather an improves it. Hard to recommend. [Apr 2010, p.66]

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]

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 decent, simple platform game that will probably keep any younger fans of the film quiet for a good few hours. [Feb 2007, p.63]

Despite having all the components for a promising game, this is a complete disappointment. [Feb 2008, p.65]

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]

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

Charmingly presented. [May 2011, p.70]

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]

It's baseball designed for a pad and buttons rather than a motion controller. [Oct 2007, p.67]

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

Learn to work with shonky controls and there's a decent game within this lumbering exterior. [Sept 2007, p.71]

As playable as the Wii version. But without some of the Wii game's key features, it feels a bit flat. [Christmas 2007, p.50]

A cute, straightforward, funny and demanding puzzle title. [Oct 2009, p.67]

A brilliant Zapper title with plenty to offer. [May 2008, p.52]

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

Lumpen stuff partially saved by nifty duelling sections. [Aug 2007, p.70]

A bit of stylus-powered frog-in-a-ball rolling occasionally interrupts the bounding, but even this is clumsily controlled, with mad stroking more likely to erode your DS screen than get the spherical spawn of the devil to respond. [Mar 2007, p.61]

Most events are just too simplified to make this truly essential. [March 2012, p.98]