It's got the basics, and fans can have fun, but it's effectively pointless if you've got a DS, and definitely pointless if you've got a GameCube. [Nov 2006, p.74]

It's nice to see someone trying something new, but they're overreaching. Not so great action and not so great strategy gets you this confusing pile of not so great stuff. [July 2007, p.69]

You know us, we love to champion the odd outsiders, but Baroque drinks your praise only to then puke it in your lap. Horribly interesting. [July 2008, p.62]

Dungeon-crawling is deadly dull. [Dec 2006, p.50]

At least this is short so you won't have much time to get bored. [Oct 2009, p.68]

The tunes aren't great and the gameplay is lifeless. [July 2008, p.58]

Ignore, ignore, ignore. [Aug 2007, p.70]

There's no close-up work, only abstract coarse plotting between cookers and customers and, as such, it's a bit tedious. [Christmas 2007, p.70]

No amount of Simpsons love justifies sitting through this much clumsy mediocrity. [Jan 2008, p.42]

A game for hardened Gleeks only. [June 2011, p.67]

Basic approach. [July 2010, p.67]

More of the same culinary-based action again, but this time it's more of the same in three dimensions and for up to four players. [Christmas 2011, p.68]

"Quotation Forthcoming"

The game's entirely stylus controlled, which generally works well, but it can descend into incoherent screen-swiping during combat. [Aug 2009, p.77]

Button-mashing with a few RPG-ish stats thrown in. More of a light breeze than a huge hurricane; don't expect to be blown away by this title. [Feb 2007, p.73]

It's uneventful, with overly simple graphics and gameplay, and the lack of visual feedback you get whilst playing merits packing both horse and cartridge off to be 'put to sleep.' [Feb 2007, p.83]

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

A massive waste of time. [Christmas 2010, p.70]

Although you can access extras and minigames, it's rather plain. [Aug 2006, p.66]

You're basically doing the same thing. [Feb 2010, p.68]

There's no reason to choose this over the officially-endorsed Mario and Sonic alternative. [July 2012, p.99]

It's harmless, but hardly worth bothering with. [May 2008, p.74]

Boring, truncated and better experienced elsewhere. [May 2011, p.64]

An unsophisticated disappointment. [Aug 2006, p.67]

It makes chess look like [a] snap and will make children cry. [Sept 2007, p.71]

Forgive the game's ruff edges and pug ugly looks and you'll find there's a fair amount of fun in this barking mad idea. [Nov 2011, p.68]

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.