Ugly sprite work. [Nov 2011, p.75]

Different protagonists, same game. [Christmas 2008, p.66]

Not a game, but a series of instructional videos, plus simple interactive activities. [Aug 2011, p.69]

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

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

A pretty poor detective yarn with (literally) two-dimensional characters. [Winter 2009, p.67]

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

Simplistic and repetitive and not at all realistic, but quite endearing all the same. [Christmas 2009, p.61]

A dream come true for '80s kids. But where's the game? [Oct 2007, p.66]

The safety of brand outweighs the desire to innovate. Sword fighting doesn't work with the remote. [Aug 2007, p.47]

This is okay for what it is, but what it is certainly isn't worth 30 quid. [July 2008, p.73]

How about instead going into your back garden and flicking cheese footballs at a ladybird. Much more fun. [Christmas 2011, p.79]

Uninspired missions, repetitive gameplay, bored-sounding voiceovers, ugly graphics, painful controls. [July 2007, p.46]

Does an awful lot, but it fails to do any of it well. [Dec 2011, p.52]

Oozed originality on PS2 a few years back but now feels stale. Wii controls are weak. [May 2008, p.56]

Offering simultaneous play for eight players (four on nunchuks and four on remotes) with everyone playing on the same game screen, it's certainly a tempting idea. Unfortunately after five minutes with even just a couple of players, all the ball action becomes totally confused, empty and aimless.

Dark, dreary and awkward. You'd have more fun spending the afternoon trying to pronounce the noise Fisher's goggles make. Pyooooaeeeee?

An expensive and entirely cosmetic companion to the DS games. [Jan 2008, p.50]

Not without its moments, but it's needlessly confrontational without necessarily raising any hairs. [July 2008, p.60]

Only the basic building blocks of an average RPG are to be found here - and nothing else. Move along. [Apr 2010, p.65]

Misfires with its repetitive gameplay and ships that handle like ice skaters. [Sept 2008, p.67]

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]

Cheapo presentation. [Christmas 2009, p.67]

There's some gratuitous (And not very effective) use of the DSi camera, but that can't elevate this above puzzling mediocrity. [Issue#56, p.71]

Very edutaining for the under-eights. [Dec 2007, p.70]

As undemanding as this kind of thing gets. [Sept 2009, p.54]

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]