Too little, too late. A shameless, lazy cash-in on a venerable series, which ultimately feels totally pointless to play. [Feb 2009, p.70]

Too basic to be much fun. [Apr 2011, p.74]

Neither compelling nor a decent rhythm-actioner. [Apr 2012, p.49]

A few nice ideas spoiled by some blitheringly daft ones and duff graphics. "Mario and Sonic" are still the gold medalists. [Nov 2008, p.67]

Weak, tiresome and devoid of almost any excitement whatsoever. [Winter 2009, p.66]

Boring and confusing in single-player; briefly entertaining with a friend. That's not really worth 25 quid, is it? [Oct 2009, p.67]

Not awful, then, but crushingly generic. [Oct 2011, p.70]

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

A collection of ordinary games with no soul and an awkward gimmick. [Aug 2011, p.66]

Dry presentation and limited interaction. Home run? Not quite. [May 2012, p.98]

A remarkably charmless game. [Apr 2010, p.71]

A competent golf game, but also a fussy, bland and entirely forgettable one. [May 2012, p.108]

This is too creaky to forgive. [June 2008, p.55]

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

The tracklist isn't bad. [Nov 2011, p.72]

The 3D judders horribly. [Dec 2011, p.72]

We applaud the return to nature, but outside of a few icky moments there really is nothing to recommend Necro-Nesia. Go throw a spider at someone; it's a whole lot more fun. [JPN Import; Mar 2007, p.52]

A pale imitation of a far more ambitious game, Alone in the Dark on Wii is too higgledy-piggledy to satisfy. A handful of terrific highs can't make up for hours of lows. [Sept 2008, p.58]

A dumb, frustrating and forgettable shooter, but a completely unpretentious one too. [Nov 2009, p.64]

A contemptible chore. [Winter 2009, p.57]

Some of the monkey animations are cool, though. [Oct 2008, p.77]

Far too hard at the beginning, even on Easy mode, and all poorly explained. One for the only the hardiest strategy fans. [Sept 2007, p.63]

With a few more months' development this might have come good. But in this state not even Professor Xavier could convince us to play it again.

Not actually broken in any way, it's just an oddly vacuous and simplistic take on the poisoned ground previously laid down by Hudson. [Nov 2006, p.69]

Tables are too squished on the DS screen, making the balls seem massive, but using the stylus to direct the cue and set power is pretty effective. [Apr 2007, p.70]

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

No fun. [Apr 2009, p.46]

A series of unpredictable laughs and little else, disguised within a vibrant luchadore mask. [Sept 2007, p.70]