A Very Ignorant Purchase. [Aug 2008, p.75]

The very worst kind of lice-infested parrot guano. [Issue#80, p.104]

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

No longevity here, but it'll prove bewitching to anyone whose idea of fun is cooing over big-nosed dog photographs on a screen the size of a hamster. [Jan 2008, p.55]

Frustrating and painful. [Apr 2008, p.66]

Not big, not clever, not even funny. [May 2008, p.63]

Technically flawed but undeniably fun with the right company (and probably several crates of beer). [Mar 2010, p.66]

Namco have done much better retro remixes. [July 2008, p.64]

Buy a comic instead. [Christmas 2010, p.60]

It's a perfect game for young children learning how to use the Wii, but outside of that, even the most die-hard platformer enthusiast may have a hard time sticking with it till the end. [Feb 2007, p.69]

More tech demo than anything else. [May 2011, p.65]

Another brave effort at roping in friends and family for pretend sportery but it lacks polish. [July 2009, p.61]

Ultimately, there's no good reason whatsoever to play Castlevania: Judgment, save morbid curiosity. If you love terrible games as kitsch, it's worth a look. [Feb 2009, p.66]

With its modern setting and effective scares, Calling is not a boring way to whimper away a few evenings. Just a shame silly artistic choices severely dampen the effect. [Mar 2010, p.50]

A flaccid gallery of joyless minigames. [Winter 2009, p.68]

Quite tedious at times, although the occasional close battle helps jazz it up a bit. [Feb 2008, p.62]

And the environments! Catastrophically dull. [July 2008, p.72]

An oldie but a goodie. Alas, also a shortie. [May 2011, p.50]

Laziness and ineptitude. Show's over, people. [Aug 2010, p.67]

A narrative oddity that we couldn't put down. [May 2009, p.73]

It's no Layton, but puzzle-fiends might find it's worth a try of it's spotted cheap. [Aug 2010, p.72]

We don't like it, but can't be bothered to hate it. [Feb 2010, p.66]

A really bad showcase for MotionPlus, inexplicably packaged with a technology it doesn't understand. [Issue#56, p.48]

Like an awful movie shown in the graveyard shift during a sleepless night, you'll hve fun, but only because there's nothing else going on. [Oct 2007, p.56]

The graphics are awful, the hip soundtrack uninspiring and the pre-match taunting cringeworthy. [Nov 2008, p.75]

Progress is hampered by clunky controls that see Harry bumping around like a dog wearing one of those post-operation plastic collars. [Oct 2009, p.69]

Where's Wi-Fi? RPG mode? Not a total wash-out, but it is limited. SNK should have spent more time combing the rules and less combing Dante's hair. [JPN Import; Mar 2007, p.73]

Easy, boring and often massively annoying. Yet another entry on the ever-growing list of sub-par Star Wars games. [Winter 2009, p.56]