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]

It drives you bonkers in the first half hour, each of the ten trillion fights dull and easy. [Apr 2007, p.70]

Engrossing tale told by master storytellers, with all the Noir-ish thrills of "The Big Sleep." Unless you're a hardcore action junkie, import now. [Apr 2007, p.62]

Nothing amazing, but not without cheeky charm. [Apr 2007, p.70]

The game overcomes its scrolling-through-text flaws with strong writing and entertaining graphics. [JPN Import; January 2007, p.69]

Smooth Moves has the best and worst of WarioWare. What can be done with the remote will amaze you, but the games are a bit lightweight and you'll miss the mad multiplayer of old. [Feb 2007, p.50]

Not really innovative, but at least the range of uninspired minigames is broad. A bit like having to pump up a tyre using a weasel. [Mar 2007, p.70]

Wi-Fi makes an ideal way for serious layers to practise for forthcoming events. [Mar 2007, p.81]

Paradoxical. A celebration of old school and simplicity appearing on a machine capable of so much more. Accept that it won't push the Wii, and it's highly enjoyable. [Mar 2007, p.50]

Inspired, intuitive and a real giggle. [Mar 2007, p.42]

Turns your living room into some kind of talent vacuum. This waste of development time makes three strong brands - Wii, Far Cry, and Ubisoft - look woefully incompetent. [Mar 2007, p.54]

Underwhelming in every single way. It's a weak fighter, made annoying by silly minigames and a story so messy it made our poor heads fall off. [Mar 2007, p.71]

The cuteness may drive away sports gamers, and the realistic gameplay may drive away others, but this is surprisingly deep. [Mar 2007, p.56]

Without online play, this falls way behind other poker games. Thrill-seekers will be gravely disappointed. [Apr 2007, p.50]

Older gamers may find themselves getting a little bored, but this is a good action title for young fans of the original film. [Mar 2007, p.63]

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]

Excellent for beginners, looks great, has masses to do, but doesn't really improve on previous games. Shame, really, with some adjustment this could have been a work of art. [Feb 2007, p.70]

Slightly better than the GC version, but that's not saying much. We'd much rather write about the genius of Bruce Campbell. [Mar 2007, p.63]

Nintendo's autopilot platformer: fun, familiar, predictable, silly and brain-sappingly simple. At the end of the day, not terrible. Just massively underwhelming. [JPN Import; January 2007, p.74]

It has a slightly goofy and laid-back approach to gaming, but it's solid and way more fun than the other recent movie-licensed launch titles. [January 2007, p.61]

Possibly the most cynical and tawdry ripoff of "Mario Kart" we've ever seen....A horrible kart game, with pathetic handling, idiotic AI, and no racing tension at all. [Feb 2007, p.83]

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]

There's a surprising amount of depth to the combat, which only makes the sluggish movement and decision to use an isometric view more maddening. [Mar 2007, p.81]

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]

There's only so much you can do with a Japanese "Love Hamster," but we already love the cute music, behaviour and entertaining minigame frolicks. [JPN Import; Jan 2007, p.77]

A finicky port of a great game which is still good, but if you're a Splinter Cell n00b, you're wasting your time. And Sam's. And he's a guy you really don't wanna cross. [Feb 2007, p.66]

The aiming is too imprecise to be less than an irritation and the different game modes are too similar to each other to be interesting. [Feb 2007, p.82]

A horrendous mess of a game, horrible to play in every way, short of severing your hands at the wrists and squirting lemon on the stumps. [Mar 2007, p.70]