Some interesting bits of "art," but it's pointless as they're freely available elsewhere. [Mar 2011, p.103]

A missed opportunity. [June 2007, p.88]

This one's a bit rusty. [Apr 2010, p.93]

The boring combat and daft plot mean you're unlikely to keep playing. [Christmas 2011, p.103]

Squarely aimed at infants. [Christmas 2010, p.94]

Fun and sweet at first, but overall a bit of a cat-astrophe that would make more sense as an endless runner. [June 2014, p.88]

Designing your own gaming world has so much potential, sadly let down by limited vision and scope. It doesn't help that the gameplay is about as exciting as our bank statements. [Dec 2007, p.86]

A distinct lack of polish in the visual and AI department. [Christmas 2008, p.103]

Feels half-finished. [July 2009, p.87]

Few 2D games have this much atmosphere, but Ecco's unforgiving gameplay hasn't aged well, unfortunately. [Feb 2014, p.90]

On DSi it looks really poor, while the music sounds like the sort of thing you'd hear when put on hold. [May 2012, p.104]

Bland and unimaginative. [July 2009, p.93]

SimAnimals is a good idea but with poor visuals and fiddly controls, this is a wasted opportunity.

It might be a faithful enough recreation of the world's most popular murder-sport, but it's absolutely nothing more. [July 2013, p.86]

It's certainly no Broken Sword. [July 2010, p.87]

Curiously addictive. [Jan 2012, p.87]

Unless you're a retro fanatic, it's hard to see what the appeal is. [Nov 2008, p.105]

It's very slow-paced. [Sept 2010, p.97]

"Quotation Forthcoming"

This tries to pull off so much but it's neither as compelling and varied as "The Sims" nor as loveable as "Nintendogs." Plus it's so blocky it's like someone invented an 8-bit DS. [Dec 2006, p.87]

Not even the insubstantial freesteering wheel device makes it worth the purchase. [Jan 2007, p.80]

Less enjoyable than the DS version. [Mar 2011, p.100]

Tiresome repetitiveness and dull, samey graphics plague this movie license that showed a glimmer of potential. The "it's for kids" excuse won't wash, we're afraid. [Christmas 2006, p.88]

Criminally short. [Jan 2011, p.76]

It's suffering from similar feelings of neglect. [Dec 2009, p.94]

A decent take on the popular card game, but its lack of privacy defeats the purpose. [Jan 2010, p.86]

Not worth the exorbitant eShop price. [May 2014, p.88]

The most damning issue is over the game's presentation, which ranges from sloppy in some places to downright awful in others.