Merely average: fun in short bursts but don't expect to be playing it in a few months' time. [Mar 2007, p.89]

A nice idea, but better puzzle games on WiiWare require thought, not luck. [Aug 2010, p.52]

It's a bit dull. [Christmas 2013, p.89]

At least this knows its market. [Oct 2013, p.89]

Poor value for money. [May 2009, p.87]

Five bland tables with odd art design. It's pinball, and that's about it. Avoid. [Oct 2010, p.95]

There's no reason for this to be a 3DS game. [Aug 2011, p.93]

It's a fun idea but can be played free online as Broken Picture Telephone. [June 2009, p.89]

Some decent ideas then, but poorly executed. [Oct 2008, p.97]

Despite the big open areas, your path through them is frustratingly linear. [Jan 2008, p.84]

Nostalgia-seekers need not apply: this is easily outdone by the 13-year-old game from which it is derived. A shame. [Christmas 2012, p.111]

This really isn't worth the money. [Mar 2009, p.89]

Stick to the board games. [Christmas 2010, p.91]

Rygar may have been decent six years ago, but with no updates it's now dated and shoddy. [July 2009, p.86]

For a game that's so starved of content, 1,000 Points is a bit hard to swallow. [Feb 2010, p.89]

Sometimes you'll receive a fraction of your rightful score. [June 2011, p.89]

An interesting premise let down in execution, lacking the excitement of a true fantasy epic. [Aug 2009, p.96]

Younger gamers and good artists might get more out of it but we'd much rather let Miyamoto draw out characters for us, thank you very much. [Nov 2008, p.103]

Your furball is far too floaty and controlling him becomes an exercise in anger management as he bumps into one obstacle after another, some of which are difficult to spot.

You play as Spider-Man, but never feel like him. [May 2013, p.74]

Equal parts tough and rough: a rescue mission never felt quite so much like the suicide equivalent. [Oct 2013, p.88]

Frustrating movements. [June 2010, p.97]

Limp shocks and dull content leave us with a lingering grudge towards Ju-On's creators. [Dec 2009, p.92]

If you're after more than ten minutes of distraction, look somewhere else. [May 2008, p.90]

Put the time into it and it's rewarding, but it's an uphill battle with very little help. [Sept 2010, p.94]

It's hard to care about villagers when they are all generic-faced repetition bots. [June 2014, p.86]

It's not the worst mini-game collection on Wii. Just one of the worst on WiiWare. [Christmas 2009, p.102]

Never has a game veered so aggressively from 80 per cent-rated fun to 30 per cent-rated horror, but the same could be said of the 360/PS3 original. Wii U comes with the added sting of having all the multiplayer and co-op options hacked out, leaving only a samey survival mode (fight waves of Nazis in repurposed levels) to pad out a brisk campaign.