Pokemon: Let's Go! has a lot of offer on the whole. It's family friendly and makes it easy to pick up with a pal, meaning that parents can jump on to help out their kids and leave when needed. It's also brimming with charm, character, and animations that you can't help smiling at. I've got no doubt you'll enjoy the game if you pick it up, but how long for depends on how much you loved the classic era of the Pokemon franchise.

Running about smashing things with your creature is fun for a bit, and the experience grind loop is certainly powerful here, but otherwise it's a pretty standard dungeon-crawler.

Not without its flaws, Band Together is strong enough to still be enjoyable in spite of them.

Imbued with a retro style and blessed with tight controls, Kid Vector calls to mind the great platformers of yesteryear, but sadly lacks long-term prospects.

Dudeski is a fast and fun ski sim that's loaded with charm. This game's twitchy challenge is enough to keep you coming back for more.

With its winning mix of puzzles and courtroom craziness, it doesn't take a genius to see that picking this game up is a no-brainer.

A game that pushes the DS to its limits and though it's a simulation in nature, GRID always puts fun ahead of cold accuracy.

A standard twin-stick shooter that suffers from a certain lack of substance, Age of Zombies will still provide a very entertaining, accessible and action-packed experience.

While it won't win any awards for innovation, Pac'N Jump is a faithful replication of the Doodle Jump formula with an added scoop of nostalgia.

A novel gravity-centric take on the traditional karting formula, jAggy Race is betrayed by its meagre level selection.

Less game, more interactive narrative: this curious and very distinct release weaves a lengthy tale of samurais and love to good effect.

Little Acorns falls short of greatness, but it has many of the hallmarks of a hit iOS platformer and it's well worth a download.

A raucous and incredibly clever physics-based puzzler, Hambo is a brilliant example of iterative game design done right.

This smart scrolling shooter is one that revels in its Japanese spiritual iconography and risk / reward systems of play, making for a delightful but tough minis release.

It might not have the spectacle of some bullet-hell shooters, but Plasma Sky is a much more welcoming game, with enough depth to keep fans of the genre happy, too.

There's so much to absorb here, but all of it's made to a decent standard, with the element-based jousting a particular highlight

It's one of the best strategy games you'll play on your mobile this year, and serves as a fantastic example of how to do free-to-play right for a core audience, without compromising on artistic vision or gameplay depth.

A bright and breezy one-touch arcade experience. Satellina might not last very long, but it's still worth a look.

It's presented quite well, but One Piece Treasure Cruise still feels like something we've all played before.

More jumpy than scary. Lost Within has a few nice ideas, but it won't leave you psychologically scarred, which is a shame.

A polished and entertaining experience, Metroid Prime Pinball is only let down by its lack of proper pinball tables.

An addictive, brilliantly designed blast of twitch and score-chasing, Pivvot is a wonderful way to waste a few hours.

Retro City Rampage pummels you with fantastic video game and movie references throughout, and has the gameplay to back up the funny.

A brilliant touchscreen-focused brawler, Street Fighter X Tekken Mobile is a worthy addition to the fighting genre.

You'll be talking about the online leaderboards in OlliOlli for weeks, and probably grumbling quietly about the imprecise controls while you do it.

A fun and diverting little tower defence game, Go Home Dinosaurs doesn't offer enough to be a classic, but it's worth a punt all the same.

Zen Studios knows video game pinball and this release is no exception, though a few rough edges go a long way to dull the shine of the steel.

Flick Golf Extreme! isn't a major departure from the original's arcade strokeplay, but the new locations and game mode are still a welcome addition to the formula.

While there's nothing painfully bad about Supermagical, the sum of its parts add up to a mediocre whole.

Compulsive toy collectors: beware! Skylanders Lost Islands is a superbly made world builder, with enough hooks to make you return time and time again

It may be an update of an existing game, but Switch Galaxy is playable, good looking, and extremely challenging.

A thought provoking and fast-paced strategy game, murdering millions with the flick of a finger in First Strike will make you laugh and cry.

Polished and accessible strategy for armchair generals, with an occasionally frustrating combat system.

A super sharp, violent action game that's worth checking out.

While it does what it does very well, Pixel People doesn't have the balance or challenge needed to break the shackles of the genre it inhabits.

Charming in both concept and appearance, but its brand of button-mashing action is simultaneously simplistic and unwieldy.

Outlast 2 is full of scares, gorgeous graphics, wonderful use of light and dark, and has a compelling story, but does fall prey to its previous shortcomings.

While Gravity Guy is a typical perpetual runner with one or two rough spots, its frequent checkpoints and novel multiplayer mode make it worthwhile.

The Sims Medieval is a good Sims game, but it doesn't bring much new to the series.

A brilliant, funny, addictive game, Slamjet Stadium is fun on your own and spectacular with friends.

A twisted and engaging puzzler with a few frustrating sections, Incredipede is - on balance - still worth your time.

A bold and intriguing adventure with an impressive scope, albeit one that's held back by a few niggles here and there.

Bethesda has squashed its 2016 shooter onto Switch, and while it's missing some polish, it's still a lot of fun.

Happy Street is a charming freemium builder that fails to live up to its inspiration thanks to a gameplay-distorting freemium model.

A breezy attempt at streamlining the classic JRPG, Penny Arcade's On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 offers some neat ideas but arguably doesn't go far enough in modernising the genre.

A challenging, surprisingly imaginative match-3 puzzler - but there's little reason to tolerate its free-to-play fussiness with so much stellar competition in the field.

Half gamebook and half action RPG, Joe Dever's Lone Wolf is one adventure that fans of either genre will enjoy from start to finish.

Speedball 2 Evolution isn't a step forward for the old fighter, but it does offer up some enjoyably violent nostalgic action.

Methodical and hugely satisfying, Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter isn't your typical shooter and while it makes considerable demands of the player, the feeling of reward you get in return is immense. The only real complaint is a lack of variety.

Charming and demanding in equal measure, Babylonian Twins shrugs off one or two outdated design mechanics to remind us what was so good about 16-bit gaming.

A superior sequel in almost every way, Puzzle Quest 2 offers a combination of role-playing and match-three gameplay that is only let down by some niggling technical issues.

It's a beautiful chaos that will feel great to hardcore gamers, but casual folks may put it down after a few minutes. Who's That Flying?! is an excellent choice for gamers who like to sweat.

Despite one or two control inadequacies, Blackout represents a creditable attempt at offering up something new to the match-three puzzle genre.

Boasting plenty of old skool swagger, The Last Rocket is a challenging but rewarding puzzler slightly spoiled by one or two imperfections.

A unique puzzle game that adds regular twists to keep itself thoroughly entertaining and playable.

Clever, well-designed, and occasionally pretty special, Car Toons! is well worth a try for anyone with even a passing interest in physics-puzzlers.

It takes its time to get going, but once it does Surge is a compelling and visually arresting puzzle title.

An enjoyable slice-and-dicer with enough tricks up its sleeve to keep you entertained for a while.

It may be a little repetitive, but Red's Kingdom is a cracking puzzler with lots of extra elements to keep us going.

A tough as nails mixture of two of the toughest genres out there. It's still a good deal of fun though.

LA Noire on Switch isn't perfect, but a lot of that's down to its age and the mechanics. As a port, it plays great on Switch.

A fun, fast-paced dungeon-crawler that does its inspiration justice, Warhammer Quest isn't perfect, but it's a damn good start.

An unabashed Peggle rip-off, albeit a very good one.

Geometry Wars: Galaxies triangulates arcade action, subtle depth, and intuitive controls for pure fun you'll return to remarkably regularly.

It still can't quite keep up with "Pro Evo" on the pitch in terms of purist authenticity, but FIFA 08 is a huge, glinting treasure trove of features and modes with accessible gameplay and solid presentation.

Behind the bright cartoon graphics lurks a black heart of pure gaming evil, and for some that makes Checkpoint Champion essential.

A fun, challenging puzzling platformer that works well on touchscreen.

Wonder Boy is full of wistful retro charm, and an absolutely essential purchase on the Nintendo Switch eShop.

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is another admirable Switch port from Panic Button, which preserves the slick gunplay and hard-hitting story of the original. However, severe technical constraints make this a heavily compromised experience - especially in handheld.

There are some interesting moments in Episode 2, but it doesn't feel like Republique has really grown in the time it's been away.

Very simple, not hugely original, but extremely compelling tower defence fare.

World End Syndrome is an absolutely gorgeous visual novel, let down by a few gameplay ideas that simply don't work.

Worth a look if you're flush, but not quite as chillingly effective as it could have been.

A good-looking and accessible dungeon-crawler, Orc: Vengeance falls down with restrictive levels and woeful controls.

While much of its perpetual running gameplay has been seen before, Grim Joggers does enough to push it in front of the also-rans with its crowd-control twist.

An accessible and deep JRPG, even if the opening hours are a bit of a slog.

Catalyst Black is an AAA-quality battleground shooter on mobile that features top-notch production value you can expect from the makers of VainGlory. Gameplay is smooth, stunning, fast-paced, and most of all, extremely fun - it doesn't really need to be anything more than that.

The superbly implemented web-slinging and touchscreen combat of Spider-Man 3 more than makes up for the lack of mission variety.

A tightly paced, furiously addictive endless climber that plunders those arcade classics for more than just rose-tinted window dressing.

Not as playable as Doodle Jump, controls provide Oddy Smog's Adventure with its biggest challenge.

Qbism convincingly makes use of the touchscreen for simple, yet astonishingly addictive puzzle play that will suck you in for hours.

A fine mixture of excellent presentation, surprising depth, and perfect control, Shellrazer is one of the most compelling action games we've seen on iOS in quite some time, but its intense action may not be for everyone.

Bouncy and fun yet inescapably facile, Hackycat wins our favour through an abundance of rewards and an irrepressible joie de vivre.

With its incredible presentation and easily accessible action, Frontline Commando: D-Day ticks all the boxes, although the focus on in-app purchasing can be irksome.

Despite its name, Starborn Anarkist isn't all that different from other dual-stick shooters. It isn't very shocking in any regard, and it won't change anything about any topic it touches. But it's an enjoyable enough shooter.

There are some nice ideas here, but it can sometimes be a little too fiddly.

Unusual gameplay and rich theme help bring Vietnam to life, but repetition sets in sooner than it should.

A teeth grindingly awful game, but you'll still want to get to the end of it.

Thumb Drift is a simple and engaging one-finger racing. It might not have much meat on its bones, but it's still worth a look.

There's a lot to like here, and while it does make some mistakes, the good is pretty much outweighed by the bad.

Even with its flaws, Kami 2 is a puzzler perfect for filling in spare moments.

BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle makes up for its lacking content with the kind of ridiculous, fun fighting that only Arc System Works can create.

Mighty Switch Force is clever, charming, and fun, but feels more like a prototype than a full game.

A weak interface and limited card selection can't disguise that Magic is still a great game.

Devious Dungeon is a woefully simple RPG-platformer that quickly becomes about nothing more than grinding for money and levels.

Though it's a tad short, The Gardens Between is a beautiful puzzler with some wonderfully clever ideas.

Mechstermination Force feels like Cuphead meets Shadow of the Colossus, and it's absolutely worth your time.

It's not original, but Tony Hawk's Proving Ground contains more stunts and features than you'll ever manage to roll your way through, and one of the most comprehensive multiplayer modes around.