Plenty of bang for your buck here. It may not be the longest of games, nor overly feature rich, but it's as enjoyable as it is refreshing to play. Every 3DS owner should give this a go.

A brilliantly well put together old school shooter that's going to scratch all of your blowing-things-up itches.

A fleeting love letter to the 8-bit generation, Retro Game Challenge deserves to be experienced by everyone with a heart for gaming culture.

Though Jack's time-travelling tale is a touch bizarre, the gameplay it's built around serves as the idea model for a time-management sim, delivering a title that's as welcoming as it is engaging.

A bag of surprises inextricably bound together around a well-told story.

RICO serves up fantastic doses of frantic action, and co-op play compensates for its limited formula.

Not just for tennis lovers, Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour Edition is an enjoyable, well-rounded game. Easy to pick up for players of all levels, but difficult to master.

Plunderland is energetic pirating at your fingertips, a high seas adventure with charm and originality.

Wise to the ways of tight touch controls, Street Fighter IV knocks out impressive fighting without the features and modes of play to back it up.

A deceptively tactical roguelike RPG that offers an immediate yet considered dungeon-crawling experience.

We've seen games like Dungeon Gems before, but none have been quite as balanced and polished.

Well put together and an awful lot of fun, Rail Rush is a tad too easy, but it's still an excellent entrant into the endless-runner genre.

A bright combination of retro arcade gameplay and modern flourishes, Air Supply - SOS will leave you gasping for more.

A beautiful adventure-puzzler that doesn't need combat or flashy gimmicks to enhance its slow-burn appeal.

Kill it with Fire is clearly made as a PC first game, however the game can be played on mobile well, as long as you give it a bit of time. I quite liked the idea behind the game and the number of side tasks you can do.

Extend hasn't changed much from Continuum Shift II, which means it can be considered a strong 2D fighter. What's new here, though, will delight veterans of the franchise.

A painfully archaic veneer hides an exciting, unusual, and richly detailed game of timing and strategy.

Jump Trials Supreme is nippy, bite-size, and polished to hell. Well worth a gander, especially if you love your speedrunning platformers.

Rock Runners is an excellent platformer with loads of content, but it's let down by an all-too gentle difficulty curve and repetitive levels.

The best version of the classic puzzler to date, packing some great music and some interesting new twists for newcomers and experienced players alike.

Hamsterdam achieves something that very few games manage to; Its densely packed action and animation make it almost impossible to put the game down, even if it becomes incredibly obvious early on that you are watching the same animations and performing the same actions over and over.

A great distillation of stealth mechanics into a fun and engaging arcade score-chaser.

A co-operative puzzle title which plays as well as it looks, About Love, Hate and the other ones may have questionable longevity, but it's a trip that's well worth experiencing regardless.

A clever twist on a well worn template, Slide Circus has enough new ideas to make it essential for sliding block fans.

NightSky is a dream - the sort you never want to wake up from - wrapped in the most challenging of conundrums.

Ace Fishing is, as its name suggests, ace, regardless of whether you're interested in fishing.

An unusual and engaging strategy game that loses just a little vitality played online.

It might not be the Final Fantasy you want, but it's a Final Fantasy you should definitely try.