Although Dark Void Zero ran the risk of being a one-joke game, its faux-retro styling combines beautifully with tight gameplay to create a brilliant iPhone action platformer hampered only by its shortness.

A polished remake of a retro classic, Pipe Mania's extra features build on the challenging core gameplay while the broad selection of modes provides hours of enjoyable pipe positioning fun.

Fortuna Magus doesn't innovate much on the classic retro JRPG formula, but that might be exactly what some people want.

Stoneship is an intriguing mix of memory gaming, high seas exploration and strategic planning, but its regularly frustrating nature and lack of replay value take the wind out of its sails.

Though fans of the series may be able to excuse its technical issues, this isn't the top-end collection it could have been to attract new players to this classic series.

Nidhogg 2 is a game of ethereal highs and thudding lows, and those sporadic bursts of joy are best experienced with a friend by your side.

Kasso Gaiden doesn't feel like it is unique enough to stand out, but it's an interesting little game. I do wish the sound effects were mutable, as they sort of take away from the experience.

A thoroughly entertaining and wonderfully crafted puzzle game, Flow Free: Bridges is only held back by its conservatism.

A pleasantly bright and breezy social word game with a tactile control system.

Though a bit limited in content, Mad Bullets is a bright, light-hearted shooting gallery game with precise controls.

Fighting Fantasy: Bloodbones is macabre and intriguing, but not my idea of fun. Franchise fans will likely lap up the grim adventure though, and should roll a dice, adding that figure to the score below.

Enjoyably distracting when played alone and hugely entertaining in company, Point Blank DS is ideal for five minutes of fun.

Bucketz is a hyperactive game full to the brim of bright ideas, but its attempts at variation and humour can be a little overwhelming.

Super Mario Party is what you'd expect from the series - short bursts of fun that everyone can enjoy .

A physics puzzler that twangs sharply off the string and adds a fun, if macabre, time mechanic into familiar gameplay.

A smart puzzler that gets past most of its niggles thanks to some fresh ideas.

Worth a look and close to being excellent, but Bear Winter could do with losing its continues in the snow.

The Lighthouse HD is a visually impressive and much-needed twist on the classic line-drawing genre.

Death Rally provides plenty of cool weapons and rides, yet the absence of multiplayer and tighter track designs prevent it from being truly killer.

Age of Zombies needs to pull back on the lame jokes to let its nicely designed gameplay shine through.

Hilomi is a neatly put-together puzzling adventure that's well worth some attention.

Pure Chess attempts to bring asynchronous play to a classic and fails, but the single-player is still worth the entry fee.

It might not have the depth to keep you coming back for more, but while Lineable has its claws in you you'll be smiling.

Crimson Shroud is one of the most finely crafted games available on the Nintendo 3DS, though the tabletop setting may prove difficult for some to engage with.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword still doesn't wholly convince a decade on, with flaky controls, drab visuals, and a dull over-world. But it retains enough of that irresistible Zelda magic to warrant a place on your Switch. Just.

A fresh spin on the maze runner with tough, competitive angle that belies its cute exterior.

Looking for a game to really sink your teeth into? If you've got the patience, like being sociable in your builders, and are willing to sink the time in, then Total Domination – Reborn is for you.

A polished and precise tower defence title, Siegecraft TD does little to change the tested formula, but that's not too much of a bad thing.