A perfectly decent, good-looking endurance match game that you'll play for a bit, enjoy quite a lot, but probably forget about fairly quickly.

A deceptively compelling roguelike with a clever chess-based theme, but boy is it rough around the edges.

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

A middle weight strategy title of distinctly middling quality.

While the original Darklings was a great idea well implemented, this second season loses its way.

An endearing and often challenging platformer that sees its idea through.

There's a solid enough puzzler here, but Shapes!! doesn't really have enough going for it to wholeheartedly recommend.

Bafflingly constructed and clunkily executed, Atmospug, the Cloud Jumping Dog is barking up the wrong casual platformer tree.

Though it doesn't bring anything new to either genre, Planet Quest is a quirky and charming blend of rhythm action and one-tap done right.

Exciting, deep and innovative, but fails to capture the spirit and accessibility of the original.

Criminal Girls: Invite Only's reliance on shock value puts the weakest part of the game in the limelight, obscuring the otherwise interesting battle mechanics.

Although its dystopian urban visage is fairly trite, Gang Nations levels up the base building genre with some excellent tower defence mechanics.

Pukka Golf adds a unique and enjoyable spin on physics-based golf games by letting you take shots from the air.

A pretty stunt racer with a novel time mechanic and simple straightforward structure. I just wish there was more.

A clever shuffling of shooting mechanics, Tempo might not let you pull the trigger, but it sprints along at a frantic pace all the same.

A game that asks you to collect musical notes to activate a portal while using cobras to avoid colored dots from trapping you inside a triangle is every bit as confounding as it sounds.

A nice looking game that's thwarted at every turn by controls that just don't do the job.

There's a great game here, but it gets a little lost in translation.

It's cute, but Hose it Down is an uninventive puzzler, filled with dumb design decisions and a paywall as soon as it really gets going.

As funny as a Flappy Bird clone dressed up in a Team America costume, and about as playable.

There's a decent enough game here, but it's not exciting or engaging enough to really win a place in your heart.

For all of its shiny exterior, Daytona Rush is a bit of an old banger underneath.

An admirable attempt to do something different and clever on iOS, dragged down by a few too many levels that require tedious slogging.

A novel release for sure, but one only the most steadfast Japanophiles will enjoy.

Telltale has produced an uneven chapter in 'The Lord Lords' as it struggles to convey a rich and complex tale.

A visually sumptuous RPG that's equal parts accessible and obtuse, Immortal Odyssey will make for a pleasant supplement to your gaming diet, but might prove too lightweight to fully satisfy by itself.

An intriguing spin on the endless runner with a thoughtful maze-running element.

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate is the definitive entry point for the series, and the most finely tuned multiplayer game on the 3DS yet.