Solatorobo: Red the Hunter (DS) Review
Solatorobo: Red the Hunter is a game that we highly recommend. It has been crafted with care and in painstaking detail, incorporating a lengthy, well-written story with engaging battle mechanics and an...
View ArticleCaptain America: Super Soldier (DS) Review
Serviceable platforming and challenging combat in Captain America: Super Soldier is hampered by a frustrating difficulty curve, repetitive enemy types and some segments that the game could simply do...
View ArticleDragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (DS) Review
The great thing about Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 is that once the story ends the real fun begins. With an almost limitless number of monster and skill variations, you'll find plenty to do even...
View ArticleAliens: Infestation (DS) Review
If you are a fan of the Alien movies, relish Metroidvania exploratory gameplay and appreciate side-scrolling retro pixel art design, Aliens: Infestation delivers on all three counts. It is clear that...
View ArticleRune Factory 3: A Fantasy Harvest Moon (DS) Review
If you've played the previous entries, you'll probably already know you'd enjoy Rune Factory 3; it's a prime example of "if it's not broken, don't fix it" at work. The new features are bullet points...
View ArticleProfessor Layton and the Last Specter (DS) Review
Professor Layton and the Last Specter is another top-quality game in a truly brilliant series. It challenges your mind in a way very few games seriously attempt to do, and the feeling you get when you...
View Article999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (DS) Review
999 is stunning. It sports a captivating plot driven by a fantastic cast of characters, a satisfying mix of puzzles and interesting mathematical, scientific and philosophical quandaries to ponder....
View ArticlePower Rangers Samurai (DS) Review
The action-packed 2D Power Ranger gameplay found here is surprisingly fun and does a great job of bringing the series style into a portable gameplay format. The graphics aren’t the best we’ve seen on...
View ArticleMay's Mystery: Forbidden Memories (DS) Review
May's Mystery is a good game, with a host of 270+ quality puzzles, though beyond the inclusion of rhythm and seek-and-find activities, there's little here you won't find in Layton. It just doesn't have...
View ArticleInazuma Eleven 2 Firestorm (DS) Review
Inazuma Eleven 2 successfully takes its core RPG mechanics and dresses them in an entertaining, quirky football strip. While it may appear to be fairly frivolous at first glance, at its heart it is a...
View ArticlePokémon Conquest (DS) Review
Pokémon Conquest is a game that no one asked for, but many will enjoy — fans of either series will be drawn in by the familiar and be taught to love what’s new. It does just about everything right,...
View ArticleLearn With Pokémon: Typing Adventure (DS) Review
This is an unexpectedly entertaining entry to the long list of Pokémon spin-offs. While it may not teach you how to type, you will learn how to quickly spell MIENSHAO or how to tell apart a Marill from...
View ArticlePokémon Black and White 2 (DS) Review
Those who would brush Pokémon Black and White Versions 2 off as more of the same are sorely mistaken. On a superficial level the Pokémon games have not changed much, and for good reason; the foundation...
View ArticleJewel Master: Cradle of Egypt 2 (DS) Review
Cradle of Egypt 2 isn’t a bad game because it doesn’t deliver what it sets out to. In fact, aside from a few gameplay niggles and its rather basic visual style, the title is quite playable, and fans of...
View ArticleThundercats (DS) Review
Let's not mince words: Thundercats is a terrible game. It's playable alright, but that's sincerely the nicest thing we can say about it. It's a stiff, awkward slog of an experience that somehow manages...
View ArticleAdventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?! (DS) Review
Adventure Time: HIKWYSOG is a tough game to put a number on. On one hand it's inaccessible to newcomers due to its countless episode in-jokes and absurdity that any fan of the cartoon has come to...
View ArticlePuzzler World 2013 (DS) Review
Puzzler World 2013 is a worthy follow-up in the popular series. The new puzzles offer even more variety, and with over 1,200 puzzles on offer, you're certainly getting good value for money. There are a...
View ArticleSmurfs 2 (DS) Review
So what we’ve learned is that “smurf-deep” is a mighty shallow depth. The Smurfs 2 is a collection of mini-games that have the integrity and tuning of something you’d play in a pop-up box on your web...
View ArticleKirby Mass Attack (DS) Review
There will inevitably be Kirby purists who will baulk at the rather unorthodox gameplay concept behind Kirby Mass Attack, but if they do they'll be missing out on one of Kirby's most unique adventures...
View ArticleMaestro! Jump in Music (DS) Review
Maestro! Jump in Music has its flaws; sometimes the gameplay mechanics can get too fiddly, making some stages more a matter of a luck than skill, boss levels repeat and the overall game can be...
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