ZooCube

Game Informer

Everything a puzzle game should be: simple, fast, hard, fun, addictive, and serviceably pretty. [August 2002, p.82]

GameSpy

Fun and addictive, but the multiplayer mode displays so small that it limits the amount of gamers that can enjoy it.

Electric Playground

Zoo Cube won't convert or especially appeal to those who aren't already puzzle-game fanatics...but if you are a puzzle "animal," then this is truly something you haven't seen before, and it is strangely addictive.

GameZone

This game truly helps to innovate a seemly dead genre, by bringing it into 3D while retaining the fun of the 2D games.

GameSpot

ZooCube requires quick thinking and patience, and those who are up to the challenge will derive quite a bit of satisfaction from this solid new effort.

GamerWeb Nintendo

It still uses falling pieces but the whole 3D angle is a refreshing change of pace.

Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)

An old-fashioned frantic high concept videogame that, like Wetrix, takes the baton offered by Tetris and runs with it in a weird new direction. [NGC]

GameCube Europe

The actual gameplay lends itself far more to a handheld format and for that reason alone, if you actually own a Gameboy Advance, you're probably better going for that version.

Adrenaline Vault

The organization-heavy gameplay and the delightful animal theme are its two most outstanding areas.

TotalGames.net

We’d recommend getting the GBA version instead.

Nintendophiles

There may be some people in this world who revel in this degree of complexity, but the rest of us mere mortals may wish for something a little less taxing.

Nintendojo

I applaud the creators of Zoocube for not doing a me-too cookie cutter clone puzzle game. It’s a neat concept and with a bit more polish it could have been the breakout they were hoping for.

Nintendo Power

The challenge level of the match-'em-up Garanimals game play is more akin to a petting zoo than a jungle. [July 2002, p.149]

IGN

It advertises itself to be addictive, but its 3D design seems more of a novelty than anything else.

Gamer's Pulse

While the lack of strategic depth and animal-centric theme might have made this a good candidate for younger gamers, an under-developed audio/visual presentation will probably lose their attention quickly.