Designing your own gaming world has so much potential, sadly let down by limited vision and scope. It doesn't help that the gameplay is about as exciting as our bank statements. [Dec 2007, p.86]

A distinct lack of polish in the visual and AI department. [Christmas 2008, p.103]

SimAnimals is a good idea but with poor visuals and fiddly controls, this is a wasted opportunity.

Feels half-finished. [July 2009, p.87]

Bland and unimaginative. [July 2009, p.93]

This one's a bit rusty. [Apr 2010, p.93]

It's certainly no Broken Sword. [July 2010, p.87]

Squarely aimed at infants. [Christmas 2010, p.94]

Some interesting bits of "art," but it's pointless as they're freely available elsewhere. [Mar 2011, p.103]

The boring combat and daft plot mean you're unlikely to keep playing. [Christmas 2011, p.103]

On DSi it looks really poor, while the music sounds like the sort of thing you'd hear when put on hold. [May 2012, p.104]

This tries to pull off so much but it's neither as compelling and varied as "The Sims" nor as loveable as "Nintendogs." Plus it's so blocky it's like someone invented an 8-bit DS. [Dec 2006, p.87]

Not even the insubstantial freesteering wheel device makes it worth the purchase. [Jan 2007, p.80]

Unless you're a retro fanatic, it's hard to see what the appeal is. [Nov 2008, p.105]

It's very slow-paced. [Sept 2010, p.97]

"Quotation Forthcoming"

Curiously addictive. [Jan 2012, p.87]

Merely average: fun in short bursts but don't expect to be playing it in a few months' time. [Mar 2007, p.89]

Tiresome repetitiveness and dull, samey graphics plague this movie license that showed a glimmer of potential. The "it's for kids" excuse won't wash, we're afraid. [Christmas 2006, p.88]

It's suffering from similar feelings of neglect. [Dec 2009, p.94]

Poor value for money. [May 2009, p.87]

The controls are fiddly and the game feels deeply unappealing. [Oct 2009, p.84]

The most damning issue is over the game's presentation, which ranges from sloppy in some places to downright awful in others.

A decent take on the popular card game, but its lack of privacy defeats the purpose. [Jan 2010, p.86]

A nice idea, but better puzzle games on WiiWare require thought, not luck. [Aug 2010, p.52]

Criminally short. [Jan 2011, p.76]

There's no reason for this to be a 3DS game. [Aug 2011, p.93]

Despite the big open areas, your path through them is frustratingly linear. [Jan 2008, p.84]

Some decent ideas then, but poorly executed. [Oct 2008, p.97]

Younger gamers and good artists might get more out of it but we'd much rather let Miyamoto draw out characters for us, thank you very much. [Nov 2008, p.103]

Rygar may have been decent six years ago, but with no updates it's now dated and shoddy. [July 2009, p.86]

This really isn't worth the money. [Mar 2009, p.89]

It's a fun idea but can be played free online as Broken Picture Telephone. [June 2009, p.89]

Limp shocks and dull content leave us with a lingering grudge towards Ju-On's creators. [Dec 2009, p.92]

An interesting premise let down in execution, lacking the excitement of a true fantasy epic. [Aug 2009, p.96]

For a game that's so starved of content, 1,000 Points is a bit hard to swallow. [Feb 2010, p.89]

Frustrating movements. [June 2010, p.97]

Sometimes you'll receive a fraction of your rightful score. [June 2011, p.89]

Your furball is far too floaty and controlling him becomes an exercise in anger management as he bumps into one obstacle after another, some of which are difficult to spot.

Nostalgia-seekers need not apply: this is easily outdone by the 13-year-old game from which it is derived. A shame. [Christmas 2012, p.111]

You play as Spider-Man, but never feel like him. [May 2013, p.74]

Looks fantastic but it plays like too many average games of movies. [Feb 2007, p.74]

If you're going to compete with the likes of Mario and Sonic you need a smart plan. And if you have a smart plan you better make it work. Cookie & Cream is only half way there. [Dec 2007, p.87]

If you're after more than ten minutes of distraction, look somewhere else. [May 2008, p.90]

Fun for the young 'uns, but serious gamers will be bored in minutes. [Nov 2009, p.103]

Just Dance is a facilitator, not a game. [Mar 2010, p.87]

It's not the worst mini-game collection on Wii. Just one of the worst on WiiWare. [Christmas 2009, p.102]

There's not a huge amount of content, the handling a little wobbly at times, and the tracks tend to get very familiar. [May 2010, p.85]

If you're patient this might impress, otherwise you'll be asleep in an hour. [Aug 2010, p.99]

Put the time into it and it's rewarding, but it's an uphill battle with very little help. [Sept 2010, p.94]

Could have been so much better but hasn't been fine-tuned well enough. [Oct 2010, p.95]

Not terrible, but uninspired and lacking in any original ideas. [July 2012, p.98]

A fun farming sim that suffers at the hands of ridiculous pricing. Only lunatics will hand over 30 notes for this.

A weak hide-and-seek game that's as laborious as it is devoid of fun. [Feb 2009, p.49]

It's just a nice idea that doesn't work very well. [Dec 2008, p.98]

Awkward to play, hard to look at, difficult to control and socially neutered. We're not sold on Splinter Cell.

If you must play Battle of the Bands then rent it - you'll be finished with it after a day. [July 2008, p.79]

Sorry, Sega, but your luck with movie licenses just isn't getting any better. [Sept 2008, p.101]

It all falls down because it's just not fun to play in any way, shape or form. [Oct 2008, p.99]

Even as rabid Pokemon fans we're really struggling to see the point of My Pokemon Ranch. [Aug 2008, p.103]

A poker game where you start off 600 Points down and can't win it back. Fail. [Nov 2009, p.104]

Mind-numbingly boring. This is one call you should definitely send to answer phone.

Poor show. [Sept 2010, p.89]

So despite all the options - Championship mode, Capture The Flag, four player split screen and a Hot Pursuit mode - the wild handling is a little too much to cope with.

Its challenge is too variable. [Feb 2012, p.105]

This is the same licensed platform stuff people have been playing for years. [Jan 2007, p.77]

A mindless slog that not even devoted fans will play through. [Oct 2008, p.98]

There really is no excuse for such a poor Wii version. Sort it out Activision. [Jan 2008, p.87]

Frustratingly, it plays more like an interactive story book than a videogame. [Jan 2008, p.78]

This offers some very poor football action with frustrating, nonsensical gameplay and awful visuals. [May 2008, p.94]

Perhaps the lowest example of not knowing when to give up. [Apr 2010, p.89]

Lumpy handling. [June 2010, p.91]

Feels extremely basic and devoid of depth. [July 2010, p.95]

The original's good ideas are distorted in an apparent attempt to justify a price tag. [Nov 2012, p.98]

We applaud Battle For Earth's unique approach to simplistic fighting, but its lack of content and depth won't impress anyone but the most junior gamers.

The skateboard controller looks the part but doesn't work and seems to hate the game it was designed for. It may yet fall to another game to get the best out of it.

Heartbreakingly awful. [Feb 2009, p.84]

It just isn't that fun to play. [Jan 2010, p.87]

The whole thing gets repetitive very quickly. [May 2010, p.91]

It only works 30% of the time. [July 2010, p.95]

While we can appreciate what Dust Strikers is trying to do, it just doesn't work. [Nov 2007, p.85]

Sleuthing is largely irrelevant as the characters keel over whatever you do. [Mar 2008, p.75]

It's what a bag of roast beef crisps is to a Sunday roast with all the trimmings. [Sept 2007, p.90]

If you can believe it, this is possibly even worse than the diabolical "Spider-Man 3." [Christmas 2007, p.83]

If you're after some boxing action on the Wii, it might be best to stick with Wii Sports for now and wait for Punch-Out!! This simply won't satisfy.

Very, very dull. [Nov 2009, p.98]

A dull, confusing game. [Mar 2011, p.101]

Open Season is playable but you won't enjoy playing it. Its dull collecting scenarios and repetitive sound bites will drain your soul. Another bad movie tie-in. [Dec 2006, p.94]

Dull, and in many cases, incredibly annoying and frustrating. [July 2007, p.86]

It tries to be different but falls flat on its face. It's repetitive, dull and we doubt that you'd see out the first hour. Avoid. [Sept 2008, p.93]

It is, and always has been, a horribly vanilla platformer with very little soul to it. [Christmas 2008, p.103]

An unnecessary update to last year's rubbish Olympics cash-in. [Oct 2009, p.84]

It looks basic and is over quicker than a Darlington FC season highlights DVD. [Mar 2010, p.95]

Decent gameplay let down by a lack of any multiplayer or other modes whatsoever.

There's a certain amount of tension as the clock ticks, but moving the stylus up and down to mow lawns is both fiddly and a bit dull - you really need to keep all three mowers running at once to succeed. Add in a ravenous dog that wants to bite chunks out of your kids and the result is a gruelling, unforgiving... well, chore.

GT Pro Series has got decent cars and passable handling, but the below average physics and utterly shameful visuals give this a cheap, unfinished feel. [Feb 2007, p.84]

The unfortunate fact is that Bubble Bobble has been done too many times before. Yes, it's playable and challenging, but it's also old and far too simplistic for hte modern gaming era. [Mar 2007, p.77]

Playing the same six mini-games 11 times isn't even remotely enjoyable, especially when you're paying 5 quid per mini-game. [May 2008, p.92]

Pointless. [Aug 2008, p.103]

Never have we seen a DS game fail so badly to capture the fun of its Wii sibling. [Christmas 2009, p.92]

Avoid like the plague. [Jan 2010, p.86]

A huge disappointment. [Apr 2010, p.92]

We couldn't even play the Super Mario Bros. theme, and if you can't do that then there's no point. [Feb 2010, p.83]

The new best worst game ever. Briefly entertaining in a terrible B movie sort of way, but once that wears off this is just insulting.

For a kids' game, Travel In Time is horrible at guiding the player. It's all over the place.

It's a dull trek and the stupid storyline doesn't help much. [Christmas 2010, p.91]

More or less the same experience (as Vampire Moon). [Christmas 2010, p.91]

Disappointing. [Oct 2011, p.97]

There are glimmers of promise in the 3DS version, but the execution is so bad and the graphics engine so lacklustre, that you'll find it hard to squeeze more than a few drops of genuine pleasure out of this cold, grey stone. [Sept 2012, p.107]

A dull game that makes no use of the Wii U functionality. [Jan 2013, p.102]

Unless you like hammering the A button for eight minutes at a time while getting a headache, stay well away. Even young kids will get bored.

You can't transform a turd, no matter how hard you try. [Oct 2007, p.89]

The Wii Remote hasn't been used well here and it's trickier than playing it for real. And it's Jenga - do we really need this? [Apr 2008, p.88]

This is just shameful. A missed opportunity let down by sloppy, lazy programming. [Jan 2009, p.90]

It's south of average. [May 2010, p.85]

A complete waste of time. [Christmas 2010, p.81]

Feels archaic compared to the likes of Face Raiders. Shame. [Jan 2013, p.110]

Feels archaic compared to the likes of Face Raiders. Shame. [Jan 2013, p.110]

Falls flat at the first hurdle. [Oct 2008, p.95]

Monkeys don't always make for comedy, it seems. [Jan 2010, p.86]

It's so generic that minutes after playing it we'd completely forgotten about it. [Mar 2010, p.94]

Awful. [June 2010, p.97]

A shadow of its siblings on other platforms. [Christmas 2010, p.87]

Dull and barely related to footie. [Feb 2011, p.93]

Hastily constructed, poorly thought out and deeply unsatisfying: an endless runner you'll want to end. [Christmas 2012, p.111]

The increased precision of Wii MotionPlus is wasted and the result is a game you should steer clear of. [May 2010, p.85]

Much like a real sandcastle, it's fun for an hour or so then becomes a washout. [Oct 2010, p.97]

A soulless title with poor mini-games, this is a party that needs no pooping.

The other Rabbids mini-game compilations may have been light on longevity, but at least they provided a laugh. Rabbids Land doesn't even manage this.

Only two of the remixes are any good, but even these aren't worth your time. [June 2008, p.84]

What a stinker. [Aug 2008, p.101]

Cheap, dreary gameplay and awful controls. What less could you want? [Christmas 2008, p.78]

Five dull offerings ranging from racing to shooting games, none of which are worth discussing in any real depth. [July 2010, p.95]

Great fun - if you find the idea of rolling ten-foot boulders up a hill fun. [Aug 2010, p.99]

It shows glimmers of fun, but a short story mode and lack of replay factor stifle it. [Sept 2011, p.98]

A really tough game to pick up and play. [Dec 2008, p.98]

The only thing it has going for it is the controls. [Sept 2011, p.92]

Awful, just awful. It's a dirty, cheap, slapped-together cash-in title that's not woth the round plastic disc it comes on. [Apr 2008, p.92]

An extremely primitive quad bike racer with some predictable tracks and dismal presentation. [Nov 2009, p.99]

It's about as much fun as getting chatted up by a serial killer in a dark alleyway. [Mar 2010, p.93]

Horrible stuff. [Apr 2013, p.85]

Tyranna-bore-us Rex. Triceraplops.Velocicraptor. You get the picture.

A bad conversion of an almost year-old Xbox game. Vengeance is playable but it's a massively disappointing Wii debut for the Far Cry series, and the worst FPS on the console so far. [Mar 2007, p.84]

Ugly, unplayable and not even close to being fun. [Nov 2007, p.92]

It's fantastically dull. [Dec 2008, p.97]

Stupid design decisions. [Dec 2009, p.94]

Extremely basic stuff, this is one WiiWare game that'll have kids bored fairly quickly. [Jan 2010, p.87]

An old PC game ported to the DS to cash in on people waning to bash their heads in. [May 2010, p.85]

Rank puddle of bilgewater. [Oct 2012, p.95]

Quite simply a rotten game with woefully little variation in gameplay and turgid mechanics. There's very little fun here an dit's cetainly a long way from 'cowabunga', dude. [May 2007, p.78]

Had so much potential, but this is ultimately a waste of Points. There are countless better games out there.

Ten rubbish blink-and-you'll miss them microgames. A waste of money. [Nov 2009, p.104]

Just feels like an unfinished mess that's been rushed to the shops in time for the release of the movie it's based on. [Aug 2011, p.99]

While you can teach an old dog new tricks, it's still a dog. [Nov 2011, p.95]

A botched excuse for a stealth game whose only achievement is bringing a decent series' name into disrepute. This game should have been so much better. [Jan 2007, p.72]

Visually, it's a horrid mess of jagged polygons and smeared textures. [Apr 2008, p.76]

Liked bowling in "Wii Sports"? Well, if you want some decent bowling action on Wii you'll just have to stick with it because Brunswick has no style, character or spirit. Dreadful. [Dec 2007, p.88]

Avoid. [Apr 2010, p.95]

A blatant cash-in on Rabbids Go Home. [Jan 2010, p.87]

It's 30 pounds. THIRTY! The equivalent package is under 2 quid on a phone. Need we say more? [Dec 2012, p.102]

Simply garbage. [May 2013, p.87]

A mindless, repetitive shell of a game, it's an insult to World War 2's tactical combat. [Jan 2011, p.92]

Shoddily made, uglier than Ugly McUglyson and an incredibly frustrating game. [June 2011, p.102]

It had potential but at the end of the day it just doesn't work. This really needs Wii MotionPlus.

Gordon. We like you. But please don't attach your likeness to a game ever again. [Feb 2010, p.89]

Half-baked rubbish. [Dec 2011, p.98]

A prime example of how to disrespect the fans of something as big as Transformers: a £50 game that can be finished on a single GamePad charge. Yuck.

Quotation forthcoming. [Sept 2010]

The controls are hideous. [July 2010, p.95]

Awful.

The dragon is impossible to control. [Jan 2010, p.87]

It's dull, it's repetitive and it's as much fun as being cuddled by a cactus. [Nov 2007, p.87]

It's utterly boring. [Aug 2008, p.101]

Granted, we quite like the animated Gordon Ramsay but the rest really is a shambles. [Dec 2008, p.100]

Endless Ocean, we get - it has a point. This, on the one hand, is ridiculous. [Nov 2008, p.104]

There's always one dreadful launch game (remember the GameCube's "Universal Tour"?) and Rampage: World Destruction is the Wii's. Even if you once enjoyed "Rampage" you won't like this. [Jan 2007, p.82]

It's like a compilation of gaming's worst moments, wrapped up in a film license. [Feb 2008, p.20]

Straight to the top of this month's Avoid At All Costs pile. Hugely repulsive. [Oct 2009, p.88]

A shambles of a port that is an embarrassment to anyone who decided it was ready to be released.

It's horrible stuff: a yawning, Nietzschean abyss of a game that makes you believe those people who say that there's no point in video games.

Thanks to some lazy localisation and poor design choices, this is nearly unplayable. [Apr 2010, p.95]

Absolute dross: a joyless, inept, tedious, ugly, lazy, messy waste of your time and money. We hoped games this bad might die out with the Wii.

It's completely broken. [Aug 2009, p.99]

How Sega thinks it can get away with this utter detritus is beyond us. [July 2008, p.101]

It's a dire shooter with an unwieldy new controls system. [Christmas 2012, p.110]

You'll find it tough to unlock all 101 games. Not that you'd want to bother because they're so abysmal, not even of the standard of your average Flash game.

A complete howler. [Mar 2009, p.87]

About as funny as a flu epidemic. [Sept 2010, p.97]

As welcome as an ingrown toenail and twice as ugly. [Jan 2013, p.100]

You might as well chuck your money down the drain instead. At least you'll be able to control where it's going.

This is just rubbish...Cheap, tacky and completely untitillating, this has no place on WiiWare. [Dec 2009, p.99]

ONM Coroner's Report: Patient suffered a psychotic breakdown while playing this game. No treatment possible.