World of Goo is a major opus. It's a charming and intelligent game, but, more than that, a mark to the genre (like Tetris decades ago), incorporating features which could not be thought before, like social critics and an atmosphere capable of leading emotion to the player, who not only plays, but observes.

In the end, a curious paradox remains: a game with a plot that is about time and does not care even a bit for it, because it's completely timeless.

No DS owner should be without a copy. And if some moron comes complaining about violence, I'll give violence to him myself! The remaining point is an incentive for Rockstar to keep doing their excellent job, because many other perfect games are sure to come.

Quoting Robin Williams in the most recent commercial of the game, Skyward Sword is the result of a project of 25 years and a clear confirmation that only the experience of a quarter of a century is able to turn a game into a legend.

Fire Emblem: Awakening is the SRPG that every 3DS owner should play.

To say that Xenoblade Chronicles is a landmark that will lead the evolution of all JRPGs over the next few years is an exaggeration, but the game shows that there's still creative hope for the genre. With their massive adventure, Monolith Soft did what every JRPG developer should: they looked forward, instead of back to archaic concepts from another era.

Rayman Origins combines art and challenge in a unique form.

It's indispensable for collectors and recommended to those who are new to the series. For those who already know Metroid Prime, it's worth to check it out.

While we wait for new hardcore games, Okami is more than a satisfactory option.

Everyone wanted to know where Mario would go after conquering the universe (twice) on the Wii, and with this new adventure, Nintendo gave the answer. To alternate dimensions? No. To home.

In an industry where originality is a virtue increasingly rare, games like Pushmo should not be missed.

Cave Story is incredible. Polished, challenging, fun and interesting.

VLR builds on a pre-existing universe a new layer with new characters and sets the stage for the probably last volume of a series that messes with the heads of all who are involved.

Learning from the past without ever taking his eyes off the present, this is the pinnacle of the series to date and proof that sometimes you don't need a revolution to give new life to a franchise.

One of the most complex RPGs of the recent times, and still manages to maintain the simplicity in the narrative and gameplay.

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver are - up until now - the definitive versions of the series. It's the complete package, that includes the best from the original Gold and Silver games, the third and fourth generations innovations, a few new surprises and an awesome bonus, the Pokéwalker. It's the DS's best, and it's for everyone.

Haters can ignore the qualities and say that "is only one more game of Mario", but any fan of Mario will recognize the intense brightness of this game.

Longtime fans of gorilla that waited patiently for a return of the acclaimed series Country can get excited, because Returns is very worthy of its title.

This is the big launch of DS in 2009.

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver are - up until now - the definitive versions of the series. It's the complete package, that includes the best from the original Gold and Silver games, the third and fourth generations innovations, a few new surprises and an awesome bonus, the Pokéwalker. It's the DS's best, and it's for everyone.

Little King's Story is a metaphor of his own existence. Filled with details that get together and form a large living world, like the Little King that build a great empire. Full of creativity, a a quality that much of the current industry needs, it is no exaggeration to call Little King's Story of "indispensable".

Learning from the past without ever taking his eyes off the present, this is the pinnacle of the series to date and proof that sometimes you don't need a revolution to give new life to a franchise.

It is undeniable that Sin & Punishment: Successor Star is a quality title, and perhaps one of the most action-packed that can be found on the Wii. But it, like its predecessor, will fall in many concepts to the extreme by trying to be a coin-op on a console.

We finished the sequence in the same place where we finished the original: wanting more.

Patch Land is a world patched, made of clothes and buttons, and, looking at it, it is impossible to forget.

Boom Blox Bash Party isn't an ambitious game or that want to be a blockbuster. However, the fertility of new options managed to give new life to the original ideas, which themselves were already very rich. A concept that didn't get old with one year. Bash Party is a example of how to do a sequel: improving and expanding the original proposals, but never, in any moment, to do the brightness of the original game fade.

It costs 1200 Wii Points. However, it is worth paying such a price,because those who look for unique experiences will have a rich and challenging fun with this game, possibly the best exclusive WiiWare until now.

So, after breaking and reassembling everything, what's left? Another hit from Intelligent Systems, which again leaves the comfort zone and give us something different and complex, but at the same time friendly and inviting.