Review No. 81 The Legend Of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - DS (7+)

Strong Points:
Fun story
Nice use of the controls
Epic music
Dungeon gimmicks are cool
Follows up from the Wind Waker well
Multiplayer is very fun

Weak Points:
Some puzzles are too hard
Big difficulty spikes

Rating: 79%

Review No. 80 Sonic Rush Adventure - DS (12+)

Strong Points:
BLAZE IS BACK!
More platforming, super speed fun
Sea adventure as well as land
Great music (again)
Graphics are good for time is was made
Bosses are quite creative

Weak Points:
Controls are more confusing
Getting the Chaos Emeralds is random compared to the first
Johny races are hard as he just rams you at the end of the race
Doesn't make sense unless you have played the first game

Rating: 76%

Review No. 79 Sonic Rush - DS (7+)

Strong Point:
Great Music
Good Gameplay
Fun Story
Nice use of both screens in the final fight
Gimmicks are actually good
Character backstory
Good adding a new character

Weak Points:
World 2 is water and the hardest world
Big difficulty spikes
Weird Ending
Boss can be uber hard

Rating: 76%

Review No. 61 Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 - DS (3+)

Strong Points:

Even more Pokémon to catch!

Lots of mini games and things to do post-story

Downloadable battles for PWT are challenging.

Nice graphics

Good League

Pokéstar studios are a fun and quite big mini game

Medals to collect and show off

Online infrastructure is good

Join Avenue is a good feature

Weak Points:

Not the best storyline

Linear world

Sprites are pixelated

Musical is awful compared to contests

Not enough high levelled trainers

Some Pokémon are only in certain stores or wi-fi events
Entralink is also bad

Review No. 60 Pokémon Black and White - DS (3+)

Strong Points:

156 new Pokémon

Great gyms

Good soundtrack

Lots to do post story

New pseudo 3D

Two EXP shares makes training a whole lot easier

Weak Points:

No VS Seeker or the ability to re battle trainers at all

The elite four are all the same level

You can't get any old Pokémon until post story

The musical is awful compared to contests

Entralink is terrible
Map is very linear (it's a circle for heaven's sake)
Except for ones given to you, berries are only available on Global Link

Review No. 59 Pokémon Platinum - DS (3+)

Strong Points:
VS Seeker in this game
Berries available to be picked
Pokétch is a good feature with upgrades for extra apps
Large non-linear map
Lots of things to do
Lots of legendries
Good and improved storyline
New trading/battling system is good
Global trade
Resort, survival and fight resorts add more to the game
Contests are back!
Secret bases are also back!
As is the Battle Frontier!
Palkia, Dialga and Giratina are available to capture
A few aesthetic and gameplay changes have been made

Weak Points:
Global trade has quite a few bugs
Rival is rubbish
Too many ubers
Underground isn't too fun without lots of people

Review No. 58 Pokémon Diamond - DS (3+)

Strong Points:
107 new Pokémon
VS Seeker is in the game
Berries available to be picked
Pokétch is a good feature with upgrades for extra apps
Large non-linear map
Lots of things to do
Lots of legendries
Good storyline
New trading/battling system is good
Global trade
Resort, survival and fight resorts add more to the game
Contests are back!
Secret bases are also back!

Weak Points:
Global trade has quite a few bugs
Rival is rubbish
Too many ubers
Underground isn't too fun without lots of people

Review No. 56 Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver - DS (3+)

Strong Points:
Two regions
16 badges
Lots of things to do
Pokéathlon is amazing
Lots of Pokéballs
Loads of nostalgia
Pokégear is great
The Battle Frontier is still here

Weak points:
The Pokéwalker isn't great
Storyline is weaker than other Pokémon games
The Victory Road is poor
Not the best rival ever

Review No. 54 Pokémon Conquest - DS (3+)

Strong Points:

Great story

An amazing crossover

Innovative gameplay

Lots to do (such as final scenario)

Double collection (warriors and Pokémon)

Great abilities and warrior powers
Music and graphics are great

Weak Points:

There are many quests that are wi-fi downloaded and so are not available any more

Not quite as much strategic depth as other strategy games

Not all Pokémon are obtainable in the game

Your own castles are barely attacked
Items and resources are not needed to complete the main game

Review No. 52 Pokémon Mystery Dungeons Explorers of Sky - DS (3+)

Strong Points:
Great music
Huge map
Lots of things to do
Loads of Pokémon to befriend
Lots of legendary battles
Great and slightly darker storyline
Loads of Starters
Personality test is still great
Challenging
A variety of missions
Spinda's Cafe is a great touch
Special Episodes adds more to the game

Weak Points:
Can get frustrating
Music overtakes graphics yet again
Friendship areas are gone

It's much the same as its predecessor

Review No. 51 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time - DS (3+)

Strong Points:
Great music
Huge map
Lots of things to do
Loads of Pokémon to befriend
Lots of legendary battles
Great and slightly darker storyline
Loads of starters
Personality test is still great
Challenging
A variety of missions

Weak Points:
Can get frustrating
Music overtakes graphics yet again
Friendship areas are gone

Review No. 50 Pokémon Mystery Dungeons Blue Rescue Team - DS (3+)

Strong Points:

Amazing storyline

Great music

Brilliant ending

Nice gameplay

Lots of Pokémon

Friend areas are a nice touch

Personality test makes the game different to main series starts

Can be difficult

Lots to do

Weak points:

Wireless play isn't great

Can be frustrating

The music is far better than the graphics

Review No. 49 Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs - DS (3+)

Strong Points:

Brilliant, detailed graphics- for a Pokémon game
Guardian Signs adds more gameplay
Flying is fun if limited
Good story
Capturing is fun
Good controls
Can use Pokémon you capture in battles
Quests are good fun
Multiplayer is great
2 different times

Weak Points:
Only one partner
Not as many quests as the last one
Underwater is good but not as fun as flying
No online multiplayer
World isn't that big

Review No. 48 Pokémon Ranger: Shadows Of Almia - DS (3+)

Strong Points:
60 side quests to do
Capture arena is fun
Story is all right
Lots of partners
Good graphic style
Nice controls
Four different styluses
Can level up stylus
Charging
Great Music

Weak Points:
Long tutorial- not good for returning fans
Not many new features
Feels like the same game but with a new control system
Frustrating
Not as challenging as the first game

Review No. 47 Pokémon Ranger - DS (3+)

Strong Points:
Nice gameplay mechanics
Brilliant music.
Nice art style
Good story
Fun missions
Challenging
Need to get Manaphy in Diamond and Pearl

Weak Points:
Can't use Pokémon in battle only their powers
Capturing is frustrating
Not that much to do post-story

Review No. 43 Pokémon Link! - DS (3+)

Strong Points:

All right storyline

Challenging

Nice gameplay mechanics

Good art style
Nice sprites

Addictive

Lots of modes
Cool Music

Weak Points:

Difficulty spikes

Some modes are not as good as the others

Frustrating

Repetitive

Review No. 42 Pokémon Dash - DS (3+)

Strong Points:
All right controls
Nice clear menu where you can also play with Pikachu
Good multiplayer
All right terrain physics
Nice sound effects
Good tutorial
Lapras is fun
GBA levels are all right

Weak Points:
Repetitive
Slightly confusing with the hot air balloons
Graphics are bad
Boring
Can be completed easily
Power ups are unimaginative
Hot air balloons are boring
Music isn't great
Map is confusing
Insane difficulty spikes

Review No. 30 Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of The Starry Skies - 3DS (12+)

Strong Points:

Amazing Story

Character creation is epic

Huge over world

Brilliant monsters

Lots of extra content through DLC

Lots of quests

A good, solid RPG

Flying is fun

DLC Characters from past games

Alchemy is fun

Battle log is a cool feature

Slimes!!!!

Weak Points:

Some quests are almost impossible to do without a walk through 

The DLC quests are a lot more vague then the normal quests.

Some bosses are frustratingly difficult

You will find yourself overpowered or underpowered quite a lot

Multiplayer is a bit limited as it only allows you to connect locally

Review No. 22 Super Scribblenauts - DS (12+)

Strong Points:
Ability to add adjectives
Lots of levels
Addictive
Small difficulty spikes
Lots of words
Trying to find the most creative way to do something is fun

Weak Points:
Graphics aren't brilliant
Quite repetitive
Annoying fights
Level maker is capped
Adjective levels are quite boring

Review No. 13 Professor Layton And The Curious Village - DS (7+)

Strong Points:
Good, intriguing storyline
Lots of puzzles
Brilliant characters
Amazing mystery
Hint coins to help
Good minigames

Weak Points:
Some hints don't help
Some puzzles get repetitive
You can get lost
Some hint coins are hidden too well