Wii Fit U is too lightweight to be a contender
I couldn't pull myself away from the addictive nature of Spacebook.
The Novelist captures the quiet heartbreaks of family life.
Fighter Within is a broken, bland launch brawler that loses its potential on poor execution.
LocoCycle represents a complete failure to communicate
It gets the balance right between nostalgic touches and clever new twists, and never once let me down with a boring boss or too-familiar retread. In all my years of playing with the Mario gang, I've never been quite so happy to hurl myself into the unknown, and 3D World delivers challenge, surprise and joy in almost every moment.
Dead Rising 3 is a promising, ultimately clumsy next-gen debut
Mario and Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games is too superficial to win gold
Like Origins before it, Rayman Legends is polished, pretty and addicting. Legends has teeth — especially when it comes to invaded stages, and some later bosses almost caused me to put a controller or two into orbit. But it's hard to point to another 2D platformer that has the level of variety and quality that Rayman Legends boasts.
The Night of the Rabbit's world and characters are sweet without being cloying, while the gameplay requires serious adventure-game-logic chops. It appeals equally to innocence and experience. A few overly obscure puzzles slow the pace to a crawl, but Jerry's journey is worth taking — even if only to feel like a kid again for a little while.