In Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble you’re on a senior school trip where you’re supposed to be visiting temples in Kyouto. Instead you’re feeding a punk a knuckle sandwich.

The back of Bayonetta’s box says “infinite climax action” and it’s an accurate description. Everything in Bayonetta explodes with flair and builds up from one slick action sequence to the next.

After reading the back of the box, which mentions an amnesiac protagonist who ends up playing a key part in the world, I prematurely judged that this was going to be a very cliched RPG. Imagine my pleasant surprise when I found myself enjoying the game!

It’s the 19th century, but not the 19th century you studied in history class. Nostalgia is set in an alternate Earth where airships rule the skies and you’re a kid with Indiana Jones as your father.

This haunted house simulator for the Wii may not be deep, lengthy, thought provoking or especially challenging, but it does what it promises.

High Voltage Software tried to follow Treasure’s Astro Boy: Omega Factor formula. But, something felt lacking right away.

The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road is such a unique mish-mash of ideas. It’s like Media.Vision decided to create a hotpot of random design elements and dub it an RPG.

Thexder Neo can be described as a platformer + shoot-em-up lite. The lite part comes from neither side being very deep, but that’s not a bad thing. It makes the game ideal for short playing sessions.

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey is probably the first game where I’ve looked forward to dungeon-crawling and revisiting old dungeons with new tools, but my favorite part of the game is still the demons.

One hour. Sometimes, that’s all you need to form an opinion about a game. In the case of Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga, it’s because every major issue that makes the experience unpleasant rears its head within the first 20 minutes.