THE LATEST NEWS FROM MAY 2009

Real-time strategy isn't the genre you'd necessarily associate most closely with the Wii, but the Pikmin-alike Little King's Story delighted reviewers this month.

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Official Nintendo Magazine gave the game 92%, saying, "From its simple, approachable beginnings, Little King's Story builds and builds, adding ever more complex elements. It's perfectly paced you're always on the verge of feeling overwhelmed by everything that's going on but just as you're about to panic, a new element is introduced that pulls everything together." Similarly impressed, games™ gave it 8/10 and called it "an achingly cute real-time strategy game that's as well made and as funny as Pikmin". Edge gave it 9/10, saying that it was "as rich as it is long, and it's a very lengthy game indeed". With NGamer's 92% exclusive review last month, that's unanimous praise.

Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars brought motorised mayhem to the DS, and critics appreciated the criminality. "That Rockstar has unleashed its most delinquent, incendiary GTA on DS is a bold salute of the two-fingered variety," said