What's with all the bog roll?

Come on then, we dare you to have a pop-shot at precisely how Codename: Kids Next Door plays. Do you, for instance, have to collect gems? Do you do jumping from platforms? Does it star cute, strangely deformed children being a bit cool with gloop guns and laser weapons? Yes, yes, and yes it does.

This is your average kiddy-pleasing bound around the mundane, with purple dragons and bandicoots replaced with Cartoon Network's Kids Next Door squad. It's perfect for little tykes eager to cut their teeth on videogames, and is so entirely inoffensive they'll probably lap it up. After all, it's solidly crafted and simple enough for them to zoom through the bold levels, and with a staggering amount of rainbow monkeys and milkshakes to collect, there's no guessing the amount of time it'll take to 'collect 'em all'. Anyone over the age of seven will find themselves at a complete loss, though, especially when much of the game seems to be about thwarting the dastardly deeds of bad guys such as Gramma Stuffum, The Toiletnator, and erm, Stickybeard. Don't ask. You don't want to know.

Tiny dinkers wanting to get their hands on an Xbox bad could do far worse. Nonsense, but kiddy-pleasing nonsense.