So, another game in which you have to move coloured blobby things down the screen and match them up with other coloured blobby things. Admit it, it's what you're thinking as you look at these ever-so-cute, vibrant screenshots. But Puyo Pop Fever has one special thing going for it - fun.

In essence, the objective is to link four coloured blocks together to make them pop and disappear. While this keeps your side of the screen neat and tidy, the clever player will try to lay the foundations for several chain-attacks. This is done by placing blocks together in groups of threes, ready for the vital piece that can trigger a glorious chain reaction. All the blocks that pop are then sent over to the opponent's half of the screen, hopefully scuppering their own plans.

It sounds simple enough but working out where to place your colours to cause maximum damage to the enemy can be completely mind-bending. The brilliant fever mode, in which you get one attempt to cause the most damage with one block under time pressure, is furiously addictive too, and at £20 this is a steal for puzzle game fans.

Put aside those prejudices about cute 2D games, Puyo Pop Fever is powerful enough to affect your dream patterns.

Graphics 60%
Function rather than electrifying

Sound 60%
Typically cute and jolly plinky-plonk music

Gameplay 80%
Great in single-player, fantastic in two-player

Lifespan 80%
Such a simple concept can never age

Overall 80%
Quite possibly the second best puzzle game of all time - after Tetris - and one which cannot fail to put a smile on your face!