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• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.0 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: NHL 11 is the best hockey game to date. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Electronic Arts, Sports, Sports - ice hockey sim, Realistic

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: Little things mean a lot in NHL 12, which subtly refines the best arcade hockey game ever made. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Electronic Arts, Sports, Sports - ice hockey sim, Realistic

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.0 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: NHL 11 is the best hockey game to date. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Electronic Arts, Sports, Sports - ice hockey sim, Realistic

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Little things mean a lot in NHL 12, which subtly refines the best arcade hockey game ever made. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Electronic Arts, Sports, Sports - ice hockey sim, Realistic

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.5 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: New motion controls make the Wii version of NHL 2K10 an impressive and unique arcade hockey game. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Take-Two Interactive, Sports, Sports - ice hockey arcade

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.0 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: NHL 08 offers up a few control tweaks and minimal updates to the dynasty mode, but that's about it. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, EA Canada, Sports, Sports - ice hockey sim, Realistic, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Though the improvements are minimal, Super Swing Golf Season 2 is more enjoyable than its predecessor. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Tecmo, Sports, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  1.5 stars Poor

  Overall score: 3.5 (1.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.0 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: Busted controls and stripped-down gameplay make Tony Hawk Ride an overpriced fiasco. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Buzz Monkey, Sports, Sports - skateboarding

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.6 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: It's got all the new rule changes, as well as an almost entirely up-to-date roster, but considering how similar the game is overall to 2005's version, you have to ask yourself, "Is that really enough?" Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, EA Canada, Sports, Sports - ice hockey sim, Realistic, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: This motion-controlled sports collection doesn't do much for solo players, but it's fun to play with friends both locally and online. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Rare Ltd., Sports

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.5 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Punch-Out for the Wii isn't much different from the NES version, but it hardly matters when it's this much fun. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Next Level Games, Sports, Sports - boxing, Fantasy, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.9 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam is a passable but unexciting racing game that substitutes the finesse of the other Tony Hawk games for simple and scattered action. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, SuperVillain Studios, Sports, Sports - skateboarding, Realistic, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.0 stars out of 5 reviews

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, EA Canada, Sports, Sports - ice hockey sim, Realistic

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.0 stars Mediocre

  Overall score: 4.7 (2.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: And1 Streetball fails to effectively capture the spirit of real life streetball. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Black Ops Entertainment, Sports, Sports - basketball simulation, Realistic, 1-8 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: NHL 2K10 may be a shallow, straightforward arcade hockey game, but it isn't without its charms. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Take-Two Interactive, Sports, Sports - ice hockey arcade

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: NHL 2K10 may be a shallow, straightforward arcade hockey game, but it isn't without its charms. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Take-Two Interactive, Sports, Sports - ice hockey arcade

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.6 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: It's got all the new rule changes, as well as an almost entirely up-to-date roster, but considering how similar the game is overall to 2005's version, you have to ask yourself, "Is that really enough?" Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, EA Canada, Sports, Sports - ice hockey sim, Realistic, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.6 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: It's definitely unique as far as strategy games go, but Odama's novel mechanics and oddly authentic samurai feel are kneecapped by punishing difficulty and oft frustrating controls. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Vivarium, Pinball, Strategy / tactics / wargame - wargame, Fantasy, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.5 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: NHL 2K9 on the Wii boasts some innovative controls but suffers from serious AI problems. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Visual Concepts, Sports, Sports - ice hockey sim, Realistic, 1-8 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  1.0 stars Terrible

  Overall score: 2.5 (1.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Hmm, a punch to the groin or one more round of this DS boxing game? Hang on, we're still thinking... Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Nikitova Games, Sports

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 1.5 stars out of 1 review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Ubisoft, Sports, Sports - snowboarding, Realistic

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.5 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: NHL 08 offers up a few control tweaks and minimal updates to the dynasty mode, but that's about it. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, EA Canada, Sports, Sports - ice hockey sim, Realistic, 1-8 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Take-Two Interactive, Sports, Sports - ice hockey arcade

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, MumboJumbo, Sports

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.5 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: NHL 2K11 is a big letdown compared to last year's great arcade hockey game. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Visual Concepts, Sports, Sports - ice hockey arcade