I just recently picked up Rayman DS from my local GAME shop. After witnessing and completing Mario 64 DS, I really expected a lot from this game - heck, if Mario was great to play all over again, Rayman 2 sure is, too.

But I was wrong. Very wrong.

Despite this being a comlete port, the graphics are now horribly dumbed down, including a sometimes near-unplayable frame rate. But the worst aspect by FAR are the controls. You never really feel comfortable with any of the control methods, and because the thumbstrap space is so small on the touch screen, you will end up ordering Rayman to go in a different direction.

In the meanwhile, I have started to play Mario again, but if third party developers start creating such tripe for Ninty's wonder machine, then I am going to be extremely annoyed.