It feels like the opinions on mini-game compilations have changed over the past few years. What started out as something fun soon descended into the banal as the market became saturated with games that only seemed to exist to make a quick buck.

Takes full advantage of the Vita's control methods; Looks good; Some very addictive mini-games; Challenging friends can be extremely competitive

Getting gold medals will be an arduous task; You see everything far too quickly

Rear touch ain't the half of it.

(continued from previous page) ...extremely well across some entertaining scenarios, including a boxing ring battle where you need to pinch the screen to pull back ropes to fling a deviant at his enemies.

A total showcase of PS Vita's range of funky features; Some really entertaining and challenging mini-games; Competition encouraged with scores from other players shown

Don't care much for the characters; Will probably only entertain for a couple of weeks

The launch of a new system always brings games that are keen to show off the capabilities of the new hardware. The PlayStation Vita boasts a suite of nontraditional control inputs, and Little Deviants is more than a little obsessed with them.

Good use of many different inputs; Cultivates chasing of high scores

Racing game is poorly designed; Deviants are bland and boring; Unpleasantly generic soundtrack

The characters in Little Deviants look like the kind of garish plastic toys that you might find in a Kinder Egg. Maybe that was the point. + Takes full advantage of the PlayStation Vita + A lot of fun - you'll be replaying quite a few of these games + Great level of creativity in the games - Some of...

There's no better game to demonstrate the cool new ways to interact with the Vita, but Little Deviants's long-lasting appeal is minimal, relying on too few gameplay ideas over too long a period of time

I can't deny that Little Deviants was one of the PlayStation Vita games I was most interested in getting my hands on. As a seemingly clever mini-game collection from the recently shuttered Sony first party studio BigBig, Little Deviants appeared to be more than just software designed to showcase all...

Small ugly UFO men. Wonderfully silly mini-games. All PS Vita's functions in use. A sea of bright colors and fine ideas. This, basically, is the premise for Little Deviants.

+ Uses all the PS Vita functions.

- Unfortunately some really poor ones

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+ Good variety of mini-games…; + …that utilize the Vita's tilt and touch features very well…

+ Good variety of mini-games…; - …but ultimately lack the depth needed for a retail title

The PlayStation Vita is a versatile little beast, and Little Deviants wants to show off exactly what the new handheld can do.

Innovative use of almost every Vita feature; Crisp HD-looking cartoon graphics

Controls can be unintuitive and frustrating; Allure of mini-games tires with repetition