At its core, LBP’s fairly standard side-scrolling platformer, as our button-eyed Sackboy navigates platforms and ledges and uses a variety of objects to reach his end goal, but it’s been gifted with its own niche: creativity. Creation is the central theme behind LittleBigPlanet, with players able to create their own levels and share them with friends over a WiFi connection. The ‘What You See Is What You Get’ level creator is an absolute doddle to use, while the ‘Collect from Friend’ option gives you easy and immediate access to your friends’ creations over a local network.

But even if you don’t fancy heading into the online arena, the levels that ship with the game will be enough to tide you over for a fair while. Admittedly, the platforming itself doesn’t feel as strong as some of the genre’s finest, feeling relatively floaty and inaccurate by comparison, but the sheer brilliance and imagination on display in each of LittleBigPlanet’s magnificent levels more than makes up for it. It’s a graphical powerhouse too, matching the PS3 version like for in the presentation stakes.

Another strong performer on PSP LittleBigPlanet goes some way to show it can be done with a little thought and creativity, and is almost an essential purchase.

For starters, Tekken 6 looks stunning in motion, with some impressive lighting and fantastic animations springing all 40 playable characters to life on the small screen. It also features the majority of the modes features in the high-definition versions, including the usual Arcade and Versus modes, where two players can hook up over a local wireless network and fight it out for the title of the King of Iron Fist! And if you’re really good (or just want to show off your fighting skills), you’ll also be able to upload your ‘Ghost’ to the internet, where others will be able to download a replay of you in action before basking at your insane skills.

The PSP version also includes additional content over the 360/PS3 versions in the form of new arenas and items exclusive to the handheld, with further downloadable content potentially in the pipeline. But even with or without that post-release content, you can rest easy knowing that Tekken 6 will put on a sterling performance on PSP. Its 14 year heritage speaks for itself; Tekken is a series accepted by many as one of the greatest fighters of all time, being technical enough for hardcore fight fans to sink their teeth into, but easy enough for newcomers to have a good bash about on without having to worry about insane combos or counters. Could Tekken 6 take the crown as the best PSP fighter yet? We’ll find out next post.