Madden NFL 06

"If you're the patient type and can stand sitting through a fair amount of menu loading, you'll find Madden 06 to be the best handheld game of football available on the market."

"Although it's far from perfect, Madden NFL 06 builds a solid foundation for the future of handheld football games. Most of the game's problems seem to be due to the fact that the Madden team was working on the system for the first time, so expect to see plenty of improvement next time out. It should be noted that the team got a lot of things right, particularly in the graphics and gameplay departments. While the first PSP game in the series has a few issues, it's still the only game in town."

"Madden 06 on PSP is a solid game. It's definitely Madden in the palm of your hands, and the PSP to PS2 connectivity pronounces that fact even better. It has the look, sound and feel of the console versions, and for that I'm grateful. Everything from the online play to the depth here makes this a great addition to PSP libraries everywhere. I just wish things could've been tuned better so that loading was faster. Madden is known as a fast and fluid brand of football games, and it's necessary to have that quality when you got some momentum in a football game. It doesn't ruin the experience, but it is a scratch on what would otherwise be a gleaming finish."