GameZone writes: "I know, I sound like a broken record as I always seem to say the same thing: A popular children's license is cashed in on by both the owner and the game developer. Sometimes this works out fabulously and sometimes it doesn't work out that well at all. Many of these cartoon licenses actually have lots of gaming potential provided that the developer understands the property and can translate it well into a viable gaming genre. Pokemon is a good example of this. While it was a game originally, the cartoon spawned some stand-out characters that were then retranslated into their own games."
Gamewelt: The Saturdays are a cartoon family with monstrous abilities. These bring the hero pack, but not from the Spielspaßtalsohle. Why The Secret Saturdays: Beasts of the 5th Sun is far from a convincing family video game, and the weighting of the royalty as more importance to quality, you read in the test.
Beast of the 5th Sun is unfortunately yet another mediocre licensed game. It has some good ideas and tries valiantly to present the cartoon universe in video gameform, but only fans of the series will be able to fully enjoy this title.
Level7: First of all, I'll admit that I have not heard of the Secret Saturdays, but it went pretty quickly dawned on me that this game must be linked to one license. Indeed, it is based on a TV series of the same name directed against the young. To the DS, this is, however, on a platform which, even without the warning in mind that there is a licensed game, deserves some criticism.
