Surf's Up(Ubisoft)

Hold on to your beaks because this is actually rather good. Instead of the usual lazy film tie-in, Ubisoft have created a title that almost resembles a Tony Hawk's for younger gamers. Playing as one of many surfers from the film, each level has a number of objectives such as reaching a certain score or collecting a set number of items.

Surfing is easy and using the giant waves as half-pipes to pull of cool tricks is great fun. Speed boosts, special moves and zany grind rails come thick and fast. Even veteran players may find this a laugh: the game has undeniable charm, and there are varying difficulty levels to keep things interesting.

Surf's Up is bright, playable and full of gags, so it already meets over half the requirements to qualify as a good film-to-game transfer. Get this for your young ones and they are in for some serious fun. (Dave Cook)