Don’t let that furry face fool you. Ratchet’s back pocket holds more hi-tech gadgets than James Bond’s garden shed. Despite the puzzles, the platforms and the slick cutscenes, the Ratchet & Clank games have as much furious action as any PS2 shooter out there. With the series now inbound on PS3, it’s time to take a look back and reflect on why you should be excited about it. Resistance proved once more that Insomniac can craft imaginative weapons and realize them slickly. Now, with that PS3 experience under its belt, things can only get better, brighter and ka-boomier. And so we present the seven best weapons from R&C to date, each one a reason to get all kinds of (trigger)happy about Ratchet’s forthcoming PS3 debut...

Suck cannon

Appeared in - Ratchet & Clank, Up Your Arsenal

Now here’s a fine invention - a gun that uses enemies as ammo. Smaller, ankle-nipping foes can be sucked up into it, only to be spat out as fiery bullets against any larger opposition. It’s as violent as recycling will ever get, and the vortex that swirls around the barrel is one of many pretty effects.