November 24, 2008 1:12 PM PST

WiiWare and Virtual Console releases for this week

by Jeff Bakalar
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This week brings Sudoku to the Wii along with a classic flatulent superhero from the Sega Genesis era.
    WiiWare
  • Boingz (RealArcade, 1,000 Wii points): Boingz offers 30 levels of mind-bending puzzle solving that has you fling small creatures in order to unwind the secrets of each area.
  • Sudoku Challenge! (Digital Leisure Inc., 500 Wii points): Sudoku Challenge! offers 100 million Sudoku puzzles for you to solve so odds are you'll never need to buy another Sudoku game ever again. Try out three modes of difficulty in addition to Grand Sudoku which asks you to solve simultaneous puzzles at once.
    Virtual Console
  • Boogerman (1994, Genesis, 800 Wii points): The first game to ever glorify belching and flatulence, Boogerman actually worked very well as a solid platforming game. Use your arsenal of bodily functions to defeat enemies and uncover the story behind an experiment gone wrong.

What games do you think are missing from the Wii Virtual Console? Sound off here!

Before covering games and gear for CNET Reviews, Jeff Bakalar dabbled in film and video production. An avid writer, reader, and gamer, Jeff is also an obsessive New Jersey Devils hockey fan. Catch him live every day as the co-host of CNET's infamous podcast, The 404.
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