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This week brings us two balance-board-compatible titles along with a duo of Turbografx 16 games.

WiiWare

• Tetris Party (Tetris Online Inc., 1,200 Wii points): Tetris Party puts a new spin on everyone's favorite shape-shifting puzzle game. Not only does the title introduce various new modes of play, but you can now dust off that Wii Fit balance board and use it to control Tetris pieces!
  
• The Incredible Maze (Digital Leisure Inc., 500 Wii points): Use your Wii remote to balance your way through various mazes and puzzles. Or if you prefer, use your balance board to do your tilting for you.
  

Virtual Console

• Digital Champ Battle Boxing (1989, Turbografx 16, 700 Wii points): Digital Champ Battle Boxing is a boxing game that takes place in the future where you apparently can only fight enemies through boxing matches. Fight your way through various opponents and take down Mother Computer.
  
• Gradius II Gofer No Yabou (1988, Turbografx 16, 900 Wii points): This space-themed shooter is the successor to the original Gradius. This time around, you must battle the Gofer empire using multiple modules and shields along the way.
  

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This week brings us another rhythm game for WiiWare along with a pair of Turbografx 16 imports for the Virtual Console.

WiiWare

• Groovin' Blocks (Empty Clip Studios, 800 Wii points): Groovin' Blocks is one part puzzler, one part rhythm game where following the beat of a song will help you reach a higher score. Play through up to 27 levels, all with their own beats.
  

• Final Solider (1991, Turbografx 16, 700 Wii points): Final Solider is a top-down shooter released within the Star Solider series. Play through various levels or try your skill at a 2- or 5-minute speed run while blasting your way through enemies.
  
• Cho Aniki (1992, Turbografx 16 CD-Rom, 900 Wii points): Arguably one of the strangest games ever made, Cho Aniki is finally released in North America via the Virtual Console. Play as either Idaten or Benten as you try to stop the Planet Builder who basically controls the entire universe. Like we said, strange. You've been warned.
  

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This week introduces WiiWare to a rhythm-game while the Virtual Console gets a duo of RPGs and classic fighting game.

WiiWare

• Helix (Ghostfire Games, 1,000 Wii points): With Helix comes one of the first rhythm-based games to grace the WiiWare arena. Use your Wii remote to hit various kinds of beats all in a colorful, mind-bending visual experience. Enjoy up to 26 songs with a number of different skill levels.
  

• Ys Book I & II (1989, Turbografx 16, 800 Wii points): Ys Book I & II is an intense RPG where you must uncover clues about a an kingdom. This download includes the first two titles of the series for the Turbografx 16 system.
  
• Samurai Shodown II (1994, NeoGeo, 900 Wii points): Samurai Shodown II is the sequel to the classic original and allows you to assume the role of one of 15 samurai all with individual quests. Use special techniques and moves to destroy your enemies in this landmark fighting game.
  

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This week brings our favorite online flash cartoon to the Wii along with two classic TurboGrafx 16 games.

WiiWare

• Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner (Telltale Games, 1,000 Wii points): After countless years as one of the Internet's most beloved flash cartoons, the Homestar Runner gang invades the Wii in an episodic game. Episode 1 is available now while the other titles will be released every month.
  

• Break In (1989, TurboGrafx 16, 700 Wii points): This billiard simulator lets you enjoy six different types of pool. Play with up to four players or challenge the computer in a variety of different difficulty modes.
  
• Star Parodier (1992, TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM, 900 Wii points): Star Parodier is a complete parody of the Star Soldier shooter franchise. Choose up to three different ships to take command of and blast your way through single player or attack time.
  

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Two new virtual console games grace our Wiis this week.

• Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000, Nintendo 64, 1,000 Wii points): Everyone's favorite pink blob makes his 3D debut in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. Battle Dark Matter in this adventure game across six worlds while trying to collect all 100 pieces of the shattered crystal.
  
  
• Psychosis (1990, Turbografx 16, 800 Wii points): Psychosis is a side-scrolling shooter that has you battle grotesque enemies created by a psychotic demon. Make your way through five stages of chaos as you struggle to survive this surreal world.

Looks like the days of the triple-update are long gone as this week is another two-game showdown on the Virtual Console.

• Harvest Moon (1997, SNES, 800 Wii points): What's considered to be a relatively rare title is no longer scarce as Harvest Moon makes its way to the virtual console today. The game is basically a farm simulator in which you must raise livestock and grow crops in addition to turning a run-down farm into a thriving success.
  
  
• Lords of Thunder (1993, Turbografx 16, 800 Wii points): Lords of Thunder is a side-scrolling shooter with a heavy-metal soundtrack. Blast through six stages of intense action as you try to revive "The Dark One."

Only two new games were released today for the Virtual Console. A puzzler from a familiar face and a side-scrolling beat-em-up game.

• Pac-Attack (1993, Super Nintendo, 800 Wii points)--See Pac-Man like you've never seen him before in Pac-Attack. One of the first games to remove Pac-Man from his white-dot labyrinth dwelling, Pac-Attack had gamers using the hero in a puzzle game in which you must gobble up ghosts to progress.
  
  
• Riot Zone (1992, TurboGrafx 16, 800 Wii points)--What seems like it was torn out of a page from the Double Dragon series, Riot Zone has you beating up goons from an evil crime organization. Choose to play as either Tony or Hawk (I'm not joking) in this side-scrolling fighting game.

Three new games with questionable box art grace your Wii this week.

• Cybernator (1993, Super Nintendo, 800 Wii points)--Finally, a sci-fi game that addresses the dwindling fossil fuels issue! Cybernator takes place in the distant future where you must clear seven challenging stages. However, you may not solve the world's energy problems.
  
  
• Alien Storm (1991, Sega Genesis, 800 Wii points)--What is a Wii virtual console release without a side-scrolling action game? Alien Storm has you take on eight stages and more bosses than what the arcade original offered.
  
  
• Monster Lair (1989, Turbografx16, 800 Wii points)--Monster Lair is a side-scrolling shooter that takes you through 14 rounds of nonstop comical action and is the third game in the Wonder Boy series.

• Zanac (1987, NES, 500 Wii points)--Vertically scrolling shooting at its finest! Blast your way through 12 areas in one of the first games that changed difficulty based on your skill level.
  
  
• Eternal Champions (1993, Sega Genesis, 800 Wii points)--In this 2-D fighter you'll compete for the chance to battle the Eternal Champion, thus returning to Earth and restoring balance to the universe.
  
  
• The Dynastic Hero (1993, Turbografx16, 800 Wii points)--The Dynastic Hero is an action RPG that involves multiple choice quizzes as well as puzzles for you to conquer as you progress through the story.