Bruiser and Scratch

Wii Points: 1,000
Game Type: Puzzle
Control Type: Wii Remote, Nunchuk, Classic
Players: 1
Publisher: Steel Penny Games, Inc.

"Bruiser and Scratch are stranded in a strange world with a dark secret. Their only hope in finding a path home is to unravel the mystery of this place, one oversized puzzle at a time. Along the way, they make new friends and meet up with old adversaries, each of whom plays a role in their journey. Bruiser and Scratch offers a number of tutorial levels to bring the player up to speed gradually. The story unfolds over 48 puzzles and six landscapes. And for players who can't get enough, Challenge mode offers 75 additional puzzles that range from child's play to mind-bogglingly difficult."

Hockey Allstar Shootout

Wii Points: 500
Game Type: Sports
Control Type: Wii Remote, Nunchuk
Players 1-2
Publisher: Big Blue Bubble Inc

"Use the Wii Remote™ controller as a stick and take the shot as you compete in three exciting Hockey Skills Challenges. In Head 2 Head, it's just you versus the best goalies in the world in a five-puck shootout. Race against the clock to post the most goals in the fastest time. The three difficulty levels will place you against three increasingly talented goalies, each donning the jersey of their home country. In two-player mode, each player will take a turn as shooter and as goalie, and the player who scores the most goals in five shots is the winner. In Sharp Shooter, you post a high score in one of three difficulty levels by breaking as many targets as you can. Each time a shot fails to break a target, an X will appear in the upper left corner. Three misses and the game is over. Power Shot has you take your best shot and watch the Shot-Speed Clock light up. You have three attempts to blast the fastest shot you can, and only the best speeds will grace the high score list."

I can't really tell you much about these releases. Both games have been announced previously but going by the screenshots it may not be the best WiiWare release week (if you can see them, as Nintendo loves to put up 160x120 screen shots that you can barely see in the media site which are completely worthless to any site who intends to use them... but I digress).

Might I suggest Sonic The Hedgehog 2 for Master System for Virtual Console? I have very fond memories of that game. Did you hate that first boss when you played the Game Gear version? Well you're in luck - it's a hundred times easier on the Master System.