It’s the second week of the Hanabi Festival on the Wii’s Virtual Console, and what better way to celebrate it then making this week ‘Ninja Week‘!

The Wii’s Hanabi Festival is a time when Nintendo are making previously unreleased games available in Europe for the first time, thanks to the great flexibility of the Virtual Console. For more information about the festival, check out last week’s VC releases post.

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

• Ninja Gaiden (500 Points)

  Originally released in Europe under the title Shadow Warriors, this Virtual Console version is the 1989 North American release, bearing the name that has made the series famous.

  Ninja Gaiden tells the story of Ryu Hayabusa on a quest across the U.S. to avenge his father’s death, and was famed for its cinematic-style presentation and intense, challenging action.

• Ninja JaJaMaru-kun (600 Points)

  Released only for the Japanese Famicom in 1985, Ninja JaJaMaru-kun (meaning ‘determined little ninja’) is an action-platformer packed with Eastern quirkiness.

  Battle through to the top of each stage with your throwing stars, and even hitch a lift on a giant frog, to save Princess Sakura from the wicked Lord Namazu!

TurboGrafx 16

• World Class Baseball (600 Points)

  The thwack of bat on ball, the roar of the crowd… the only thing missing from World Class Baseball is the smell of hotdogs!

  In this Turbografx sports simulation – out now on Virtual Console – choose from 12 different teams and compete against a friend or the computer to be the ultimate baseball champ.

Don’t forget to check back soon to find out what we think of these new titles and more in our Virtual Console Archive. Want to write your own review for these, or any of the previous Virtual Console releases? Then check out our Virtual Console user reviews thread over on the WiiDS.co.uk Boards.