I guess if one game a week is the exception, then two games a week is the norm. The problem with two becoming the norm, is that Nintendo doesn’t need to make one of the games great to make up for the missing game. This is evident of this week’s releases: OPERATION WOLF (NES®, 1 player, Rated E10+ for Use of Tobacco and Violence, 500 points) and Columns III™: Revenge of Columns (Genesis, 1-5 players, Rated E for Everyone, 800 points). Both of these games decidedly avoid blowing you away with any awesomeness.

Now, I’m not one to spread rumors, and I’m not going to download the game to find out if this is true or not, but I hear that the Wii’s light gun won’t work with Operation Wolf; despite the fact that it is a light gun game. This means you’ll probably be aiming with the D-pad. If that weren’t enough to dissuade you from seriously considering NOT downloading this title take a look at the press release’s game description after the jump. The game gets harder as you go along!? Grenades!? Bosses with weak spots at the end of a level!? Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever heard of anything so original…ever. Well, maybe minature car racing.

Looking to Columns III for your dose of originality probably won’t help much either, as it offers the same puzzle gameplay involving organizing colors in groups as both Columns I and Columns II did, but now with mulitplayer and a story mode. It seems revenge is a dish best served stacked in organized, colored lines. I’d watch out, you don’t cross a column and live to talk about it.

All games go live at the same Bat time and same Bat channel as last week, 9 p.m. PST. Hit the jump to read the hilariously bad press release.

WII-KLY UPDATE: TWO NEW CLASSIC GAMES ADDED TO WII SHOP CHANNEL

Feb. 4, 2008

Step into two very different types of action this week. Either battle the bad guys to save hostages and preserve freedom or bury your opponents with magical jewels. Whatever you fancy, you’ll need to be ready for a challenge: strategize as a fearless hero or manipulate special jewels to raise the crush bar. How do you plan to win today?

Two new classic games go live at 9 a.m. Pacific time. Nintendo adds new games to the Wii Shop Channel every Monday. Wii™ owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points™ to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week’s new games are:

OPERATION WOLF™ (NES®, 1 player, Rated E10+ for Use of Tobacco and Violence, 500 points): A group of desperate terrorists is keeping hostages in their jungle fortress. As a member of the elite tactical squad Operation Wolf, you must invade their hideout, destroy their operations, and get the hostages out alive! Maneuver through a series of missions and fight off soldiers, patrol boats, helicopters, and more. The further you progress, the more enemies you’ll have to defeat and the harder they’ll try to stop you in your tracks (going so far as tossing knives and grenades at you or wearing armor). Each area along your path ends with a boss battle where you’ll have to find and exploit each boss’s particular weakness. To top it all off, your weapon options are also limited, so you’ll need to conserve ammunition and grenades. Operation Wolf is said to be the most valiant and capable unit in the military-can you save the hostages and win the day?

Columns III™: Revenge of Columns (Genesis, 1-5 players, Rated E for Everyone, 800 points): This single-player or multiplayer experience expands upon the game play of the original two Columns titles giving players some extra attacks to spring on opponents. As in the original Columns, jewels fall into a bin, and you have to twist and manipulate them to form matches of three or more in a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal line to keep the jewels from stacking up and reaching the top. In Columns III, special magical jewels do things like raise your opponent’s crush bar or lower your own, adding an extra element of strategy to the game. This is a great game to play with friends, so download it today and jump into the action!

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