VC/WiiWare Tuesday: That's Galactic Dancin'

This week, Japan gets two arcade games -- both of which have titles starting with the letter G, and both of which are already available on Virtual Console as ports. Galaga '88, Namco's cute, brightly colored, fireworks-filled sequel to Galaga, is definitely something we'd consider double-dipping for. Both the arcade version and the TG16 port (Galaga '90) are great, and the port includes a bit of extra content. And is it okay to like Golden Axe? Because we like Golden Axe.

On the WiiWare front, Hudson launches its second downloadable FPS for the Wii. Unfortunately, it's the dire-looking Water Warfare.

Virtual Console:

• Galaga '88 (Arcade, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)

• Golden Axe (Arcade, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)

WiiWare:

• Bang Bang Kids (1-2 players offline, 2-8 online, 800 Wii Points)