VC Friday: Hanabi Festival goes sci-fi

European Wii owners get a crack at two games never-before released locally this weekend, thanks to the Hanabi Festival! If only Nintendo decided to celebrate with us all the time, eh? Perhaps the best part of this week's new VC releases is the debut of the long-awaited, much-lauded Sin & Punishment. We expect quite a few people are going to be downloading Treasure's shooter and giving it a shot this weekend. It's pricy, but seems so very worth it.

• Gradius III -- SNES -- 900 Wii points

• Legend of Hero Tonma -- Turbografx -- 600 Wii points

• Sin & Punishment -- N64 -- 1200 Wii points