VC/WiiWare Tuesday: Scramble!

This week, Japanese gamers will be able to download the new multiplayer Pokemon brawler (which is such a great idea!), but they'll have to pay for it. We admit to gasping a bit when we saw the 1,500-point price tag on Ransen! Pokemon Scramble, but we suspect we'll be spending that many of our American-style Wii Points soon enough. Pokemon Scramble is joined on WiiWare by a tambourine-based music game, and a cute-looking puzzle game about rotating objects to allow little creatures to move into a goal.

On the Virtual Console, Square Enix delivers the secondFinal Fantasy game in as many months. Final Fantasy II was designed by Akitoshi Kawazu, who we just happen to have spoken to at E3! The other VC game is Wonder Momo, a cutesy side-scrolling brawler from Namco that presents itself as a stage play. We're a little embarrassed about liking it.

Virtual Console

• Final Fantasy II (Famicom, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)

• Wonder Momo (Arcade, 1 player, 800 Wii Points)

WiiWare

• Fantagic Tambourine (1 player, 800 Wii Points)

• Anata ga Mawashite Sukuu Puzzle Mochi Mochi Q (1 player, 800 Wii Points)

• Melee! Pokemon Scramble (1-4 players, 1,500 Wii Points)