Japan gets a pretty heavy update this week. 

Virtual Console
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Earthworm Jim (Mega Drive, 1 player, 600 Wii Points): We have this already, and it hasn’t aged well. Then again, 600 points for a game this focused on cow launching is a pretty good deal.

Jigoku Meguri (PC Engine, 1 player, 600 Wii Points): You may know it as Bonze Adventure. It’s a platformer where you play as a cute little Buddhist monk. I kid you  not.

WiiWare
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Let’s Catch (1-4 players, 1,000 Wii Points): Yuji Naka’s first game from his spiffy new studio. It is, as the name implies, a game of catch.

Sorcery Blade (1-2 players, 1,000 Wii Points): WiiWare gets an RPG. It’s not even a puzzle game with RPG elements. It’s a full-on RPG. But is it any good? 

1 Meke! Dasshutsu Game My Home-hen (1 player, 500 Wii Points): If you’ve ever played a room escape game (think Crimson Room) before, you have an idea about what to expect from this. Except this is probably much cuter.

Yuji Naka, creator of Sonic the Hedgehog (back when his games were still awesome), has announced a game called Let’s Tap. The game is played by placing your Wiimote face down on a cardboard box, and tapping the box to cause responses in the game. Who knew the Wiimote was even sensitive enough to pick up those vibrations?

There will be several modes of play. The one being given the most attention so far is called “Tap Runner.” In Tap Runner, the player, of course, taps the box to run. To jump, stop tapping the box. It’s that simple! Several modes are shown in the official trailer, one of which looks suspiciously like Donkey Konga or Taiko Drum Master. 

“But wait!” I hear you saying. “I don’t own a cardboard box for some reason! What am I supposed to do? My life is over!” Well, luckily for you, the game will come packaged in an extra large box (shown above) that’s just perfect for tapping. Lucky you! It’s always nice to see developers coming up with weird new ways to play Wii games, isn’t it?

Giant Bomb