VC/WiiWare Friday: At least there's Monkey Island

Today's Wii Shop releases in Europe worry us a bit. After two weeks of nothing on the Virtual Console in North America, the first week in Europe post-Hanabi Festival offers ... also nothing. No Virtual Console games. This is a bit troubling, on account of the fact that we like Virtual Console games.

We can only distract ourselves from our increasing panic with a decent-looking WiiWare selection -- three games, one of which is the first Tales of Monkey Island. And on DSiWare, Guitar Rock Tour, from the shockingly wealthy Gameloft.

• Driift Mania (WiiWare, 1-8 players, 800 Wii Points)
• Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 1: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal (WiiWare, 1 player, 1,000 Wii Points)
• The Three Musketeers: One for All! (WiiWare, 1-3 players, 700 Wii Points)
• Guitar Rock Tour (DSiWare, 1-4 players, 500 DSi Points)