It looks like Nintendo is happy with releasing three games a week now. It's previously said that anywhere between two and five games could be coming with each update, but recently it looks as if three is the magic number.

If you look hard enough, each Monday also brings with it a theme of some sort. Last week, it was animals. This week, it's all about hitting stuff. One is about hitting stuff with your head, one is about punching people out, and the third is a straight-up fighter. Which one should you hit up? Here are the recommendations you seek.

Virtua Fighter is Sega's long-running fighting series, and the first up on Virtual Console is edition two. Originally released in the arcades, the Genesis version made some sacrifices for it to work on a 16-bit home console. Critically, VF's trademark 3D gameplay had to be dumped, meaning all the beauty and finess that is an open arena arcade fighter got turned into a button-mashing bore-fest. There's really no strategy involved during gameplay here. Even against a human opponent, it's a matter of who can hit randomly hit who more before the quick round timer expires. Even for fighting game fans, that's too great an insult.

Oh yeah, and there's the little matter of price. 800 points? There are better games out this week you can get for less than that. A VC release like Virtua Fighter 2 kind of makes you wonder why certain 16-bit games aren't less than $8, because many of them are clearly rip-offs like this one. If you're really desperate for a VC fighting game, stick with Street Fighter II for now.

Punch-Out!! is one of the great NES games. As scrawny-but-courageous Little Mac, you must work your way up through the boxing ranks, taking on opponents such as Piston Honda, Bald Bull and King Hippo. When you block and dodge enough incoming attacks, you can use the bone-crushing uppercut punch to down an opponent rather easily. If you win enough fights, you'll get a title shot at the one and only Mr. Dream. Despite it being an NES game, it portrays the sport of boxing fairly accurately. It also has a bit of the squared circle drama, too: Your trainer can instantly pep you up for a round with a encouraging speech!*

It's an NES title that's totally worth the five dollar asking price, and for good reason. It's fun to punch people out! However, there may be people out there that will complain that this isn't the original NES game, Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! Well, we're never going to see that version re-released ever again. Besides, the only difference between the Tyson version and the Mr. Dream version is that you fight against a different sprite in the last match. Either way, the game gets super-hard. You've got to battle if you want to be a champion, though!

*Hit the Select Button between rounds. Or is it the Minus Button now?

Bonk's back in this head-bashing sequel. Much like the first game, Bonk's Adventure, Bonk the Caveman must run through colorful levels and crush anything in his way using only his noggin. If you can grab enough meat in a stage, the happy-go-lucky Bonk transforms into something not to be messed with. New abilities like triangle jumping and tree-climbing make the platforming parts of the game a lot more engaging than the original, and the hidden bonus stages will want to make you explore everywhere you can.

If you liked the first—and chances are good you liked the first—you'll like Bonk's Revenge more than that. It seems as if there's a clever or novel section in every level, and it's fun to run through it as fast as you can. There are three difficulty settings to choose from, but if you want to get through all the levels you'll need to pick the Expert difficulty from the start. The game is a good challenge, and at only $6, it's not too shabby of a deal, either.