It's now 2008, and thus the start of a new year in gaming, including a new year of releases on the Wii Virtual Console. As we trek through the regions week by week, I wonder what games of old will make there way into this generation on the VC.

Europe gets the first update of the new year, with Japan not getting an update on New Year's. The main game in the update is a fan-favorite: Harvest Moon for the SNES. The original farming game that could has been widely considered as one of the best of the whole enormous series it spawned. Also, apparently the original cartridge is quite rare, making this a good update to make an old classic easily available.

Not mentioned at the Virtual Console Archive is another update, courtesy of Wikipedia. The game? Awesome Possum for the Genesis. I've never heard of it, but the Wikipedia article describes it as a Sonic clone.

To recap, the games:

SNES: Harvest Moon, 1 Player, 800 Points

GEN: Awesome Possum, 1 Player, 800 Points

To keep track of all the new releases, check out the new 2008 edition of What's New on VC? in the Virtual Console forum.

[Image Credit: Wikipedia]