The original NES Metroid is one of the three titles now available to download in Europe now!

Get your space protection skills poised and ready for action as this week Virtual Console offers up the iconic Metroid, originally available back in 1987 for the NES. A combination of action adventure and platform shooter, players assume the role of Samus Aran, a space bounty hunter, who is set the mission of saving the universe from the spread of 'Metroids', the most dangerous creatures in the galaxy, along with the Space Pirates and their leader, Mother Brain, to restore peace to the galaxy once more. Available for 500 Wii Points.

Next up on Virtual Console this week is the much-loved Street Fighter Ⅱ Turbo: Hyper Fighting, originally for the SNES. Following the highly successful Capcom title Street Fighter Ⅱ, Street Fighter Ⅱ Turbo: Hyper Fighting, originally released in 1993, boasts faster game play than its predecessor, as well as new and upgraded moves for each of the fighters. Now availiable for for 800 Wii Points!

The third title this week is Silent Debuggers. This unique first-person action adventure, released on Turbografx in 1991, is set in a time when space has been conquered and peace prevails. However, small criminal factions, known as 'Bugs', threaten the new found harmony. As the latest recruit of a crack team of 'Debuggers', players must explore the highly dangerous space station 'Gane', a place no Debugger has ever visited and returned from! Online to download now from 600 Wii Points!

Look out for full reviews of both of these in the latest issue of our Virtual Console Weekly feature.