This is a big week for Wii owners. Huge. The kind of week where you better upgrade to firmware 4.2, even if you’re worried about it bricking your Wii. The WiiWare and Virtual Console games are worth it.

If you’re only going to download from one category today, Virtual Console is your best bet. The SNES game Super Mario Kart and the NES game A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia both make their debut today.

If you’re a DSi owner, there’s a lot more Electroplankton for you. Once again, familiar electroplankton from the original DS game have all new names, so be sure to check the information on each to make sure you’re getting the one you want.

Gamertell’s Nintendo Download picks for the week are: Super Mario Kart (VC), A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia (VC), BIT.TRIP VOID (WiiWare), Harvest Moon: My Little Shop (WiiWare)…

A Boy and His Blob is a series with a lot of history. It’s all pretty much ancient history though. Before the announcement of the forthcoming Majesco Wii remake, the last we’d seen of the boy and the blob was the Game Boy game The Rescue of Princess Blobette in 1990.

Those who played the original game may or may not have fond memories of it. While it was fun, with many ways to solve puzzles thanks the the plentiful jellybeans and blob transformations, it was also incredibly frustrating. The A Boy and His Blob games were of that rare variety that delighted in little hidden secrets and requirements. Didn’t go back and get this one item? Well, I bet you’re regretting that now that you’re trapped in a dungeon with no way to advance. Nope – we won’t let you backtrack and get that item. You brought this on yourself. It’s the only way you’ll learn. Go ahead and start over – and use a guide this time!

While we eagerly anticipate the forthcoming remake of the original, Gamertell decided to drag out the Nintendo and Game Boy and spend some time with the original games in order to take readers back to A Boy and His Blob’s roots…