We’ve had some pretty weird game bonuses before. From Record of Agarest War‘s “mouse pad” (one of the rare cases of that type of bonus making it out of Japan) to the full body pillows accompanying many ren’ai games, there has been an irregular stream of odd game bonuses. Sega aims to top them all.

Siliconera (via 4gamer) reports the preorder bonus for upcoming Japanese Xbox 360 game Virtual-On Force will be boobs. No, I’m not making this up. More specifically, preordering will net you a “fetish code” (their words, not mine) that will allow you to adjust the breast sizes of characters Fei-Yen and Angelan, both of whom happen to be mechs.

Virtual-On Force is actually not the latest game in the series. It’s actually the port of an arcade game that came out in 2001. The most recent chapter is Virtual-On Marz, a 2003 PS2 exclusive outing based on Virtual-On Force and the only one to not appear in arcades. The second game in the series, Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram, is already available on XBLA.

This is a great week for fans of cartoony brawlers. Shank is hitting both XBLA and PSN, and Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is coming out on XBLA tomorrow. For gamers with 3D HDTVs looking for an excuse to actually break out the shutter glasses, MotorStorm 3D Rift is also coming to PSN tomorrow, featuring 10 tracks from MotorStorm Pacific Rift rendered in 3D-O-Vision. It’s like the trees and rocks are coming straight at your head!

On the Nintendo side of things, the biggest release is And Yet It Moves, a fascinating indie physics puzzler that lands on WiiWare today. The Virtual Console gets one more game on its list, a Sunsoft-made side-scroller called Ufouria: The Saga that didn’t come out in North America. Finally, the DSiWare gets four new games ranging from the music-making Rytmik to the Farmville-ish My Farm. Full list of this week’s downloadable games below.

Xbox 360:

• Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World – 800 MS Points ($10)
• Shank – 1200 MS Points ($15)

Playstation 3:

• Shank – $15
• MotorStorm 3D Rift – $10

Wii:

• And Yet It Moves – 1,000 Nintendo Points ($10)
• Ufouria: The Saga – 600 Nintendo Points ($6)

DSi:

• Rytmik – 800 Nintendo Points ($8)
• G.G. Series Ninja Karakuri Den – 200 Nintendo Points ($2)
• My Farm – 200 Nintendo Points ($2)
• Absolute Reversi – 200 Nintendo Points ($2)

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is the most anticipated Sonic game in a decade. Considering it’s a side-scrolling game that, so far, looks like a high-def remake of the first three games, that’s a pretty sad statement on the shape of Sega’s once mighty franchise. After months of trailers and screenshots, I finally got a chance to sit down and try the game yesterday afternoon.

This game is gorgeous. It’s possibly the most impressive-looking side scroller I’ve ever seen. The screenshots and trailers don’t do this game justice; you really need to see it on a large HDTV or projection screen. I played the demo on a home theater setup equipped with a high-end HD projector, and even with Sonic’s visage spread across 50 inches of screen the game looked smooth and crisp as good vodka. No pixelation, no unintentional blurriness, just the grandeur of Green Hill Zone (sorry, “Splash Hill Zone”) looking big and beautiful.

For a game with literal single-attack-button-combat, the original Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm was a fun little game. It gathered a bit of a following, selling 852,263 units in the first 20 weeks and receiving a surprisingly decent average score of 75 on Metacritic. The original was a visual masterpiece with graphics rivaling that of the anime; in fact, the only major complaint against it was the lack of online multiplayer. The sequel will fix that issue and more when it releases this fall for the PS3 and, for the first time, the Xbox 360. Yesterday, a demo for the sequel hit Japanese PSN and XBLA, showcasing some of the new gameplay and  sharper graphics.

Both games are free-roaming 3D fighters, much like the DragonBall Raging Blast games or Zone of the Enders. You have a single attack button (circle) which has branching combos that you can alternate by moving the control stick. So O-O-O-O is a different attack combo than tilting the stick forward and doing the same. The X button is your jump button, and a double tap causes you to dash to your foe. The Triangle button is used to charge your energy (called chakra) while Square throws shuriken, mainly used to interrupt your opponent. The L1/R1 calls in an assist from a teammate while L2/R2 are your block. You can also set items to help you in battle to the four directions of the directional pad.

I would be much obliged if someone would explain what this even means?

At first suspected to be the working title for a MegaMan MMOG, new details have revealed that Capcom’s MegaMan Universe to be a downloadable title destined for PSN and XBLA. It is unknown what the gameplay style will be, nor whether the inclusions of non MegaMan characters such as Ryu and Arthur in the trailer have any significance. No further details are known at this time.

Cheap Thrills is a column by Chris Gampat reviewing affordable (under $20) or free games for the recession.

Coma is a free flash game where the player must accomplish certain tasks to finally wake themselves out of a coma and escape the dreamworld. Remember that very-creepy-but-addicting-nontheless game called Limbo for XBLA? Well, Coma will remind players much of that game. Granted, there are differences—but the core gameplay is still quite similar and players will encounter similarly creepy events without the simplistic but brutal violence that players experienced in Limbo.

Microsoft has given dates for this year’s Summer of Arcade titles.

The first game to hit will be LIMBO. Having drawn a lot of attention for its sound design and art direction, the highly anticipated yet unexpectedly violent platformer will come out on July 21st. The next game release will be Hydro Thunder Hurricane on July 28th, which is a sequel/remake of the old Dreamcast and PS1 boat racer. After that comes Castlevania: Harmony of Despair on August 4th. This is a new co-op side-scrolling Castlevania for up to 6 players and will allow selection of series characters such as Soma Cruz, Alucard, and Shanoa. From there we’ll get Monday Night Combat on August 11th, which is a class based third-person shooter that plays like Defense of the Ancients and has a upgrade system as well. Summer of Arcade will wrap up with with Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light on August 18th.