Anticipation grips the Nintendo Wii owners here in North America, as Mario Strikers: Charged schedules for its retail punt this Monday. For the PSP owners, we've sighted Brave Story: New Traveler making the trip, while the PC owners get some serious luvin' by way of Combat Mission: Shock Forceand Attack on Pearl Harbor. We have the list of games on shelves this week.

Mario Striker Charged. Making its first appearance over in Europe, this latest installment of the Mario Strikers franchise will now be kicking into North America. Play as any of your favorite Mario characters in Nintendo's take on the ball game that's taken the world by storm.

• Nintendo Wii - July 30, 2007
• US$ 49.99
• ESRB E 10+ (Everyone aged 10+)
• Nintendo

Of course, that's just a teaser of the games that will be landing in your local retail stores this week as July moves into August. Click on the Full Article link below for the full list, and make sure to call your local stores to confirm if your local shop's got stock.

If you still have some savings after purchasing the final installment in the Harry Potter book series last July 21, you might want to check up on this week's game releases. It's quite a big library to stir into your gaming cauldrons. In this week's On Shelves lineup, we find Square Enix's Final Fantasy II: Anniversary Edition for the PSP. That game's got a story epic enough to match the events at Hogwarts.

Console gamers can live on the fast lane this week with NASCAR 08 on the the PS3 and Xbox 360, while Wii owners get the thrills and horrors found in Escape from Bug Island - you might want to take some tips from Hagrid first though.

Those who want to go casual can pick up handheld games the likes of Ultimate Puzzle Games: Sudoku Edition and Chameleon: To Dye For! on the Nintendo DS. PSP owners though, who want to do an Ellen Ripley impersonation ("Get away from her, you b*tch!"), might want to opt for Alien Syndrome.

PC gamers could either take the high road or the low road, with intense action in the latest Combat Mission installment or a baseball game with Charlie Brown.

Get your checklists done; we're heading off to Diagon Alley for some shopping this week!

Final Fantasy II Anniversary Edition. Decades since its original release, this PSP remake clocks the 20th Anniversary of the FF franchise. With improved graphics and CG cinematics from the FF Origins release, this iteration of the much re-released classic will revisit the story of orphaned Firion, Maria, Guy, and Leon in their quest to overthrow the power-hungry emperor. FF fun-fact #18274: FFII is the first FF title to introduce the staple "Cid" character and the recurring chocobos.

• PSP - July 24
• US$ 29.99
• ESRB T (Teen)
• Square Enix

Check out this week's "On Shelves" list by clicking on the Full Article link below!

Buy: [Final Fantasy II Anniversary Edition (PSP)]
Buy: [Alien Syndrome (Wii)]
Buy: [Alien Syndrome (PSP)]