Below is a tentative list of games available this week of August 13-19. Please note that all releases are subject to change.

North America

If the Maddernaut isn't to your tastes, you've got a decent selection of role-playing titles to choose from this week for DS, from the strategy of either Heroes of Mana or Luminous Arc to the farming/adventure hybrid of Rune Factory.

Nintendo DS

  • Heroes of Mana (Aug 14)
  • High School Musical: Makin' the Cut! (Aug 14)
  • Luminous Arc (Aug 14)
  • Madden NFL 08 (Aug 14)
  • Operation: Vietnam (Aug 14)
  • Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon (Aug 14)

Wii

  • Madden NFL 08 (Aug 14)

Wii Virtual Console

  • Metroid (July 13)
  • Shining in the Darkness (July 13)
  • Cratermaze (July 13)

Europe

A remarkably thin lineup this week for Europe. Hope you weren't running out of games to play.

Nintendo DS

  • Brain Buster Puzzle Pak (Aug 17)

(European Wii Virtual Console releases are revealed on Fridays.)

Japan

Is this right? Just one title? This can't be right... Possibly Japan's slowest week of the year.

Nintendo DS

  • Onsei Kanjō Sokuteiki: Kokoro Scan (Aug 16)

(Japanese Wii Virtual Console releases are revealed on Tuesdays.)