This first week of spring plays host to a number of varied releases spanning each and every platform.  As the weather warms, flowers begin to bud, and college basketball runs supreme, a total of 57 games invade retailers begging for your hard earned cash.

Crazy-popular-awesome Pokemon Platinum hit shelves today alongside some Team Rocket shenanigans in New York City, but all foolishness aside, the Pokemon universe looks to be very much alive and breathing in this latest iteration.

Sunday (March 22)
Pokemon Platinum (DS)

Monday (March 23)
BattleForge (PC)
Cate West: The Vanishing Files (Wii)
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (PS3)
Officers (PC)
Touch Mechanic (DS)

Tuesday (March 24)
American Popstar – Road to Celebrity (DS)
Broken Sword: Shadows of the Templars (Director’s Cut) (DS, Wii)
Dark Sector (PC)
Death Track: Resurrection (PC)
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (DS, Wii)
Legends of Wrestlemania (PS3, 360)
Major League Baseball 2K9 (PSP)
Monsters vs. Aliens (DS, PS2, PS3, Wii, 360)
MotoGP 08 (Wii)
Pop Star (DS)
Samurai Shodown Anthology (PSP)
Sega Fun Pack: Sonic Rivals 2 / Genesis Collection (PSP)
Ski Doo: Snowmobile Challenge (360)
Stormrise (PC, PS3, 360)
Tenchu: Shadow Assassins (PSP)
The Last Remnant (PC)
Totally Spies! Totally Party (Wii)
Ultimate Ninja 4: Naruto Shippuden (PS2)
Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures (PC)
Wanted: Weapons of Fate (PC, PS3, 360)
Wheelman (PC, PS3, 360)

Wednesday (March 25)
Fashion Studio: Paris Collection (DS)
Gold’s Gym: Cardio Workout (Wii)
Hinterland: Orc Lords (PC)
Imagine Family Doctor (DS)

Thursday (March 26)
Discovery Kids: Dolphin Discovery (DS)
Discovery Kids: Kitten Corner (DS)
Discovery Kids: Pony Paradise (DS)
Discovery Kids: Puppy Playtime (DS)

Friday (March 27)
Animated (DS)
Gardening Mama (DS)
Lux-Pain (DS)
Martial Arts: Capoeira Fighters (DS, PS2, PSP, Wii)
Monsters vs. Aliens (PC)
PopCap Arcade Hits Volume 2 (360)

What are you picking up this week?

via Kotaku.

Eddie Makuch is Blast's Director of Video Game News. Reach him at Makuch.E@BlastMagazine.com.