Sorry that I'm not picking from your list of game magazine exclusive bait, but what with the addition of a Risk-like strategy framework to the best beat-em-up series of all time, there's just nothing else coming out this fall that measures up.
I'm looking forward to MGS3 the most (especially if my design gets picked, hehe), but on that list you can *safely* replace SH4 with Gradius 5. Do it, you'll thank me when you get the chance to try both games.