2008 was pretty shitty iirc.
I'm actually surprised you of all people would say 2008 - Mario Kart Wii, Brawl, Wii Fit, Pokemon Platinum (Japan), Mega Man 9, Wario Land: Shake It, Animal Crossing Wii, Kirby Super Star Ultra.
Was personally shitty for a variety of (mostly) Nintendo-exclusive reasons:
- E3 2008 bomba (RAFI DRUMS)
- Sonic Unleashed looking like a return to form... and then werehog
- Wanting RE5 on Wii despite not really liking what the PS360 version looked to be, anyways
- Mega hyped for Animal Crossing: City Folk... stopped playing after two weeks -- still the worst of the main AC games
- My Wii couldn't play double-sided discs, so sent to Nintendo when Brawl came out... came back, worked for a day, then had to send it back again
- Constant Brawl delays and the leaks from the earlier Japan release had deflated all hype by the US launch anyways -- as Sakurai lamented, all the cutscenes ended up on YouTube immediately, SSE seemed like a dud, and the base gameplay to anyone with even mild amounts of skill seemed like a step back (#tripping)
- Mario Kart Wii was OK, but somehow graphically a step back from Double Dash
Not that graphics matter but the presentation is fathoms below what Mario Kart 8 would launch as
Thinking about it for this post, I still stand by my initial post.