Ah, well. I didn't play Zelda II or Links Awakening, but I should've remembered it for Phantom Hourglass.

Yes. This was fast.

39 - Chrono Cross.

37 - Dragon Age: Origins.

Yes and yes. Congrats.

Game #39

Hint 1: Cast spells at your servants to make them fall down.

Hint 2: Monsters vs. Aliens!

Hint 3: Laundryman fights the evil.

Sadly no one got that. It is.... *drumrolls* .... Attack of the Friday Monsters! for the 3DS.

That game is part of the Guild series of games by Level 5. The guild games are smaller downloadable games for the 3DS made with prominent game designers. The intent was to follow up on some less mainstream ideas, give them a small budget to make at least a small game that helps this idea to fly.

Attack of the Friday Monsters is a small adventure game, more like an experience. It follows Sohta, a boy in 70s Japan, where in the TV shows with monsters gain popularity. The kids believe the monsters are real (and maybe they are) and in this town the things are happening and coincidentally there is a TV-station in this town which airs a monster-show. So everything smoke and mirrors?

Although there is not much game to play, the game in itself is so charming made from the view of a child. As an example: the neighbor is a writer for the TV-show and his daughter at some point realizes he always know in advance which monster will show. She concludes that he is in league with the monsters and is heartbroken.

The story goes on to include Aliens and some strange happenings. Overall it was so charming, it had to make my list.

Wikipedia (guild series), MobyGames, OGDB, IGDB

#39
The new (now a few years old) F-Zero!
Something about number 8
Well, it didn't really become "the new F-Zero" until some DLC came out.

#38
You ride "transformers" in this JRPG

#39 - Mario Kart 8

#38 - Xenoblade Chronicles X?

Correct on both

#38 Monster Hunter Tri

The first Monster Hunter game on a Nintendo system. IMO games like Monster Hunter belong on a home console, and are kind of spoiled by being on a handheld. Monster Hunter is just such a fun series overall. This version even has keyboard support for chatting with your team! Expect MH World or XX to take this game's place in next years list. Anyway it was an amazing game with a hundred hours of content easily. 

Ok, here's a short write-up of the three latest games on my list, and after that hints for the next three.

#41
Rogue Galaxy
Previous Year's Rank: 49

I originally bought Rogue Galaxy simply because I was looking for some JRPGs to play on the PS2, and this one happened to catch my attention. I didn't really know what to expect from the game at the time, but it's safe to say I was pleasantly surprised. I was originally drawn by the game's visual style, but underneath that I found a genuinely great game with an interesting story and characters, and a battle system that felt very different from any other game in the genre, in a good way. 

#40
Soul Calibur II
Previous Year's Rank: 35

This is the game that made me a fan of the Soul Calibur franchise. I had previously played one of the games in the series, but had never actually owned any. I saw a glowing review for SC II in a Finnish video game magazine, and as a huge fighting game fan decided to get it based on that review. Today the series is my second favourite in the genre after Tekken, and although the latest game didn't really hold me as well as the prior titles had, it's still among the best in its genre.

#39
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
Previous Year's Rank: 34

The game that introduced me to both Level-5 as a developer, and Dragon Quest as a franchise (None of the earlier games had ever been officially released in Europe). Dragon Quest VIII was, and still is, an absolutely massive game, with a ridiculous amount of content and countless secrets to discover in the beautiful world. In terms of visual style, it is still one of the best looking games I have ever played, and the combination of the old-school elements with some modern updates made it one of the best games on the PS2.

Hints:

#38: An alternate history WW2, that sprung into its own sub-series in this famous RTS franchise.

#37: An entry into a classic NES platformer series that introduced a charged version of the main characters weapon into the series.

#36 A licensed superhero game, the second in its series. Expanded upon its predecessor by moving the game from an island into a walled section of a famous comic book city.