Since I have owned too many systems over the years, I'll just do current generation:
360: Gears, promise of 2007 Halo
PS3: There wasn't really one but Uncharted was what I looked forward to most
Wii: Twilight Princess (later sold it), and once MK, SSBB, and SMG are all on shelves, I'll buy another
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