Greatest year in gaming?

[*Sound Of Rain]

2001 or 2008 for me

2001 had: Paper Mario, Mario Party 3, Luigi's Mansion, Super Smash Bros Melee, Pikmin, and Resident Evil Code Veronica X.

2008 had Super Smash Bros Brawl, Mario Kart Wii, Animal Crossing City Folk, and LittleBigPlanet.

I'll go with 2001