i disagree. for me its been either hit or miss since they started going digital-only
2014 / The Year of the Wii U - a pretty solid direct, some nice reveals, easily the best year for the Wii U
2015 / The Year of Super Mario Maker - the entire direct was focused on Mario Maker, the whole thing was pretty meh tbh
2016 / The Year of Zelda: BotW - not even a direct, some decent game reveals, Zelda was nice but still pretty meh
2017 / The Year of the Switch - easily one of their best years, so many great reveals
2018 / The Year of Smash Ultimate - there was Smash Bros and nothing else, better than '15 and '16 but still meh