For me, that honor goes to… Pokémon Black/White. My mom and dad took me to the local GameStop early that day. I don’t even think I registered that this was a newly released game— but my parents did. Somehow lol. (I have very good parents.)
Second launch was Skylanders: Giants. Easily my most memorable launch! Again, I didn’t fully realize that there was a new Skylanders game releasing, but my parents brought me to the store, they let me pick up the Started Pack alongside a couple of characters (I chose Fright Rider and Bouncer(?) IIRC). We then went to a really nice pumpkin patch and I remember being so excited to play the game once we got home. Omphf what good times!
And then there was Skylanders Swap Force. And then Skylanders Trap Team. I waited for Christmas to get SSB4. And then I got Mario Party 10, Skylanders Superchargers, Skylanders Imaginators, and then finally The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It was from the launch of BotW when I started purchasing a ton of games at launch.
