Wii 2008 is when I got it

Wii Sports

Super Mario Galaxy

Super Paper Mario

These games along with it just being Nintendo made me want it.

Mario Kart Wii  This game made me buy it. =0 Finally found me a Wii a week before this came out!

D.S. 2005 is when I got it

Mario Kart D.S.

Mario and Luigi Partners in Time

Super Princess Peach

New Super Mario Bros D.S.

These along with  few others made me want a D.S. Hearing of New Super Mario Bros was the biggest cherry on top ever!

I know I listed pretty much all Mario related games But, there where other games I was wanting. Nintendo made games Mostly Mario is what pushes me to buy them though.

I fully admit, I bought both the DS and Wii at launch without any games in mind. I did know that Zelda: Twilight Princess and Smash Bros Brawl were coming, but I didn't buy the system specifically for those games. I bought the systems because of the view that I've owned all the main previous Nintendo consoles/handhelds before and they all had great games, and I assumed the Wii and DS would follow suit.

And I was right.

I believe that for a long while The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl were all going to be launch titles. Well, any one of those would convince me to get the console they were on... so it was a no-brainer for sure.

Of course, I wasn't too surprised when 2 of those 3 titles were pushed back, but games like Zelda and Wii Sports already had a firm grip on me.

Wii: Twilight Princess, Brawl, the Mario games (especially Mario RPGs). Unfortunately, they all disappointed me .

Xbox 360: Bioshock (I didn't have a gaming PC at the time), Halo 3.

PS3: LittleBigPlanet, Uncharted.

DS: Well actually, I got it for the potential of great games. The launch, in my opinion, didn't have any great games. I ended up buying The Sims at the launch though. It was decent.

PSP: Grand Theft Auto (Liberty City Stories, for example) games.

Wii- Zelda, Mario, Metroid, Red Steel. I got a Wii at launch.
360- Halo, Gears of War. Got it in late '08 (I ended up disappointed with my purchase).
PS3- Uncharted, MGS4. Got in mid '09. (Once again, disappointed).
PSP- I got it to play MLB '06 mobile. I hate most sports games, I love baseball games.
DS- I got it beause it's Nintendo, I don't need more reason than that.

Wii- Twilight Princess
360- Burnout Paradise/Halo 3
PS3- Blu-ray (no real gaming reasons aside from Last Guardian preparations)
NDS- Pokemon

NDS: For Castlevania and Advance Wars series, other games too.
PS3: For MGS4, Uncharted, and Folklore. Later getting infamous, valkyria chronicles, and RE5.
Wii: for the nintendo exclusives (SSBBrawl, Zelda, Metroid, etc)

Playstation 3 - Metal Gear Solid 4, God of war 3, the last guardian, Littlebigplanet and Killzone 2.

Got a wii the xmas after launch just because i couldn't think of what else to get

Got a PS3 for MLB the show.

Wii Sports and the prospect of sword-fighting games. It took a long time, but Red Steel 2 is finally fulfilling that dream.