@Madmac79: Even if for some outrageous reason no one ever released any more football games, there'd still be more than enough entertainment to keep one busy.
Wait, WE9 Asia Championship, never heard of it! And it turns out, there's a WE8 version of that as well...well, two more added to my ever-growing list...
As for J-League 08, I played very little of it but the major difference between that and PES08 PS2 is the low-low stats of J-League players which makes the game shine even more. They're not horrible attributes in an AMADOR-like way, but are far from brilliant.
The J-League stadiums are fantastic to play in. I tried a ML; "tried" is the right word for navigating the Japanese menus is a pain. Anyway, after inadvertently releasing one of my players, I managed to buy a very decent player from I believe LaLiga's Almeria: it got me thinking that this could be an interesting challenge, bringing more quality, foreign players to Japan and increase the competitiveness of the league on a ML save. It's on my list.
No, I meant the opposite: I'm finding that on 20 min matches, the CPU is less offensively skilled when compared to 15 min. games. I hadn't played 15 min matches on PES5 for a long while now so I'm playing more until I form an educated opinion though.
@MafiaMurderBag: If there is a game that handles anything above 20 min matches, it has to be PES5 for its unique characteristics. There's something about this game that makes it an addictive experience like no other. It's thinking man's football. You have to always be on your toes tactically - individual and collective actions -, technically, physically.
Anyway, PES5 could have been the beginning of something great, the first step towards achieving the most ambitious football simulation possible. More than a decade ago I found out that I could play the full length of a real-life NBA match on NBA2K (48 minutes) and get ultra-realistic results not just when it comes to the action itself, but also when looking at the match stats. It's 2020 and the modern football scene is still stuck on the same-old 10/15 min matches, only unlike in PES5, you don't even get an adequate number of fouls...