A couple of early wins for Nintendo at tonight's ceremony.
The 2016 Game Awards saw Nintendo pick up three awards out of the nominations.
Pokémon Go captured the Best Mobile/Handheld Game (over Severed, Monster Hunter Generations and Fire Emblem Fates) and Best Family Game (over Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Skylanders Imaginators). The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was voted most anticipated game.
In the other categories with Nintendo entries, Best Independent Game went to Inside over Stardew Valley (recently confirmed for the Switch), Civilization VI edged out Fire Emblem Fates in Best Strategy Game, The Witcher III: Blood and Wine topped Xenoblade Chronicles X for Best Role-Playing Game and Street Fighter V beat Pokkén Tournament for Best Fighting Game. Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma was unsuccessful in the Best eSports Athlete category.
Breath of the Wild had two preview videos during the show: a new trailer, and a dungeon preview led by Bill Trinen and Nate Bihldorff.
The Witcher III: Blood and Wine shouldn't have been eligible since it was just an expansion pack, not a new game. DLC does not count a new game.
Always interesting how these kinds of awards are handled. Imagine if there was an Oscar for most anticipated film. Not saying video games should emulate the (by no means perfect) Academy Awards, but it's basically just a hype award.
When it came to non-game ventures this was a good start, but as far as game development this was not a good year for Nintendo. Then again, end-of-life years for systems rarely are strong.
When it came to non-game ventures this was a good start, but as far as game development this was not a good year for Nintendo. Then again, end-of-life years for systems rarely are strong.
Always interesting how these kinds of awards are handled. Imagine if there was an Oscar for most anticipated film. Not saying video games should emulate the (by no means perfect) Academy Awards, but it's basically just a hype award.
I think it's a fair criticism, Jeff Keighly himself said he wanted these awards to be seen as the Oscars for Video games.
That said, if you consider what existed prior to recent years (the Spike TV VGAs), this is a big improvement over what there used to be, if you care about a show that's meant to both honor people within the industry, as well as be something that can draw viewership.
Always interesting how these kinds of awards are handled. Imagine if there was an Oscar for most anticipated film. Not saying video games should emulate the (by no means perfect) Academy Awards, but it's basically just a hype award.
I think it's a fair criticism, Jeff Keighly himself said he wanted these awards to be seen as the Oscars for Video games.
That said, if you consider what existed prior to recent years (the Spike TV VGAs), this is a big improvement over what there used to be, if you care about a show that's meant to both honor people within the industry, as well as be something that can draw viewership.
Always interesting how these kinds of awards are handled. Imagine if there was an Oscar for most anticipated film. Not saying video games should emulate the (by no means perfect) Academy Awards, but it's basically just a hype award.
I think it's a fair criticism, Jeff Keighly himself said he wanted these awards to be seen as the Oscars for Video games.
That said, if you consider what existed prior to recent years (the Spike TV VGAs), this is a big improvement over what there used to be, if you care about a show that's meant to both honor people within the industry, as well as be something that can draw viewership.
I don't think the Oscars would have an in-memoriam segment followed by loud, obnoxious YouTube "celebrities" and pulsating techno music like the touching story of the dev whose son had passed away due to cancer had happen after his speech.
Plus, the Oscars usually do the important awards on the stage and not a quick mention in passing.
