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Title: 2024 NWR Forum Awards
Post by: M.K.Ultra on November 22, 2024, 01:35:37 PM
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It is time to collect the nominations for the third annual Nintendo World Report Forum Awards. The categories are the same as last year. As usual, these are just the short lists of nominees, please reply with any games you want added

Nintendo Switch Game of the Year

Multiplatform Game of the Year

Best Remake, Remaster, or Compilation

Best Independent Game


Please comment below any games you want included in the list of nominations. Also let me know if you have questions about the categories or think a game should be included in a different category.
I am hoping to start the voting December 1 so make sure to get in your nominees before then!
Title: Re: 2024 NWR Forum Awards
Post by: Khushrenada on November 26, 2024, 02:42:30 AM
As always, I've done my part by playing nothing released this year. (Although I've played some of the remasters and remakes in their original form). That said, there are some things I definitely do want to acquire and get around to at some point.

Super Mario Party: Jamboree may well be the game that I play the most from everything listed as I still keep playing Mario Party with friends after all this time.
LOZ: Echoes of Wisdom is probably my most anticipated game to get to from this list with Princess Peach: Showtime a bit behind that.
I'll get Brothership (though I still need to get back to where I left off in the series with Dream Team), and Emio since I've gotten the other two FDC games at this point.
I'll likely acquire Another Code: Recollection at some point (so that I can play the second game) and not listed but I'll also likely get Endless Ocean Luminous.

After having played Mario Vs Donkey Kong a few times over, I've just no interest in rebuying and replaying it again at this point. Not a fan of NES games nor am I that interested in speed-running so World Championship likewise just doesn't interest me. I hem and haw about Paper Mario: TTYD. I've got it for GameCube so just not sure the HD-ness of it all is worth it. Likewise, after playing a lot of Dark Moon multiplayer with Mop it up and even getting all the different ghosts captured and logged from that mode, I don't have much desire to redo that all again. While I enjoyed the single-player of LM2 even with its broken up mission mode, I'd rather replay it with the 3D effect than having it with HD graphics.

Switching over to third party, definitely have my eye on Lorelei and the Laser Eyes. I don't know what to think of Thank Goodness You're Here! The trailers never really tickled my fancy but its supposed to be pretty fun however its also supposed to be pretty darn short. Ace Attorney Investigations Collection is probably my most wanted third party game to finally play all the AA games and see how a long outstanding thread from And Justice For All plays and wraps up. That said, seeing how Capcom always discounts these games so much, it just makes sense to wait for a sale on it.  Likewise, I'm surprised at the positive enough reception at Sonic X Shadow Generations and already had it on my watchlist because the first trailers for it evoked that SA2:Battle feel and love that I have for the Sonic franchise so will likely get this after ignoring Sonic games for awhile.

And then there's the Balatro of it all. Cue the Parks and Rec Andy Meme that I don't really know what Balatro is and at this point I'm too afraid to ask. I know that it is a game based of poker and that Jokers somehow play a factor and there are various decks which do... different things, I guess. But I just have still never really looked further into the game at this point. A big reason is because the screenshots and images I've seen of it don't do anything to convey any real excitement and it just looks kind of ugly and boring. It seemed to have a brief moment of people saying they really liked it when it came out and then talk stopped and I'd forgotten about it until it was named as a Game of the Year for TGA and it seems to have all this support again. People describe it as some kind of gambling-roguelike which really does not make me want to try it along with how there can be a lot of RNG stuff affecting wins and losses. Yet despite these things which should not be a selling point, the fact that people are still saying its great is the only thing that makes me curious to try it in order to find out just what it is that's supposed to be so wonderful about this game.

Finally, on the subject of some stuff that didn't make the lists above, there are some other third party games that are on my watchlist. I didn't really think anything of the Pentiment announcement early this year when word was spreading of Microsoft first party games coming to the Switch. However, after watching the trailer a few months later, it impressed me with its visual style and idea of a medieval mystery. Would like to give it a go. Also was glad to see Duck Detective get brought over. Little Kitty Big City and Europa were a couple games in an Indie Direct that grabbed my attention with their visual style and world ideas. I wish Stray had waited a bit longer for the Switch 2 to come out before getting ported but it is the only PS5 game I've really wanted to play at this point (although the cat protagonist idea is starting to get a bit crowded now with new games like Little Kitty Big City and others) so I'm glad it is available to the Switch ecosphere. Also seriously considering Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered. Have never played a Tomb Raider game before and being able to access the series and start from the beginning like that is pretty appealing. That's my two cents on the 2024 gaming situation.
Title: Re: 2024 NWR Forum Awards
Post by: M.K.Ultra on November 26, 2024, 12:40:10 PM
The list has been updated with some suggestions from Khush. There is still a few more days to have games added, removed, or changed to a different category.
Title: Re: 2024 NWR Forum Awards
Post by: broodwars on November 28, 2024, 08:08:54 AM
If we're including non-Switch games on this list, then Astro Bot absolutely needs to be there for "Best Multiplatform". I would also add Persona 3 Reload to the Remake category.
Title: Re: 2024 NWR Forum Awards
Post by: M.K.Ultra on November 29, 2024, 05:37:50 PM
Quote from: broodwars on November 28, 2024, 08:08:54 AM
If we're including non-Switch games on this list, then Astro Bot absolutely needs to be there for "Best Multiplatform". I would also add Persona 3 Reload to the Remake category.
Done and done!