Author Topic: SPECIALS: The 2006 NWR Awards (Read 18215 times)

WindyMan · « **on:** January 03, 2007, 03:07:30 PM »

This is the Talkback thread for The 2006 NWR Awards feature. Feel free to agree, disagree, or bitch about us not having a pair and not picking a superior version of Zelda, in this thread.

Go on, we dare you.

(And before you ask, the GameCube review of Twilight Princess is currently in progress.)

Karl Castaneda #2 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 03, 2007, 03:13:56 PM »

Ugh. EBA deserved Best DS Game so much more. NSMB is just barely above-par.

The rest of the awards pretty much mirrored my own thoughts, but UGH. Now I'll forever harbor a deep hate for NSMB.

WindyMan · « **Reply #2 on:** January 03, 2007, 03:32:51 PM »

Now Karl, we're a democratic website. We voted. That was the result. Live with it!

Karl Castaneda #2 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 03, 2007, 04:07:32 PM »

This democracy is a sham! A democracy-sham! Shamocracy!

I shall live with nothing!

/seppuku

Pryopizm · « **Reply #4 on:** January 03, 2007, 04:58:02 PM »

Awesome. The competition is dead. Thanks, Karl!

TheYoungerPlumber · « **Reply #5 on:** January 03, 2007, 04:58:57 PM »

I don't know what folks were smoking when they voted Castlevania as prettiest DS game. It's good and all, but is it really all that much better or more amazing than Dawn of Sorrow? And don't they lazily rehash the same environments? Sheesh.

Nick DiMola · « **Reply #6 on:** January 03, 2007, 05:10:28 PM »

Nice special guys. I think you were spot on with the nominations (except with the whole graphics thing TYP mentioned above, FF III or MP:H should've taken top spot). Unsurprisingly, Zelda dominated regardless of it's end of the year debut. Not much happened in Nintendo land this year for the Cube or the GBA. I expect next years awards to be a little tougher to choose.

Viewtiful mario · « **Reply #7 on:** January 03, 2007, 05:12:25 PM »

I can't understand how people think Red Steel looks bad. Shure the cinimas were slapped together but it shure looks better than most gamecube games. In fact, it looks better then most gamecube games I've played (with the eception of the character models).

WindyMan · « **Reply #8 on:** January 03, 2007, 05:16:53 PM »

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Originally posted by: Viewtiful mario
I can't understand how people think Red Steel looks bad. Shure the cinimas were slapped together but it shure looks better than most gamecube games. In fact, it looks better then most gamecube games I've played (with the eception of the character models).

Uh, you just described a some really important parts of the game's visuals. For a game to look good, the entire thing has to look good. Not just parts of it.

TheYoungerPlumber · « **Reply #9 on:** January 03, 2007, 05:41:03 PM »

Careful there, Windy. Zelda has its share of blurry wall textures. However, Red Steel has some serious model, framerate and cinematic issues--surely in part thanks to the Unreal 2 engine.

Viewtiful mario · « **Reply #10 on:** January 03, 2007, 05:41:41 PM »

I men shure but maby it was a little much to not include ANY other games. I mean you could bash Zelda for it's blurry textures.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #11 on:** January 03, 2007, 05:42:06 PM »

Bout the best year end awards I've seen so far this year. Except for the Red Steel hate. It just wants to be loved!

chrisbg99 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 03, 2007, 06:07:17 PM »

I have both versions of TP. Does that make me extra special super great? Or a complete Zelda/Nintendo whore?

Louieturkey · « **Reply #13 on:** January 03, 2007, 06:26:59 PM »

I have to agree with others, Castlevania so did not deserve best graphics over FFIII. FFIII is the best looking DS game ever, especially with its cinematics rivaling Gamecube games. Just because half the time it only uses one screen should not hinder it in any way. I call this a traveshamockery.

IceCold · « **Reply #14 on:** January 03, 2007, 07:15:09 PM »

I absolutely, 100% agree with New Super Mario Bros as top DS game. Sure, it didn't have all the crazy powerups which the other 2D games had, but the pure platforming in that game was just incredible. It's what finally put the DS over the top here in North America.

I agree that DS graphics, on the other hand, deserves to go to FFIII from what I've seen of it. Next year, in this category, we'll probably have Tales of the Tempest, Dragon Quest and Zelda competing..

TrueNerd · « **Reply #15 on:** January 03, 2007, 07:52:32 PM »

I absolutely, 100% DISAGREE with New Super Mario Bros as top DS game. There's nothing really wrong with the game, but remember how magic, creativity and imagination used to be the primary ingredients to 2D Mario games? None were really present in NSMB. Elite Beat Agents, on the other hand, had all three in SPADES. I demand recounts until the appropriate conclusion is reached.

Also, Metroid Prime Hunters should have been most disappointing game of the year, not Red Steel. There's a certain expectation that comes with games that bear the Metroid namesake and MPH wasn't even in the ballpark. Prime Pinball is more of a Metroid game then Hunters is. With Red Steel, the hype started out high when it was first announced, but I think most everyone knew the game wasn't a killer app long before it released.

King of Twitch · « **Reply #16 on:** January 03, 2007, 08:25:51 PM »

Who cares about DQXXL the wii name change was more than surprising, it was shocking.
Runnerup for me would be the total upheaval of wii launch titles and the new opposite rule for all future announcements by nintendo bigwigs.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #17 on:** January 03, 2007, 11:12:05 PM »

Half or more of the games that got awards aren't released in Europe (Drill Dozer, Baten Kaitos Origins, Catlevania: Portrait of Ruin, to name a few).

UncleBob · « **Reply #18 on:** January 04, 2007, 12:39:16 AM »

I don't know why my man-nipple avatar didn't get some kind of award...

KDR_11k · « **Reply #19 on:** January 04, 2007, 01:24:49 AM »

Because the less is said about that the better.

~J~ · « **Reply #20 on:** January 04, 2007, 01:53:24 AM »

The choices seem reasonable from the nominated games, but the complete lack of love for Elebits leaves me a bit disappointed. If the game didn't qualify because it came out too late, it's a really a shame, because the quirky hide-and-seek FPS is (arguably) the best showcase for the Wiimote in 2006. By the time the 2007 award season rolls around, it will have to compete with goliaths like Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3. It may not be able to compete with the best of 2007, but I've found Elebits to be my Best Wii Game That is not Zelda for 2006.

couchmonkey · « **Reply #21 on:** January 04, 2007, 02:51:07 AM »

I went about halfway through and then gave up - too many pages, too many awards. No offense to NWR, I hate these things in general.

From what I saw, I mainly agreed, but it's funny: in spite of all the complaints I've heard about Monkey Ball, I love it, and so does everyone who plays it. I guess it's because we weren't hardcore Monkey Ball fans in the first place.

Caliban · « **Reply #22 on:** January 04, 2007, 03:20:33 AM »

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Originally posted by: ViewtifulGamer
/seppuku...TEKKAI.

Fixed. Elite beat Agents is overhyped, it has flaws that make it that much of a game not yet worthy of special attention, it's good, not great.

18 Days · « **Reply #23 on:** January 04, 2007, 03:40:14 AM »

BATEN KAITOS ISN'T WORTH A PINCH OF SHITT

Ian Sane · « **Reply #24 on:** January 04, 2007, 04:52:38 AM »

"Also, Metroid Prime Hunters should have been most disappointing game of the year, not Red Steel. There's a certain expectation that comes with games that bear the Metroid namesake and MPH wasn't even in the ballpark. Prime Pinball is more of a Metroid game then Hunters is. With Red Steel, the hype started out high when it was first announced, but I think most everyone knew the game wasn't a killer app long before it released."

I don't think anyone who dislikes Metroid Prime Hunters assumed it would be a good game in the first place. We all played the demo the year before. It isn't a real Metroid game and I had low expectations because of that. So I wouldn't say it was disappointing. I sure as hell wasn't looking forward to it. Red Steel at least had some people really hyping it up. Metroid Prime Hunters received backlash from the day it was first shown.

Normally I would consider something like that "whatever Zelda you own" thing to be a cop-out but not in this case. In this case it actually applies. Neither version sucks and both are awesome. You honestly don't really have to compromise. Pick the controls you like better and you don't lose anything.

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