Among the list of nominees, Nintendo again has a strong presence this year, with 17 chances to win in 11 categories. Leading the charge is Zelda: Twilight Princess with six nominations, including console and overall game of the year honors. Wii Sports is up for the same two awards, as well as three others, making it Nintendo's second-best contender. Brain Age also has multiple considerations, with four.
Microsoft leads the way with 18 total nominations, with the bulk of them for Epic's Gears of War, which has a pack-leading 10 nods.
Other Wii games to receive nominations are Ubisoft's Rayman: Raving Rabbids with two, and Excite Truck with just one. A partial list showing the categories with Nintendo games nominated can be seen below. For the full list of categories and nominees, go to the AIAS website.
Overall Game of the Year
Gears of War - Epic Games/Microsoft
Wii Sports - Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Nintendo
Guitar Hero 2 - Harmonix/Activision/Red Octane
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Bethesda Softworks/2k Games
Console Game of the Year
Gears of War - Epic Games/Microsoft
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Nintendo
Wii Sports - Nintendo
Guitar Hero 2 - Harmonix/Activision/Red Octane
Viva Piñata - Microsoft/Rare
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming
Wii Sports - Nintendo
Nintendo Brain Age - Nintendo
Gears of War - Epic Games/Microsoft
Viva Piñata - Rare/Microsoft
LocoRoco - Sony Computer Entertainment
Outstanding Achievement in Story and Character Development
Sam & Max Episode 1: Culture Shock - GameTap/Telltale Games
Saints Row - Volition/THQ
24: The Game - Sony Online Entertainment/2k Games
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Nintendo
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey - Funcom/Aspyr
Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering
Wii Sports - Nintendo
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Bethesda Softworks/2k Games
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Nintendo
Gears of War - Epic Games/Microsoft
Company of Heroes - Relic/THQ
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
Wii Sports - Nintendo
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Bethesda Softworks/2k Games
Company of Heroes - Relic/THQ
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Nintendo
Nintendo Brain Age - Nintendo
Racing Game of the Year
Test Drive Unlimited - Eden Studios/Atari
Burnout Revenge - Criterion Games/Electronic Arts
Excite Truck - Nintendo
Full Auto 2: Battlelines - Pseudo Interactive/Sega
Need for Speed: Carbon - EA Black Box/Electronic Arts
Children's Game of the Year
LocoRoco - Sony Computer Entertainment
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team - The Pokemon Co./CHUNSOFT Co./Nintendo
Disney's Kim Possible: What's the Switch - A2M/Buena Vista Games
Over the Hedge - Edge of Reality/Activision
Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning - Krome Studios/Sierra Entertainment
Action/Adventure Game of the Year
Gears of War - Epic Games/Microsoft
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Nintendo
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent - Ubisoft Shanghai/Ubisoft
Saints Row - Volition/THQ
Daxter - ReadyatDawn/Sony Computer Entertainment
Handheld Game of the Year
LocoRoco - Sony Computer Entertainment
Elite Beat Agents - iNiS/Nintendo
New Super Mario Bros. - Nintendo
Nintendo Brain Age - Nintendo
Lego Star Wars II - TT Games/Lucas Arts
Family Game of the Year
Rayman Raving Rabidds - Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft
Viva Piñata - Rare/Microsoft
Guitar Hero 2 - Harmonix/Activision/Red Octane
Lego Star Wars II - TT Games/Lucas Arts
Nintendo Brain Age - Nintendo
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Originally posted by: Acefondu
Attracting public attention doesn't warrent a game of the year nod. It's hardly a game. I'm not trying to take away from the absurd awesomeness that is Wii Sports, but come on, there are other games to fit that slot.
And I had no clue Capcom doesn't participate in the awards.
What failure? Nintendo, and Konami are failures? From that statement I conclude you mean anyone who participates in these awards will fail.
QuoteNot really.. it's my pick.
Did anyone else die of laughter when they saw Wii Sports with a Game of the Year nod?
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Those same people would probably have never tried it otherwise, particularly since Nintendo has that strange policy where they don't demo GOOD games in the Wii kiosks.