Predictably, New Super Mario Bros. Wii took home the award for Best Wii Game. Nintendo games comprised three of the four nominations overall, with Wii Sports Resort, Punch-Out!!, and SEGA's MadWorld rounding out the field.
The Nintendo DS owned the Best Handheld Game category, with three of the four nominees exclusive to Nintendo's portable system. This was a stacked category that read like a who's who of handheld software, with Scribblenauts, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, and Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box all nominated. In the end, Rockstar's critically-acclaimed Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars took home the award.
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story was also nominated in the Best RPG category, losing out to BioWare's Dragon Age: Origins. In terms of multiplatform games for Nintendo consoles, Activision's DJ Hero won for Best Soundtrack, and EA/MTV Games' The Beatles: Rock Band won for Best Music Game.
To be quite honest, this year's show was a total joke like all the other Spike VGAs have been, and I come away from watching it feeling disgusted (though that was quickly dissipated by my Jazz beating the Lakers tonight). What was with them announcing all the console games of the year either during a montage before the commercial break, or when that game won another award?
And what the HELL was with Assassin's Creed 2 wining best Action/Adventure when Batman: Arkham Asylum won Best Studio and Uncharted 2 won PS3 Game of the Year and Overall Game of the Year?
To be quite honest, this year's show was a total joke like all the other Spike VGAs have been, and I come away from watching it feeling disgusted (though that was quickly dissipated by my Jazz beating the Lakers tonight). What was with them announcing all the console games of the year either during a montage before the commercial break, or when that game won another award?
And what the HELL was with Assassin's Creed 2 wining best Action/Adventure when Batman: Arkham Asylum won Best Studio and Uncharted 2 won PS3 Game of the Year and Overall Game of the Year?
Yeah. Considering all of those studios put out ONE game, that award category seemed a bit unnecessary. Should have been best publisher instead. Go Activision!
Seriously, though, was anyone else just thoroughly disgusted by just how sleazy that Awards Ceremony felt, from the sexed-up aides to the punk music and foul language? If we're going to do a real Video Games Awards Ceremony, we really need something as classy as the Oscars (though much better paced). The whole industry just looks like a joke when the Spike VGAs are representing you.
I especially loved it when one of the presenters came right up to the podium and called everyone watching the awards (or at them) "Nerds". Way to be open and inviting to all video game fans, Spike.
Absolutely terrible. No G4, I'm not an idiot, I don't think this is cool. In fact, this was never cool.
You don't see the Academy Awards marketed, or looking at itself as, a "show for movie nerds".
As long as shows like this perpetuate these lame gamer stereotypes, gaming will always be looked down upon by those outside of it. What's even worse is that Spike is holding an event that supposedly celebrates video games and the people that play them, but in reality it covertly makes fun of them both. The whole thing has this hint of astonishment about it, like "WOW, can you believe that Jack Black came to THIS event? For VIDEO GAMES? THAT'S AMAZING!!!"
I think the whole thing is pretty patronizing.
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I'm kind of surprised any Wii game was featured, it's usually left out of shows like this.This is one of the reasons I don't watch the awards. Considering what channel this is on you typically get non Wii titles.
Gotta love the award for most anticipated game! WTF.
You know what the game industry is like. It wouldn't turn out well, either.
And btw what's with the Monkeys for the awards? They looked about as legitimate an award as the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. No, scratch that...they look less legitimate than the Kids' Choice Awards.
