It got dusty there for a minute.
The Game Awards have wrapped in Los Angeles, and Nintendo was able to bring home a couple of awards.
Super Mario Maker was the winner in the Best Family Game category, while Splatoon captured Best Multiplayer Game and Best Shooter among its nominations. The Best Multiplayer was given on stage, but the announcer said "Splatoon also won for Best Multiplayer" in the walkup, meaning it won one other trophy. In other categories Nintendo had nominations in, CD Projekt Red took Developer of the Year and The Witcher 3 won the overall Game of the Year category, while the unusually combined Best Mobile/Handheld category went to Lara Croft Go over Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate.
Although there were no Nintendo announcements during the show, an emotional tribute was held for late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, featuring an emotional speech by Reggie Fils-Amie.
Perhaps the most controversial moment of the night came after Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain was awarded Best Action/Adventure game, as show host Geoff Keighly specifically cited an order from lawyers at Konami as to why embattled director Hideo Kojima could not attend the ceremony.