In the midst of Nintendo’s financial gloom, it can only be a welcoming sigh of relief to hear that the company’s games are still turning heads amongst awards ceremonies and critics. The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) has published the nominations for the annual D.I.C.E Awards (an acronym for Design, Innovate, Communicate and Entertain), with Nintendo scoring numerous nominations including three for Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, one of which is for overall Game of the Year.
The award ceremony is due to take place on February 6 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, with the winners announced after the culmination of votes from 22,000 AIAS’ members, as well as votes allocated to specific categories from members of the International Game Developers Association. Here’s a list of which Nintendo games have been nominated and others in the respective category – you can see the full list, here.
- Game of the Year
Nominees: Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Bioshock Infinite, Grand Theft Auto V, The Last of Us, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds - Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year
Nominees: Diablo III, Dota 2, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen, Ni No
Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, Pokémon X & Y - Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
Nominees: Europa Universalis 4, Fire Emblem: Awakening, Sid Meier’s Civilization V: Brave New World, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, XCOM: Enemy Within - Family Game of the Year
Nominees: Disney Infinity, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, Rayman Legends, Skylanders Swap Force, Super Mario 3D World - Handheld Game of the Year
Nominees: Fire Emblem: Awakening, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, Pokémon X & Y, Tearaway, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds - Adventure Game of the Year
Nominees: Assassin’s Creed: IV Black Flag, Tearaway, The Last of Us, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Tomb Raider - Outstanding Achievement in Game Engineering
Nominees: Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Forza Motorsport 5, Grand Theft Auto V. Super Mario 3D World, The Last of Us
Scratch Bioshock and the list is ok
also, lol at the handheld nomines
all but 1 are 1st party Nintendo games
PORTALLLL
WHATTTT?
Feel as though they put tearaway in there just to balance it out haha
This game was perfect. Until Yuga at the end. Then I just wanted to smash the DS at the wall :( My thumb kept cramping!
YuGanon was easy as hell
:( *sigh*
The last boss was great and not at all that hard. Beat him my second try. NOT like Orcarina of Time Ganon who I lost to repeatedly over and over and over… and over and over… That was frusturating. 💋
mammajynx is back?!?!?!
It was my thumb that made it impossible! Running around in circles made my thumb spasm ! Sad face
to be honest, Ganon on OoT took me 1 try
the hardest boss on Zelda for me was Majora’s Wrath
YuGanon was easy, it was challenging but it wasnt that hard
Nintendo has the potential to win some awards!!! Whoop whoop! 💋
Zelda definately deserves to win, but i have strange feeling that they will once again pick a game that no one has never heard of or no one really cares about. Remember everyone fallout 3 winned goty 08 and that game sucks(i have lost faith in goty awards after that accident).
If it wins then obviously someone knows/cares about it.