It may seem a little early to dish out Game of the Year awards, but that hasn’t stopped the Japan Game Awards 2017 awarding the magnificent The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Game of the Year. The awards ceremony took place during this week’s Tokyo Game Show. Here’s the full list of winners for 2017:
· Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Prize
Pokemon GO Project Team
· Global Award Japan Works
Pokemon Sun/Moon
· Global Awards Overseas Work Section
FIFA 17
· Best Sales Awards Japan Works
Pokemon Sun/Moon
· Special Prize
PlayStation VR ·
Game Designers Awards
INSIDE
· Award for Excellence
Overwatch
Persona 5
Pokemon Sun/Moon
Final Fantasy XV
Toriko
Resident Evil 7
Nioh
NieR Automata
Horizon Zero Dawn
Zelda Breath of the Wild
Monster Hunter XX
· Game Of The Year
Legend of Zelda Breath of The Wild
Japan Game Awards go by fiscal year…
2017 has a Mario a Zelda a Metroid. best year in a long time.
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Mario oddys not out yet!! But still i bet for Botw!!! WELL luck Metroid prime 4 is out to be on the list. Even botw cant resist on that !!
Someone hasn’t play Super Mario Brothers 2
Me yes.
Im wondering if odyssey will triumph over Zelda at the end of the year, the great clash will be between Brothers. Great year so far Nintendo.
I don’t think it will surpass in only 2 months.
Think also Zelda BotW will have another DLC on december. So it’s hard.
My GOTY is a tie between Nier: Automata & Resident Evil 7: biohazard. If BotW had more enemy variety & better dungeons, it definitely would have been my GOTY, kicking NA & RE7 to second place, but it fell short in those areas.
I think the game is alright.
I’d say it really deserves it. It is probably the highest quality, most refined open world experience (except for maybe Horizon Zero Dawn, which I sadly haven’t gotten around to buying). The sheer amount of locations and landscapes I remember in BotW for such a huge game is honestly staggering (I almost feel as if I could visualize the majority of the map in my head, it’s that memorable!). I would definitely call it the best launch title for a system in the history of gaming.
Mario Odyssey is shaping up to be a potential contender with BotW for sure. Not to mention, I haven’t even had the time to buy Metroid Samus Returns yet, which I hear is yet another incredible game. This has been an absolutely fantastic year for gaming.
Now let’s just hope this year continues to stay just as great.
It won’t be for long until next month.