Mario 3D World And Zelda: Link Between Worlds Honoured At The New York Video Game Critics Awards

CNET cannot be trusted. (The parent organisation forced them to change their product of the year because they didn't like its automatic advertisement skipping for over the air TV). That shows its integrity is totally compromised. (If it ever had any they install malware (Toolbar Junk) via download.com as a standard thing now). If they can be influenced like that then they can be influenced by other situations to review things well the parent organisation wants.

^good news are good, don't spoil the fun!

I can't speak to A Link Between Worlds as I am not a Zelda fan, but Super Mario 3D World is easily one of the best games that I played last year and I believe that it deserves every award it gets.

Zelda, ALBW, hands down, the best game I have played all year!
Mario 3D World, best 'kids' game? Yeah, they got that right, I just dont get this Mario! What am I missing?

Super Mario 3D World only getting KIDS game?!? Clearly they have not played the post worlds!

3D World definetly earned it!

I believe by "kid" , the category refers to those of us who are young at heart.

I can't say if 3d world is good as I have not picked it up but as a Zelda fan ALBW was easily the best zelda game I have played in years and one of the reasons why is there was no hand holding in that game.

Mario 3D World and Zelda ALBW both very much modern gaming masterpieces and I agree the post worlds in Mario 3D World are Brutal and not kiddie at all ..

ALBW was my very first zelda experience and it was soo good i think i'll be playing all the future zelda game and maybe find ways to play the older ones

@Diddy_kong Definitely agree with this. I LOVE SMB3DW! Best game on the Wii U right now...HANDS DOWN!

They really should have delayed SM3DW and focused more energy on bringing MK8 & Smash last Xmas... A bad hand was played and lack of sales shows

The picture for this article feels... Familiar somehow...

@unrandomsam - You really like parentheses, huh?

@Aile A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, and Wind Waker are all must-plays.

Good that ALBW gets some recognition. It's a great game....
Meanwhile back in the UK BAFTA have announced their Game awards nominations and there isn't even one 3DS game on the Handheld category list!

Best...kids game. I hate this world.

3d world IS a kids game, that is why I don't rate it as highly as even sunshine.......I know , it IS amazing BUT it's targeting short attention spans and sensitive parents and not gamers. It was rushed, no multiplayer options shows this.....you shouldn't have to play mostly through a game before getting a challenge.....except of course for in games made for kiddies!!!!
Rant over .....(still recovering from all the watch dogs gloom,sorry!)

@BinaryFragger "only M-rated games win awards, journalists are bribed!!!" .........bribed with sausages!!!

Nah COD is a kids game. SM3DW is a game for all ages who love to have pure fun.

Games with real and big achievements in the wider industry are not 'handheld' or 'family/kids' games, they are M rated games. Nintendo has been relegated by many. I don't really care, but at the same time it irks me that offensive content is in many cases a qualification to be a top game today.

@Lance168 and what about it?? it doesn't matter if the game is difficult or not, it is still a kids game to say otherwise is delusional...

@Lance168 and what about it?? it doesn't matter if the game is difficult or not, it is still a kids game to say otherwise is delusional...

@kuribo4 but why? It is a kids game and a great one at that, it's so good that even mature people can enjoy it...

This is great! But SM3DW JUST winning for best Kids Game? It should have won Game of the Forever. I'm 95% sure it was the most played game among 20's, 30's and even 40's people. Kids are busy playing (trolling) in CoD, GTA and Minecraft... Well, I'm 23 years old and Super Mario 3D World was my favorite and most played game of 2013. I'm remembering the first time I arrived at Bowser World... dat presentation and DAT MUSIC, damn I got chills just by remember that, it was so amazing!

@JosieC84 I'm 28 and I love to have fun but I don't want to have fun with games targeted at children...Nintendo fans think that everyone must like kids games...

3D World deserved Game Of The Year.

I mean Cats.
Just..... Cats.
That alone makes it GOTY.

@jhohaness It just isn't. It's a japanese game, where the chartoon style is popular. I don't see the game targeting children. I don't think a kid appreciates the beautiful soundtracks these games have, for example.

Miyamoto also said in a Iwata Asks that these games are not targeting kids, 50 year old people play these games, so there isn't any childish content.

If it was a kids game, I wouldn't be playing it.

@ULTRA-64 But the casual public is formed by adults. The easiness doesn't have anything to do with kids. What does easiness have to do with kids?

And the levels are short because it is a fast paced platformer. Not every platformer is supposed to be stressful. SMB 1 is great, but you'll die a lot.
3D World is a more relaxing game (at the beginning), you continue, see different levels with different ideas, then it becomes challenging.

@jhohaness I miss the old days, when EVERY game was supposed to be for kids. Now we have that division that doesn't make sense. "Hey, it has a Hollywood-esque plot and blood, it's mature."
Mario games are mature. They have artistic value.

@AdanVC 3D World is a work of art, music, visuals, everything is outstanding. These games will be remembered.

Zelda was the best game of 2013... period.

Best kids game? I guess the old jingle rings true..I don't want to grow up, I'm a Toys R Us kid...

@Senario
Love the CS Lewis quote!!! It is so true.