Super Mario Maker Picks Up Family Game Of The Year Award At DICE 2016

Was literally on pins and needles wondering if Nintendo would win the Family Game category. (Actually I really wasn't)

Just one? Too bad Splatoon didn't win anything. :/

Also, why is there a 'handheld' and 'mobile' game of the year, but not a home console or PC game of the year? Oh right, because all other awards go to home console games pretty much exclusively... Too bad they don't consider handheld games to be actual full games that compete directly with the home console ones, but instead feel forced to tack them on as a separate category and an afterthought.

Game of the Year: Fallout 4 ? Ok.

I'm surprised that splatoon didn't win an award...

No Splatoon? Also Outstanding Technical Achievement? It should be XCX.

Great speech from Reggie !

@mjc0961 What?

Star Wars Battlefront for Best Action Game? Give me a break.

A family game without multiplayer? Legit.

Seems a bit weird how it won best family game. It doesn't even have multiplayer! Also, that Iwata tribute was pretty nice...aside from the silverware making noise in the background.

@Splatburst witcher 3 deserved it. That game was expansive and beautiful.

@diwdiws
I know. it's just that I was amazed the Wii U delivered a game as beautiful and expansive as XCX.

@Splatburst i agree! XCX was beautiful however i think its beauty came from its artistic direction rather than technical.

Life Is Strange is the game of year for 2015, everybody knows that.
Nice to see Ori win a few awards too, lovely game.
I personally thought Fallout 4 was a load of old toss

"and Super Mario Maker was the only Nintendo release to score an accolade."

Once again, for me at least, it's less about Nintnedo only winning one award, and more about every other game on the that long list not appearing on a Ntineod console. That's the real problem. I think Nintnedo has a huge problem not getting Madden and FIFA, but when a game like Rocket League wins all those awards, why couldn't Wii U get that? It's even on Linux and Mac.

(That said, I do think NX can survive w/o a lot of 3rd party support b/c Nintendo has enough games if they combine their 3DS and Wii U lines, which should happen w/ NX regardless of it being 1 or 2 pieces of hardware. But Madden and FIFA would really help. Nintendo doesn't needs Destiny or Titanfall or TR, but it needs FIFA. FF7 remake and FFXV port wouldn't hurt. And DQ games in Japan. FPS and 18/M players will continue to buy the other 2 )

And I agree w/ the others - a single player game winning "family" just seems odd. Though it is hard to pick another. Splatoon in my house. I'm surprised Lego Dimension didn't get it, or Disney Infinity w/ all the Star Wars tie-in - which certainly helped Battlefront, which otherwise wouldn't get a mention if not for the license - though I suppose those NFC games are really expensive. I think I'd give it to Yarn Yoshi - single player, multiplayer, mellow mode, and good use of the amiibo. And velcro is the best thing I've ever seen in a 2D platformer. Nintendo should have released it much earlier in NA w/ the EU for 1 big marketing push, mid Oct people are in holiday gift mode. And everybody was apparently playing SMM.

I love that art work in the article.

Glad to see Super Mario Maker got something. Family Game of the Year is definitely fitting.

Some titles on the list were definitely deserving of their rewards, but Fallout 4 as GotY? That's surprising, as what I've read online seems to point out otherwise.

Also, I'm surprised Splatoon didn't nail anything.

@Splatburst na for outstanding technical achievement? any Wii U game by a 3rd party that actually is good. lmao

@rjejr

Something else: Mario Maker and MGSV are the only Japanese games in that list. Go to PushSquare and see everyone amazed that Bloodborne didn't win anything. Here that spot seems reserved for Splatoon, or even X.

This is why I basically told you last year that The Game Awards were not Nintendo geared, but maybe I should have pointed to these instead.

Rocket League could be an interesting fit on Wii U, but look how long it took for X1 to get it. Maybe Wii U will get a late port at full price, Minecraft style. Customizing cars with Nintendo IP could be huge.

Atleast he served as an executive producer for Fates.....the last game he worked on......

Unlike 2014 when Nintendo had a great year and the other developers didn't appear to bother to turn up to work, 2015 was a year absolutely stuffed with very good games when considering all formats. Worthy winners across the board, although I agree that it would have been nice to see Xenoblade and Splatoon get some more recognition. For me, Splatoon was Nintendo's best title last year, and probably my favourite game of the year.

@sinalefa "Maybe Wii U will get a late port at full price"

You mean NX right? Wii U isn't getting anything anymore. In 2017 it may not even be getting toys-to life and Lego games.

@rjejr

"but when a game like Rocket League wins all those awards, why couldn't Wii U get that?"
"You mean NX right? Wii U isn't getting anything anymore."

So Wii U or not Wii U? Make up your mind already

I don't want a NX to play a port of an old, overrated indie game, and I don't think anyone wants that either. Anyway, there are games like the P* Activision games that should have gone to Wii U and didn't. Unless NX takes off in a Wii like manner, I don't see Western third parties getting anywhere near it.

Action game of the year: Star Wars Battlefront

Okay, this is a worthless set of awards doled out to big budget devs and publishers with an occasional concession to mix things up.

The industry is totally bloated and driven by hype. A perfect example was just yesterday when I was looking at some trailers on Steam, and saw Dark Souls III had already won some game of the year and RPG of the year awards...quite an achievement for a game that hasn't been released.

"Family game of the year" - Oh yeah, that's a category big western devs don't care about....throw Nintendo a bone so we don't look as lazy or in the tank for the EAs and Bethesdas.