Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Well I dont think it will count as they can't review an unfinished product. No reviews means there's no way they can include it for GotY this year at least. They also don't base a game on sales to determine GotY status. Who's to say BotW couldn't sell more copies if more Switches were available to purchases. Odyssey will also be up there no matter how it sells based off reviews.

@Spoony_Tech for PUBG, reviews don't matter anymore. Its already a cultural phenomenon. Its akin to something going viral. They can judge the game just based on that alone

@IceClimbers I wish HZD had a chance... It's the best game I've played this year (though Odyssey isn't out yet...).

Breath of the Wild is going to clean up - so much so that Aonuma-san will be able to build himself a brand new trophy room made entirely out of Game of the Year awards! ..the 2017 GotY debate seems to me to be about as futile as debating the Oscars in the year that The Return of the King was nominated - I get the feeling that a lot of peoples minds were already made up back in March

New/final EU boxart (EU/German)

NBA 2K18 - Legend Edition

Regular edition:
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It says you need a wlan internet connection to download 17GB. You might need a Nintendo account as well.
And you also need a microSD card.

@Octane It'll pick up the award from any PlayStation-focused outlets at least

But yeah, Zelda, Mario, and PUBG (depending on eligibility) will pick up the lions share of the awards.

@diwdiws Pokémon GO won surprisingly few Game of the Year awards despite being arguably the biggest cultural phenomenon in recent times - so I really don't think that PUBG is going to get that much love in awards season...and I can't even see Odyssey coming close either to be honest - like I say, I think it's been largely sewn up since March

Splatoon won multiplayer of the year in 2015 so I can see this PUBG maybe being up for that award if it even qualifies for any awards.

@Spoony_Tech Yeah, that's a fair shout - I can't really think of a multiplayer title that'd be more deserving...PUBG certainly deserves recognition - but, as far as the major gongs go, I feel like the gaming industry is going to want to acknowledge that one game that they all (pretty much) unanimously drizzled with 10's at the start of the year!

I would never count Mario out. Sometimes what's fresh on everyone's minds wins out over what came out months ago. Plus I can see Mario getting just as many perfect scores and dare I say even more perfect scores. Remember, when Zelda came out we didn't know all that much about Odyssey. Now with what we know I can say being a Zelda fan the most I can't see anything wrong with Mario winning. Of course something still might sneak in and take this years prize.

I dont think Nintendo will win anything at the Game Awards this year not even considering GOTY. Hell we dont even know if Switch games will be subjected to the wider gaming media categorising of "Best handheld/mobile game" they seem to be tagged with anyway.

@BLP_Software So by that logic they could win all the awards not PC related. 😝

@Spoony_Tech Well how has the media told us about Switch games?

Its the best handheld x ever.

Sounds like I know what category its going to dominate in

Even if that's the case no one ever said a handheld game can't win GotY. A great game is a great game no matter what the system.

Oh and the only people using that term are 3rd parties.

@Spoony_Tech I dunno. MK8D was labelled the best handheld Mario Kart by many. Not best Mario Kart. Best Handheld Mario Kart.

Face it, the world sees its merots entirely on portability. It depends what the game awards think.

But I also seriously doubt Zelda will win GOTY. Horizon exists. Persona 5 exists. PUBG exists. Call of Duty, Assassins Creed, Forza, the list of bigger and more universally appreciated games spans other consoles far more.

Realistically Zelda will win best Adventure game or something. A genre category. Maybe Mario+Rabbids in RPGs if we are lucky to see it nominated.

But GOTY? That always flies elsewhere. Dont get your hopes up.

@BLP_Software That's a poor choice of a game considering it was also a console game the generation before which many said it was the best Mario Kart ever. Of course all these games could be considered the best handheld version because the Switch is indeed a handheld but not only is it that.

I'm not getting my hopes up as I know Nintendo is always considered second when it comes to GotY awards when the other consoles are involved. Did anybody give Splatoon a shot at multiplayer game of the year? It won and deservingly so.

@Spoony_Tech Splatoon 2 sure as hell aint getting multiplayer this year. Not with PUBG and Overwatch still running around.

And need I remind you last year DLC for Witcher 3 won awards?

@BLP_Software Never said Splatoon 2.

@Spoony_Tech I know about Splatoon 1. Im saying will Splatoon 2? Nope.

@BLP_Software You're being overly pessimistic. Zelda got universal praise and some are considering it one of the best games ever made. It's absolutely a frontrunner for GOTY.