Features: Nintendo Life Reader's Choice Awards 2010

What about Epic Mickey?

Oh Mario Galaxy 2, you hog.

Better not let Feenie see Dark Dawn's 9%.

No love for Kirby's Epic Yarn, I see.

Mario Galaxy 2 and DQIX deserve those winning spots!

@Sylv: remember that KEY isn't even out in the EU yet

Maybe I should get MH3 then...

DQ9 was better than SMG2 in my opinion.

Those results look reasonable enough.

I'm happy GoldenEye was on there somewhere because it really deserved to be.

Kirby's Epic Yarn really should have been up there too because despite a lot of people thinking it was too easy and/or kiddie it was quite simply one of the most all-round highly polished games on Wii this year and indeed this generation.

Edit: Oh yeah, I just read someone else's post and remembered that Kirby's Epic Yarn isn't out in the UK yet and this is a UK sight, Doh!

Well, hopefully it gets the recognition it deserves when it does release in the UK.

I'm glad to see that Golden Sun [sort of] made this list. I'm also a little sad that we didn't get separate votes for WiiWare and DSiWare games, though... not that I expected my favorites to even be runners up.

SMG2 deserves all those rewards; although I wish Pokemon HG/SS won DS Game of the Year, it's the best DS game I've ever played.

3rd highest rated video game of all time wins all the awards? Who'd have thought.

SMG2 is so overrated. I haven't touched it since I finished my only run of the game unlike DKCR. Too easy except for Grand Master Galaxy and HeartGold should of won.

The fact that Cave Story got so much love is proof of how awesome our readers are

I would have declared pokemon the DS winner and 999 the runner up.

DQIX is so overrated!!!! Why wasn't Professor Layton even a runner up?!?! > SMG2 deserved the to win in the categories that it did. Also, I think that the download servicesshould've got their own seperate categories. I hope they do that at the end this year.

Is Galaxy really that good?

Again, meh. The most enjoyment I've ever had playing a Wii game was with Monster Hunter Tri, so I'm at least glad to see some people voted for it.

Man I really need to put Mario Galaxy 2 disc back in and start playing it.

I guess nobody else voted Kirby's Epic Yarn. D:

Oh well, at least Mario won.

I don't agree with any of this. Galaxy 2 was just more of the same, really Galaxy 1.5

I voted for Wii Kirby's Epic Yarn and DS Sonic Colors.

It is nice to see that Super Mario Galaxy 2 won.

Wow. No one voted for Layton. That was my second favorite DS game of the year. Heart Gold was my favorite overall.

I voted for Layton.

NOTHING HAS CHANGED.
I AM DISAPPOINT.

^As am I. Also, not enough people voted for Sin & Punishment 2. This makes me sad.

I voted for S&P2 and SMT: Strange Journey...and Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, I think.

Meh, again. Also, Rune Factory 3 needs some love! ...But it's not out in europe yet.

Seems reasonable. I voted for BIT.TRIP RUNNER for Wii game of the year and Dragon Quest IX for DS/overall game of the year. I'm not interested in SMG2, but I'm excited to try Donkey Kong Country Returns. This was a pretty good year for Nintendo systems.

Glad to see Goldeneye on the list, as I haven't taken it out of my Wii since release.

SMG 2 should not have won game of the year.

Good to see that DKCR is the next highest vote percentage.

Those were my votes. Nice

How dare you people not give Layton the DS GOTY crown!!

I'm okay with this. I may have had more fun on DKCR, but hey.

@Peachy: Don't steal my 'meh's! D:

My favorite Wii game of 2010 was Epic Mickey. From beginning to end, I enjoyed it a lot. Its such a great game! Enjoyed it far more than Mario Galaxy 2 (which was a good game too). Hmm. In fact, I should play it again soon. I also like Donkey Kong Country Returns a lot. I would say it would be my #2 after Epic Mickey.

I totally agree about Dragon Quest 9 being the best DS game though. I still play it after all this time (especially on new quest Friday) and so does another family member. DQ9 is an amazing game. Here's hoping DQ10 will be for the 3DS!

Where.... was... EPIC YARN?

meh, DKCR was my vote for the Wii and Professor Layton ATUF was my DS choice.

@SonicMaster - it's not out in Europe and Australia yet.

Bravo. The NL masses have a lot of sense. Sensible choices overall

And where, pray tell, was Shantae?! I am not amused!!! =P

Why am I not surprised. Even though I voted for Donkey Kong Country Returns for the Best Wii Game and Best Overall Game, I still think Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Dragon Quest IX are worthy of their titles.

@Aviator: I'm also disappointed that Dark Dawn isn't up there.

A Non-Nintendo game won best DS game. I'm so proud of you all.

@Mickeymac: To play devil's advocate a little, the only non-Nintendo games here are GoldenEye and Cave Story. The rest were either developed or published by the Big N (in North America, at least).

I'm willing to bet Kirby didn't make the list because it launches in Europe THIS year, causing many to not have been able to try it yet. Including myself.

Super Mario Galaxy 2 surely deserves the spot though! I haven't played Dragon Quest yet, but I'm quite sure that's pretty deserving, too!

Glad MH3 got some attention. I still don't understand the attraction to DQ9, but hey, people say the same for Monster Hunter. :3

Aww... DKCR didn't won anything...
well at least it's in second place in wii and overall game of the year so I guess that's good

And congrats on Super mario galaxy 2 and DQ9 on winning !

Ditto Kid_A, though SMG2 is an almost equally deserving winner.

I also think WW and DSiWare should have their own categories. I know what i really must pick up now though.

Hmmm, both of the winning games gave me dissapointment, SMG2 being undeserving in its near universal praise (imo) given it lacks the sense of wonder the first one instilled when playing and on top of that the galaxies were far too different & far too many, it felt like just a bunch of ideas thrown together, with a few great galaxies inbetween the "ok" ones, not a seamless story like SMG1. Oh & the green stars second half of the game didn't feel anywhere near as rewarding as running through the second half of SMG1 as Luigi. . Oh & yes I have played both SMG games to the very end, collecting every star.

As for DQ IX, I was expecting an intense & amazing game, but was given what seemed (imo) a kiddies RPG both in style & play. The enemy characters looked wierd, & the battles were boring but maybe I didn't play it long enough (I gave it 5 or so hours), it was my first DQ game after all so maybe I expected too much. I wanted to like it but couldn't, I'll play it again one day in the future.

Unsurprised, but still disappointed that 999 didn't put up much of a fight.

As good as Dragon Quest IX is... Professor Layton and the Unwound Future was the best by far!! It had the best storyline i have ever seen on a video game before, and it's Layton!!! You people made a mistake.

@Veronica Twilight Princess came out in 2006.

Sonic Colors was released everywhere in 2010 after all. How did it not get nominated, I wonder?