Awards season is approaching, and colourful shooter Splatoon has already drawn ink by picking up the 2015 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Children's Award for Best Game.
The Inklings beat out a second Nintendo nominee, Yoshi's Woolly World, for the honour, as well as the console edition of Minecraft and Adventure Time Game Wizard. Splatoon received the admiration of the awards committee, but the kids themselves, in their own popular vote, went for Minecraft instead.
Nintendo UK took to Twitter to proclaim Splatoon's win, looking like they'll need to clear room off their amiibo shelf for the trophy:
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So what's next for Nintendo's new IP on the awards front? Well, The Game Awards are coming 3rd December, with Splatoon nominated for Best Multiplayer, Best Family Game, and Best Shooter. If you haven't been to The Game Awards' nominees page to check Splatoon out in the Best Shooter category, you're missing out on a couple squirt gun-brandishing squid-kids frontin' in a gallery full of stereotypically epic brownish-orange action shots.
Whether they win or lose, that, our friends, is disruptive beauty.
[source awards.bafta.org, via twitter.com]
Comments 17
Miniwheat would be proud.
Screw minecraft kids!
BAFTA Mask DLC incoming! XD
Nintendo's kid-friendly take on a M-rated genre picks up a kid-friendly award, while being regarded as one of the - if not THE - best shooters of the year.
The irony is DELICIOUS.
@AlexSora89 Best GAME of the year for me, period. And I can finally say this because I'm already deep into The WItcher 3.
Now only Xenoblade X left to challenge it.
Well, UK, looks like you win this one.
Now let's see what expects us in The Game Awards.
The best game I've played in quite a few years! I'll keep playing until the servers go down, and hopefully by then we will have a sequel!
@DarthNocturnal Isn't it, though...? I think remember my brother getting it on his 360 a couple years back...
Is this the PS4 version that's been nominated?
That's one ugly trophy :S
@kyuubikid213 @DarthNocturnal as long as a new version comes up on a system then it can be nominated no matter how old it is hence how remakes, remasters, and just plain ol' ports can be nominated.
@Morpheel i personally blame the meaning of the last letter of bafta for that.
That won't do Nintendo's street cred much good.
Splatoon should win many GOTY awards. It's one of the most FUN games I've played in my life and that's the most important thing in a game, having FUN.
Well this is pushing me a little more towards getting this game.
Sometimes I get the impression that more older teens and adults plays this game than kids. Well a win is a win and I have to stay away from certain boards.
Oh that's good. I still think it looks too 90's Nickelodeon for kids to care but thankfully I'm wrong
SPLATOON!!!!
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