We often use the term 'evergreen' when referring to some of Nintendo's biggest titles, and it's undoubtedly a good thing. Major established franchises - and occasional newcomers like Splatoon - consistently accumulate sales long after release; that's a valuable part of Nintendo's business.
With the current trend for continual DLC, too, it seems games are sticking in the public consciousness ever longer. That seems to be the case with Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS scooping the 'Favourite Video Game' prize this week at the People's Choice Awards, an event better known for celebrating film and TV.
Now, Smash Bros. is a worthy contender and winner of awards, of course, but this is an odd choice primarily because both versions of the game came out in 2014. Even accounting for the fact the awards are really celebrating 2015, that's still a surprise.
It seems you can't keep a good fighting game down.
[source digitalspy.com, via gonintendo.com]
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it's still the best Nintendo fighting game to exist in 2015 though.
Huh! Quite fascinating.
Well, a lot of the game's DLC came out in 2015, with a bit more to come this year.
Slightly unrelated but why does it seem that every screenshot for this game (including the one above) involves Mario getting punched or stabbed in the crotch?
But yeah, congrats to Sm4sh!
@SmaMan
Because its fun seeing a chubby plumber get his butt kicked =p Honestly, I think they do it just because Mario is so recognizable, and he does make some of the best faces for somebody getting his behind kicked all over the place.
@CharlieSmile Ill take the bait. It seems you haven't played Guilty Gear Xrd, Killer Instinct, Skullgirls, King of Fighters XIII, or the SFV Beta (That one is excusable since it's only for pre-orders.). Or maybe you have, and you just have crap taste. Who knows.
@Tiredman Everyone knows Donkey Kong makes the best faces when he's hit.
@BlueNitrous
"oh no Charlie doesn't like a game I like. I better insult her and her tastes by calling her crap!"
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@BlueNitrous Wait... how many of those actually came out in 2015 though? Charlie did say "exist" but in this context I'm willing to believe they were referring to games that were updated with DLC? Maybe? Give people the benefit of the doubt man, there's no reason to be that passive aggressive.
That is a list of good games mind you, but I'd argue that none of those, minus SFV, have the same level of polish Smash 4 does. I like my 2D fighters, but comparing them to Smash is just foolish
@BlueNitrous King of Fighters? Way too old. SFV? It's a beta. Skullgirls? Don't ever play yourself. Killer Instinct? Not good enough. Guilty Gear? Preeeeeeeetty niche. Blends in with a lot of noisy anime-style fighters.
If a fighting game was getting any honors ever, Super Smash was an obvious choice. It's not a beta, it's still relevant to people, and it captures a wide audience while still being the best deliverer of its style of game play.
Smash Bros GOTY, every year!
This actually happens quite often for movie and music awards. The game came out with only a month remaining for 2014. So, it definitely had more exposure in 2015.
With due respect towards language rules on the site, I think I speak on everyone's behalf when I say HELL YEAH!!!
it won something that's not at the Game Awards (how did this not got a reward category from there anyways?)
but anyways congrats! Smash Bros!
Fantastic news. Why is it that when it's positive news there's not many people posting comments, when it's negative, there are over 100 comments. Interesting!
Kudos to Sakurai for creating a fighting masterpiece. Congratulations!!!!
2015 was so bad that SSB4 came from 2014 to save the day. Hahahahha, just kidding this game should win every prize until ssb5
@DiscoGentleman Don't tone police me.
I have the right to express love for games I like, without someone coming in calling my taste "crap."
Go after the person that called me "crap," not me.
@BlueNitrous uhh you obviously didn't read charliesmile's sentence at the beginning cause and to quote "it's still the best Nintendo fighting game to exist in 2015 though." so how many of those games came out in 2015 and are on Nintendo platforms?
@CharlieSmile I'm surprised how few people fully read your sentence let alone read it cause it just seemed like they skimmed and pretended it said something else cause i see nothing wrong with it.
Keep making Smash characters, and it will be game of 2016! Sadly that's it though, and at least now I can give my fingers a break from making all those posters...
@edgedino I'm almost positive this guy has changed his comment from what it was before. It originally read, "Smash Bros is still the best modern fighting game to exist in 2015."
The revised statement is correct, but the only competition for best modern fighting game on the Wii U is Injustice. Its honestly pretty childish that the poster would change their comment like that, but whatever.
Very impressive and it beat and crushed:
Batman: Arkham Knight
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Grand Theft Auto V
Minecraft
Other 2014 and before games there... it's not a year anything. It's like favorite actor etc. Just in general - what's your current favorite game. And Nintendo kicked some serious butt.
Btw, favorite mobile game had candidates from 2009.
@BlueNitrous fair enough and ya that is kinda bad for a person to do that.
@DiscoGentleman I didn't see the unedited comment but I don't see the problem with someone staring their opinion matter-of-factly. It's not hard to distinguish facts from opinion, and putting "in my opinion" after every personal thought so as to not offend jerks who'll insult your hobby preferences is asinine.
@CharlieSmile I would argue that Smash is the best fighting game ever made. It is just beyond unique and this latest installment is a literal masterpiece.
I kind of like that a Game of the Year can be a game released anytime, especially with DLC. Smash was one of the most talked about, buzzed, hyped game in all of 2015. Most of the amiibo are from the Smash series, Smash was what launched amiibo. A lot of the amiibo news is actually Smash news. Smash is most definitely the Franchise of the Year, and you can make a strong argument that also means it's the GAME of the Year.
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