Super Mario Maker and Splatoon Miss Out at BAFTA Game Awards

"In addition to the absence of any 3DS games in the Mobile & Handheld category"

What a joke.

Whatever these awards are, I now take them a little less serious.

@Whopper744 I haven't taken them seriously since they didn't include any 3DS games in the handheld category in 2013!

The fact there are no 3ds games in the mobile and handheld category is a crime.

lol, her story...that must be a joke, right?

When I first saw the results yesterday on Gamespot I immediately realised how much I don't take these awards seriously. There's way too much love for Rocket League in my opinion and I can't believe it's more innovative than Splatoon.

@Peterjr1 Seriously, wtf?

@FragRed It kind of is in a simple way, Splatoon is just an over-specified shooter that really just emphasizes movement like every other shooter now.

What a joke! Rocket league looks incredibly boring! Cars playing soccer - what's so exciting about it?

@JosieC84 have you tried it?

BAFTA have snubbed Nintendo games (largely) for the past 3 years, completely ignoring the 3DS. There has to be something more to it, it's strange. As much as people say 'I don't care about these awards', BAFTA's are respected and prestigious. It shows how far behind Nintendo are perceived to be.

Personally I'm still enjoying Nintendo games as much as I ever have done.

The most important thing is that Life Is Strange won the best story award:D

I can see, why Rocket League won "Multiplayer" because this game ist just pure bonkers online and I really like it ...
But how the F*** did a "game" like Her Story win "Game Innovation"? I really don't see any reason why this game should win this award instead of Splatoon or Life is Strange ....

Here is the full list:

Artistic Achievement - Ori and the Blind Forest
Audio Achievement - Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Best Game - Fallout 4
British Game - Batman: Arkham Knight
Debut Game - Her Story
Family - Rocket League
Game Design - Bloodborne
Game Innovation - Her Story
Mobile & Handheld - Her Story
Multiplayer - Rocket League
Music - Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Original Property - Until Dawn
Performer - Merle Dandridge (Kate Collins, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture)
Persistent Game - Prison Architect
Sport - Rocket League
Story - Life is Strange
BAFTA Ones to Watch Award - Sundown
AMD eSports Audience Award - Smite

While I agree with Ori, Bloodborne (still my GOTY 2015) and Rocket League (superb massively-funny online game), I am a bit "LOL" on Her Story, I did not try it but well.... I suppose is because the game designer is british too....

(though I maybe just saying this out spite) Rocket League is a great game, but a family game? Hardly. And Until Dawn winner of Original Property? Time to get off the crack people!

...um, never mind. I was going to post a video, but that doesn't seem to work. Pardon me, people.

Anyways, what a joke. I am laughing so hard that even Splatoon didn't get the award, and that isn't even my favorite Nintendo game from last year. I swear, BAFTA's picks are like how IGN is being ran nowadays.

The people appalled about Rocket League winning.... I am wondering if they actually played it. Rocket League is an insanely fun game.

Nintendo doesn't seem to get any love in Britian. As an American (arguably nintendo's biggest market) I find it strange that I rely on a British site for all my Nintendo news. Week after week, there are articles about nintendo's poor showing in the UK sales charts.

@locky-mavo Local splitscreen is fantastic too. You can play 2 vs 2

I'll admit I'm disappointed to see football in cars walked away with more than Splatoon.

I don't like football, and I don't like cars so please be gentle when y'all rip apart my comment

I've never played Rocket League, so can't really comment on it. Still, with no 3DS games, I don't really take these rewards seriously anymore.

I think that both Splatoon and Super Mario Maker deserved something.

I never even took the Baftas seriously for Films this year, let alone games.
Academy Awards were where it was at for films.... I don't think I ever watch Game Award Shows as I'm so out of touch with the supposed "hardcore" gamer. I think Disney Infinity or Lego Dimensions should have won best family game for example

I don't get the 3ds snubs in the "Mobile and Handheld" category. Why not just drop the "Handheld" part then.

WTF.

The fact that they dont include 3DS games in nominations is just downright baffling. I always believed with handhelds there should be separate categories for mobile games and for dedicated systems. Rocket League is great but Life is Strange getting innovation seriously?

@SanderEvers I love "Life is Strange" as much as the next guy but you can't really call it innovative when it's pretty much a telltale game.

@TruenoGT Completely agree. Snubs in 2013 for the 3ds were ridiculous, but last year I couldn't see any award-worthy titles on the 3ds if you don't include ports/remakes, fun as some of them were. Splatoon's innovative shooter mechanics were award-worthy though. Glad they got a nomination, makes me wonder what the other titles were like as I haven't played some of them.

The BAFTA's have refused to acknowledge Nintendo for years. They are the biggest joke in the gaming community.

Can't complain, as rocket league has consumed my life! So many great games collecting dust because of that game!

I love Mario maker and splatoon, but Rocket League pulls you in and doesn't let you leave. At least they were nominated, right?

That seems like an outright travesty.. Mario Maker deserved that award more so than any other game listed

Was someone supposed to take this serious?

@arnoldlayne83 no I haven't. I have seen people play it on twitch but it doesn't look like I would play it for long and will get frustrated at it too.

lol The BAFTAs have been bad for a while now. xD

I'm more annoyed that BAFTA doesn't recognise a single 3DS game as a "portable" game. Dang'ol BAFTAs killing their credibility like that.

Most gamers actually consider BAFTA pretty good at picking awards. Many people on here are just salty over the lack of Nintendo wins, but it's been a long time since Nintendo seriously figured in GOTY awards. It's really not that crazy that no 3DS games are getting nominated. What do all you guys think should have been? There have been very few great games on Nintendo hardware in the last few years. Splatoon is sitting at 81 on Metacritic. A very good score, but not really the sort of score that GOTY contenders get. It's 138th on the metacritic ranking for last year. Is metacritic everything? No, but it's an average of what reviewers think. If most reviewers think it's an 8/10 game, then most GOTY panels are not going to pick it as the best game of the year either.

At least Splatoon won the title of "best international multiplayer game" of the german computer game awards (http://deutscher-computerspielpreis.de/preistraeger) yesterday. That's better than nothing, right?

Oh look, games that no one cares about won.

Best Family game is Rocket league!?
I can't believe a sports game beat a iconic level maker what a joke!
This BAFTA Awards is worst than the Ign Awards and that is coming from a guy who HATES IGN!

People are so salty...

Reality is that Nintendo counts near to nothing in today's gaming world...

Really!? Rocket League? That game is a fun diversion-nothing more, seriously how the heck did it beat out the outstanding Splatoon? What a joke...

The BAFTAs are becoming blatantly biased that their awards are meaningless. This isn't even a case of "Nintendo isn't relevant blah, blah". Every game in the Best British game nomination in 2016 except Tearaway Unfolded won a BAFTA in atleast 1 category.

I remember for 2014 they had the whole of Media Molecule at the awards and it won like 3 Awards even though it wasn't really highly regarded and sold tiny amounts. I'm sure the fact Media Molecule is based in the UK had nothing to do it.

@Peach64 Destiny won best game at the BAFTAs last year and it had a Metacritic of 76%. Don't pretend GOTY awards have anything to do with quality but instead image. It was predictable Splatoon wouldn't win no matter how good it was.

Does anybody care about whatever Bafta thinks about games? Never heard of them.

@TruenoGT Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate is not a remake, for America and Europe at least. In Japan, sure. But for a Eurpoean game awards, it a new game. When the Mobile and Handheld category doesn't include a single game from the only REAL mobile platform, there's something wrong. Vita lacks good games, and mobile games you play on the can shouldn't count.

@SanderEvers Agreed. Thanks for saving me the trouble.

Who cares if a game you like did not win an award ? does it make your enjoyment any less ? All awards are pointless, and voted for by luvvies who take pleasure in back slapping each other.

Those same people complaining, would be praising BAFTA if a Nintendo game won.
Fanboys make me sick and Nintendo fanboys are the worst of the lot.

Well well, congrats to the winners. I hear Her Story is a really interesting game, so I gotta check it out eventually.