Super Mario Odyssey Walks Away With Lots Of Gamescom Awards

Tsk....
That Stupid fps game again ....
I'm soooo Sick to hear and know...

Great for those 3 games but note most of the other games listed above aren't on or coming to the Switch.

Well done to Odyssey then,looks like another GOTY contender from Nintendo. Still unsure on Mario+Rabbids,although it looks good, I've tried enough times with turn based strategy games and just can't get on with them. Hope it sells reasonable numbers though

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
And also neither Wii U games on the list.
So, still thinking Wii U is the best of all ?

@Anti-Matter Another brilliant response. Take a bow. While you're at it, they're not coming to Wii, or Gamecube, or N64, or SNES, or NES.......

@Anti-Matter haha shoot people and explosion. Apparently ppl never tired of these games. Why the hate tho

I get the feeling that the end of year "Best game" awards from around the internet will be seen as a 2 horse race between Mario and Zelda, but they will eat at each other's votes and something horrible which is multi platform but not on Switch like COD or Assassin's Creed will win most of the plaudits and people will be upset.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE And the games voted the best aren't coming to the PS4 or XB1.

@Anti-Matter I love my Wii u. Great games. Don't regret owning one

Snes games are not on the list but it's still the best

You're welcome, by the way

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
''Good for those 3 games but note most of the other games listed above aren't on or coming to the Switch.''

You mean the games that were not as good as the 3 that won!!! I think i'll live.

@MrGawain Let's Sing 2018 will win Wii U Game of the Year. Oh wait.......

It will be interesting to see this year's GOTY awards - it will be a close competition between Odyssey and Breath of the Wild.

Mario could have been in the mobile section too. It'll be interesting to see how award shows categorize Switch games going forward.

@Athalias
I HATE killing people, I HATE Blood, I HATE Seeing people suffering in pain by guns, I HATE Guns / sound of Guns !!
I'm So Sick with that game !!
The most Hatred genre ever for me.

I would rather play Animal Crossing in Peacefully, No Guns, No Wars, No Feuds, just 100% Peaceful games.
I'm kind of Pacifist gamer even though I have interest with Cartoonish Boxing and Street Fighter games.

@MariOnline
Of course I have Wii U.
I will never regret to have that machine.
I can play both Wii U & Wii games.

@Lysis I'm sorry, since when are games like Call of Duty: WWII or Star Wars Battlefront 2 exclusive? You've missed my point.

@Anti-Matter well you play your stupid game and let others play their stupid games

@Anti-Matter And Switch can play both Switch and Wii U games. Though the latter are ports and can't be played natively. It doesn't have backwards compatibility so you've to pay Nintendo again to play largely the same experience.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I think perhaps you should sit the Switch out and wait for the next console, it's just never going to be good enough for you by the looks of things...

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
Yay...
Exactly.
I got better LEGO CITY Undercover, Mario Kart 8, Pokken on Nintendo Switch.
Wanna join ?

@Anti-Matter I have them all on Wii U, so no thanks.

@Anti-Matter
We've been through that before: Let people draw their own lines of what level of (virtual) violence is acceptable entertainment to them and don't disrespect or patronize them for it. To some people punching a person on the nose is just as unacceptable as using other sorts of weapons, so what makes you the better person?

Keep in mind that you don't want to be disrespected for your choice of games either (though you're basically asking for it with this sort of post...). It's okay that some sorts of games are not for you, but no one is hurtuing you by liking other kinds of games, are they?

Oh, and I'd say give SLIGEACH_EIRE a break. You may not have noticed, but his tone is much more moderate in regard to Switch in recent times, at least that's my observation (and me like!). Credit where credit is due. I find not much wrong with his opening comment today. No need to scratch old wounds.

@Anti-Matter I thought you haven't bought a switch yet. If you have. Enjoy

@MariOnline
I haven't bought Nintendo Switch yet.
I buy the games first while saving my money for buying Switch on December 2017.

@Anti-Matter just a tip. The games your buying now will be cheaper December 2017

@Anti-Matter That doesn't make sense. You should buy everything in December. Games like Lego City Undercover will likely be cheaper by then.

Since when is Life is Strange a family game?

@JunkRabbit
Sometimes I lost my temper when I reminded by those kind of games.
Thanks for remind me.

@MariOnline
@Anti-Matter just a tip. The games your buying now will be cheaper December 2017

I would have thought so too. No way could I buy games at launch price, months in advance while I wait to buy the console. Unless it's a limited Collectors Edition I really really want.

I salute his willpower though.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
In my country Indonesia, Finder keeper.
Buy early, get early.
Who buy late, will almost never get a chance to buy old games.
It ever happened to me when I try to order some old games.
Indonesia is not USA / Japan / Europe / Australia.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
The three games that won awards that multiple platforms were eligible for are Nintendo exclusives! Too bad for PS4 and XB1 owners.

@Anti-Matter
@SLIGEACH_EIRE
''In my country Indonesia, Finder keeper.
Buy early, get early.
Who buy late, will almost never get a chance to buy old games.
It ever happened to me when I try to order some old games.
Indonesia is not USA / Japan / Europe / Australia.''

Fair point. Can see your logic in that.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE You're thinking of it the wrong way, most of the winners aren't coming to PlayStation or Xbox and that's a good thing for Nintendo to sell systems.

@Lysis Looks like you beat me to that comment lol

@OorWullie They probably kept the Switch out on purpose lol so it didn't take almost all awards. For all we know Mario Odyssey has a hidden baseball stage and could've won best sports game as well.

@OorWullie This is a great point. Right now, Nintendo is emphasizing the Switch as a traditional console with a portability feature. When the mobile dimension of the Switch is fully appreciated and marketed, I think people will understand what a paradigm shift the console represents.

I think the most amusing thing for me is that Life is Strange is included on the list of 'family games'. Unless the prequel is going down a very different route to the first one calling it a game for the whole family is hella silly!

"Mittelerde: Schatten des Krieges"? I was wondering what's this, so I ckeched. It's... "Middle-earth: Shadow of War"

Don't suppose Nintendo Life will ever get round to giving us the new details about Super Mario Oydssey?

When it comes to family friendly, Super Mario games will always triumph. When your games had solid gameplay, new gameplay mechanics, colorful characters, a huge replay value and is fun to play, you deserve the praise.

Is it October yet?

It's great Nintendo is getting this type of praise. It really is like we are out of the dark ages of the Wii-U

All the talk of "Native 4K" this and "Checkerboard 4K" that, 30fps vs. 60 fps, "PC Master Race" crap, PS4 Pro vs. Xbox One X and so on and a little cartridge game for the Switch takes home more awards than ANY other title on any of those other "Moar Powerrrrrrrrrrrful" platforms. And you can play it on the [removed] too!

_{@SleeplessKnight Please mind your language - Octane}

@Dogorilla I was about to say the same thing. First one had foul language, mature subjects were touched, and some violence. Ha.

Switch MASTER RACE!

...You're telling me SMO just beat Destiny2, CoD, and BF2 in the action category?

LoL

"Other great news for Nintendo at Gamescom was that Metroid: Samus Returns won the "Best Mobile Game" award."

Metroid: Samus Returns is a mobile game? Since when???

Oh wait! do they mean "mobile" as in "handheld" and not "mobile" as in "phone"? If so, then pfffft! That should be more clear. This is not a knock on NintendoLife but more on the people who did the categories titles for 'mobile.'

"But what do I know? I just a china man."
[shanghai noon reference]

Mario & Rabbids beat out Age of Empires. Wow

Great news for Ninty! More people will be reaching their "must buy Switch threshold" with this good media coverage. Not great news if you still can't get your hands on one.

@WindWakerLink SMO could have won best mobile game too!!

@PlayedNSlayed Same here. The only one I got far enough was Fire Emblem Sacred Stones - but I grew bored of it, not because it's bad, but it's a genre I can't get into for some reason.

Great

I'm so excited for Odyssey! I hope they leave some of the other kingdoms as a surprise though!

I just think it's brilliant that the bloody Rabbids beat out Age of Empires.

@Anti-Matter Call of Duty players...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xteRJFE9DOo

MOVE SEPTEMBER!!! YOU ARE GETTING IN THE WAY OF OCTOBER DAMMIT!

@GrailUK
Oh, please. DON'T Send That Garbage Video to Me !
I HATE THAT !
I Don't Even Want to See !

@Nolan420
Sorry, mate.
I'm kind of Pacifist gamer.
I would rather play Peaceful games such as Animal Crossing, The Sims, Bokujou Monogatari, Rhythm games, etc.
And Never Ever Convince me with the ideas of Guns. I HATE THAT !

Well, they better give Odyssey some awards, because it's Mario, it's open-world, and it's the same AAA claptrap people keep boasting about on other console, and if anyone says Mario is not "AAA", I will perform the spine rip Fatality on

Okay, everything went white for a second, can anyone tell me if everyone is okay?

@Anti-Matter
There is one fun shooter, though: Serious Sam.
If you get to play one on PC, do so immediately. I'm not big on FPSs, but that one earned my respect with its unrelenting parodic style (imagine Duke Nukem and the like getting a roast, and you're halfway there).

It's also very newcomer-friendly.

@AlexSora89
Eh, sorry alexsora89.
I NEVER LIKE any Shooter games, the genre that I HATE most. And don't even recommend me with any shooter games, especially Mature rated (1000% I HATE). I will NEVER ever want to play or even want to know any of them. Absolutely Taboo for me !

I ONLY play Appropriate games (Everyone, Everyone 10+ & Teen). And I BAN every single Mature rated games single. The genre that I play such as Life Simulation (The Sims series, Animal Crossing, My Sims), Rhythm (Dance Dance Revolution, MaiMai, Para Para Paradise, DrumMania), JRPG (Final Fantasy series, Fantasy Life, Ever Oasis, Miitopia, Golden Sun Dark Dawn, Chocobo Dungeon Wii, Kurikin Nano Island Story NDS), Sports (Animal Boxing NDS, K-1 series on PS2, Go Vacation, Gold's Gym Cardio Workout Wii, Mario & Sonic series, Wii Sports), 3D Platformer (Super Mario 3D Land / 3D World, Kao the Kangaroo Round 2), Quirky (Tomodachi Life), Girlie (Cooking Mama series, Crafting Mama, Gardening Mama, Style Savvy Fashion Forward), Party / Board games (Wii Party, Go Vacation, My Sims Party NDS, Ochaken no Heya series NDS, Nintendoland), Racing (Mario Kart Wii/ 7 / 8 / 8 Deluxe, My Sims Racing Wii, Go Vacation), LEGO games (LEGO CITY Undercover Wii U , 3DS & Switch version), Farming games (Harvest Moon Magical Melody / Tree of Tranquility / Animal Parade / A New Beginning), Fighting (Street Fighter series, ARMS, K-1 series PS2), Puzzle (Puyo Puyo Tetris), Acceptable Cartoonish Spooky games (Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon).

I have mentioned Almost All my games that I play, But NONE of them are Shooter genre. I BAN Shooter games in my gaming area. The only Shooter games that I still "Tolerate" despite I still don't want to play due to "Forbidden" genre, is Splatoon series. I know Splatoon is Shooter games that suitable for Kids, but since the genre is I Hate most, my reaction is softened toward Splatoon. I still don't want to play Splatoon, I still don't think Paint Shooter games is really interesting since I consider any Shooting genre games are Taboo for me.

I have Very different interest of gaming. My games that I play are Combination between Boys and Girls side. I don't hesitate to play Girlie games such as Cooking or Fashion or Fancy stuffs because I have Natural interest with those genre. I'm kind of Pacifist gamer, that means I play more Peaceful games than Acceptable Violence games.

Woopsie, I think I have explained so many about my gaming interest. I hope you understand what games I play and don't play. I'm not typical adult male gamer. I consider myself as Hybrid of Boy and Girl gamer. So please, next time don't convince me with any Mature games because I will send you a feedback that explained about my dislikeness. Okay ?

@Anti-Matter
We're on the same boat, then! I don't like shooters, either.
Wait, that was half-correct. I don't love shooters, but I play a few good ones, like the aforementioned Serious Sam.
FPS mechanics can also be toyed with - the last time someone did it, we got Portal, which is an amazing game you can get introduced to via LEGO Dimensions.

That said, don't worry, I won't try to cram a certain recommendation down your throat; I will, however, state again with confidence how FPS is a genre that still has something to say to this day. Conker's Bad Fur Day taught us that a platformer featuring animal characters can be more vulgar than a South Park episode - and just as violent - so you'd be surprised to see what other genres have in store.