Animal Crossing Crowned Family Game Of The Year At The 2021 D.I.C.E. Awards

Family game of the year award...lol. Kinda useless category, isn’t it?

Well ok that was 100% expected.

I prefer the "Played for years on end" Award

Surely AC winning that category was a nailed on outcome. Ha.

Mind you, if MK live won best racing game, must have been slim pickings. Sorry. I'd much rather play DIRT 5 (though not more than proper, home console MK of course!)

Well done Hades! Even beat LoS PII!

I think it's outrageous that AC is the headline when Hades was the star of the show, lol. Go play Hades, everyone! It's that good!

I had a lot of fun with this game. It's one of my most played games. But it really hits a point when it feels like there is just nothing meaningful left to do.

For how well the game has done, I feel a little let down on the lack of support for the last several updates.

I want more things like the addition of diving and growing pumpkins to be added to the game. Not just lists of items to buy and DIYs to grind from balloons.

Hades overstayed it’s welcome a bit for me but it was fun. With the story done I have no desire to keep playing. Good that it was successful though.

@NinChocolate "Family game of the year award...lol. Kinda useless category, isn’t it?"

Super Mario Maker 1 & 2, Ratchet & Clank, Snipperclips, Unravel Two are the previous 5 Family Game of the Year winners.

Weird to disrespect a family game award category on a Nintendo forum.

@Heavyarms55 Yes, I agree with you about the updates. But, on the other hand, I think I am content with where it is. I have 435 hours into this game, and I still play almost every day. For me it has become a chill, almost meditative experience. And, I continue to find new ways to be creative. My last project was to build a music concert venue on the island, now I am thinking about making a room devoted to paintings.

I only play less than half an hour a day, and yes, I will probably soon fall off. And I am spending more time playing other games.

But, I remember when New Leaf dropped the campsite update. It was interesting for a few days, but not too much. Likewise, I think any update at this point will not add that much to the game play loop experience.

I consider this a masterpiece of a game. That said, there are additions I would like: hopefully they are even now beginning on working on the next installation.

@Tulio517 yeah, I thought that was odd, too. Especially considering Hades is a console exclusive on Switch.

worthy winner and an awesome game.

@dugan,

You have hit the nail on the head, the game is meant to be a little bit each day, some days you have more to do, some days less.

Does anyone know what happened with nature day? It hasn't happened in my ac

I'm kind of scratching my head around how Mario Kart Live won Best Racing (in its defense, I haven't played it. My apartment is too small to make a track), but congratulations all the same to it and the rest of the winners, especially Supergiant Games for Hades.

Why does a singleplayer game win family goty?

@Low_ink it was also a nominee in the best online game of the year lol like what's there to do online in animal crossing, it didn't win obviously

@johnvboy yup, well said!