Super Mario Bros. Wonder Scores Best Family Game At The Game Awards

Well deserved. I'm not a big 2d Mario fan but Wonder had me working on collecting everything towards 100%. That's something I rarely do in any game. Kudos to Nintendo on this one.

Oh ya - this is today.

Not exactly a high bar with the exception of Pikmin 4, but an achievement nonetheless. On to winning Game of the Year!
It won’t… but I can dream.

@JakedaArbok I feel like Disney’s Illusion Island had a shot. I have only played Pikmin 4, though, so I can’t really judge the other games in this category.

I was hoping for Pikmin 4 to win the award. But if you compete against Mario, you will always lose.

Nice. Although, personally, the category I was looking forward to the most this year was Content Creator of the Year. One of the content creators that I have been following for the past year or so, Ironmouse, was one of the nominees.

I just heard that she won the category. Truly, she deserved that win. Words cannot describe how proud I am of her. Despite being bedridden with an incurable medical condition and isolated from the rest of the world, she was able to build a successful career for herself as a streamer and VTuber, becoming the most subscribed-to female streamer on Twitch.

She is such an inspiration to people the world over, including myself. She is the reason why I want to try my hand at VTubing, if only so I can someday collab with her and tell her how much of an inspiration she is to people like me.

I didn't vote anything, but congratulations for Super Mario Wonder won the award.
But I still have very low hype with 2D platformer games so I'm not in hurry to play Super Mario Wonder.

Well deserved IMO. I'm normally not a big co-op person, but I've enjoyed this game's take when it comes to online play with others. I like helping people in the levels if I can. Some of the most fun I've had is running through levels with random strangers almost in tandem.

@DwaynesGames
I have heard decent things about that and Sonic Superstars, but I feel like we’re talking about 7-8/10 games versus a 9 or 10. Pikmin 4 is also excellent from what I’ve heard, but it’s a combination of slightly niche and not really a family game in the sense that the family can all play together. It should win best strategy game, though.

@AstroTheGamosian go for it dude! Honestly I didn’t know about ironmouse’s medical issues but I’m glad she also gets to do things she loves the things she loves and she has so many fans. And I bet she will be really happy to hear how much she inspired you. ☺️

Well deserved. One of the many bangers Nintendo released this year.

Great for Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

On a somewhat related note, I'm very disappointed The Super Mario Bros. Movie once again didn't get the full recognition it deserved for being basically the best video adaptation I've ever seen. Meaning, I think it deserved that award, by far.

@Greatluigi I plan on doing it! Right now, I'm trying to find a program that will help me create a model. I've never streamed before, but the online persona I came up with ten years ago ironically fits the bill for what a VTuber is.

In fact, around ten years ago I tried to experiment with some settings in Apple Photobooth to make myself look like a hologram, basically being a precursor to VTubing. So in that sense, I was kind of a visionary.

And yeah, her condition, CVID (Common Variable Immune Deficiency) basically leaves her bedridden and isolated, since her immune system is shot, for lack of a better term. She originally wanted to go into opera, but her condition worsened, and then had to isolate, even before the pandemic hit the scene.

She decided to start streaming to ease the loneliness that she felt, and over the last couple of years, grew her community significantly, even becoming a founding member of the VTuber agency VShojo.

She also frequently collabs with Welsh ex-pat Connor Colquhoun (a.k.a., CDawgVA), who currently lives in Japan. They've even done charity livestreams together, donating to the Immune Deficiency Foundation, which has helped her in the past.

So yeah, despite her debilitating condition, she has done a lot in these last few years. To say we are all proud of her accomplishments, including winning Content Creator of the Year, is an understatement.

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It's the one genre Nintendo actually does well at.