
We're still in that part of the year where end-of-year events are taking place and next up is the 14th annual New York Game Awards.
Although no Nintendo games are in the running for the 'Game of the Year' award, some first-party Switch titles have been nominated in certain other categories. This includes Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, which is up for 'best kids game' and Super Mario Party Jamboree has also been nominated in the same category.
Apart from this, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is up for 'best remake' and Splatoon 3: Side Order has been nominated for 'best DLC'. The Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket is also in the running for 'best mobile game'.
The 'Game of the Year' nominees include Balatro, Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, Astro Bot, UFO 50, 1000xRESIST, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Metaphor: ReFantazio and EA Sports College Football 25.
The winners will be announced on 21st January 2025, with tickets now on sale via the official site. Do you think Nintendo will take out any of these awards? Let us know in the comments.
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“Best Remake”, “Best DLC”
The Game Awards could learn a thing or two…
Ah, I'm really just looking forward to the Montana game awards myself.
Finally a Game Award done right.
This is barely a thing. Really similar to my cat giving out awards, no one has heard of this.
After playing Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for the first time and experiencing everything the game had to offer, I realized why people highly praise this game. Its amazing. Very thankful it came back so new and old fans can play this masterpiece. This game is definitely somewhere in my top 10 favorite games of all time.
I enjoyed 2024's Game Awards and was happy Astro Bot won, but Paper Mario: TTYD was snubbed. I can't believe it didn't get a single nomination. I'm glad this awards shoe is fixing that, but I've never tuned into the NY Game Awards and have never really heard much buzz around it. Is it worth tuning in to?
I know Reggie attended it a year or two, but if it weren't for that, I probably wouldn't even know the NY Game Awards exists. It seems much more on the down-low, so maybe TTYD isn't getting its full justice after all. Speaking of Reggiez why wasn't he at Geoff Kheiley's show? Is this the first time he's ever missed?
@rvcolem1 Not similar: I have more curiosity in your cat's awards than in this corporate event.
@ThatZeldaNerd It's my favorite game of all-time, so reading comments like this makes me extremely happy. I spent a lot of time hyping the game up ahead of its release here in the Nintendo Life comments section, and I had at least one person tell me they would probably buy the game just because I was so impassioned about it. I can't remember which user it was, and I have no idea if he ever actually picked it up, but I sure hope he did and that he loved it.
That said, there are actually some elements of the original that I prefer over the remake. I would recommend watching a playthrough of the OG version on YouTube so you can see some of the dialogue changes. The game still has quite a bit of edge to it, but they took out more than a few "risky" jokes that were present in the original and are part of why I love it so much.
"tickets now on sale"
Interested ? Someone ?
@Potimarron well my boy cat, Alexander Luthor, really enjoyed Little Kitty, Big City. Lena Luthor, my calico in the picture, really enjoyed Stray.
Also big Detroit Lions fans, weird how that works.
Idk what these awards are but seem a lot better than the other game awards!
@rvcolem1 do... do I get an award? or does it go to my neighbor.... dinkleberg.... >: (
@TheSaneInsanity I didn't get the reference cause maybe im old, so I looked it up.
Mr Turner should have his own awards, but seriously I'm not a big city person and don't enjoy crowds. I went to New Orleans for new years and that was crazy and busy and dangerous. Not a Bourbon St guy/crowds of mostly drunk people. I didn't even like going to my company awards program I would prefer a thank you and a bonus. I've been to NYC once and it was too much for me, they can have any awards show they want but it does seem random as I don't think of new york as a gaming hub.
@SplatRay001 I dunno, lumping remasters in with remakes shows these awards have some room for improvement, too.
I hate seeing DLC finally getting recognition the year after Xenoblade 3 Future Redeemed came out. If you're a Xeno fan and you've played it, it's easily the greatest DLC of all time.
Overall great picks even beyond the Nintendo games, looking forward to seeing the results!
Paper Mario TYD gets my vote for sure. I absolutely loved it!! It was such a shame it had to end to be honest. I bought Paper Mario The Origami, expecting a similar experience but unfortunately its just didn't live up to my expectations. That's not to say its a bad game, but I found the battle system pretty jarring and took a bit of time to get use too.
@SplatRay001 THANK YOU. But then there'd be less time to hear whatever non-announcement Kojima has.
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