r/NintendoSwitch • u/NintendoSwitchMods • Dec 17 '18
GotY 2018 2018 /r/NintendoSwitch GOTY Nomination Thread
Hello r/NintendoSwitch Community!
For this year's awards, we are incorporating community feedback received from last year and making sure the community is involved during every step of the process. That includes the development of award categories (12/10-12/11), the nominee lists for each category (12/17-12/18), and of course the final voting to select the Game Of The Year for each category (12/24-12/31).
Here is a link to last week's post where we discussed awards categories
This week, we are soliciting feedback for who the community would like to see for nominees! Framed below are top comments, each with a category name and definition. All other top comments will be removed.
- Please reply to a category top comment to state who you would like to see for nominees and why.
- In an effort to keep each comment thread clean, please upvote nominees that were already listed and explained rather than duplicate with a second reply.
- New comment replies should be used for nominating a game not already nominated.
- If a game has already been nominated but you feel requires further discussion then reply to the nominated game with your reasoning.
Please note that all nominees are required to have released on Nintendo Switch in 2018.
We look forward to reading your feedback.
EDITS:
1) Please take a look at the wiki games list for nomination ideas or review it for games you may have forgotten about.
2) Added new category Best Nintendo Switch Exclusive Game
3) Added new category Best Use of Nintendo Switch Features
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Dec 17 '18
Best Game Direction - Awarded for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design.
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u/lumothesinner Helpful User Dec 18 '18
Super Smash Bros Ultimate - Sakurai nearly kills himself each time he works on these games.
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Dec 17 '18
Best Fighting Game - For the best game designed primarily around head-to-head combat.
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Dec 17 '18
Best Horror/Survival Horror Game - For the best game which focuses on survival of the character as the game tries to frighten players with either horror graphics or scary ambience.
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Dec 17 '18
Best Re-Release/Re-master - For the best game who's original release was not on a current generation console (Switch/PS4/Xbox One).
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u/Eureka22 Dec 17 '18
Katamari Damacy Reroll. Deserves a nomination, though I feel they could have streamlined some of the annoying QoL stuff like restarting a map, saving takes forever, etc. Minor nitpicks though.
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u/FatherTurin Dec 18 '18
As a remake/reimagining of Yellow, would Pokémon Let’s Go qualify?
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Dec 17 '18
Best Art Direction - For outstanding creative achievement in artistic design and animation.
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Dec 17 '18
Best Family Game - For the best game appropriate for family play, irrespective of genre.
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Dec 18 '18
Best Use of Nintendo Switch Features - For the game who take the best advantage of, or is most creative about, utilizing Nintendo Switch's unique features. Examples are HD rumble, motion controls, vertical screen, touch screen, etc. When nominating a game, please state the unique feature it uses.
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u/JackSparrowUSA Dec 18 '18 edited Dec 19 '18
Nintendo Labo - HD Rumble, motion controls, and unique application of joy-cons. Edit: And IR camera and touch screen.
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Dec 17 '18
Best Nintendo Switch Exclusive Game - Best game released in 2018 as a Nintendo Switch console exclusive.
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Dec 17 '18
Best Xbox One Game
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Dec 17 '18
Best Indie Game - For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made outside the traditional publisher system. Game must have been released in 2018 on Switch.
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u/Roob001 Dec 17 '18
Guacamelee (1 or 2)
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u/jurassicbond Dec 18 '18
I'd vote for the second one if I had to choose. It's short, but the brawling mechanics are so much fun.
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u/HairyCockroach Dec 19 '18
Overcooked 2. This is one of the simplest, intense multiplayer games I’ve ever played. The sequel is a huge improvement to the original. The controls are easy to pick up but harder to master. It also is a great stepping stone to introduce friends/family/SOs to gaming.
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u/JackSparrowUSA Dec 18 '18
Monster Boy: The Cursed Kingdom - Wonderful platformer with metroidvania and rpg elements. Beautiful hand drawn animation and great music.
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u/PewdiepieSucks Dec 18 '18
Wandersong. There's an essay on my profile as to why. I absolutely adore that little game.
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Dec 17 '18
Best Online Multiplayer Game - For outstanding online multiplayer gameplay and design, including co-op and massively multiplayer experiences, irrespective of game genre.
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u/keiyakins Dec 20 '18
Fortnite. ... yes, yes, I know, but there must be something to it if so many people keep going back to it.
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u/Ohmagada Dec 18 '18
Diablo 3
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u/Shin_Ken Dec 18 '18
It doesn't have ingame VC or Chat like other offerings, but connecting to a friend is so damn fast (just like on PC) and the connection is incredibly stable even with bad wifi and bad internet. Still no hickups when other games like Splatoon or Pokemon already would've lost the connection.
While built-in communication features and better public server matchmaking or a serverbrowser (older members of this community might remember we had such a thing back in the day on PC - All-Seeing-Eye - remember that one?) would lift it into perfection, there are workarounds for those problems, while there's almost no workaround for an unstable connection. So I'm valueing stability over features and thus Diablo 3 (and hopefully OW next year) get's my support to be nominated
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Dec 17 '18 edited Dec 18 '18
Nintendo Switch Game of the Year - Recognizing a game that delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields.
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Dec 17 '18
Most Creative/Best Accessory - For outstanding design and functionality of a Switch accessory.
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Dec 17 '18
Fan Gamer's Flip Grip. Intelligent design and amazing build quality for an exceptionally low price.
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u/umcs_cubrick Dec 18 '18
Genki
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u/simulacrum81 Dec 19 '18
Yes! This hands down. Apart from the quality of the product, the company’s responsiveness to backer requests has been phenomenal.. from addition of power passthrough to the huge number of custom colors to the extended USB plugs for those who use their switch in a case.
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Dec 17 '18
Developer of the Year - Developer studio who displayed outstanding platform support through a combination of quantity and quality of new releases.