Nintendo is innovative all right...but that's about it...
 

Craft Awards

Console Game of the Year
Halo (Bungie)

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
ICO (SCEA)

Outstanding Achievement in Animation
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee (Oddworld Inhabitants)

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
Metal Gear Solid 2 (Konami)

Outstanding Achievement in Musical Composition
Tropico (Pop Top)

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
Grand Theft Auto III (DMA Design)

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering
Halo (Bungie)

Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering
Grand Theft Auto III (DMA Design)

Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story Development
ICO (SCEA)



Console Awards

Action/Adventure Game of the Year
Halo (Bungie)

Children's Title of the Year
Mario Party 3 (Hudson Soft)

Fighting Game of the Year
Dead or Alive 3 (Team Ninja)

Handheld Game of the Year
Advance Wars (Nintendo)

Role Playing Game of the Year
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (Snow Blind)

Racing Game of the Year
Gran Turismo 3 (SCEA)

Sports Game of the Year
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (Neversoft)

Innovation in Console Gaming
Pikmin (Nintendo)

does nintendo have a third party yet... :confused:

Its also THEIR opinion. You dont even have to think their innovative. You could think they have "Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction"

True... you don't have to think food from Sizzler is worth $10 per plate... and you can think McDonalds is worth $20 for a value meal...

I wouldn't use this as an excuse for Nintendo's short commings

And because Dumb & Dumber didn't win best picture for the academy awards of that year can still mean it was actually the best movie out there...all opinions...

Hehe.. Dumb & Dumber was funny.

Yeah! i don't like awards of any kind. They're just guessing games.

The funny part about this topic is... if Nintendo would have won almost every award people would just give Nintendo respect... now you guys are acting like awards don't mean ****...

Nobody was complaining when Goldeneye got game of the year, and Goldeneye didn't blast it's opposition with great scores nearly as much as Halo...

but whatever... awards are opinions... and they are only valid if a fan agrees with who won in every category...

Awards don't mean much to me once games that got the awards deserve them. :D and well.....Nintendo didn't come out with that much killer games ( they had good games but not any AAA titles
IMO)
So they get awards for they put out.

Wow, ICO must really be good. The box-art made it look dumb, but from what I've been hearing, it's a really good game.

Don't judge a game(or book :p) by it's cover

Can we judge it by it's CD art? That's not a cover :D

well, i only like awards if they are unanimous. like if they did a poll where each question was answered by 1000 ppl or more and you could pick any game you want. i like those awards cuz their usually unbiased. kinda like the golden globes... *cough* *cough*