MULTI Game of the Year 2017 - Zelda BOTW Won more GOTY than any other game since 9 years.

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[h=1]Zelda producer’s acceptance speech for game of the year award is pretty honest[/h]
[h=2]Eiji Aonuma thanks fans, staff and Super Mario Odyssey[/h]


The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild won the Golden Joystick award for “Ultimate Game of the Year” today, and while the development team apparently wasn’t able to accept the award in person — the ceremony was held in London; Nintendo is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan — their video acceptance speech was refreshingly honest and humble.
Veteran Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma was joined by Breath of the Wild art director Satoru Takizawa, technical director Takuhiro Dohta and sound director Hajime Waikai, and the four talked about their goals and challenges in developing the open-world adventure game. Aonuma thanked fans for voting for Breath of the Wild and the 300-plus Nintendo employees who worked on the game.
He also thanked Super Mario Odyssey for ... not being out for very long.
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Aonuma’s quip about winning the award in part because many Switch owners probably hadn’t had enough time to play or digest Super Mario Odyssey is refreshing. And it addresses something a lot of Nintendo fans will have to contend with this year when choosing their favorite game of 2017. But on the flip side, Breath of the Wild’s win is a testament to how much the game has resonated with players; the game has been out for about eight months, and it’s not uncommon for games, movies and books released earlier in the year to take a backseat to the latest greatest thing.
Still, it’s something that Nintendo (and Nintendo fans) will probably see a lot more of this year, as Nintendo is in a race against itself for end-of-year accolades in a number of categories. (Zelda and Mario are both nominated for Game of the Year for The Game Awards 2017, for example.)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild managed to top a strong list of games in the Golden Joystick’s Ultimate Game of the Year category. The other nominees on the list were Assassin’s Creed Origins, Destiny 2, Dishonored 2, Horizon Zero Dawn, Monument Valley 2, Persona 5, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, Resident Evil 7 biohazard andSuper Mario Odyssey.
This year’s Golden Joystick Awards was the ceremony’s 35th incarnation. The awards are voted on by the public and this year tallied millions of votes from hundreds of thousands of people.
 

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Golden Joystick Awards, and the winners are as follows.

  • Best Storytelling - Horizon Zero Dawn
  • Best Visual Design - Cuphead
  • Best Audio - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  • Best Gaming Performance sponsored by The Sun - Ashly Burch (Horizon Zero Dawn)
  • Best Indie Game in collaboration with Square Enix Collective - Friday the 13th: The Game
  • Best Multiplayer Game sponsored by GT Omega - PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
  • Studio of the Year - Nintendo EPD
  • Best VR Game - Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
  • eSports Play of the Year sponsored by Intel - Agilities
  • eSports Team of the Year - Seoul Dynasty (formerly Lunatic-Hai)
  • eSports Game of the Year sponsored by OMEN by HP - Overwatch
  • Best Streamer / Broadcaster - Markiplier
  • Handheld / Mobile Game of the Year sponsored by Bespoke Arcades - Pokémon Sun and Moon
  • Nintendo Game of the Year - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  • PlayStation Game of the Year - Horizon Zero Dawn
  • Xbox Game of the Year - Cuphead
  • PC Game of the Year - PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
  • Critics’ Choice Award - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  • Breakthrough Award sponsored by Badfly - Ashly Burch
  • Hall of Fame - Final Fantasy
  • Most Wanted Award - The Last of Us Part II
  • Still Playing Award - World of Tanks
  • Outstanding Contribution to the UK Games Industry sponsored by The Telegraph - Debbie Bestwick MBE
  • Lifetime Achievement - Sid Meier
  • Ultimate Game of the Year - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild


@Necrokiller > this counts ?
 

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has now won more Game of the Year awards (42 and counting) than any other game in the last 9 years. Additionally, it has more perfect scores than any other game on Metacritic.

Previous GoTY winner totals:

2016 - Overwatch - 20 awards
2015 - The Witcher 3 - 41 awards
2014 - Dragon Age: Inquisition - 19 awards
2013 - The Last of Us - 31 awards
2012 - Journey / The Walking Dead - 11 awards
2011 - Skyrim - 27 awards
2010 - Red Dead Resemption - 23 awards
2009 - Uncharted 2 - 14.5 awards

[MENTION=4177]NaNoW[/MENTION] [MENTION=507]manigamer[/MENTION] I think a new thread title is in order, much like the one here:

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt surpasses The Last of Us with most number of critic GoTY award wins

balance has been restored to the gaming world!
Agreed :p
 
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[MENTION=218]CerebralTiger[/MENTION] alright lets do this, some suggestions for now, ive renamed the thread title but more suggestions THIS IS INDEED BIG :D zelda an exclusive :D
 

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[MENTION=218]CerebralTiger[/MENTION] i think the message is across, since nine years and witcher 3 was what in 2015 won goty etc... :D so yeah that's left in the dust "ahem"
 

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tell me [MENTION=11352]Necrokiller[/MENTION] how does it feel to update zeldas GOTY score every now and than :p
Not sure what you're getting at. I already predicted the result 2 months ago.
No matter how high Mario games score, they are never favs to win unanimous GoTY :p (as proven by the two Mario Galaxy games). Zelda will be the big winner this year, maybe even surpassing Witcher 3 in total award count, which is no small feat.
Doesn't change the fact still that CDPR left every NaughtyDog, From Software and Rockstar game in the "dust" ;)Above all, I'm disgusted to see that Horizon Zero Yawn, a game with graphics 20 years ahead of its time and a 'battle system' to make any game jealous, with a sci-fi story that would make Stephen King burn his books, only managed to win 1 award which coincidentally happens to be awarded by a German website. I simply cannot accept this.
 
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[MENTION=11352]Necrokiller[/MENTION] i got my answer, ofcourse you predicted zelda but your heart was somewhere else :) good to know you knew the competition was tough
 

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Man, even though I couldn't care less what critics think. It still feels good that Nier got some awards. That game deserves some props. The 30-ish so hours I've put in have been super fun so far.
 
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