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Game Critics Awards Best of E3 2017: Super Mario Odyssey Best of Show

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BY2K

Membero Americo
http://www.gamecriticsawards.com/winners.html

Best of Show
Super Mario Odyssey
(Nintendo for Nintendo Switch)

Best Original Game
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
(Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft Milan/Ubisoft for Nintendo Switch)

Best Console Game
Super Mario Odyssey
(Nintendo for Nintendo Switch)

Best VR Game
Lone Echo
(Ready at Dawn/Oculus Studios for PC)

Best PC Game
Destiny 2
(Bungie/Activision)

Best Handheld Game
Metroid: Samus Returns
(MercurySteam/Nintendo for Nintendo 3DS)

Best Hardware/Peripheral
Xbox One X
(Microsoft)

Best Action Game
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
(Machine Games/Bethesda for PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Best Action/Adventure Game
Super Mario Odyssey
(Nintendo for Nintendo Switch)

Best Role Playing Game
Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
(Level 5/Bandai Namco Entertainment for PC, PS4)

Best Racing Game
Forza Motorsport 7
(Turn 10/Microsoft Studios for PC, Xbox One)

Best Fighting Game
Dragon Ball FighterZ
(Arc System Works/Bandai Namco Entertainment for PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Best Sports Game
FIFA 18
(EA Canada/EA for PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One)

Best Strategy Game
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
(Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft Milan/Ubisoft for Nintendo Switch)

Best Family Game
Hidden Agenda
(Supermassive Games/Sony Interactive Ent for PS4)

Best Online Multiplayer
Star Wars Battlefront II
(EA DICE/Motive/Criterion/Electronic Arts for PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Best Independent Game
The Artful Escape
(Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive for PC, Xbox One)

Winner Breakdown By # of Wins

Three Wins:
Super Mario Odyssey

Two Wins:
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle

One Win:
Destiny 2
Dragon Ball FighterZ
FIFA 18
Forza Motorsport 7
Hidden Agenda
Lone Echo
Metroid: Samus Returns
Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
Star Wars Battlefront II
The Artful Escape
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Xbox One X

Publisher Breakdown

Four Wins:
Nintendo

Two Wins:
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Electronic Arts
Microsoft
Ubisoft

One Win:
Annapurna Interactive
Bethesda Softworks
Oculus Studios
Sony Interactive Entertainment

Platform Breakdown By # Of Wins
(Notes: Multiplatform games/hardware are counted in all appropriate platform tallies. Information based on announced platforms for each winner as of 6/28/2017).
PlayStation 4: 6 (-4 from 2016, -6 from 2015)
PC: 9 (+1 from 2016, Same as 2015)
Xbox One: 6 (-2 from 2016, -1 from 2015)
Switch: 5 (New)
 
Okami Haundo

Okami Haundo

Member
Damn... Mario Odyssey wiping the floor. Nintendo has done a great job of making games like Mario and Zelda, but I think they're doing an even better job of giving them the spotlight they deserve lately. Really happy to see so many positive reactions to Mario + Rabbids as well.
 
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Plinko

Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Mario and Rabbids pulling in two is great.
 
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Little Mons†er

Banned
Talent (a.k.a. Slaytendo) always wins

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Gartooth

Member
Well deserved for both Odyssey and Rabbids! The latter was the biggest surprise (and most crow eating) for me at E3.
 
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JimJamJones

Member
Definitely deserves it.

On a separate note, what happens to the handheld categories when the 3DS is eventually phased out? Does Switch kind of absorb that or does it become mobile gaming-based?
 
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Napalm_Frank

Member
So what the heck does ''best original'' even mean. Like, a game that is not really a sequel even if it's a long running franchise like Mario and DBZ?
 
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black070

Member
Best Role Playing Game
Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
(Level 5/Bandai Namco Entertainment for PC, PS4)

Best Fighting Game
Dragon Ball FighterZ
(Arc System Works/Bandai Namco Entertainment for PC, PS4, Xbox One)
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Damn straight.
 
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Skittzo0413

Member
Wow that is a Mario E3 if I've ever seen one.

Napalm_Frank said:
So what the heck does ''best original'' even mean. Like, a game that is not really a sequel even if it's a long running franchise like Mario and DBZ?
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Mario + Rabbids is most certainly not in the general Mario platforming franchise. Mario has a lot of franchises at this point.
 
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Napalm_Frank

Member
Skittzo0413 said:
Wow that is a Mario E3 if I've ever seen one.



Mario + Rabbids is most certainly not in the general Mario platforming franchise. Mario has a lot of franchises at this point.
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It still rubs me the wrong way. Even more so with DBZ being a nominee, like it's different but I wouldn't say DBZ fighting game is the best ''original game'' by any stretch of imagination.

And of course the yearly mandatory nitpick of: Battlefront best online multiplayer but Destiny 2 is the best PC game?
 
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Novel Mike

Member
It's amazing how Nintendo has turned everything around in a year. Last year people were deeply concerned about the fate of Nintendo and the looming reveal of the NX but now the Switch is selling crazy well, its already got the biggest GOTY contender with at least another on the way with Mario in October. With a lot of hits already like MK8D, Arms, Splatoon 2, Mario+Rabbids, ect. what an amazing first year the Switch is having and man I hope Nintendo can really keep up this momentum. I never thought the GOTY awards will likely involve which amazing Nintendo IP was better.
 
C

Chauzu

Member
Metroid Prime 4 ensuring the GOTS streak to continue? One can dream...

Happy to see Kingdom Battle getting good press, I am looking forward to it more than Odyssey... Mostly because closer to release.
 
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Joey Ravn

Banned
Napalm_Frank said:
It still rubs me the wrong way. Even more so with DBZ being a nominee, like it's different but I wouldn't say DBZ fighting game is the best ''original game'' by any stretch of imagination.
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It's not "most" original game. It's "best" original game. That is to say, a game that isn't a sequel. It doesn't need to be a new IP, just a new game that isn't a sequel.

Shadow of Mordor was a new game, despite being set in the LotR universe.

Spider-Man is a new game, despite being based on a comic book character who has had several similar games.

Dragon Ball FighterZ is a new game, despite fighting being the bread-and-butter genre of DB games.

Etc. It's a catch-all category, sure, but there's a clear distinction between a sequel and a non-sequel game.
 
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Sn4ke_911

If I ever post something in Japanese which I don't understand, please BAN me.
Shocking.

OP should post the rules again. The game had to be playable.
 
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KodaRuss

Member
Nintendo had one of their best E3s ever this year. Really excited for almost every one of their announcements - Mario, Yoshi, Kirby and Mario + Rabbids all look stellar.
 
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