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Update

Geoff's on Twitch talking about TGAs, and yeah, he's saying Nintendo weren't cool with these two games being in the show. Didn't give them the heads up beforehand (nor did he tip off the creators), said the show would be at risk if he didn't pull them, so yeah, they went.

Pretty obvious, but hey, he's said it now himself and he said it's a bummer. Which it is!

http://thegameawards.com/nominees/

Original nominees

BEST FAN CREATION
For fan-created content, such as mods, fan films, and other player content.

Project A2MR
Pokémon Uranium
Brutal Doom 64
Enderal: The Shards of Order

It was a nice thought while it lasted...

And on the other side of the fence...



Brutal DOOM 64 is a modification of the fan port/remake of DOOM 64 to PCs that was released for free a couple years ago.

 

[LordOfLore]

http://thegameawards.com/nominees/

Original nominees


It was a nice thought while it lasted...

Nintendo sent them a letter I'm guessing?

 

[entremet]

Isn't Nintendo a sponsor?

If so, of course this was happening.

 

[JayEH]

Nintendo lawyers putting in that work.

 

[Scientist Supreme!]

I was surprised they got that far since Nintendo is involved in this.

 

[notaskwid]

Never change nintendo.

 

[Corpekata]

Fucking lame.

Oh well, now at least Enderal will probably win.

 

[KingBroly]

Nintendo sent them a letter I'm guessing?

I mean...they sponsor it, so there's obviously a conflict of interest

 

[purseowner]

Peach and desist.

 

[oti]

Nintendo sent them a letter I'm guessing?

lol, why did they even include that in the first place

AND HERE'S THIS THING NINTENDO WANTS YOU TO FORGET ABOUT AND IT'S NOMINATED FOR AN AWARD

 

[Kouriozan]

I'm actually surprised they were in that category to begin with.

 

[Hot Coldman]

presumably they've got some kind of WURLD EGGSGLUESIEVE from Nintendo

otherwise one would hope Geoff would tell them to pipe down

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

Nintendo probably wouldn't have been happy with them nominating (and potentially awarding) a fan Pokemon game while the actual Pokemon game is absent from the awards.

 

[Eolz]

I'm more surprised they were here in the first place, especially Pokemon.
What a shame. Understandable, but really disappointing, AM2R was picking up a lot of votes.

 

[javac]

What were they even thinking.

 

[Deadbeat]

Makes sense. You dont want a fan game winning an award for a franchise you yourself havent made anything worthwhile in nearly a decade.

 

[axisofweevils]

Yep, this is similar to Project M being removed from Nintendo-sponsored EVO.

 

[RadioactiveLobster]

Considering how Geoff called out Konami over not letting Kojima attend the Game Awards, I don't expect him to remain silent on this either, even if Nintendo is part of the event.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

Yep, this is similar to Project M being removed from Nintendo-sponsored EVO.

Are the Game Awards Nintendo sponsored?

 

[Rodney McKay]

Too bad about AM2R, I never really play fan games, but not only did I try this one, I also liked it so much to complete the entire thing.

 

[Calm Mind]

 

[entremet]

Are the Game Awards Nintendo sponsored?

They sponsored last year. I don't see any sponsor PR on the site yet.

 

[LordKano]

Considering how Geoff called out Konami over not letting Kojima attend the Game Awards, I don't expect him to remain silent on this either, even if Nintendo is part of the event.

Lol, you're talking like Geoff is some revolutionnary guy or something.
Nintendo is sponsoring the event. He won't say anything.

 

[Linkstrikesback]

Fucking hell Nintendo.

Not surprising at all, but why they insist on denying am2r ever existed just angers up my blood. It's not like they were pumping 2d metroids out by the dozen that it was competing with.


AM2R still gets the award in my heart, at least until Nintendo works out how to send a c&d letter there too.

 

[Neptonic]

#PettyNintendo

 

[James Scott]

Always wondered how it could be on there if it got a C&D letter unless Keighley just didn't ask permission from the creators

 

[Green Mamba]

Fuck off, AM2R deserves that award so damn hard.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Pokemon Uranium is a fucking mess at least so I suppose only AM2R's loss is felt here.

Hey Geoff, I know you read these threads: put Sonic Utopia up there instead!

 

[Cheat Code]

Nintendo are such a fucking garbage company.

 

[georly]

Sigh. Sigh. Keighly doing something cool but didn't wanna ruin relationship i guess :/

 

[Jonneh3003]

Nintendo can do what they like with their franchises, nothing really wrong here.

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

at least the fans know how to fucking make a metroid game

 

[Tagyhag]

Considering how Geoff called out Konami over not letting Kojima attend the Game Awards, I don't expect him to remain silent on this either, even if Nintendo is part of the event.

Lol Geoff is a fucking shill.

Konami was pretty much out of the video game business and weren't sponsoring the event at all.

He won't say shit.

 

[James Scott]

Pokemon Uranium is a fucking mess at least so I suppose only AM2R's loss is felt here.

Hey Geoff, I know you read these threads: put Sonic Utopia up there instead!

Sonic Utopia is really incredible.

 

[Leafhopper]

The definition of petty.

Yep, this is similar to Project M being removed from Nintendo-sponsored EVO.

That's a bit different but, yeah it's similar.

 

[Sesha]

Considering how Geoff called out Konami over not letting Kojima attend the Game Awards, I don't expect him to remain silent on this either, even if Nintendo is part of the event.

Kojima is widely loved, is Geoff's friend, and Konami were on their way of the console business and had been doing everything they can to make people inside and outside of the industry hate them, making calling them out an easy and relatively safe choice.

Even if he's been tough on Nintendo and guys like Reggie in interviews in the past, he likely won't say a peep about this. At least, I'd be extremely surprised if he did.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

AM2R? never heard of it

 

[Jeffrey]

Why even have this as a category then, if sponsors can do as they please?

 

[Smiles and Cries]

this should be expected

 

[Anth0ny]

Fucking Nintendo didn't want to see them win while they were in attendance

 

[rekameohs]

AM2R is better than any Nintendo game this year.

 

[Corpekata]

Always wondered how it could be on there if it got a C&D letter unless Keighley just didn't ask permission from the creators

A C&D doesn't mean it couldn't be awarded something like this. Nintendo isn't using legal pressure here, but business pressure. If this show was unaffiliated with Nintendo, they'd have no grounds.

 

[Calm Mind]

Nintendo are such a fucking garbage company.

Pfft

 

[MrSaturn99]

Aww!

Gotta admit, though: I was pretty shocked they were even there at all.

 

[Blobbers]

stay losing, Nintendo, stay losing

 

[Jonneh3003]

AM2R? never heard of it

Another Metroid 2 Remake, really cool fan game that easily exceeds the original. That being said Nintendo not wanting a fan game that uses their IP to win an award isn't something that should shock anyone.

 

[Masterspeed]

It didn't have that Nintendo seal of Quality.

 

[Maintenance]

Holy shit, that's Konami levels of scumbaggery.

 

[jmga]

 

[dancrane212]

And on the other side of the fence...



Brutal DOOM 64 is a modification of the fan port/remake of DOOM 64 to PCs that was released for free a couple years ago.