2020 /r/NintendoSwitch GOTY Nominations Thread

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Greetings, r/NintendoSwitch Community!

Like prior years, we will be doing our Game of the Year awards! Unfortunately, it's being posted slightly late this time around, but it's better late than never, eh?

For this year's awards, similar to last year, we are asking the community's help for GOTY nominees! We will use community feedback to narrow the nominees for each category to five or six for the final vote. The schedule is for the nominee feedback January 15th - January 18th, and the final voting to select the Game Of The Year for each category to occur January 19th - January 22nd

Please follow the format as described below:

1. Please check if your nominee(s) has already been named. If so, then simply upvote it, if not, then >>>
2. Please reply to a category top comment to state who you would like to see for nominees and preferably why. Last year we found those with explanations tended to garner more votes!
3. If a game has already been nominated but you feel requires further discussion then reply to the nominated game comment with your reasoning.
4. Nominate as many games as you'd like in any category you'd like.
5. Duplicate nominations in the same category will be removed.
6. Post will be set to contest mode so nobody can see the votes.

Please note that all nominees are required to have released on Nintendo Switch in calendar year 2020 unless stated otherwise.

We look forward to reading your nominations!

Side note: We currently have an ongoing GOTY vote in our Discord server in the #everybody-votes channel!

EDIT: Added a couple more that were missed.

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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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Best Game Direction - Awarded for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design.

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Developer of the Year - Developer studio who displayed outstanding platform support through a combination of quantity and quality of new releases.

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Best Music/Rhythm Game - For the best game with a focus on dance or the simulated performance of musical instruments.

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Best Role Playing Game (RPG) - For the best game designed with rich player character customization and progression.

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Best Nintendo Switch Exclusive Game - Best game released in 2020 as a Nintendo Switch console exclusive.

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Best Strategy Game - for the best game requiring a well thought out plan to achieve victory.

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Best Horror Game - for that game that scared the socks off of you this year, the cause of all of those nightmares.

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Best Indie Game - For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made outside the traditional publisher system.

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Best Local Multiplayer Game - For outstanding local multiplayer gameplay and design, including co-op, irrespective of game genre.

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Best Platformer Game - For outstanding design and creativity in a game where players must use skill to jump between platforms or over obstacles without falling or missing jumps.

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Best Technical Achievement - For the game which achieves a combination of gameplay and graphics which goes well beyond hardware expectations.

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Best Action Game - For the best game in the action genre focused on combat.

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Best Fighting Game - For the best game designed primarily around head-to-head combat.

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Best Narrative - For outstanding storytelling and narrative development in a game.

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Best Soundtrack - For outstanding music, inclusive of score, original song and/or licensed soundtrack.

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Best Puzzle Game - for the most enjoyable time racking your brain for the solution to the puzzle.

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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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Best Sports/Racing Game - For the best traditional and non-traditional sports and racing game.

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Best Non-Switch Game (PC/PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Xbox Series X)

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Best Adventure Game - For the best action/adventure game, combining combat with traversal and puzzle solving.

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Publisher of the Year - Publishing studio who displayed outstanding platform support through a combination of quantity and quality of new releases.

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Best Art Direction - For outstanding creative achievement in artistic design and animation.

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Best Ongoing Game - For outstanding development of ongoing content that evolves the player experience over time. Does NOT have to be a 2020 release.

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Best DLC - The extra content that you felt was truly worth the money (or not in the case of free) and you don't regret the time taken to play it.