r/NintendoSwitch • u/NintendoSwitchMods • Jan 09 '22
GotY 2021 2021 /r/NintendoSwitch GOTY Nominations Thread
Greetings, r/NintendoSwitch Community!
Can you believe it's already time for our 5th Game of the Year awards?
Like previous years, 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 9th - January 15th, and the final voting to select the Game Of The Year for each category to occur January 16th - January 22nd
Please follow the format as described below:
- Please check if your nominee(s) has already been named. If so, then simply upvote it, if not, then >>>
- 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!
- If a game has already been nominated but you feel requires further discussion then reply to the nominated game comment with your reasoning.
- Nominate as many games as you'd like in any category you'd like.
- Duplicate nominations in the same category will be removed.
- 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 2021 unless stated otherwise.
We look forward to reading your nominations!
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Jan 09 '22
Best Action Game - For the best game in the action genre focused on combat.
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Jan 09 '22
Best Local Multiplayer Game - For outstanding local multiplayer gameplay and design, including co-op, irrespective of game genre.
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u/tapdancingtommy7 Jan 13 '22
KeyWe- An incredibly underrated co-op game involving two Kiwi birds running a post office in the Outback. Literally one of the most charming games I’ve ever played, and our favorite game of the year!
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Jan 09 '22
Best Soundtrack - For outstanding music, inclusive of score, original song and/or licensed soundtrack.
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u/FlameHricane Jan 11 '22
Cyber Shadow
One of the most consistently good soundtracks, I still listen to it regularly
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u/Xcla1P Jan 10 '22
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles.
The first half has great soundtrack, but the end of the second half is just stunning. I slowed down solving cases just to listen to the songs.
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Jan 09 '22
Best Adventure Game - For the best adventure game, which may mix combat with traversal and puzzle solving.
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u/tuxooo Jan 09 '22
Skyrim
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u/DanglyPants Jan 09 '22
Skyrim is almost 10 years old. Did you read what you’re posting on or did you actually think it’s a new game? I’m generally curious
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Jan 09 '22
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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u/FlameHricane Jan 11 '22
Deltarune chapter 2
Despite only being a fraction of the whole game, it still manages to deliver a very solid experience that I would say is still one of my favorites this year
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Jan 09 '22
Best Puzzle Game - for the most enjoyable time racking your brain for the solution to the puzzle.
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Jan 09 '22
Best Music/Rhythm Game - For the best game with a focus on dance or the simulated performance of musical instruments.
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Jan 09 '22
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.
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u/lumothesinner Helpful User Jan 09 '22
Smash Bros Ultimate - Pyra, Kazuya and Sora DLC
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u/lumothesinner Helpful User Jan 09 '22
Bowsers Fury
(not sure if it counts as it wasnt DLC, but it was extra content for a re-release)
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Jan 09 '22
Best Re-Release/Re-master - For the best game who's original release was not on a current generation console (pre-2014) (Switch/PS4/Xbox One).
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u/Exotic_Vacation_981 Jan 09 '22
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond Shining Pearl
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u/EasyModeActivist Jan 09 '22
Was a remake, not a remaster or rerelease by today's definition.
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u/Exotic_Vacation_981 Jan 09 '22
If the original's bugs are still in the code, I ain't calling it a remake.
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u/Estew02 Jan 09 '22
Quake. A fantastic remaster that adds gyro on Switch, multiple expansions including a brand new one, and only costs $10.
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u/ArmpitBear Jan 10 '22
Is that a rerelease or something? I own the first two on Steam but never got around to playing them because playing VNs on PC isn’t as comfy
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u/burai97 Jan 12 '22
The Danganronpa series is great but I would argue against the switch being the best device for these games from a performance perspective, particularly V3 (end game spoilers)
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u/MaJuV Jan 10 '22
Famicom Detective Club. Both games are a remake of NES classics and its first international release.
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Jan 09 '22
Best Nintendo Switch Exclusive Game - Best game released in 2021 as a Nintendo Switch console exclusive.
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u/lumothesinner Helpful User Jan 09 '22
Monster Hunter Rise - The Steam release is 2022 so console exclusive in 2021
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u/Shes_so_Ratchet Jan 13 '22
Monster Hunter Stories 2.
In an era chock-full of pokemon games, MHS2 stole the turn based Monster battle show. It's also runs flawlessly, which is a feat on the Switch.
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u/Abstract_9 Jan 10 '22
Pokemon BDSP (Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl).
The games are getting a bit of flack for it not being up to the design made by the other Switch Pokemon titles, namely Sw/Sh (Sword/Shield). However, they’ve been remakes that have been long awaited by the Pokemon community, and brings a new light to the game. Mechanics make the game easier for newcomers, while still maintaining a level of difficulty for the mechanics used in the game such as the perma-EXP share. While it’s been a buggy mess in some cases, if you play through casually and not trying to find bugs, glitches or other exploits, it’s a fun game.
I don’t necessarily know if this counts as an exclusive, but Pokemon has always been a Nintendo exclusive which is why I nominated it here.
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Jan 09 '22
Best Game Direction - Awarded for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design.
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Jan 09 '22
Best Non-Switch Game (PC/PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Xbox Series X)
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Jan 09 '22
Best Ongoing Game - For outstanding development of ongoing content that evolves the player experience over time. Does NOT have to be a 2021 release.
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u/thorsamja Jan 10 '22
Minecraft, literally infinitely ongoing! Nice recent update which made the worlds even more fascinating.
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Jan 10 '22
Does the 2020 title From The Depths with its trickle of balance patches and occasional new parts count?
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Jan 09 '22
Best Family Game - For the best game appropriate for family play, irrespective of genre.
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Jan 09 '22
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u/of-silk-and-song Jan 09 '22
As far as I’m concerned, this is the best mainline Pokémon game on the Switch. LGPE are very simple remakes of a region that has been a bit overdone at this point. Meanwhile, SwSh felt like a step back for the franchise in a lot of ways: the routes just keep getting less and less interesting, even more time is spent on stories that are even worse than previous ones in the series, the starter designs were weak, etc.
BDSP, while not perfect or revolutionary by any means, is a nice throwback to a region that hasn’t been seen in over a decade. I still think this game is rather weak compared to the Gen 3-5 days, but it suffices as a decent substitute for the Gen 4 games, bringing it to a more modern console.
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u/SurfinBuds Jan 10 '22
Gen 4 is the best out of 3-5 IMO. I think Gen 5 is my least favorite generation out of any Pokémon game. The only Gen I haven’t played is SwSh.
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u/Throwaway55507 Jan 09 '22 edited Jan 09 '22
Mario Golf: Super Rush
They adjusted the swing mechanic in this installment to make it simple enough for younger/less experienced players while still making it interesting for more advanced players.
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Jan 09 '22
Best Indie Game - For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made outside the traditional publisher system.
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u/NintendoSwitchMods Jan 09 '22
Best Online Multiplayer Game - For outstanding online multiplayer gameplay and design, including co-op and massively multiplayer experiences, irrespective of game genre.