The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Wins Japan Game Awards 2017

Every year at Tokyo Game Show, the Japan Game Awards gives out prizes to outstanding games that have performed well.

Nintendo and their partners have bagged a couple of awards from Japan Game Awards. The biggest award goes to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which won the first prize of Japan Game Awards 2017.

Pokemon Sun and Moon, Monster Hunter XX, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (again!) won Excellence Awards. Pokemon Sun and Moon also walked away with two more awards, the Global Award for Japanese Works and Best Seller award.

Lastly, the Pokemon GO Project Team took the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry award.

The full list of winners can be found below.

・Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Award
Pokemon GO Project Team

・Global Award: Japanese Works
Pokemon Sun and Moon

・Global Award: Overseas Works
FIFA 17

・Best Seller Award: Japanese Works
Pokemon Sun and Moon

・Special Award
PlayStationVR

・Game Designers Big Award
INSIDE

・Award of Excellence
OverWatch
Persona 5
Pokemon Sun and Moon
Final Fantasy 15
The Last Guardian
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Nioh
Nier: Automata
Horizon Zero Dawn
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Monster Hunter XX

・Biggest/First Award
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild