LoZ: Breath of the Wild Wins Famitsu’s Game of the Year Award

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has bagged another Game of the Year Award, this time awarded by Famitsu.

In the this week’s Weekly Famitsu, the ranking of this year’s best games is out. Decided by a panel of industry representative, the ranking gives Breath of the Wild another well-deserved credit.

However, that is not the only Nintendo game to make the list, Splatoon 2, Super Mario Odyssey, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, and the Super Famicom Mini made it to the top 10 as well. More amazingly Splatoon 2 topped Super Mario Odyssey, getting 4th ahead of Mario at 5th.

1. Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2. Dragon Quest XI
3. NieR: Automata
4. Splatoon 2
5. Super Mario Odyssey
6. Resident Evil 7
7. Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds
8. Monster Hunter XX
9. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
10. Super Famicom Mini

As for the Top 5 Switch games this year, ARMS and Overcooked: Special Edition joined the list

1. Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2. Splatoon 2
3. Super Mario Odyssey
4. Overcooked: Special Edition
5. ARMS

While on the 3DS, Dragon Quest XI clinched the first place.

1. Dragon Quest XI
2. Monster Hunter XX
3. The Great Ace Attorney 2
4. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
5. Pokemon Sun/Moon

All in all, this was a great year for Nintendo and their games. Keep up the great work going forward to 2018.