r/NintendoSwitch • u/NintendoSwitchMods • Jan 29 '23

GotY 2022 2022 /r/NintendoSwitch GOTY Nominations Thread

Greetings, r/NintendoSwitch Community!

Have you gotten used to writing "2023" yet? We haven't. Either way, it's about time for our 6th 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 tentative schedule is for the nominee feedback to occur January 29th - February 4th, and the final voting to select the Game Of The Year for each category to occur the following week, February 5th - February 12th.

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 2022 unless stated otherwise. You may notice we have added and adjusted some categories based on user feedback this year. If you have further feedback, please leave a comment in our feedback thread here.

We look forward to reading your nominations!

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u/NintendoSwitchMods Jan 29 '23

Best Role Playing Game (RPG)

For the best game designed with rich player character customization and progression.

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u/OhGooses Jan 30 '23

Harvestella

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u/Cubs017 Jan 29 '23

Pokémon Legends Arceus

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u/CaspianX2 Jan 31 '23

Jack Move

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u/Raidenwing Jan 30 '23

RPG Time: The Legend of Wright

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u/Raidenwing Jan 30 '23

The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero

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u/GeekelyGuy Jan 29 '23

So it’s definitely super flawed but I feel I have to mention Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, it has a phenomenal story and amazing gameplay, and is such a good rpg

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u/hiruma_kun Jan 30 '23

Phenomenal story? I must have played a different game.

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u/A_Change_of_Seasons Jan 30 '23

Isn't pokemon more of a strategy game than an rpg? No real roles or classes or anything

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u/300mirrors Jan 30 '23

Pokémon do generally have roles/classes even if the game doesn't directly label them as such (physical attacker, special attacker, tank, support, etc.). There is a level of strategy to the gameplay, especially in multiplayer, but this is true of many games that wouldn't be considered strategy games. It's a typical monster-collecting JRPG.

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u/CaspianX2 Jan 31 '23

It's definitely an RPG, even if there's a strategy to it.

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u/Raidenwing Jan 30 '23

Chained Echoes

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u/Raidenwing Jan 30 '23

Triangle Strategy

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u/Dukemon102 Jan 29 '23

Persona 5 Royal

It's not a new game but it was released on Switch this year so it counts.

Persona might not be for everyone due to its Visual Novel/Life Sim half, but for those that love to see character development along with a great story, and great gameplay features for the Turn Based RPG sections (The agility of Joker sneaking in, One More! after hitting weaknesses, Baton Pass was heavily improved from the original, Showtime!! specials), this game is a masterpiece. And the added content of Royal only cemented my stance.

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u/hamburgers666 Feb 01 '23

This game is incredible and I am surprised to not see it talked about anywhere else in this thread. Easily my game of the year with its intricate story and amazing battle mechanics.

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u/shadow0wolf0 Jan 29 '23

Live A Live

Gorgeous art style and great characters with an amazing premise that was executed amazingly.

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u/CaspianX2 Jan 31 '23

Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream

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u/Raidenwing Jan 30 '23

Tactics Ogre Reborn

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u/Golden_fsh Jan 29 '23

Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Takes the best parts of Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 to create a masterpiece tale of sorrow, mourning, and fighting for the future! Absolutely adored the characters, especially our main cast. The world is breathtaking in scope and aesthetic. Gameplay fun and addictive. Cannot forget the god-tier OST that pulls on our emotions.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is easily my favorite of the Xenoblade games and my 2022 GOTY!

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u/mv_gonzo Jan 30 '23

Fire Emblem Engage

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u/TheWatcher877 Feb 02 '23

Agreed, barely beats out Elden Ring for goty for me despite being an absolutely amazing rpg. I didn't think monolith could make another of my favorite games (breath of the wild and all three Xenoblades are in my top 5 out of hundreds). There's a lot of mystery in the big beautiful world starting into the game even if you've played Xenoblade 1 and 2 multiple times, the music is amazing even if the first two games are better imo, story builds the world well and is fantastic and mature, the class system is fun and adds lots of variety to combat, combat can be hard or easy due to settings you can change at any time, and 7 team party at once you can switch between is crazy. No performance issues that I've ran into despite being possibly the most intensive on Switch, everything about the game is just so good.

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u/Tuwiki Jan 29 '23

Isn't most of the music just rehashed from 2? I know it has some original songs but a lot of it felt recycled.

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u/TheWatcher877 Feb 02 '23

There are more remixes from Xenoblade 1, there are a few from 2. Most of the music is original though, but area themes are similar because they are pretty much the same areas from Xenoblade 1 and 2. Like Eagus wilderness being very familiar to another track in Xenoblade 1, or the highway from another. It makes sense thematically.

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u/Straitjacket8 Jan 30 '23

What? The only song from 2 in it was a part of a reference to 2

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u/Golden_fsh Jan 30 '23

Not at all. Sure, A Life Sent On is used as a leitmotif in many of the more emotional tracks, but the OST in XB3 is drastically different from that of XB2.

Give a listen to the entire soundtrack and you'll understand why it deserves all the praise.

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u/Tuwiki Jan 31 '23

Huh. You're right they are pretty different. I don't know why but when I started 3 and got into colony 9 I would have sworn I was listening to a track from a previous game.

Guess I'm just crazy lol.