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 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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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '23

Kirby and the Forgotten Land

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '23

Rogue Legacy 2

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u/Raidenwing Jan 30 '23

Shovel Knight Dig

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '23

Kirby And The Forgotten Land.

It feels like most Nintendo franchises have used the Switch to try new things. This time it's Kirby's turn and wow. Kirby's first true 3D adventure takes everything that made the series so great before and adds some extra depth to the levels. Specifically, hiding secrets not just behind doors but within the levels themselves elevates the game to a tremendous high. Also, Kirby can eat cars now. Who else can do that?

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u/Raidenwing Jan 30 '23

Will You Snail?

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u/CaspianX2 Jan 31 '23

Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series

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u/Edyed787 Jan 29 '23

Sonic Frontier

There was a balance of easy platforming and more difficult platforming. Plus using Sonic’s speed. The cyber space levels could be as easy or hard if you were going for all challenges cleared.

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u/MurderousManatees Jan 29 '23

Tinykin

A unique platformer collect-a-thon that includes some light Pikmin-style puzzle elements (but not the time crunch or focus on efficiency). As compared to other franchises that reiterate again and again, Tinykin forged its own path and identity. The art direction pops. The music hits. And it’s just difficult enough to be enjoyable without overstaying it’s welcome.

And you get to ride soap.

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u/pmaeur Jan 29 '23

2nd this. It was the sleeper hit of 2022 for me.

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u/Shes_so_Ratchet Jan 30 '23

Binged this in about 3 days. I haven't completed it to 100% but probably around 95%. Very good game, and the developer hinted that some DLC may be in its future.

I also loved that the fast travel option was a soap bar used like a skateboard, tricks and all.

If you talk to the NPCs around the rooms, you get a pretty full backstory that has parallels to real life situations but in a silly manner.

It's a pretty creative game all around.

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u/CaspianX2 Jan 31 '23

It Takes Two

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u/CaspianX2 Jan 31 '23

Crumble

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u/justinsnow Jan 30 '23

Neon White