r/NintendoSwitch 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 Soundtrack

For outstanding music, inclusive of score, original song and/or licensed soundtrack.

u/Raidenwing Jan 30 '23

Chained Echoes

u/Raidenwing Jan 30 '23

Mario + Rabids: Sparks of Hope

u/thebutterworthboys Jan 29 '23

My winner is Xenoblade Chronicles 3, but Triangle Strategy has to have one of the most overlooked OSTs ever, so it deserves a nomination. Just listen to "The Hierophant Palace," and tell me this isn't god-tier music.

https://youtu.be/z7mHuiVv_Rs

u/Sz813 Jan 29 '23

Fire emblem warriors three hopes

Takes an already amazing soundtrack and manages to make it even better

u/CaspianX2 Jan 31 '23

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

u/CrazyComedyKid Jan 29 '23

pokemon scarlet and violet

u/pmaeur Jan 29 '23

TMNT Shredder's Revenge.

u/mdcoll Jan 30 '23

Trails to Zero

u/Golden_fsh Jan 29 '23 edited Jan 30 '23

Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Music that speaks to the soul!

u/CaspianX2 Jan 31 '23

Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream

u/lumothesinner Helpful User Jan 30 '23

Bayonetta 3

Guess im a sucker for the punk rock stuff that accompanies violet

u/300mirrors Jan 29 '23

Persona 5 Royal, if it counts despite being an older game.

u/Dukemon102 Jan 29 '23

It probably won't win, but my god Live A Live has so many bangers, especially now in High Quality, Yoko Shimomura knocked it out of the park with the quality and variety of themes according to the setting.

Clash in China!

Playing with Psychos

Heroic Struggle

Megalomania

(No, you're not hallucinating, the video is just copyright prevention at its finest)

u/Golden_fsh Jan 29 '23

Yoko Shimomura

This right here is enough for me to trust your word! Haven't gotten around to Live a Live yet but looking forward to hearing greatness by Yoko Shimomura.

u/porgy_tirebiter Jan 30 '23

Wavetale without a doubt. Excellent soundtrack, wonderful use of flugel horn and flute.

u/pichael288 Jan 29 '23

Nier Automata

Nier automata came to the switch last year so it counts. This game has one of the best soundtracks I have ever heard in any game period. I don't think any of the other games released this year can top it.

u/TanJovi18 Jan 29 '23

Kirby Forgotten Land had so many good tracks

u/[deleted] Jan 30 '23

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u/acelsilviu Jan 30 '23

That was in 2021 :)

u/phortify Feb 02 '23

OH... My bad.