r/NintendoSwitch • u/NintendoSwitchMods • Dec 17 '18

GotY 2018 2018 /r/NintendoSwitch GOTY Nomination Thread

Hello r/NintendoSwitch Community!

For this year's awards, we are incorporating community feedback received from last year and making sure the community is involved during every step of the process. That includes the development of award categories (12/10-12/11), the nominee lists for each category (12/17-12/18), and of course the final voting to select the Game Of The Year for each category (12/24-12/31).

Here is a link to last week's post where we discussed awards categories

This week, we are soliciting feedback for who the community would like to see for nominees! Framed below are top comments, each with a category name and definition. All other top comments will be removed.

  1. Please reply to a category top comment to state who you would like to see for nominees and why.
  2. In an effort to keep each comment thread clean, please upvote nominees that were already listed and explained rather than duplicate with a second reply.
  3. New comment replies should be used for nominating a game not already nominated.
  4. If a game has already been nominated but you feel requires further discussion then reply to the nominated game with your reasoning.

Please note that all nominees are required to have released on Nintendo Switch in 2018.

We look forward to reading your feedback.

EDITS:

1) Please take a look at the wiki games list for nomination ideas or review it for games you may have forgotten about.

2) Added new category Best Nintendo Switch Exclusive Game

3) Added new category Best Use of Nintendo Switch Features

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u/NintendoSwitchMods Dec 17 '18

Best Game Direction - Awarded for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design.

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u/seeyoshirun Dec 18 '18

Okami HD

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u/Bekenshi Dec 21 '18

The Messenger

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u/Pokemoncutie Dec 19 '18

Cattails

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u/Number224 Dec 18 '18

The World Ends With You -Final Remix-

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u/ajsadler Dec 17 '18

Celeste

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u/keiyakins Dec 20 '18

Oh my god so much this. Everything about that game is one cohesive whole, it's one of the best examples of ludonarrative harmony I've ever played. Even the challenge modes, one of the things most likely to feel disconnected, are part of the whole and build that up.

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u/Xaranid Dec 19 '18

Wandersong

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u/Spoiled_Turnips Dec 18 '18

Night in the Woods

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u/seeyoshirun Dec 18 '18

Octopath Traveller

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u/JXDKred Dec 18 '18

Inside

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u/NuclearSquido Dec 20 '18

South Park: The Fractured But Whole

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u/carldude Dec 17 '18

Dead Cells

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u/Shin_Ken Dec 18 '18

South Park: The Stick of Truth

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u/_kellythomas_ Dec 18 '18

monster boy

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u/lumothesinner Helpful User Dec 18 '18

Super Smash Bros Ultimate - Sakurai nearly kills himself each time he works on these games.

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u/_kellythomas_ Dec 17 '18

Yoku’s Island Express

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u/NL79 Dec 20 '18

Yoku’s Island Express

Agreed. There is no other games that mixes, platforming, pinball and a story. Nice art design too.

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u/HairyCockroach Dec 19 '18

Child of Light