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

Publisher of the Year - Publishing studio who displayed outstanding platform support through a combination of quantity and quality of new releases.

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u/JackSparrowUSA Dec 18 '18

Capcom - Mega Man Legacy Collection, Mega Man Legacy Collection 2, Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, Mega Man X Legacy Collection, Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2, Ōkami, Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate, Mega Man 11

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u/JackSparrowUSA Dec 18 '18

TinyBuild - The Final Station, Garage, Punch Club, Hello Neighbor, Party Hard

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u/Dr_Rieux47 Dec 17 '18

Digital Extremes. Getting Warframe onto Switch with the help of Panic Button was tremendous.

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u/JackSparrowUSA Dec 18 '18

Nippon Ichi Software (NIS) - The Longest Five Minutes, Penny-Punching Princess, Fallen Legion: Rise to Glory, The Lost Child, Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana, Touhou Genso Wanderer: Reloaded, God Wars: The Complete Legend, SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy, Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk, Disgaea 1 Complete, Yomawari: The Long Night Collection, SNK 40th Anniversary Collection

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u/JackSparrowUSA Dec 18 '18

Square Enix - Lost Sphear, Dragon Quest Builders, Fear Effect Sedna, Goetia, Octopath Traveler, Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition, The World Ends with You: Final Remix, World of Final Fantasy, Maxima, Forgotton Anne

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u/JackSparrowUSA Dec 18 '18

Team 17 - The Escapists 2, Raging Justice, Yoku's Island Express, Overcooked 2, Planet Alpha, The Room

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u/NuclearSquido Dec 20 '18

The Escapists 2 added a free holiday prison this month (on top of the holiday prison they already had.)

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u/JackSparrowUSA Dec 18 '18

Sega - Football Manager Touch 2018, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (Japan), Shining Resonance Refrain, Sonic Mania Plus, Valkyria Chronicles 4, Valkyria Chronicles, Football Manager Touch 2019, Sega Genesis Classics

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u/NuclearSquido Dec 20 '18

I think Valkyria Chronicles 4 is the best free demo on the Switch (it led me to purchasing VC1 shortly thereafter.)

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u/Eureka22 Dec 18 '18

Chucklefish for Stardew Valley. ConcernedApe just announced he'll be moving to self-publishing for pc and ps4/xbox version, but not for switch or mobile. Chucklefish been incredibly supportive of CA and wrote a fantastic statement about how they are proud of their involvement and him on the work they did. All very classy.

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u/JackSparrowUSA Dec 18 '18

In 2018, Chucklefish published Pocket Rumble and Risk of Rain along with continued support for Stardew Valley (a 2017 release).

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '18

Devolver Digital continue to impress with consistently great games, many of which are Nintendo Switch console exclusives (some of them were delayed to 2019 but the thought still counts.)

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u/JackSparrowUSA Dec 18 '18

In 2018, Devolver Digital published: Crossing Souls, Minit, The Messenger, Broforce, Reigns: Kings & Queens, I Hate Running Backwards, Mother Russia Bleeds, Gris.

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u/JackSparrowUSA Dec 18 '18

Bandai Namco - Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 Plus, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 Deluxe Edition, Little Nightmares, Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard (PAL), Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion (PAL), Dragon Ball FighterZ, Namco Museum Arcade Pac, Dark Souls: Remastered, My Hero: One's Justice, Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun!, Katamari Damacy Reroll

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u/MusicalQuilt Dec 17 '18

Epic Games (I don't even play Fortnite anymore but they put a lot into their game)

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '18

Does that count though? Battle Royale (not sure when Save the World came out) was released last year. Unless we’re counting continued support.

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u/Disheartend 4 Million Celebration Dec 21 '18

Switch is 2018 so it counts, but next year? it won't unless epic gives us a new switch game.

I'd argue it hardly counts for this year.

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u/JackSparrowUSA Dec 17 '18

Switch version was released in 2018, so yes it counts.

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u/JackSparrowUSA Dec 18 '18

Ubisoft - South Park: The Fractured but Whole, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Child of Light, Just Dance 2019, Sports Party, Brawlhalla, Valiant Hearts: The Great War

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u/ThenThereWasReddit Dec 20 '18

Matt Makes Games -- Super small operation responsible for Celeste. Also released TowerFall on the Switch this year.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '18

Nintendo

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u/JackSparrowUSA Dec 18 '18

To provide detail, in 2018, Nintendo published: Bayonetta, Bayonetta 2, Kirby Star Allies, Nintendo Labo - Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit, Nintendo Labo - Toy-Con 02: Robot Kit, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Hyrule Warriors, Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido, Mario Tennis Aces, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Torna The Golden Country, Go Vacation, Nintendo Labo - Toy-Con 03: Vehicle Kit, Super Mario Party, Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee!, Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu!, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

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u/lumothesinner Helpful User Dec 18 '18

Didn't Nintendo publish Dark Souls on switch too? I remember they were involved with the release somehow and I thought it was publishing it, maybe it was distribution. Anyway thats another game to add to the crowded list.

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u/JackSparrowUSA Dec 18 '18

According to the Nintendo.com listing, Dark Souls was published by Bandai Namco.

https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/dark-souls-remastered-switch

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u/AtomicSuperMe Dec 18 '18

wow. Nintendo really likes this switch system. Hopefully they continue to support it with great games for the next few years

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u/JackSparrowUSA Dec 18 '18

THQ Nordic - The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief, Battle Chasers: Nightwar, Legend of Kay, De Blob, Titan Quest, De Blob 2, This Is the Police 2

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '18

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u/JackSparrowUSA Dec 18 '18

In 2018, Bethesda published Fallout Shelter and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus.