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Andrew N
Editor-in-chief
December 24, 2021, 01:55:53
 
Hey all, it's that time of the year again! I need your help to put together our GOTY nominations! Here are some things to remember:

1. Even if someone else already nominated a game, nominate it again! It helps me put the final shortlists together to know what stuff is the most popular.
2. Nominate as many games as you want for a category! Just try to keep it stuff that you personally actually care about or really think deserves to make the list, so the lists don't get flooded.
3. If you don't participate in the nominations, you don't get to complain about the final voting lists!

If you forget for all was released in 2021 check below, but my lists are not exhausive, so they are probably missing some key stuff, especially in the eShop categories. But remember, these are just my lists, even if you see a game in my list (or anyone else's), list it again in your nominations!

BEST VISUALS
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BEST AUDIO
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BEST STORY
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SWITCH RETAIL / AAA GOTY
Bravely Default 2
Danganronpa Decadence
Game Builder Garage
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Mario Party Superstars
Metroid Dread
Monster Hunter Rise
NEO: The World Ends With You
New Pokemon Snap
No More Heroes III
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl
Shin Megami Tensei V
WarioWare: Get It Together!

SWITCH ESHOP / INDIE GOTY
Axiom Verge 2
Disco Elysium
DUSK
Ghost ‘n Goblins Resurrection
Happy Game
Spelunky 2
Tadpole Treble Encore
Tetris Effect: Connected
Unpacking
Unsighted

SWITCH RETAIL / AAA MOST WANTED
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Advance Wars 1 + 2: Re-Boot Camp
Bayonetta 3
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2
Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
Marvel's Midnight Suns
Metroid Prime 4
Pokemon Legends: Arceus
Rune Factory 5
Splatoon 3
Triangle Strategy

SWITCH ESHOP / INDIE MOST WANTED
Azure Striker Gunvolt 3
Card Shark
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Mineko's Night Market
OlliOlli World
Outer Wilds
Samurai Gunn 2
Shovel Knight Dig
Sports Story
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

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Posted: 12/24/21, 01:55:53  - Locked by 
Andrew N
  on: 01/09/22, 02:13:08    
 
Why not sign up for a (free) account and create your own content?
 
Tetris Effect is definitely a good nomination for best audio, as well as Monster Hunter which is always pretty strong there.


Posted by 
pokepal148
  on: 12/24/21, 03:26:37
SWITCH RETAIL / AAA GOTY
Bowser's Fury
Metroid Dread
WarioWare: Get It Together!

SWITCH RETAIL / AAA MOST WANTED
Advance Wars 1 + 2: Re-Boot Camp
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2
Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
Metroid Prime 4
Pokemon Legends: Arceus
Splatoon 3
Triangle Strategy


Posted by 
Secret_Tunnel
  on: 12/24/21, 21:57:23
To suggest a few things to fill in those top gaps...

VISUALS
New Pokemon Snap
Metroid Dread
Monster Hunter Rise

AUDIO
Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir and/or The Girl Who Stands Behind
Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Tony Hawk 1 + 2

STORY
Famicom Detective Club
Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Metroid Dread
Danganronpa Decadence probably doesn't count since they're all older games, right? Granted, so are FDC and Great Ace Attorney, but this is the first time those had been released in NA at least.

SWITCH RETAIL / AAA MOST WANTED
Advance Wars 1 + 2: Re-Boot Camp
Bayonetta 3
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2
Metroid Prime 4
Pokemon Legends: Arceus
Rune Factory 5
Splatoon 3


Posted by 
TriforceBun
  on: 12/24/21, 22:05:50  - Edited by 
TriforceBun
  on: 12/24/21, 22:06:10
Yeah, I suppose I'd vote for Metroid Dread for Best Story.


Posted by 
Secret_Tunnel
  on: 12/24/21, 22:21:29
@TriforceBun We generally count rereleases, especially if it is the first time they appear on a Nintendo system.


Posted by 
Zero
  on: 12/25/21, 00:28:30
Really the only Switch game I played this year was Metroid Dread, which was a delight.


Posted by 
Brick
  on: 12/25/21, 03:58:51
@Zero

In that case, I'd like to nominate Danganronpa Decadence for Audio, Story, and GOTY.


Posted by 
TriforceBun
  on: 12/25/21, 05:28:04
Retail Games: Mario Golf Super Rush. Yeah, I'm goin' there! It's a spunky, novel little game, especially after the updates.

Indie Games:

Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tassos - It's a roguelike Zeldalike! And it's good! C'mon, people!

Binding of Isaac: Repentance - DLC, but huuuuge (and another Roguelike Zeldalike)

There are also a bunch of acclaimed indies which I haven't yet played, like Chicory, Death's Door, DUSK, that Shovel Knight puzzler, and The House in Fata Morgana (#1 Metacritic of all time, or something?!). And probably a hundred more that I can't remember.

Honorable mention to Boomerang Fu, which came out last year. Really fun multiplayer!


Posted by 
Anand
  on: 12/26/21, 20:54:49  - Edited by 
Anand
  on: 12/26/21, 20:59:41
BEST AUDIO
Monster Hunter Rise

BEST STORY
Famicom Detective Club

SWITCH RETAIL / AAA GOTY
Bowser's Fury
Metroid Dread
Monster Hunter Rise

SWITCH RETAIL / AAA MOST WANTED
Bayonetta 3
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2
Metroid Prime 4
Splatoon 3

SWITCH ESHOP / INDIE MOST WANTED
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Sports Story

And please, please let this be the final time I vote for BotW2, Prime 4 and Bayonetta 3 for most wanted. May one of them grace our Switches in 2022....


Posted by 
TheBigG753
  on: 12/28/21, 16:47:44  - Edited by 
TheBigG753
  on: 12/28/21, 16:48:53
The Artful Escape should be up there for something. One of the better indie games I’ve played recently.


Posted by 
Oldmanwinter
  on: 12/28/21, 17:07:14
I think this might be the first time in like 5 years I actually nominate some things.

BEST VISUALS
Chicory: A Colourful Tale

BEST AUDIO
Warioware: Get it Together (that soundtrack SLAPS)

BEST STORY
Metroid Dread

SWITCH RETAIL / AAA GOTY
Mario Party Superstars
Warioware: Get it Together
Metroid Dread

SWITCH ESHOP / INDIE GOTY
Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Spelunky 2

SWITCH RETAIL / AAA MOST WANTED
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Triangle Strategy
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2
Metroid Prime 4
Advance Wars 1 + 2: Re-Boot Camp
Sonic Frontiers

SWITCH ESHOP / INDIE MOST WANTED
Sports Story
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Samurai Gunn 2
Metal Slug Tactics


Posted by 
Pokefreak911
  on: 12/29/21, 05:23:34  - Edited by 
Pokefreak911
  on: 12/29/21, 05:24:01
MUSIC
Tony Hawk 1+2
WarioWare
Mario Party Superstars
No More Heroes 3


Aghhh I wish I had more to add, but 2021 sucked for games.


Posted by 
Hero_Of_Hyrule
  on: 12/29/21, 18:43:41
WarioWare for music is a good one! Bowser's Fury for music too.


Posted by 
Secret_Tunnel
  on: 12/29/21, 21:19:48
@Oldmanwinter
I think our GOTY is Nintendo platforms only?


Posted by 
Anand
  on: 12/29/21, 21:54:40
Hero_Of_Hyrule said:


Aghhh I wish I had more to add, but 2021 sucked for games.

What? This has been the best year for me since 2017 and I still have stuff to go back to including the new Ace Attorney, Monster Hunter Stories, and the Famicom Detective Club games.


Posted by 
pokepal148
  on: 01/01/22, 08:48:42  - Edited by 
pokepal148
  on: 01/01/22, 08:54:41
Three games I haven't seen mentioned yet are:
Monster Hunter Stories 2
Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville
Knockout City
But if they haven't been mentioned yet, that probably means they have no chance.

Otherwise, everything else people have mentioned looks good to me.


Posted by 
Mop it up
  on: 01/01/22, 20:54:24
@pokepal148

Ahh, maybe I'm just not into the big games that came out this year? Here's my top 10, for reference:

1. Metroid Dread (Great, but I wish it wasn't as linear. The sequence breaks I tried were not very fun)
2. No More Heroes 3 (Didn't live up to expectations)
3. Warioware: Get it Together (Everything I wanted it to be)
4. New Pokemon Snap (Pretty good, but underwhelming and repetitive)
5. Mario Party Super Stars (I really like it, but I win all the minigames, so my family and friends refuse to play it with me)
6. Resident Evil Village (Didn't have time to finish. Killed the dommy mommy. It was pretty good)
7. Bowser's Fury (I liked it well enough)
8. Nier Replicant (Couldn't get through the boring first run to make it to the interesting bits. Will return to it some day)
9. Jackbox 8 (No complaints)
10. Mario Golf Super Rush (A decent golf game that felt unfinished at release. Did not return after the devs decided to finish making it)

So it's a year of games that kind of underwhelmed me. Halo Infinite was a complete bust for me, Super Monkey Ball was a massive letdown, and Pikmin Bloom fizzled out pretty quickly. Still have to get around to Psychonauts 2 and Neo TWEWY.


Posted by 
Hero_Of_Hyrule
  on: 01/03/22, 21:14:50  - Edited by 
Hero_Of_Hyrule
  on: 01/03/22, 21:17:05
Any more nominations before I put together the final lists? I especially need nominations for:
Best audio
Best story
Indie / eShop GOTY
Indie / eShop most wanted

@Mop it up You still have to nominate what you want to see even if someone else already nominated it, because I make the final lists based on how many nominations the games get! *coughs* As stated multiple times in the original post.


Posted by 
Zero
  on: 01/03/22, 22:21:25
Adding to my previous

SWITCH ESHOP / INDIE MOST WANTED
Sea of Stars
Aliisha - The Oblivion of Twin Goddesses


Posted by 
Pokefreak911
  on: 01/04/22, 02:33:34
@Zero Rise and Tetris Effect are just such monsters in terms of audio. IDK what can compete. I mean listen to this stuff:





And these are fairly early tracks as well. The bar for audio in games is fucking sky high this year.


Posted by 
pokepal148
  on: 01/04/22, 02:42:25  - Edited by 
pokepal148
  on: 01/04/22, 02:46:00
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