That shouldn't be the case at all, what you are saying make sense on a forum for example where fanbases are what are picking things, but to critics that doesn't matter at all, or shouldn't.

So they would pick a Nintendo game regardless? If not Zelda then go and pick Mario. The fact Horizon is getting more awards than and an almost perfectly scored game by critics because of another almost perfectly scored Nintendo game is concerning, honestly, if Mario was so much more acclaimed than Horizon it should have lots more awards than it, like Zelda is getting, but the fact it's not getting is in fact concerning.

Is a fanbase effect happening to what should have been professional and unbiased criticts? Damn.

First don't get personal, do I even know you?

Second, Zelda shouldn't be cannibalizing anyone picks on a critic envyronment, if Mario and Zelda where similarly critically successful this kind of disparity is impressive to say the least.

I don't agree or disagree with anything about those games quality or success, the point is how can games similarly acclaimed be cannibalizing the other simply because of the platform it"s on or the company that made it to professional critics? I completely understand it on a fanbase level as forums as I said, that's what happens, yeah, but not about professional critics.

Zelda was clearly the favourite pick this year, the problem is a fanbase effect spreading into a professional envyronment.

If Zelda is winning easy and that's cannibalizes Mario, that's concerning, because if there was no Zelda than Mario would be getting all of those instead, why it's not getting a good spread anyway?

Again, on a professional envyronment the platform or company a game is bound to should mean absolutely nothing on a professional envyronment.

I seriously hope there is no actual cannibalization happening and just plain and simple randomness logic math is subjected based on subjective values, which is exactly what I think is happening, the factor of mathematics representing values to subjective things, like games or movies scores.

Anyway, I expected Zelda to win easily, it was definitely the game that looked more like the champ this year reception-wise, and that's completely devoid of the scores value, a lot of people REALLY loved it that much, that's about it, IMO.