atomicblue on 19 December 2014
Are we really still doing the "Nintendo rehashes old franchises with slight improvements" argument? That got old about ten years ago.
Anyway, from what I've seen of GOTY winners so far, Mario Kart 8 and Bayonetta 2 seem to be leading the charge, so OP's point is moot.
If there's a reason Nintendo does get snubbed, though, it's because game critics take themselves way too seriously. Or, in the case of GamesRadar, because Activision obviously paid them a lot of money.
