The Game Awards: GOTY biggest snubs

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Chrkeller said:

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Mario Wonder is absolutely GOTY material, it's one of the most creative games out there and its polished to a diamod sheen.
Pleasantly surprised to see it nominated not just for GOTY but also game direction and art direction; typically the VGAs snob platformers.

I finished Wonder a couple weeks ago and find it overall overrated.  I think it is a fine game but not the quality reviews would suggest.  I was particularly disappointed in the lack of variety in boss fights.  

I finished it a couple of weeks ago too and I'd disagree, I found it an incredible game, one of Nintendo's best of the Switch generation, which I don't say lightly as I hold the likes of BOTW, TOTK, Mario Odyssey and Metroid Dread in very high regard.

Many good games will be built around one clever idea. Mario Wonder packs literally dozens of them. The ability to inspire the imagination is a rare and precious thing, and Wonder has it in spades.