[POLL] Game of the Year 2025 (TGA) - And The Winner Is…?

[IcaroRibeiro]

Sephiran said:

How did Bananza get nominated for GOTY when it couldn't even get nominated as one of the best games in its own genre category? Has that ever happened before?

Seems like a token nomination so that they don't get accused of being anti-Nintendo, while still giving 86 Metacritic Sony games 8 nominations.

Indeed. Me thinks they actually wanted to nominate Ghost of Yotei for GOTY, but they felt 2 Sony games in the same category whilst no Nintendo game would be an overkill, so they decided for DK and let Ghost of Yotei in best action adventure game 

This is still an award to celebrate the industry itself, so not having a Nintendo game in the year they had the most sucessful console launch ever made would definitely raise concerns and upset Nintendo's fandom