Yup, on the show we only saw one, best multiplayer game, but it turns out the game was also winner in the Shooter category, above monsters like Halo 5, CoD black Ops 3, Star Wars Battlefront or Destiny. 

BEST SHOOTER

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (Treyarch/Activision)

Destiny: The Taken King (Bungie/Activision)

Halo 5: Guardians (343 Industries/Microsoft Studios)

Splatoon (Nintendo EAD Group No. 2/Nintendo)

Star Wars Battlefront (EA DICE/Electronic Arts)

BEST MULTIPLAYER
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (Treyarch/Activision)
Destiny: The Taken King (Bungie/Activision)
Halo 5: Guardians (343 Industries/Microsoft Studios)
Rocket League (Psyonix)
Splatoon (Nintendo EAD Group No. 2/Nintendo)

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Who in Earth would have though just a year ago that Splatoon would smash such a strong competition on the game awards? Damn who would have think the game would get 3 nominations to begin with!! Another victory for the inklings! Do you think is a deserved one?

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Sorry, I think it was clear enough, but you are right, changed!

Multiplayer GOTY with only a handful of maps and limited modes and no communication. Seems legit.

I didn't heard anything, I just read it like an hour ago, and I saw a lot of webs saying that the gme won the multiplayer prize but they don't mention the shooter category, that was even harder.

15 maps are not a handful. Neither 4 online modes that feels like something new instead of the same of always, even if 2 of them are based on others.

I think it's deserved. Not only Nintendo gave a good impression to people that criticized them for sticking to the same old IPs without ever doing anything new, but they also managed to give the nowdays most popular gaming genre a twist that was never seen ever before!

Plus it's all about Japan and sea creatures with tentacles, Internet at it's finest...

It's truely Ninteno's game of the year! Beating Super Mario Maker. I'm proud of Splatoon very very good game! I'm GOING to get Splatoon 2 when it releases    

I was on board when it was first revealed at E3. I also predicted a million sales in a month. I even argued that voice chat wouldn't be a issue (it wasn't) and now its shooter of the year. In a year where black ops, Halo, Destiny, and others came out of all times. Just goes to show that the genre can be reinvented. I hope this serves as a wake up call to the rest of the industry that everything doesn't have to be some gore fest military shooter or a halo clone to succeed.

Dat gameplay doe.