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fkusumot on 20 September 2007

http://awards.cesa.or.jp/english/press_070920.html

Grand Award
Wii Sports 　Wii 　Nintendo Co., Ltd.
MONSTER HUNTER PORTABLE 2nd 　PSP 　CAPCOM CO.,LTD.

Award for excellence
Wii Sports 　Wii 　Nintendo Co., Ltd.
ŌKAMI 　PS2 　CAPCOM CO.,LTD.
GUNDAM　MUSOU 　PS3 　NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess 　Wii 　Nintendo Co., Ltd.
DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: Joker 　DS 　SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
New SUPER MARIO BROS. 　DS 　Nintendo Co., Ltd.
BLUE DRAGON 　Xbox360 　Microsoft
Pokémon Diamond Version / Pearl Version 　DS 　The Pokémon Company
METAL GEAR SOLID PORTABLE OPS 　PSP 　Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
MONSTER HUNTER PORTABLE 2nd 　PSP 　CAPCOM CO.,LTD.
Ryu ga gotoku 2 　PS2 　Sega Corporation
Professor Layton and the Curious Village 　DS 　LEVEL-5 Inc.
LOST PLANET　EXTREME CONDITION 　Xbox360 　CAPCOM CO.,LTD.

Best Sales Award
Pokémon Diamond Version / Pearl Version 　DS 　The Pokémon Company

Global Award - Japanese Product
DEAD RISING 　Xbox360 　CAPCOM CO.,LTD.

Global Award - Foreign Product
Gears of War 　Xbox360 　Microsoft

Special Award
THE IDOLM@STER 　Xbox360 　NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
LOVE AND BERRY Dress up and Dance!- DS Collection 　DS 　Sega Corporation



I Blame Wii Fit!

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TWRoO on 20 September 2007

quite a few 360 titles, 5 different ones in fact.

go Wii sports, totally deserves it, not that crappy Wii play.



Garcian Smith on 20 September 2007

Wow, this list has a couple of strange additions. Gundam Musou gets an "award for excellence"? For what? "Excellently" taking the worst aspects of two franchises and cramming them together in one awful game?

I'd also have liked to see Okami in the "Grand Award" category, rather than Monster Hunter Portable. (I suppose the Monster Hunter franchise is rather inexplicably popular among Japanese gamers, but still, it's nothing more than a stripped-down MMORPG...)

All in all, a decent list, but it seems like it makes a few concessions to popularity over substance.



"'Casual games' are something the 'Game Industry' invented to explain away the Wii success instead of actually listening or looking at what Nintendo did. There is no 'casual strategy' from Nintendo. 'Accessible strategy', yes, but ‘casual gamers’ is just the 'Game Industry''s polite way of saying what they feel: 'retarded gamers'."

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fazz on 20 September 2007

Wow, many Xbox 360 games.

Wii Sports, Zelda, New Mario and The IDOLM@STER = Great.



Hus on 20 September 2007

Award for excellence
GUNDAM　MUSOU 　


OK, the thing is so rigged.



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fkusumot on 20 September 2007
Hus said:
Award for excellence
GUNDAM　MUSOU 　


OK, the thing is so rigged.

Yeah, it's amazing how many PS3 games are up there.

I like the MHP2. It is some serious portable console gaming. Wii Sports winning an award in Japan is significant if not at least for the fact that it is not a bundle-in game there, people are buying it seperately.

 



I Blame Wii Fit!

vizunary on 20 September 2007

he ment gundam musou is pure shit, you obviously haven't played it...

i like the props given to mgs po, it is a great game.



Punisher on 20 September 2007

/me pats Ps3 on the head.
/me says "Don't worry, there will always be a next year."



Nothing's cheaper than something free.

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fkusumot on 20 September 2007
vizunary said:
he ment gundam musou is pure shit, you obviously haven't played it...

i like the props given to mgs po, it is a great game.

 I don't know. Maybe they were impressed with the stunning graphics. Perhaps they were amazed at the way wingmen could draw fire. I don't know what the criteria was for "Excellence".



I Blame Wii Fit!

superchunk on 20 September 2007

What's interesting is 360 go so many awards, yet sales so horribly in Japan. I am not bashing, just that you would think 360 would sell better where it received so many good awards.