The Game Awards 2023 turned out to be a reasonably large evening for Nintendo, with Switch bulletins coming left, proper and centre (you could find all of them in our round-up). It was additionally a giant one for wins. We have lined a few of these on the location already, however let’s all give a giant cheer for Pikmin 4, which managed to take house the award for Best Sim/Strategy Game!
The win got here in considered one of Geoff Keighley’s award floods, the place the host reveals a bunch of winners in a single go. This implies that there was no acceptance speech (or actually an opportunity to applaud) for Nintendo on this one, however it’s a well-deserved win nonetheless.
Pikmin 4 was launched on Switch earlier this 12 months and shortly turned emblematic of the sequence at its greatest. In our 9/10 overview, we referred to the sport as “effortlessly important stuff,” so it’s good to see it land some award recognition as properly (not that Nintendo was under-represented within the class, with Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp and Fire Emblem Engage additionally up for the prize).
The Big-N additionally noticed wins within the Best Action/Adventure Game class, the place The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom walked away with the trophy, and Best Family Game for Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Good work throughout, Nintendo!
