Summary
It’s clear theNintendo Switchis in the last phases of its life cycle.Nintendohas already confirmed a successor is due, therumor mill is truly turning, and Nintendo’s slate, while still containing some great games, is lacking that big triple-A punch.
Now, ahead of its yearly award ceremony,Gamescomhas confirmed to TheGamer that it is scrapping its “Best Nintendo Switch Game” award because it received “too few submissions”.
Gamescom Scraps Its Best Nintendo Game Award
Earlier today, the Gamescom organizers revealed their nominations for its yearlyGamescom awards. There were a number of general categories, like Best Visuals and Best Audio, alongside platform-specific awards. These awards included BestXboxGame, BestPCGame, BestPlayStationGame, and BestMobileGame, but the Nintendo Switch was inconspicuously missing.
In a statement to TheGamer, the show’s organizers said, “There were too few submissions for the Best Nintendo Switch category this year. The award committee, therefore, decided to cancel the category.”
There were too few submissions for the Best Nintendo Switch category this year. The award committee, therefore, decided to cancel the category.
It marks the first year since the Nintendo Switch launched that the platform doesn’t have its own award category, and the first time since 2011, when platform-specific awards were just split into console and PC, that Nintendo hasn’t appeared at all.
Last year, Nintendo hit Gamescom in a big way, withThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomscooping up four awards — Best Audio, Best Gameplay, Most Epic and Best Nintendo Game — andPikmin 4grabbing the Most Wholesome award.
This year looks a little lighter on the big triple-A titles.Little Nightmares 3andDune: Awakeninglead the way with four nominations each, withStar Wars: Outlawsclose behind, grabbing three.
Both 11-Bit Studios andBandai Namcolead the way for total games nominated with three each. 11-Bit has The Alters, Creatures of Ava, andFrostpunk 2all nominated, and Bandai Namco has Little Nightmares 3,Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zeroand Unknown 9: Awakening nominated.
Gamescom
Gamescom is the largest games industry event in the world, taking place each summer in Cologne, Germany. With attendances of over 300,000, it’s often a who’s who of developers, publishers and media.
