{"id":111736,"date":"2020-04-18T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/04\/pokemon_sword_and_shield_wins_famitsu_dengeki_2019_game_of_the_year"},"modified":"2020-04-18T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T11:45:00","slug":"pokemon-sword-and-shield-wins-famitsu-dengeki-2019-game-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/04\/18\/pokemon-sword-and-shield-wins-famitsu-dengeki-2019-game-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Sword And Shield Wins Famitsu Dengeki 2019 Game Of The Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0b720c200381b\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0b720c200381b\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Pokemon\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0b720c200381b\/pokemon.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0b720c200381b\/pokemon.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Pokemon\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_sword_and_shield\">Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield<\/a><\/strong> has taken out the game of the year award and best role-playing game of 2019 during a livestream award ceremony held by Famitsu and Dengeki.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from this, Nintendo&#8217;s exercise game <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/ring_fit_adventure\">Ring Fit Adventure<\/a><\/strong> tied with Square Enix&#8217;s mobile title <strong>Dragon Quest Walk<\/strong> for the Special Award, and the best rookie title went to the PlayStation 4 title, <strong>Death Stranding<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the full list of winners and nominees, courtesy of Japanese Nintendo and Siliconera <strong>(winners of each category are highlighted)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4>2019 Game of the Year<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim<\/em> (Atlus)<\/li>\n<li><em>Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice<\/em> (FromSoftware)<\/li>\n<li><em>Death Stranding<\/em> (Kojima Productions\/Sony Interactive Entertainment)<\/li>\n<li><em>Fire Emblem: Three Houses<\/em> (Intelligent Systems\/Nintendo)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Pokemon Sword<\/em> &amp; <em>Shield<\/em> (Game Freak\/Pokemon Company)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>MVC ~Most Valuable Creator~<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>George Kamitani (Vanillaware)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hideo Kojima (Kojima Productions)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Hidetaka Miyazaki (FromSoftware)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Best Scenario<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim<\/em> (Atlus)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>Death Stranding<\/em> (Kojima Productions\/Sony Interactive Entertainment)<\/li>\n<li><em>Fire Emblem: Three Houses<\/em> (Intelligent Systems\/Nintendo)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Best Graphics<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim<\/em> (Atlus)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Death Stranding<\/em> (Kojima Productions\/Sony Interactive Entertainment)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>Monster Hunter World: Iceborne<\/em> (Capcom)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Best Music<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Kingdom Hearts III<\/em> (Square Enix)<\/li>\n<li><em>Death Stranding<\/em> (Kojima Productions\/Sony Interactive Entertainment)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Persona 5 Royal<\/em> (Atlus)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Best Character<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Clifford Unger (<em>Death Stranding<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sam Porter Bridges (<em>Death Stranding<\/em>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Reisalin Stout (<em>Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness &amp; the Secret Hideout<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Best Online Game<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Apex Legends<\/em> (Electronic Arts)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers<\/em> (Square Enix)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>Monster Hunter World: Iceborne<\/em> (Capcom)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Best Action Game<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice<\/em> (FromSoftware)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>Devil May Cry 5<\/em> (Capcom)<\/li>\n<li><em>Monster Hunter World: Iceborne<\/em> (Capcom)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Best Shooter<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Apex Legends<\/em> (Electronic Arts)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare<\/em> (Sony Interactive Entertainment\/Activision)<\/li>\n<li><em>Fortnite<\/em> (Epic Games)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Best Action Adventure Game<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Legend of Zelda: Link\u2019s Awakening<\/em> (Nintendo)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Death Stranding<\/em> (Kojima Productions\/Sony Interactive Entertainment)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>Resident Evil 2<\/em> (Capcom)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Best Adventure Game<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>AI: The Somnium Files (Spike Chunsoft)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim<\/em> (Atlus)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>Tokyo Chronos<\/em> (MyDearest)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Best RPG (Including strategy RPG)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Fire Emblem: Three Houses<\/em> (Intelligent Systems\/Nintendo)<\/li>\n<li><em>Persona 5 Royal<\/em> (Atlus)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Pokemon Sword<\/em> &amp; <em>Shield<\/em> (Game Freak\/Pokemon Company)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Best Indie Game<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Untitled Goose Game<\/em> (House House\/Panic)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Gnosia<\/em> (Petit Depotto\/Mebius)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>Baba Is You<\/em> (Hempuli)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Best Rookie Game<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Astral Chain<\/em> (PlatinumGames\/Nintendo)<\/li>\n<li><em>13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim<\/em> (Atlus)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Death Stranding<\/em> (Kojima Productions\/Sony Interactive Entertainment)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Best eSports Game<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Street Fighter V<\/em> (Capcom)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/fortnite\">Fortnite<\/a><\/em> (Epic Games)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>Rainbow Six Siege<\/em> (Ubisoft)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>Some Nintendo games that were nominated, but didn&#8217;t win, include <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/fire_emblem_three_houses\">Fire Emblem: Three Houses<\/a><\/strong> for GotY, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_links_awakening\">The Legend of Zelda: Link&#8217;s Awakening<\/a><\/strong> for best action-adventure, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/astral_chain\">Astral Chain<\/a><\/strong> for the best rookie game.<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you agree with the winners? How about Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield taking out the game of the year? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield has taken out the game of the year award and best role-playing game of 2019 during a livestream award ceremony held by Famitsu and Dengeki. Apart from this, Nintendo&#8217;s exercise game Ring Fit Adventure tied with Square Enix&#8217;s mobile title Dragon Quest Walk for the Special Award, and the best rookie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111736\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}