{"id":132569,"date":"2023-03-19T01:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T01:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-146730"},"modified":"2023-03-19T01:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T01:45:00","slug":"xenoblade-chronicles-3-wins-best-rpg-at-famitsu-dengeki-game-awards-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/03\/19\/xenoblade-chronicles-3-wins-best-rpg-at-famitsu-dengeki-game-awards-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Wins ‘Best RPG’ At Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Xenoblade Chronicles 3<\/a> has taken out the ‘best RPG’ category at the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2022.<\/p>\n

Multiple other first-party Nintendo titles were nominated with Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Violet<\/strong> winning ‘best scenario’ and ‘best character’ and Splatoon 3<\/a><\/strong> receiving best action game. Unsurprisingly, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom<\/a> was also nominated as 2023’s most anticipated.<\/p>\n

FromSoftware’s Elden Ring<\/strong> also collected a number of awards – including game of the year, placing ahead of Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak<\/a> and a number of Switch titles. Here’s the full rundown of each category (winners highlighted):<\/p>\n

Game of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elden Ring<\/strong>
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
Pokemon Legends: Arceus
Pokemon Scarlet \/ Violet
Splatoon 3<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Creator<\/strong><\/p>\n

FromSoftware<\/strong>
Game Freak
Naoki Yoshida
Splatoon 3 Development Team
Wright Flyer Studios \u00d7 Key Heaven Burns Red Development Team<\/p>\n

Best Scenario<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heaven Burns Red
Pokemon Scarlet \/ Violet<\/strong>
Xenoblade Chronicles 3<\/p>\n

Best Graphics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elden Ring<\/strong>
God of War: Ragnarok
Horizon Forbidden West<\/p>\n

Best Music<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heaven Burns Red<\/strong>
Pokemon Scarlet \/ Violet
Xenoblade Chronicles 3<\/p>\n

Best Actor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aqua Minato \/ Aquarium<\/strong>
Gackt (Genesis) \/ Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion
Nobu Chidori \/ Super Noda Game World<\/p>\n

Best Voice Actor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kenichi Suzumura (Zack) \/ Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion
Minami Tsuda (Mio) \/ Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Tomori Kusunoki (Ruka Kayamori) \/ Heaven Burns Red<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Character<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arven \/ Pokemon Scarlet and Violet<\/strong>
Kirby \/ Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Ruka Kayamori \/ Heaven Burns Red<\/p>\n

Best Online Game<\/strong><\/p>\n

Final Fantasy XIV<\/strong>
Genshin Impact
Splatoon 3<\/p>\n

Best Action Game<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
Splatoon 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Action-Adventure Game<\/strong><\/p>\n

God of War: Ragnarok
Horizon Forbidden West
Sonic Frontiers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Adventure Game<\/strong><\/p>\n

AI: The Somnium Files \u2013 nirvanA Initiative
Dyschronia: Chronos Alternate
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Best RPG<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elden Ring
Pokemon Scarlet \/ Violet
Xenoblade Chronicles 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best App<\/strong><\/p>\n

Goddess of Victory: Nikke
Heaven Burns Red<\/strong>
Uma Musume Pretty Derby<\/p>\n

Best Indie Game<\/strong><\/p>\n

Needy Streamer Overload
Stray<\/strong>
Vampire Survivors<\/p>\n

Best Rookie Game<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elden Ring
Heaven Burns Red<\/strong>
Stray<\/p>\n

Best Esports Game<\/strong><\/p>\n

Apex Legends
Street Fighter V
Valorant<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best VTuber<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hyakumantenbara Salome<\/strong>
Oozora Subaru
Usada Pekora<\/p>\n

Best Streamer<\/strong><\/p>\n

2Bro
k4sen<\/strong>
Shaka<\/p>\n

Best Horror Game<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II
The Quarry
Yomawari: Lost in the Dark<\/strong><\/p>\n

2023 Most Anticipated<\/strong><\/p>\n

Armored Core VI
Final Fantasy XVI
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom<\/strong><\/p>\n

Famitsu\/Dengeki Special Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

7 Days to End with You<\/p>\n

Magical Lovely Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

Persona 5 Royal<\/p>\n

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Did you play any of the award-winning titles on this list? Comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Image: Nintendo Xenoblade Chronicles 3 has taken out the ‘best RPG’ category at the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2022. Multiple other first-party Nintendo titles were nominated with Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Violet winning ‘best scenario’ and ‘best character’ and Splatoon 3 receiving best action game. Unsurprisingly, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was also […]<\/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-132569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132569","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=132569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}