Nintendo Grabs Awards & Recognition for Wii System and Games

by Alex Donaldson on 03 June, 2006

The Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2006 has awarded Nintendo its highest honor. The Wii system won Best in Show as well as the "Best Hardware" award. Nintendo's Wii Sports won best sports category, Excite Truck grabbed best racing game, and The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for the DS system won best hand-held game. Obviously this is a big achievement for Nintendo.

With these 5 awards, Nintendo had more accolades than any other publisher or hardware manufacturer. Here is just a sampling of what Nintendo won from some independent websites after E3.

IGN.com
Best Platform Game: Super Mario Galaxy
Best Puzzle Game: Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis
Most Innovative Design: Wii Remote
Best Hardware/Peripheral: Wii Remote
Best Hand-Held Game - The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

GameSpot
Best Hardware: Wii
Best Platform Game: Super Mario Galaxy
Best Puzzle/Rhythm Game: WarioWare: Smooth Moves

The GameTap broadband entertainment network:
Best Adventure Game: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Best Platform Game: Super Mario Galaxy
Best Sports Game: Wii Sports
Best Portable: New Super Mario Bros.
Best Surprise: Wii Remote
Best Announcement: Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Game Trailers
Most Innovative: WarioWare: Smooth Moves
Best Action/Adventure Game: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Best Sports Game: Wii Sports