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Nick's 2009 Game of the Year Awards

Nick weighs in on 2009 and gives us his top titles and a few runner-ups for each of the systems.

Wii

Game of the Year: Punch-Out!!

It's an odd situation, but I can almost guarantee that you'd have a hard time finding guys around my age that weren't completely obsessed with Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! years ago when they were kids. My attachment to the franchise is quite substantial, but I had my reservations about its return and the new content that could be offered in this updated rendition of the classic title. Much to my satisfaction, Next Level Games in conjuction with Nintendo were able to revitalize the long dormant series with a stunning art style and solid gameplay.

Everything and anything that could be expected from the rebirth of the series was delivered with Punch-Out!! The simple easy-to-learn, hard-to-master gameplay had me hooked for well over a month, and I find myself returning to the challenge mode now and again to make further progress on the game's version of achievements.

Runner-Ups: New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Marble Saga Kororinpa, Excitebots: Trick Racing

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Comments

vudu

01/05/2010 at 08:56 PM

I find it a little odd that both your GOTY and runner-up for Xbox 360 are multiplatform titles.

Lukasz Balicki Staff Alumnus

01/06/2010 at 05:30 AM

Well let's face it, 360 exclusives in 2009 for the most part sucked.

Nick DiMola Director

01/06/2010 at 06:46 AM

Hey, it's not just me. Check out Gamespot for instance. The only nominee on their list that was 360 exclusive was Forza. I couldn't in good faith hand the award over to that game, nor could I put Halo 3: ODST into consideration.

Outside of those two, what else was there as far as exclusive games go?

vudu

01/06/2010 at 09:15 AM

Don't look at me--I don't even own a 360. :)

How about Shadow Complex or the GTA IV episodes? Or are downloadable games not eligible?

Personally, I kind of liked the way Game|Life (and some other sites did it) by splitting up awards into PS3 exclusives, 360 exclusives and multiplatform games.

Also, why don't you have a single GOTY winner across all platforms?

Nick DiMola Director

01/06/2010 at 09:27 AM

I wasn't a huge fan of either to be honest.

As far as a single game of the year, I don't believe in it, so I didn't do it. Each game in my list is great in its own way, and I can't say I liked one over the other on any of the systems.

Also, each staff member will provide their games of the year in their own format. If Chessa or Luke choose to nominate a single game of the year, they are more than welcome to. You'll see when Luke's goes up later just how different his awards are than mine.

Lukasz Balicki Staff Alumnus

01/06/2010 at 06:27 PM

After looking at Nick's awards, mine are drastically different.

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