Nintendo wants you to know something today. It wants you to know about all the awards it won this year. It asked us to tell you, and who are we to refuse?
Look at the roster of awards, and feel the ultimate power of Nintendo!
Nintendo awarded:
Publisher of the Year
EDGE Awards 2003
Best Developer
GamesTM Awards 2003
Best Publisher
ECTS Awards 2003
Metroid Prime awarded:
First Person Game of the Year
Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Awards 2003
Best Action Game
Game Stars Awards 2003
Daily Mirror People’s Choice
Game Stars Awards 2003
Game of the Year
EDGE Awards 2003
Audio Achievement of the Year
EDGE Awards 2003
Best Comeback
GamesTM Awards 2003
Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker awarded:
Game of the Year
GamesTM Awards 2003
Best Visuals
GamesTM Awards 2003
Game Retail: Most Wanted Game
Game Stars Awards 2003
Advance Wars 2 awarded:
Best Handheld Game of the Show
ECTS Awards 2003
And finally, Mario Party 4 won Family Game of the Year and the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Awards 2003.
Nintendo would also like you to read, understand, and remember the following statement:
“2003 has been an incredible year for Nintendo so far, having launched the award-winning titles shown above and many more. As well as fantastic software, Nintendo also launched the stylish new handheld console, the Game Boy Advance SP and Nintendo are set to continue this success for Christmas 2003, with a fantastic line up that will appeal to players of all ages. There are over 60 games still to launch for Nintendo GameCube, bringing the total library to over 200 in Europe. There are also over 60 Game Boy Advance games still to launch in 2003, which will bring the total library to over 400!”
Just don’t mention GameCube sales and you have a picture of rosy loveliness, unfettered by retail constrains or market trends.
Lovely.