The votes have been counted and here (at long last) are the results of 2003's NBrid Videogame Awards! Forget IGN, GameSpot, EGM; these are the picks that matter! So which game among this year's strong line-up wins Game of the Year?

These games were voted on by members of NBrid and visitors to the site in December and January. People were allowed to pick from a list of potential games, or they could write-in a vote for the game of their choice (and many did). I (bonestormer) did not participate. Instead when ever there was a tie, I broke it. No one likes two winners. They might as well both have lost then. Or at least, that's my reasoning.

The votes did seem to lean towards Nintendo more than any other side, but for the most part it seemed "fair and balanced". Some people threw their votes away (I'm sorry, but F-Zero GX is not a sports game, no racing game is), others just didn't vote in every category. In general there was a clear winner, but "Game of the Year" was so wide open, I think it was just chance the below game "won".

If you didn't vote, don't complain! If you did... complain away!

Best Graphics - Zelda: The Wind Waker
Best Sound - Tony Hawk's Underground
Best Storyline - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Best New Character - Viewtiful Joe
Most Original - Wario Ware
Best Multiplayer - Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Best Online - Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3
Best Sports - Madden 2004
Best Extreme Sports - Tony Hawk's Underground
Best Adventure - Zelda: The Wind Waker
Best RPG - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Best Platformer - Mario Advance 4: SMB3
Best Action - Viewtiful Joe
Best FPS - Call of Duty
Best Fighter - Soul Calibur II
Best Driving - NFS: Underground
Best Strategy - Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Best Commercial/Ad - Prince of Persia
Best GBA - Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Best PS2 - Final Fantasy X-2
Best GC - Zelda: The Wind Waker
Best Xbox - Star Wars: KOTOR
Best PC - Call of Duty
Biggest Surprise - Simpsons Hit & Run
Most Disappointing - Enter the Matrix
Game of the Year - None

(That's right, no game wins this year! I'm sorry if you feel cheated. But it's not like you had a lot invested in this anyways. Either people couldn't decide, or they felt no game distanced itself from the rest. A few people actually wrote-in "none", but the real reason no game wins is because so many people didn't bother to even vote in this category. To be fair though, if I did that with every category there would be a couple more 'none's, but ask yourself, do we really want SOCOM II to win GOTY with 14% of the vote?)

Viewer's Choice (created by and voted on by you!)

  • Most Wanted Sequel that You'll Never See - (3 way tie) Diddy Kong Racing, Blast Corps, Vigilante 8
  • Best Unlockable - Meta Knight in Kirby Air Ride
  • The most racers based on established franchises in 5 months - Nintendo
  • Crappy Waste of $50 bucks and the hour you played it before you got sick of it - Enter the Matrix
  • Best Publisher - UbiSoft

 

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