Two Titles Won Game of the Year of Famitsu Awards 2018!
Last year was one of the most anticipated years for all the gamers around the world! New titles were announced like Detroit: Become Human and Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee. One of the most famous Japanese video game magazines, Famitsu, held their 14th game awards, The Famitsu Awards 2018 on their Youtube channel: ファミ通TUBE.
This could be one of the best year awards for Nintendo, yet. Having Super Smash Bros. Ultimate win not only Excellence Prize but also the Game of the Year! And you can not miss how popular the Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee is, bringing another success to Nintendo Switch. Congratulations Nintendo!
Capcom, the home of Resident Evil and Street Fighter series, was elected to win the Best Game Maker Award. One of its well-known games, Monster Hunter: Worlds; together with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, is the winner of The Game of the Year and Excellence Prize.
The Famitsu Awards 2018 have 9 categories winners which were announced on April 5th, 2019. Full list of the winners can be found below!
- Monster Hunter: World from Capcom
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate from Nintendo
2. Excellence Prize
- Octopath Traveler from Square Enix
- God of War from Sony
- Judgment from SEGA
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate from Nintendo
- Detroit: Become Human from Sony
- Dragon Quest Builders 2 from Square Enix
- Fate/Grand Order from FGO Project
- Fortnite from Epic Games
- Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee from The Pokemon Company / Nintendo
- Marvel’s Spider-Man from Sony
- Monster Hunter: World from Capcom
- Red Dead Redemption 2 from Rockstar Games
3. Rookie Award
- Octopath Traveler from Square Enix
- Detroit: Become Human from Sony
4. Favorite App Award
- LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum
5. Special Award
- Astro Bot: Rescue Mission from Sony
6. Best Character Award
- Kirby from Kirby series
7. Best Game Music Award
- Octopath Traveler from Square Enix
8. Best Game Maker Award
- Capcom
9. MVP Award
- Masahiro Sakurai from Sora
Some of you might be wondering who is Masahiro Sakurai. He is a video game director and game designer. Kirby and Super Smash Bros. series, both are the work he is best known of. After all his hard work, it is undeniable that he would get the MVP Award of Famitsu Awards 2018.
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