Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Wins Famitsu’s Game Of The Year

Reported by NintendoEverything: This week’s issue of Famitsu is a special one: it features a section where industry members from several Japanese game studios (like Atlus, Square Enix, Koei Tecmo, Capcom, Platinum Games, etc) as well as celebrities nominate and crown their Game Of The Year 2017. And unsurprisingly, Nintendo’s Wii U & Switch exclusive open world adventure title, Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild walks away victorious.

Here’s the Ultimate GOTY list:

1. Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild (Wii U/Switch)
2. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes Of An Elusive Age (PS4/3DS)
3. NieR: Automata (PS4/PC)
4. Splatoon 2 (Switch)
5. Super Mario Odyssey (Switch)
6. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (PS4/XB1/PC)
7. PlayerUnkown’s Battlegrounds (XB1/PC)
8. Monster Hunter XX (3DS/Switch)
9. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp (Android/iOS)
10. Super NES Mini (yep, for some odd reason they included a console as well)

Five-spot lists were also provided for other systems (Three in the case of Xbox One):

– 3DS:

1. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes Of An Elusive Age
2. Monster Hunter XX
3. The Great Ace Attorney 2
4. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows Of Valentia
5. Pokemon Sun & Moon

– Switch:

1. Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
2. Splatoon 2
3. Super Mario Odyssey
4. Overcooked: Special Edition
5. ARMS

– PS Vita:

1. Undertale
2. Fortune Street: Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary
3. SaGa: Scarlet Grace
4. Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere Of Influence
5. Raging Loop

– PS4:

1. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes Of An Elusive Age
2. NieR: Automata
3. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
4. Assassin’s Creed Origins
5. Yakuza Kiwami 2

– XB1:

1. PlayerUnkown’s Battlegrounds
2. Cuphead
3. Forza Motorsport 7

– PC:

1. PlayerUnkown’s Battlegrounds
2. NieR: Automata
3. Tekken 7
4. Friday The 13th: The Game
5. Overwatch