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Posted: April 26th, 2003.
Nintendo takes home an armful of awards courtesy of ITV1¹s Game Stars & EdgeMagazine
Easter Sunday saw the broadcast of ITV1¹sinaugural Game Stars awards ceremony. The awards were voted for by thepublic, and represent one of the biggest ever polls of video gaming opinion.
In a coup for Nintendo, the GAME Retail: Most Wanted Award went to TheLegend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, exclusively for NINTENDO GAMECUBE,successfully seeing off very respectable bids from Halo 2, Doom III andEnter The Matrix amongst a host of others.
Nintendo¹s most recent release in Europe for NINTENDO GAMECUBE, theoutstanding Metroid Prime, took home the award for Best Adventure Game,beating some huge titles including Ratchet & Clank and PC title NeverwinterNights.
Nintendo has also been the happy recipient of a raft of awards from EdgeMagazine who announced their own choices of the best in video gaming fromthe last 12 months in their May issue.
Once again Metroid Prime has proven itself worthy of the abundant praise ithas already received by scooping Edge¹s coveted Game of the Year category,pipping Neverwinter Nights to the post for the second time in a week. SuperMario Sunshine took a well-deserved third place in the category.
In a heartwarming victory for Nintendo, they took home the title ofPublisher of the Year, beating Electronic Arts into second place.Additionally, co-developers of Metroid Prime with Nintendo, Retro Studios,came a very respectable third place in the Developer of the Year category.
Audio Achievement of the Year was taken by Metroid Prime, and finally, therecently launched Game Boy Advance SP took third place in the HardwareInnovation of the Year category.
Andy Williams, General Manager, Nintendo UK commented,“Once again, these results have proven Nintendo¹s commitment to making thevery best games. Despite not being released in time for these latest Edgeawards, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker looks set to further strengthenNintendo¹s reputation for excellence in video gaming.”
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker for NINTENDO GAMECUBE launches on 3 May2003.
Click ontoNintendo.co.ukfor more information about The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
Click ontoNintendo Europe.comfor all of the most up to date official information on Nintendo.
News page content input by Dominic Robinson, 2003.
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.