Animal Crossing: New Horizons wins GOTY at Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2020
Animal Crossing: New Horizons was perhaps the biggest success of 2020. In less than a year, Nintendo's animal social simulator accumulated over 30 million sales. The numbers are just one thing, as the game has also collected quite a few awards as well. Now, Animal Crossing: New Horizons claims yet another game of the year accolade.
The game's success in terms of sales cannot be denied, as it is now the second-highest selling game on the Switch. The other aspect of the game that is clear is that the title was very much a critical hit. Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a highly reviewed title and has a score of 90 on Metacritic as of this writing. That score carried over with those 30+ million players, because fans selected Animal Crossing: New Horizons as one of the best games of 2020 in the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2020, and Nintendo's simulator took home the prize.
The winners have been revealed for the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2020, with nominees including games that were released for the calendar year of 2020. There were some heavy hitters last year, but there can only be one Game of the Year, and that title belongs to Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons also took home the Most Valuable Creator award and Best Game in China. In so many ways the game came out in a perfect time, as the world shut down and many people were stuck indoors due to the coronavirus pandemic. Animal Crossing: New Horizons gave players a world to explore and a place to socialize, so it is no wonder it was such a massive sales success on the Switch; joy sells.
Alongside that Game of the Year winner, Sucker Punch Productions and Ghost of Tsushima took home five awards. It likely helps that the game was centered around Japanese history, and the game was well-received. Meanwhile, the indie title Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin also performed very well, as it took home three trophies at Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2020.
The full list of winners is as follows:
Best Rookie - Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Best Esports Game - Apex Legends
Best Indie Game - Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Best Online - Final Fantasy XIV
Famitsu-Dengeki Special Award - Genshin Impact and Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa Heisei Reiwa mo Teiban
Best Actor - Daisuke Tsuji (Jin Sakai in Ghost of Tsushima)
Best Voice Actor - Takahiro Sakurai (Cloud Strife in Final Fantasy VII Remake)
Best Character - Jin Sakai from Ghost of Tsushima
WILDish Indie Award - Maneater
Best Graphics - Ghost of Tsushima
Best Music - Final Fantasy VII Remake
Best Scenario - The Last of Us Part II
Best Creator in China - Hideo Kojima from Kojima Productions
Best Game in China - Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Best RPG - Final Fantasy VII Remake
Best Adventure Game - Altdeus: Beyond Chronos
Best Action Game - Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Best Action-Adventure Game - Ghost of Tsushima
Most Valuable Creator - Sucker Punch Productions and Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons development team
Game of the Year - Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available now on Nintendo Switch.
Source: Siliconera
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