Pokemon Legends: Arceus is your Nintendo Game of the Year at The Golden Joystick Awards 2022
Pokemon Legends: Arceus is your Nintendo Game of the Year at The Golden Joystick Awards 2022
by FlakySalary
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Abbx
It wasn’t a bad game. One of the better Pokemon titles in quite a while, but GOTY?
As a Pokemon fan, that even riddles me. Splatoon 3? Kirby and the Forgotten Land? Xenoblade 3?
All FAR more polished, fun, and cared for titles. Weird.
Catastray
Great game, but not GOTY. But I guess that’s just how desperate fan were for something new. Xenoblade and Kirby were way more deserving.
Mountain-Papaya-492
I liked it well enough but my Nintendo GOTY is without a doubt Splatoon 3.
My first Splatoon ever and still playing on a regular basis. Surpassing MH and ACNH. Runner up would be Bayonetta 3 haven’t finished it yet but having a blast so far.
T10_Luckdraw
Xenoblade III, Bayonetta III, Splatoon III, even Kirby and the Forgotten Land, all these games held my attention much longer than Arceus.
I felt like that game had things, but none of them mattered. You have a dodge roll, but outside of frenzy, does not matter. You can throw berries to lure Mons, but it is much slower than just throwing a ball. At the end of the day you really only through balls, over and over and over. The world was a slog, and if I have to eat dumplings or whatever with the Prof and not Dawn at night to recap everything that was just told to me I’ll scream.
No abilities gutted creating teams. I like building teams, seeing how they interact, and putting them against things. I never felt there was a reason to have a team. There was nothing to test it against.
I am glad people enjoyed this, but I bounced so hard off of it.
BlueskyPrime
Game Freak winning GOTY the same way Qatar won the bid to host the World Cup.
unatheworld
So you’re telling me Xenoblade Chronicles 3 got nominated GOTY but didn’t get it for Nintendo’s GOTY? This shit is rigged
zepallica
I think In these kinds of situations people tend to just vote for the one they played, I don’t know the sales numbers from all of the candidates but I’d wager Pokemon Legends sold the most and just benefitted from a familiarity bias.
LittleGoblinBoy
I don’t see any remotely convincing argument for this being Nintendo GOTY over Xenoblade 3 or Kirby and the Forgotten Land.
PLA was great by the standards of Pokemon games and completely average by the standard of open world RPGs.
It only received the attention it did because of the incredibly low standards that the Pokemon franchise has.
Like it was an enjoyable enough game and it’s good that GF is finally moving beyond their standard formula, but let’s not overly reward them for finally making the changes they should have made over a decade ago.
jeffdabuffalo
XC3 robbed
_mesram
Gotta love Pokémon being assessed based on how it compares to other Pokémon games, rather than other games.
I’m seeing positive reviews for Scarlet/Violet where they give it a positive rating in graphics because “the graphics are pretty good for a Pokémon game”.
CA719
This was my favorite pokemon game I’ve ever played, and I’ve played them all with the exception of BW/BW2.
Yes it looked kinda bad at times but it was incredibly fun and everything I could want in a Pokemon game.
Isuckmangosforalivin
Soooo sparks of hope was nominated GOTY but wasn’t nominated for this..? And Xenoblade really should’ve been nominated GOTY over bayonetta
Snomann
Arceus came out in 2022? Christ it’s been a long year…
Meme_to_the_Extreme
Xenoblade 3???????
pneumatocele
Wow…
To be fair I didn’t play most the games on the list but don’t think arceus deserved to beat Xenoblade 3 at all. I like how arceus changes the Pokémon formula but man does it have its own issues. It feels like a game in beta mode and has a ton to improve on. I can’t believe it won just because the standards of Pokémon are so low (I am a Pokémon fan).
Some people here are mentioning the drop off in story of Xenoblade 3. I certainly agree after the big events it does die down a little, but that doesn’t take away from the game play, world, soundtrack…. What about arcues’ story? The world itself is pretty dang plain too
CrazyComedyKid
if this wasn’t a vote based thing, i’m sure it wouldn’t have had a chance. kirby, mario and rabbids, or xenoblade would have probably won.
undressvestido
Xenoblade 3 was far more polished
BestBoy_54
Xenoblade 3 is amazing and deserved the award. I only stopped playing it halfway because a better game came out (GOW Ragnarök), but now I’m back at it and I’m still having a blast. I enjoyed Arceus a lot too, but the game felt empty.
Immediate-Rope8465
REALLY THIS GAME BEAT KIRBY AND THE FORGOTTEN LAND AND SPLATOON 3 ?
Andernerd
Wow, that’s super shitty. It did not deserve that.
ReploidDibblez
I’m sorry but no, Legends Arceus was fun but it still felt like a very basic game and a beta test for a new formula, but that’s what happens when game awards are a popularity contest. Xenoblade 3, Kirby, and splatoon 3 easily blew that game out of the water to the point that I completely forgot it even released in the same year.
ronjantol
Solid Game, but Not GOTY imo. That goes to xenoblade 3 for me
ItsAlwaysSunny1992
One of the worst Pokémon games of all time
UnlimitedButts
Bro fuck pokemon. Shit does not deserve game of the year
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It wasn’t a bad game. One of the better Pokemon titles in quite a while, but GOTY?
As a Pokemon fan, that even riddles me. Splatoon 3? Kirby and the Forgotten Land? Xenoblade 3?
All FAR more polished, fun, and cared for titles. Weird.
Great game, but not GOTY. But I guess that’s just how desperate fan were for something new. Xenoblade and Kirby were way more deserving.
I liked it well enough but my Nintendo GOTY is without a doubt Splatoon 3.
My first Splatoon ever and still playing on a regular basis. Surpassing MH and ACNH. Runner up would be Bayonetta 3 haven’t finished it yet but having a blast so far.
Xenoblade III, Bayonetta III, Splatoon III, even Kirby and the Forgotten Land, all these games held my attention much longer than Arceus.
I felt like that game had things, but none of them mattered. You have a dodge roll, but outside of frenzy, does not matter. You can throw berries to lure Mons, but it is much slower than just throwing a ball. At the end of the day you really only through balls, over and over and over. The world was a slog, and if I have to eat dumplings or whatever with the Prof and not Dawn at night to recap everything that was just told to me I’ll scream.
No abilities gutted creating teams. I like building teams, seeing how they interact, and putting them against things. I never felt there was a reason to have a team. There was nothing to test it against.
I am glad people enjoyed this, but I bounced so hard off of it.
Game Freak winning GOTY the same way Qatar won the bid to host the World Cup.
So you’re telling me Xenoblade Chronicles 3 got nominated GOTY but didn’t get it for Nintendo’s GOTY? This shit is rigged
I think In these kinds of situations people tend to just vote for the one they played, I don’t know the sales numbers from all of the candidates but I’d wager Pokemon Legends sold the most and just benefitted from a familiarity bias.
I don’t see any remotely convincing argument for this being Nintendo GOTY over Xenoblade 3 or Kirby and the Forgotten Land.
PLA was great by the standards of Pokemon games and completely average by the standard of open world RPGs.
It only received the attention it did because of the incredibly low standards that the Pokemon franchise has.
Like it was an enjoyable enough game and it’s good that GF is finally moving beyond their standard formula, but let’s not overly reward them for finally making the changes they should have made over a decade ago.
XC3 robbed
Gotta love Pokémon being assessed based on how it compares to other Pokémon games, rather than other games.
I’m seeing positive reviews for Scarlet/Violet where they give it a positive rating in graphics because “the graphics are pretty good for a Pokémon game”.
This was my favorite pokemon game I’ve ever played, and I’ve played them all with the exception of BW/BW2.
Yes it looked kinda bad at times but it was incredibly fun and everything I could want in a Pokemon game.
Soooo sparks of hope was nominated GOTY but wasn’t nominated for this..? And Xenoblade really should’ve been nominated GOTY over bayonetta
Arceus came out in 2022? Christ it’s been a long year…
Xenoblade 3???????
Wow…
To be fair I didn’t play most the games on the list but don’t think arceus deserved to beat Xenoblade 3 at all. I like how arceus changes the Pokémon formula but man does it have its own issues. It feels like a game in beta mode and has a ton to improve on. I can’t believe it won just because the standards of Pokémon are so low (I am a Pokémon fan).
Some people here are mentioning the drop off in story of Xenoblade 3. I certainly agree after the big events it does die down a little, but that doesn’t take away from the game play, world, soundtrack…. What about arcues’ story? The world itself is pretty dang plain too
if this wasn’t a vote based thing, i’m sure it wouldn’t have had a chance. kirby, mario and rabbids, or xenoblade would have probably won.
Xenoblade 3 was far more polished
Xenoblade 3 is amazing and deserved the award. I only stopped playing it halfway because a better game came out (GOW Ragnarök), but now I’m back at it and I’m still having a blast. I enjoyed Arceus a lot too, but the game felt empty.
REALLY THIS GAME BEAT KIRBY AND THE FORGOTTEN LAND AND SPLATOON 3 ?
Wow, that’s super shitty. It did not deserve that.
I’m sorry but no, Legends Arceus was fun but it still felt like a very basic game and a beta test for a new formula, but that’s what happens when game awards are a popularity contest. Xenoblade 3, Kirby, and splatoon 3 easily blew that game out of the water to the point that I completely forgot it even released in the same year.
Solid Game, but Not GOTY imo. That goes to xenoblade 3 for me
One of the worst Pokémon games of all time
Bro fuck pokemon. Shit does not deserve game of the year
Nah definitely should have been XC3.