14 DAY TRIAL // As all good trade organizers, CESA, the people behind the Tokyo Game Show, have announced their list of recipients for their annual Japan Games Awards, which are given to those titles and developers that really stand out and have the ability to promote Japanese gamers while also “communicating the wonder and enjoyment of computer entertainment to even more people”.
Nintendo's legendary game developer Shigeru Miyamoto is the first man to receive the all new Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Prize which is aimed at extraordinary individuals. CESA says that the prize would be awarded to “an individual or to an organization that from the results of a work created and announced in recent years has been evaluated as having made a contribution to the development of the Japanese home-use video game console and software industry”.
Shigeru Miyamoto is very well known to both Eastern and Western audiences. He has developed the Mario character over its long gaming history and also oversaw the development of such franchises as Nintendogs, Pikmin and Legend of Zelda. Nintendo has been largely depended on his genius in the recent few years to launch interesting games for the new Nintendo Wii. CESA says Miyamoto “has succeeded in expanding the definition of video games through products with new game concepts that address themes such as 'healing', 'family communication' and 'health'".
Wii Fit and Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G received the Grand Award in the Games of the Year category, while the Global Award: Foreign Product was taken home by Guitar Hero III from Activison and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare received a Special Award.
Awards for Excellence were given to games such as Super Mario Galaxy and Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Nintendo Wii, Devil May Cry 4, Dragon Quest IV: The Chapters of the Chosen and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time for the Nintendo DS, Mario Party DS and Ryu Ga Gotoku Kenzan!.