CESA released their picks for the best games released between April 1, 2005 and March 31 2006. The list is fairly predictable. Animal Crossing: Wild World, Final Fantasy XII and Shadow of the Colossus snag awards. World of Warcraft also gets props as it received the award for the best game designed outside of Japan. The real surprise is seen in the future awards, which are given out to games that are thought to be hits in the future. Blue Dragon got one of the coveted prizes and Elebits is the only Wii game on the list. However three Playstation 3 titles make it on top. Gran Turismo HD, Heavenly Sword and the camera card game the Eye of Judgment snag this prize. Are these games a triple threat to Microsoft and Nintendo?
See the full list past the break.
Grand Award
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day
Final Fantasy XII
Excellence Award
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day
Final Fantasy XII
Kingdom Hearts II
Mario Kart DS
Monster Hunter 2
Nintendogs
Shadow of the Colossus
Tales of the Abyss
Tamagotchi: Corner Shop
Yakuza (Ryu ga Gotoku)
Global Award for a game designed in Japan
Nintendogs
Global Award for a game designed outside Japan
World of Warcraft
Special Award
Monster Hunter Portable
English Training DS
CESA Future Awards
Blue Dragon
Dawn of Mana
Elebits
The Eye of Judgement
Gyakuten Saiban 4 (Phoenix Wright 4)
Gran Turismo HD
Heavenly Sword
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops
Monster Hunter Portable 2nd
Tales of Destiny PS2 remake
Indie Awards
Grand Prize
Five seconds Kappa
Excellence Award
Nest of Moai
bloWind (designed for the Gamecube)
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Also see last year’s picks in our 2005 CESA awards article.
