TGS 2008: MHP 2ndG, Wii Fit top awardees in Japan Game Awards

Posted Oct 9, 2008 at 6:01PM by Karl B. Listed in: Magazines, News Tags: Capcom, CESA, Japan, Super Mario, Yakuza

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The Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association (CESA) awarded Nintendo's Wii Fit and Capcom's Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G top accolades in this year's Japan Game Awards held during the ongoing Tokyo Game Show.

Both games bagged the Grand Award in the ceremony's Games of the Year Division. Wii Fit was praised for "enormously enlarging the definition of the game and entertaimentalism" while 2nd G commended for its users' overwhelming support.

Here's a list of other awards handed out during the ceremony:

Award for Excellence

Wii Fit
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Devil May Cry 4
Dragon Quest 4: The Chapters of the Chosen
PokÃ©mon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time / Explorers of Darkness
Mario Party DS
Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G
Yakuza: Kenzan
Professor Layton and the DevilÂ’s Box (tentative title)
Winning Eleven 2008

Special Award

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Best Sales Award

Wii Fit

Global Award - Japanese Product

Wii Play

Global Award - Foreign Product

Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock

Via Japan Game Awards 2008

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24 Jumps Buy two, get one free at Best Buy

21 Jumps Kojima and MGS artist autograph PSPs for PlayStation's birthday

16 Jumps Traveller's Tales to Sony: make downloadable games cheaper or the PSP Go dies

16 Jumps NPD Study: US kids as young as 2 call themselves gamers

14 Jumps MaGiXieN: 6.xxGEN is not worth the trouble, 5.50GEN-D3 to be announced in a few hours

12 Jumps Square Enix trademarks "Chaos Rings" in Europe

12 Jumps PSP Minis to become playable on PS3 before Christmas?

11 Jumps THQ to open its biggest studio in Montreal

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by itzzspencer - 2008-10-09 16:20

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congrats to capcom, with their best psp game ever. monster hunter!

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