This year’s Golden Joystick Awards were held in London with the first presentation of the “Hall of Fame Industry Personality of the Year” going to Shigeru Miyamoto.
The company behind this annual UK based awards ceremony is Dennis Publishing, which publishes a number of games and lifestyles magazines and websites. Many of the awards are voted for by the readers of sponsoring websites and magazines.
This is what Mr Miyamoto said in a video acceptance speech:
“I'm honoured to become the first recipient of the Golden Joystick Hall of Fame Award, and I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you all," he said, beaming into the camera. "Taking this opportunity, I would like to thank all the game fans and games media in Europe for helping energise the videogame industry. For over 20 years, I have been fortunate enough to work with very talented people with amazing foresight, from the Donkey Kong days to our most recent, Mario Kart: Double Dash!! I really have enjoyed every minute; it's an amazing industry to work in."
The complete list of Nintendo’s awards are listed below.
GameCube Game of the Year
Winner:
Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Finalists:
Metroid Prime
Resident Evil Zero
Handheld Game of the Year
Winner:
Advance Wars 2
Finalists:
Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Publisher of the Year
Winner:
Nintendo
Finalists:
Electronic Arts
Rockstar
Hardware of the Year
Winner:
Game Boy Advance SP
Finalists:
Eye Toy
Xbox Live!
Hall of Fame Industry Personality of the Year
Shigeru Miyamoto
Most Wanted Game for Xmas
Winner:
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Finalists:
Pro Evolution Soccer 3
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