Very short footage: Where was Xenoblade Chronicles 2 at the 2018 Game Awards? - iGamesNews.com

Right now you are reading the first article of an idea that has been baptized as Short footage in which, in a brief text, I will talk about topics related to Nintendo and the world of video games in general with the intention of opening a debate about them.

The Game Awards They offer the most popular video game awards gala and, therefore, every year the selection of nominees and winners generates some controversy because of the simple fact that it is impossible to please everyone. But in the last edition, the one held in the year 2018

, there were a large number of players who wondered why he had not been included in the list of nominees for one of the most important video games for Nintendo Switch; I'm obviously talk ing about Xenoblade Chronicles 2

East JRPG came out for the hybrid console of Nintendo he December 1, 2017, but to be nominated in this gala the game in question has to leave before the second half of November, this did not arrive in time for the year of departure but, according to my logic, I should have enjoyed the opportunity to Participate in the gala the following year. This was not the case, and the open world title developed by Monolith Soft he was not nominated in Game Awards 2018.

Having only this information, we might think that this event does not accept games from previous years, and that the period to participate is from January to mid-November, leaving aside all the titles released in the second half of November and December, but it was a bittersweet surprise to see that this Year 2019 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate It was among the best game nominees of the year among other categories. And don't get me wrong, with this I don't want to say that the best-selling fighting game in history doesn't deserve its nominations, it just makes me wonder what the criteria were to follow last year to not do the same with Xenoblade Chronicles 2

. And I am not asking that he be nominated for the best game of the year, that it would not have been bad, but there are some other categories in which his name had to come out among the list of nominees.

This has led me to offer you this reflection and to ask myself the following question: did the international jury really not consider that Xenoblade Chronicles 2 had to be among the highlights of the year, or being a less recent game (if we ignore the magnificent DLC that came out in 218) just ignored it for marketing issues and release date?