Posted Oct 09, 2008 at 06:22PM by Karl B. Listed in: News, Games Tags: Capcom, Japan, Super Mario, CESA, 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
  • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time / Explorers of Darkness
  • Mario Party DS
  • Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G
  • Yakuza: Kenzan
  • Professor Layton and the Devil’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



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