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 This
year's award winners have been selected from a total of
715 separate titles chosen through a vote conducted over
the Internet and by mail between July 20 and September
24 this year. The CESA GAME AWARDS Selection Committee
was responsible for the final decisions regarding the
allocation of each award.
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"Awards for Excellence" are given to highly promising
products of the year, and this year were awarded to nine
separate products. |
Comments from the Award Winners |
SHIN: SANGOKUMUSOU 3
(KOEI Co.,Ltd.) |
 I
deeply appreciate the support we have received from
the fans of our "SHIN: SANGOKUMUSOU 3" series. We
will do our best to continue to create games of
a quality which users have come to expect from us.
I really want to express our most sincere gratitude.
Thank you very much. |
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| THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: THE WIND WAKER (Nintendo
Co.,Ltd.) |
 Ever
since ZELDA's transformation into a 3D format, we
have been lucky enough to win a CESA award for it
every year. We are extremely grateful that it has
been awarded again this year too. In the latest
version we employed a new technique called 'two-shading'
with the hope of creating a ZELDA which would consistently
surprise and delight users. The next ZELDA is already
in the development stage. We look forward to presenting
it to you in the near future. Thank you very much. |
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| TEKKI (CAPCOM
CO., LTD.) |
| As I was aiming at trying to win the "Grand Award"
itself, I feel a little disappointed at not being
able to achieve this goal. I believe our product
is very much a niche product, but because of the
support we have received from our users, we have
been fortunate enough to receive this award. Thank
you very much. |
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| .hack//Series (BANDAI
CO.,LTD) |
 I
very much appreciate the opportunity as the producer
of this game to be the one to receive this prize.
I live and work (away from Tokyo) in Hakata. So,
when I first received the news about this award,
I jumped for joy. I just felt that to be awarded
this prize was such an honor. The ".hack//Series"
has received significant support both from various
sectors of the media as well as a great number of
users. I really want to express our gratitude to
everyone. |
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FINAL FANTASY X-2
(SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.) |
I really want to thank you all for this award today.
We are now developing the game's international version.
It will be the final episode for X, entitled "Last
Mission." Please look forward to its release. |
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| HALO® (Microsoft
Corporation) |
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 The
members of Bungie Studios are currently developing
the next version of HALO® and as such are
unfortunately unable to attend the ceremony today.
It is an honor for us that this product has been
so highly appraised and able to receive this award.
On behalf of the company, I want to express our
sincere gratitude. Thank you very much.
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Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire
(The Pokémon Company) |
 Through
a continuous process of trial and error we have
been able to successfully develop the first version
of Pokémon playable
on Game Boy Advance machines. We are very glad the
efforts made by all of the staff on this project
have enabled us to be able to receive this award.
Thank you very much. |
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| MADE IN WARIO (Nintendo
Co.,Ltd.) |
 I
wish to thank you all very much for this award.
As we considered "MADE IN WARIO" to be a very peculiar
and unique game, none of the staff members expected
to receive this award. We are both surprised and
delighted at this result. All of the staff put a
lot of enthusiasm into this project and worked on
it with pleasure and excitement. Perhaps some of
this enthusiasm and fun was able to be passed on
to game's users through the game. |
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| WORLD SOCCER WINNING ELEVEN 6
(KONAMI CORPORATION) |
 Next
year will be the tenth anniversary of the first
release from the "WINNING ELEVEN" series. One of
our principles has been to create a game depicting
simple and real-looking soccer, and we believe that
this basic idea was a sound decision. We want to
keep releasing new products onto the market to further
stimulate not only the game industry but the soccer
industry as well. We hope we can rely upon our fans'
continued support. |
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The "Special Award" is given to the title which receives
a large number of votes from the public and is also deemed
appropriate for the award by the Selection Committee.
This year's winning game was selected on the strong recommendation
of each committee member for its highly perfected attributes
such as impressive graphic imaging, high-speed actions
and the quality of its unfolding storyline. |
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A Comment from the Award Winner |
ANUBIS ZONE OF THE ENDERS (KONAMI
CORPORATION)
 Thank
you so much for such an honorable award. When I
announced the news of this award to our staff, they
showed surprise and seemed half in doubt that it
could be true. It is a great souvenir to them for
their efforts. Thank you very much. |
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The "Global Award" is presented for both the Japanese
title and foreign title most highly appraised overseas.
This year's Global Award for the most highly appraised
foreign title goes to "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City." Regretfully,
no one from its development team was able to attend the
ceremony to receive the award in person. |
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A Comment from the Award Winner |
[Japanese Title]
KINGDOM HEARTS (SQUARE ENIX
CO., LTD.)
 Thank
you very much for presenting us with this special
award. Although "KINGDOM HEARTS" has already gained
considerable popularity in Japan, the product has
an even larger following in the US and Europe where
we still receive warm words of appreciation from
the game's fans. At present, we are actively developing
sequels to this game to be released next year. We
hope we can continue to receive everyone's generous
support. |
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The "Best Sales Award" is presented to the best-selling
title sold in Japan during a specified period.
This year's award goes to "Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire", which
achieved sales of four million units during the specified
period. It grew to be a mega-hit product with domestic
shipments of over five million units by the end of October
2003. |
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A Comment from the Award Winner |
Pokémon
Ruby & Sapphire (The Pokémon
Company)
 It
is our pleasure as a developer to be able to receive
the "Best Sales Award". It brings us great joy to
know that such a large number of people take pleasure
in enjoying this game. This latest Pokémon
title was designed essentially to take communication
between players into account. The concept that the
game can be enjoyed by two players or more simultaneously
rather than just a lone player may have lead to
its broad sales success. We intend to keep developing
excellent products for greater numbers of users
to enjoy. |
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The "Grand Award" is presented to the product which receives
a high number of popular votes from users and is evaluated
as the best game of the year by the Selection Committee.
This year, for the first time in the seven-year history
of the CESA award system, the selection committee has
decided to award the prize to two separate titles simultaneously.
The Selection Committee decided to present the award to
both titles in recognition of each game's contribution
to the introduction of new users to gaming, thus having
a positive effect on the gaming industry, as well as opening
up the door to the new age of broadband-oriented on-line
games for household use. |
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Comments from the Award Winners |
FINAL FANTASY XI (SQUARE
ENIX CO., LTD.)
 We
are very happy to receive this very honorable award.
We started developing this game four years ago,
and we are pleased to say that over-the-counter-sales
of this title in the US, which has been our long
time dream, happen to start today. We are deeply
grateful to be able to receive this award on this
memorable day. I would like to express our gratitude
to each of the many developers as well as users
who contributed to the creation of the world of
FINAL FANTASY XI. |
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TAIKONOTATUJIN TATAKONDE DODONGADON
(Namco Limited)
 This
product was able to be created by having been beaten
around by a large number of customers. We would
like to express our special thanks to our customers.
This product has been the result of various efforts
and hardships. The software, the controller etc.
have all been realized though hard work and effort.
I very much appreciate the special contributions
made by all of the project development members,
sales promoters and the many others involved in
creation of this title. Thank you all very much.
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