Awarded gamesGames of the Year

Award results of The JAPAN GAME AWARDS 2021 have been announced as follows.

Grand Award

Ghost of Tsushima

Company Sony Interactive Entertainment 
Platform PlayStation®4

An open-world that recreates the seasonal scenery typical of medieval Japan and even the flow of time.
This game was created in the overwhelming quality: beautiful graphics, the epic story, the variety of actions, and the game music. The game received great praise from many users and received the Grand Award.

MONSTER HUNTER RISE™

Company CAPCOM CO., LTD.
Platform Nintendo Switch

The game has successfully met the expectations of series fans who had been waiting for its release with a new and exciting hunting experience.

In the public voting, many fans called it the “best in the series" and a “divine game,” and it was awarded the Grand Prize with overwhelming supports.

Game Designers Award

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit

Company Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Platform Nintendo Switch

“Mario Kart" itself is very famous.

The combination of radio control + AR technology makes an unprecedented play.

The course created in the real life, of course, is a field that cannot exist anywhere else. It combines the characteristics of both a game and a toy.

In the second round of voting, where the most voted games were listed, a number of judges voted for this game, saying they had missed it.

In addition, there is a limit in playing games in a Japanese house. Therefore, some people had not bought (or tried) the game. This is due to the fact that it has features not found in ordinary games.

Award for excellence

 Awards Title Platform Company
Grand Award Ghost of Tsushima PS4 Sony Interactive Entertainment 
MONSTER HUNTER RISE™ Nintendo Switch CAPCOM CO., LTD.
Game Designers
Award
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit Nintendo Switch Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Award for
excellence
Umamusume: Pretty Derby iOS / Android OS / PC Cygames, Inc.
Genshin Impact iOS / Android OS / PC / PS5 /PS4 miHoYo
Ghost of Tsushima PS4 Sony Interactive Entertainment 
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin Nintendo Switch / PS4 / Steam Marvelous Inc.
Resident Evil 3 PS4 / Xbox One / PC CAPCOM CO., LTD.
BUDDY MISSION BOND Nintendo Switch Nintendo Co., Ltd.
FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE PS4 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! Nintendo Switch Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
MONSTER HUNTER RISE™ Nintendo Switch CAPCOM CO., LTD.
The Last of Us Part II PS4 Sony Interactive Entertainment
Best Sales Award Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! Nintendo Switch Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Global Award
Japanese Product
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo Switch Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Global Award
Foreign Product
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War    PS5 / PS4 / Xbox One /
Xbox Series X|S / PC
ACTIVISION / Treyarch; Raven Software

【Abbreviations of platform】
PS5: PlayStation®5 / PS4: PlayStation®4 / PC: Windows®

*Only games released from January until the end of December,2020 are eligible for the Global Award.