Super Smash Bros. Ultimate wins big at the Japan Game Awards

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate received top honours at the Japan Game Awards 2019.
Nintendo's hit game was given the Grand Award, distinguishing it from ten other titles on the Award for Excellence shortlist. The Smash Bros. development team was also given a special award by the Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
At the end of June this year, Smash Bros. Ultimate had sold 14.73 million units worldwide.
Other games that made the Award for Excellence shortlist included Insomniac's Spider-Man, Respawn Entertainment's Apex Legends, Quantic Dream's Detroit: Become Human, From Software's Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and Capcom's remake of Resident Evil 2.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was also given the Best Sales Award and the Global Award for a Japanese Product. Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2 was presented with the Global Award for a Foreign Product.

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