Here are our picks for the top five
handheld games of this year (stay tuned for a separate summary of 2010's best mobile titles):
It could've been one of the greatest
handheld games of all time.
Somehow, Sora and Bandai Namco have managed to squeeze a console class of game into a tiny screen - a trait of many Nintendo
handheld games of late.
* One of the most highly anticipated
handheld games of 2011 and timed to release with the new Nintendo 3DS handheld platform, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 3D reveals a whole new dimension to the iconic series protagonist, Sam Fisher, as well as the multimillion - selling Splinter Cell series through the advanced stereoscopic 3D functionality of the 3DS.
I don't feel like it's portable friendly, and while I'd give Chrono Trigger a pass on that because it's a port, Black Sigil has always been in development as
a handheld game of some kind, but the end result doesn't feel like it.
This is
the handheld game of choice for those of us raised on Zork and Wizardry, and it's a perfect addition to the hardcore RPG library that has more recently included games like Demon's Souls and The Witcher.
This is
the handheld game of choice for those of us raised on Zork and Wizardry, and it's a perfect addition to the hardcore RPG library that
Unfortunately,
the Handheld Game of the Year award was part of the award montage covering Family Game, Racing Game, Sports Game, and Mobile Game of the Year, which were all rattled off without an acceptance speech.
-- Robot Entertainment Total War: Shogun 2 — The Creative Assembly Toy Soldiers: Cold War — Signal Studios Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution — Relic Entertainment Family Game of the Year Dance Central 2 — Harmonix Just Dance 3 — Ubisoft Paris Kinect Disneyland Adventure — Frontier Developments Little Big Planet 2 — Media Molecule Skylanders Spyro's Adventure — Toys for Bob Mobile Game of the Year Contre Jour — Chillingo Dead Space — EA Mobile Infinity Blade II — Chair Entertainment Tentacles — Press Play The Dark Meadow — Phosphor Games Studio
Handheld Game of the Year Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective — Capcom Kirby Mass Attack — Hal Laboratory Mario Kart 7 — Nintendo Professor Layton and the Last Specter — Level 5 Super Mario 3D Land — Nintendo Adventure Game of the Year Batman: Arkham City — Rocksteady Studios L.A. Noire — Team Bondi Portal 2 — Valve The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword — Nintendo Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play Battlefield 3 — DICE Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 — Infinity Ward / Sledgehammer Games Gears of War 3 — Epic Games Little Big Planet 2 — Media Molecule Star Wars: The Old Republic — BioWare Austin Outstanding Achievement in Connectivity Battlefield 3 — DICE Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 — Infinity Ward / Sledgehammer Games Dragon Age II — BioWare Edmonton Portal 2 — Valve Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog Action Game of the Year Battlefield 3 — DICE Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 — Infinity Ward / Sledgehammer Games Dead Space 2 — Visceral Games Gears of War 3 — Epic Games Saints Row: The Third — Volition Outstanding Achievement in Animation Assassin's Creed: Revelations — Ubisoft Montreal Batman: Arkham City — Rocksteady Studios L.A. Noire — Team Bondi Rayman Origins — UbiArt Montpellier Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction Batman: Arkham City — Rocksteady Studios Battlefield 3 — DICE Portal 2 — Valve Rayman Origins — UbiArt Montpellier Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering Batman: Arkham City — Rocksteady Studios Crysis 2 — Crytek GmbH L.A. Noire — Team Bondi Rage — id Software Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering Batman: Arkham City — Rocksteady Studios Portal 2 — Valve Skylanders Spyro's Adventure — Toys for Bob The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Bethesda Game Studios The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword — Nintendo Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction Batman: Arkham City — Rocksteady Studios L.A. Noire — Team Bondi Portal 2 — Valve The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Bethesda Game Studios Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog
On top of all this, and most important to us here, Metroid: Samus Returns won
the Handheld Game of the Year award!
Samus took home the gold at the D.I.C.E. awards this year, taking the title of «
Handheld Game of the Year», making MercurySteam the first Spanish development studio to win such award.
No awards for
Handheld game of the Year?
Accolades for the franchise include PlayStation: The Official Magazine (Editor's Choice Award), Game Informer (Action / Adventure Game of the Year and
Handheld Game of the Month Award), Electronic Gaming Monthly (Best PS2 Game), IGN.com (Editor's Choice Award and Game of the Year Award), and four nominations in the Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, including Overall Game of the Year and Console Game of the Year.
How about «Peggle» on the ipod for
Handheld Game of the Year.
The Handheld Game of the Year shall be the game developed specifically for a handheld gaming platform that demonstrates the greatest achievement in overall game design, play and / or breakthrough in handheld gaming.
Handheld Game of the Year Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective Kirby Mass Attack Mario Kart 7 Professor Layton and the Last Specter Super Mario 3D Land
For example, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons won Downloadable Game of the Year, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds won
Handheld Game of the Year, and Plants vs Zombies 2 won Casual Game of the Year.
Fire Emblem Heroes was termed as the Mobile Game of the Year, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe won Racing Game of the Year, Metroid: Samus Returns on 3DS was
Handheld Game of the Year, while Super Mario Odyssey won for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design.
Other Nintendo games that won awards include Metroid: Samus Returns for
Handheld Game of the Year, Fire Emblem Heroes for Mobile Game of the Year, Super Mario Odyssey for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle for Strategy / Simulation Game of the Year, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for Racing Game of the Year.
O Game of the Year - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild O Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild O Outstanding Achievement in Game Design - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild O Immersive Reality Technical Achievement - Lone Echo / Echo Arena O Immersive Reality Game of the Year - Lone Echo / Echo Arena O Mobile Game of the Year - Fire Emblem Heroes O
Handheld Game of the Year - Metroid: Samus Returns O DICE Sprite Award - Snipperclips O Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay - PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds O Strategy / Simulation Game of the Year - Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle O Sports Game of the Year - FIFA 18 O Role - Playing Game of the Year - Nier: Automata O Racing Game of the Year - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe O Fighting Game of the Year - Injustice 2 O Family Game of the Year - Snipperclips O Adventure Game of the Year - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild O Action Game of the Year - PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds O Outstanding Technical Achievement - Horizon Zero Dawn O Outstanding Achievement in Story - Horizon Zero Dawn O Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design - Super Mario Odyssey O Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition - Cuphead O Outstanding Achievement in Character - Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Senua O Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction - Cuphead O Outstanding Achievement in Animation - Cuphead
The GO series began with the award - winning Hitman GO releasing in April 2014 followed by Lara Croft GO that released in August 2015 on iOS and Android platforms receiving critical acclaim and won such awards as Apple's iPhone Game of the Year and Best Mobile /
Handheld Game of the Year at The Game Awards in 2015 having since been succeeded on mobile devices by Deus Ex GO.
Not exact matches
A gaming experience my startup created was for PepsiCo and involved using your body as the
game controller to provide input on the screen instead
of using a traditional mouse or
handheld controller.
But just as with Nintendo's 3DS
handheld, it's also an argument for buying the card - based versions
of games, leaving you free to fill the internal space with digital - only fare.
The Japanese
game maker still dominates the portable video
game market, thanks to its 3DS family
of handheld devices.
Van Dreunen says the challenge Nintendo faces is in gaining vertical control, where Miitomo operates as a single point
of entry for
games played across mobile, console, and
handheld devices.
No video
game name was hotter over the past year than Nintendo (ntdoy), which enjoyed a dramatic turnaround thanks to the March 2017 release
of its new
handheld console, the Switch.
The report suggests that the major VR and AR areas that will be generating revenue fall into one
of three categories: Content (gaming, film and TV, health care, education, and social); hardware and distribution (headsets, input devices like
handheld controllers, graphics cards, video capture technologies, and online marketplaces); and software platforms and delivery services (content creation tools, capture, production, and delivery software, video
game engines, analytics, file hosting and compression tools, and B2B and enterprise uses).
These apps are more entertaining and verge on
handheld game territory, so the stigma
of appearing needy or desperate is gone.
Duplium Corp. says it is expanding printing and assembly capacity, riding the wave
of immense popularity for Nintendo Wii Duplium Printing and PackagingNintendo Wii and
handheld DS video
games.
Backyard Sports Baseball 2015 is a newly released edition
of the Backyard Sports series as a
handheld game app.
With new
handheld devices, video
games, apps and other forms
of technology introduced to the world every day, parents are beginning to wonder how to properly balance the lives
of their young children.
If one
of those items happens to be her
handheld game device for example, then you have a bonus natural consequence: she won't get to play until Saturday.
Adam Pertman told the story (which I'm paraphrasing, perhaps badly) at last month's Open Adoption Symposium
of his teenage son, playing a
handheld game in his room one night.
Of course, your special child would be thrilled to get a new
handheld video
game such as Nintendo DS, Gameboy, or Playstation Portable.
Many companies have
handheld gaming systems, with even your phone and tablet capable
of playing
games.
The couple
of times I did, I allowed my oldest (5) to bring along his
handheld game.
Video
game consoles,
handheld gaming devices, computers and mobile devices all feature settings or controls which parents can activate to help manage their kids» use
of games and apps.
Kids interact and play different educational
games in 1
of 3 ways, using their body, a pointer, and a
handheld controller.
These days, instead
of playing the license plate
game like we did as children, our kids are plugged into a DVD or
handheld video
game.
Now I have a
handheld computer that keeps track
of all my addresses, calendar, memos, and e-mails; it even has
games and a scientific calculator.
One day, Hrusovsky hopes that parents and coaches can use
handheld testing devices on the sidelines at soccer or football
games to assess the impact
of players» head injuries noninvasively.
Mixing and matching materials this way may pave the way to brighter displays for cell phones and
handheld games, spherical light - sensitive «eyes» that take in a wide field
of view, and flexible communications devices that can be folded and stuffed into a backpack, says materials scientist John Rogers
of the University
of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign.
This
handheld video
game system will use cartridges, and has detachable controllers on each side
of the device.
This is a sortable list
of video
games on the Nintendo DS, DS Lite, and DSi
handheld game consoles.
Fans
of the Zelda series, as well as anyone who's keen on free - roaming adventure
games, will be in
handheld heaven.
Intensity is the name
of the
game here, with director Gary Ross going all Paul Greengrass with shaky,
handheld camera - work getting up close and personal with every fight scene.
I dressed up like the Joker for many a Halloween, Batman came to my 8th or 9th birthday party, and I had one
of the coolest
handheld games ever: a Tiger Electronics Batwing
game that my parents made me return because I was a tad too young for it (I think they thought it was overly complicated for me).
Stands out as a good
handheld game, if you compare it to big titles
of course its not going to do well.
I wouldn't say it was a mistake to bring Rodea to 3DS, but the
game is so rough that it either needed more time in development, or the
handheld was incapable
of fully handling Naka's vision.
Sticker Star began in development as a conventional Paper Mario
game in the style
of the first two
games, but Miyamoto insisted that the
game be playable as a
handheld.