Vooks Awards 2009 Readers Choice Winners

Our community have picked their winners from the year gone, and some of them have won themselves

Late last year we asked our readers to pick their favourite games, disappointments and moments of the year. Voting was held on the forums over the New Year’s period and votes have been tallied. If you voted stay tuned to the end of the article see if you’re the winner of the copy of New Super Mario Bros or one of the runners up Mario figures.
Here we go!

WINNER: New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Runner Up: House of the Dead: Overkill

WINNER: Super Mario Galaxy 2 announcement
Runner Up: New Super Mario Wii

TIE: The Epic Final Boss in New Super Mario Bros Wii, Overkill’s Gorgams and experiencing MotionPlus for the first time.

WINNER: The Conduit
Runner Up: ExciteBots being passed up by Nintendo Australia

WINNER: Sega, for their core offerings and efforts as well as continuing to make great casual games.
Runner up: Capcom

WINNER: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Runner Up: Dragon Age: Origins

WINNER: Scribblenauts
Runner Up TIE: Madworld & Little Kings Story

WINNER: LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias
Runner Up: Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People Series 1

WINNER: WarioWare: Snapped!
Runner Up: PiCOPiCT

TIE WINNERS: Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story and Scribblenauts
Runner Up: The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

WINNER: New Super Mario Bros Wii
Runner Up: Wii Sports Resort

WINNER: New Super Mario Bros Wii
Runners Up: Wii Sports Resort and House of the Dead: Overkill tied

1st Place and taking home a copy of New Super Mario Bros Wii.

New Super Mario Bros Wii: "Nintendo have taken us back to the glory days of 2D goodness. But with improved and equally catchy music, and a nice clean lick of paint. It uses the Wii remote (or ’waggle’ if you will) in the subtle and appropriate way that we are used to with Nintendo now, which helps freshen the classic Mario formula. Lets not forget the multiplayer chaos either. Yes HD fanboys, the Wii might not be serious enough for you, but it’s about fun, and there is nothing wrong with that." – benanen

And the runners up taking home a limited edition Mario figure:

Madworld: "Daring to be as violent and gore-filled as it is and challenged rating boards around the world, this game has to be Wii’s No.1 hardcore game of 2009 and one of Generation 7’s most violent and gore-filled games, not to mention fun! Impaling enemies in the head with 4 signposts, a trumpet to the arse and finishing them off with stuff like rosebushes, plane propellers, fire and moving trains is more fun than the actual bosses. Yes, killing the bosses is fun, but just killing randoms that appear on the street just because they’re there is more satisfying, and that has to say something about their developers, Platinum Games: EPIC WIN" – The Prophet

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks: "An absolutely fantastic game. A stunning soundtrack, fantastic dungeon and puzzle design, new weapons and an interesting new way of traveling through the overworld. This game takes what made Phantom Hourglass good and made it great. While the game isn’t perfect, what game is, it’s still easily my favourite game of the year (released in Australia)." – Dumbyugi

House of the Dead Overkill: "Some games are made to show off what can be done technically on a console.. others are made for pure enjoyment and it shows in this game. The characters are perfect, the plot is as over the top as the premise and it is a game that anyone can pick up and play (well OK, I might not give it to my Nan). This is a game that was crafted, that sets the bar for any other new light game from here in." indevelopment