Game of the Year 2017: Nintendo 3DS game of the year

Welcome to the DDNet Awards of 2017! We have 16 categories this year, representing the full gamut of creativity and artistry that games represent. 2017 has been an incredible year for videogames, and is without a doubt one of the best years for games ever, and that has made this year's award particularly difficult to decide on.

As always, our voting period for the "year" runs from late November the year before through to late November this year. So if you see a game released in December last year in the awards winners, that's why.

It has been a real changing of the guard this year, with both the PlayStation Vita and Nintendo 3DS going through their respective twilights. There's still the odd game to look forward to in 2018, but for the most part, this will be the last year the 3DS is talked about as a modern console. Just as well, then, it went out with a bang, and indeed, one of its strongest years of all.

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