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The 2007 Boysie Awards

Actors get Oscars, singers get Grammys and video games get awards from Boys’ Life: THE BOYSIES. The Boysies are dedicated to the age-old proverb that video games don’t have to be gross to be cool.

CATEGORY ONE: Best Console

The best video game console doesn’t need to be the most powerful. For this category, we’re closing in on what we think matters most: which console has the best games.

wii.jpgWinner: Wii

(Nintendo of America)

Nintendo’s goal has been to take gaming into a new world, and Wii has been a success. Having come out a year later than Xbox 360, Wii has overtaken the Microsoft console in sales, while leaving PS3 in the dust. Wii’s lead over the competition is especially notable, however, when it comes to family-friendly games.


CATEGORY TWO: Best Portable Game System

Games for cell phones have really improved, but they still can’t compete with dedicated portable game systems like DS and PSP. Like the race for best console, this is a battle between a powerful system and an innovative, less-expensive rival designed with the family in mind.

nintendods.jpgWinner: Nintendo DS

(Nintendo of America)

DS just keeps on rolling: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, Mario Party DS, Brain Age 2 and a really excellent version of Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground (rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older).

Nintendo’s portable boy’s screens are considerably lower resolution than the screen on PSP and the processor is weaker, yet somehow Nintendo makes the whole thing work. The truth is that it’s in the games. Too many PSP games feel like smaller versions of console games—and too many are made for adults.


CATEGORY THREE: Best Sports Game

madden1.jpgWinner: Madden NFL 08

(Electronic Arts for GameCube, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360, DS, PSP, Mac, PC)

Year in and year out, the Madden NFL series continues as the best of the best: great graphics, realistic action, a wide variety of plays, sharp controls, and enough levels of difficulty for both beginners and hardcore players.

Not all versions of Madden NFL are created equal. The Wii and DS versions are disappointing; the PS3 version had problems. When we say Madden NFL 08 is the sports game of the year, we mean Madden NFL on Xbox 360.

bigs.jpgRunner-up: The Bigs

(2K Sports for PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PSP)

2K Sports has breathed a little extra life into baseball by picking up the pace of the game and adding a ton of mini games, making The Bigs a bit more entertaining than the more realistic baseball games of 2007. The Bigs isn’t bad on any platform, but it really is most fun on Xbox 360.

fifa08.jpgRunner-up: FIFA 08

(EA for PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, DS, PSP, PC)

Electronic Arts is the biggest publisher of games and the overall champ when it comes to sports, and FIFA 08 shows why. This soccer game is not easy, but it’s worth the trouble to learn it. It looks great and plays better than it looks. Just don’t expect to win any championships on your first try.


CATEGORY FOUR: Best Party Game/Collection

rayman.jpgWinner: Rayman Raving Rabbids 2

(Ubisoft for Wii, DS; Rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older)

This collection of 60+ mini games delivers on action and humor. The rabbids, which look like cartoon rabbits and act like zany maniacs, are the funniest characters in gaming today. It’s worth pointing out that this game is much more satisfying on Wii than DS.

mariopartyds.jpgRunner-up: Mario Party DS

(Nintendo for DS)

Overall, Mario Party DS probably has slightly better games than Raving Rabbids 2, but the sense of humor in Raving Rabbids was the decision maker. What Mario Party DS brings to the party is a story mode and a puzzle mode along with a collection of mini games.

namcomuseumremix.jpgRunner-up: Namco Museum Remix

(Bandai Namco for Wii)

Namco has taken nine classic arcade games and dressed them up with new graphics and altered gameplay to create a fun collection.

vivapinata.jpgRunner-up: Viva Piñata Party Animals (Microsoft for Xbox 360)

Packed with 40 mini games — some good, some great, a few a bit disappointing — Viva Piñata Party Animals is a good package overall. Many of the mini games in this collection are not all that miniature, such as the cart racing game.


CATEGORY FIVE: Best Games of the Year

It’s been a good year, but not an especially great year for games. That said, the top two games of 2007 would make the “best of” list no matter what year they came out.

supermariogalaxy.jpgConsole Winner: Super Mario Galaxy

(Nintendo for Wii)

If you’re looking for a game that reminds you why you started playing video games in the first place, here it is.

In Super Mario Galaxy, the powerful plumber chases bad boy Bowser across not just one galaxy but dozens. Mario transforms into a boo (ghost), a bee and his old two-dimensional self. The graphics are beautiful, the challenges endless, the fun nonstop.

zeldaphantomhourglass.jpgPortable Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

(Nintendo for DS)

Great Wind Waker-style cel-shaded graphics and a storyline that picks up where Wind Waker left off make this the portable game of the year.

legostarwars.jpgRunner-up: LEGO Star Wars: The Compete Saga

(LucasArts Entertainment for PS3, Wii, Xbox 360, DS; Rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older)

First of all, a word to LucasArts: Why isn’t this game on PS2, Xbox and PC?

LucasArts took all the deep gameplay goodness that made the previous two LEGO Star Wars games so great and combined them into one huge title. If you don’t already have LEGO Star Wars I or II, here’s your chance to relive all six Star Wars movies through the eyes of blocky little LEGO characters.

50 Comments on The 2007 Boysie Awards

  1. I soooooo want the wii because it is so cool!

  2. I want a wii so badly :[ :[

  3. i need that wii for my moms birthday

  4. PSP is the best.

  5. wii stinks

  6. I think they are all great, and I have been doing chores for my neighbors in order to earn money to purchase some of them. Haven’t made much yet, but I’ll keep working until I can get it.

  7. i have a wii it is awesome

  8. man!

    wii’s are soooooo awsome!!!!

    I wish I had one.

    🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁

  9. Wii,s are hard to point.My brother has one but he will not let me use it.So i can use my own.

  10. “i want my wii”

  11. I HATE THE WII ITS STUPID

  12. I WANT A WII SO BAD .AND I WANT MARIO PARTY DS

  13. Leader of the De-un-non-visible patrol // January 31, 2008 at 11:44 am // Reply

    If I Were to rate the top 3 consoles I would say SNES is #1 because it is the pinnacle of 2d gaming with best music, best stories, and best all around gameplay; #2 is probably the gamboy sp, you can play awesome games like metroid fusion, zelda four swords, and you also get to play the game boy color games, like the I don’t know how many mario games which you can’t play on ds; and in #3 I would have to say the 64 bit nintendo, (N-64), the best games for this are the original super smash brothers, which if it had more stuff to do, would be superior to the next 2 because of better gameplay, plus theres two of the best zelda games, mario 64, mario kart(highly recommended) and a whole lot of others that I can’t remember right now. So instead of asking for a 200 dollar wii, just ask for a 30 dollar Super nintendo and you can get whoever it is that is buying you it to spend the other 170 dollars on the greatest games in history.

  14. when are they going to make a pedro game!?!?!

  15. I REALLY REALLY WANT A WII!!!!!!!!!!! My friend has one and it looks soooooo fun so I hope I can get one

  16. i want a wii so bad

  17. neeed the will help

  18. i want’ed a wii for cristmas but santa did not bring me one he gave me a robosapien and a bike that looks like a motor bike but it is not a motor bike but i relly want a wii with guitar hero 3 with the guitar for it and i relly relly relly relly want a wii so bad because they are the hotest thangs ever i love wiis so can you send me one

  19. I realy need to get a wii!

  20. videogames rule.

  21. i want a wii really bad.,

  22. wii rules. it is better than anything else!

  23. where the heck is pedro?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

  24. you are nice.

  25. The WII is so cool that i have all my $100 for the family WII

  26. Star Wars Battlefront Renegade Squadron is the best game on the portable game systems.

  27. PSP rules.

  28. The wii rocks!!! I didn’t want one till I realized how much fun it is playing it!!!!

  29. I want that WII so BAD !

  30. Nintendo Wii is the best game system EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  31. I wood like to get my son a wii very much.

  32. I want a wii so bad,

    that I can` t find them at stores.

  33. videogames rule

  34. thats the best

  35. Lego Star Wars the Complete Saga is better than Super Mario Galaxy!

  36. Does any1 know where pedro is? He’s like impossible to find. I doubt he’s even on the website

  37. The wii is awesome!!!!!! psp is so cool too,but wii is for families.

  38. umm i wrote a comment here that had nothing bad but it didn’t get approved

  39. HOW DO YOU FIND PEDRO

  40. wii is a cool game i am still trying to fine the icon

  41. justin nate5 // January 26, 2008 at 1:06 pm // Reply

    wii rules =)

  42. NINTENDO ROCKS!! 😀

  43. I think that wii is good in first place.

  44. that one guy............... // January 25, 2008 at 8:19 pm // Reply

    star wars lego ROCKS and is wayy better than ds

  45. I would like to try Rayman Raving Rabbids 2.

  46. hey thats awesome.

  47. why are most of them from nintendo

  48. good job

  49. yes i want the Wii and mario party ds

  50. Good job on the program.

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