Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Wins Japan’s Grand Game Award in 2024

It means all about Echoes of wisdom this week, but there are also some celebrations currently going on for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

One year after its release, Link’s 3D extravaganza has now won the “grand prize” at the 2024 Japan Game Awards. The award was won by series producer Eiji Aonuma and game director Hidemaro Fujibayashi accepted.

Additionally, Tears of the Kingdom also won the ‘best seller award’ and the excellence award (with Super Mario Bros. Wonder).

The awards event added two new awards this year including the ‘Breakthrough Award’ – which belongs to Exit 8 and ‘The Movement Award’ (all about expanding beyond the usual player base) were awarded Suika game.

Last year’s big winner was the Capcom title Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak.