2008 Famitsu Award winners

The Famitsu awards were held in Japan last night at the Enterbrain headquarters. All software released in 2008 were eligible to win. The winners are as follows:

Game of the Year – Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G
Most Valuable Person – Hideo Kojima
Game Character of the Year – Solid Snake
Game Company of the year – Capcom
Rookie title grand-prize – The Last Remant
Innovation grand-prize – Wii Music
High quality grand-prize – Metal Gear Solid 4
Best seller grand-prize – Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G
Racing game prize – Mario Kart Wii
Multi-play game prize – Super Smash Bros. Brawl
All generation prize – Pokemon Platinum
Communication game prize – Animal Crossing: City Folk
Adventure & Puzzle prize – Professor Layton and the Final Journey Through Time
Masterpiece prize – Dragon Quest V
Character & Action game prize -  Dissidia Final Fantasy
Role playing game prize – Tales of Vesperia
Dramatic prize – 428
PlayStation2 game prize – Persona 4
World-wide prize – Grand Theft Auto IV

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