Wii Sports: 3 Game of the Year awards

No: Wii Sports collected 3 Game of the Year awards in 2006 and finished No. 5; the season went to The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion with 42. Spike Video Game Awards named The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion its Game of the Year.

Wii Sports is a 2006 sports simulation video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console. The game was released in North America along with the Wii on 19 November 2006, and in Japan, Australia, and Europe the following month.

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Wii Sports finished #5 in the 2006 race, with 3 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

3Total awards
3Media outlets
0Readers' choice
1Countries

Also in the 2006 season: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (42), Gears of War (34), The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (28), Okami (3), Final Fantasy XII (3), Company of Heroes (2), Shadow of the Colossus (2) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Wii Sports win?

Wii Sports won 3 Game of the Year awards in the 2006 season — 2.4% of every award tracked that season. 3 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Wii Sports win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 5 in 2006, behind The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, which collected 42 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released19 November 2006
DeveloperNintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
PublisherNintendo

sports video game
Wii

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	3

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Gamasutra's Quantum Leap Awards	United States	2006
The New York Times	United States	2006
TIME	United States	2006

← Full 2006 results

Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.