Game of the Year (TimJab's contest)

Game of the Year is a Board 8 contest created by TimJab. The contest was inspired by Smurf's User of the Year contest and uses the same format to crown the board's favorite game. The annual contest began in 2010 and is open to all video games, not limited to those released in that calendar year.

Game of the Year Winners
2010: Super Mario Bros. 3 (Runner up: Super Mario 64)

Contest Synopses
Game of the Year 2010

The first Game of the Year was the year of the "Super" games. Whether it be Super Mario or the spinoffs it spawned such as Super Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros (and Super Metroid!), the Super games ruled the roost. The one game that emerged above all to win the contest was Super Mario Bros. 3, which overcame not even being nominated to defeat Super Mario 64 and Half-Life 2 in the final. After the initial 220 nominations, 2 duplicates were found and were replaced by the user that found them, one of which was Super Mario Bros. 3 replacing Tetris Attack. SMB3 went on to dominate the entire contest, winning every division it was in, winning every one on one match, earning one of the seven byes in Round 3, advancing on the earliest possible day in certain rounds, and ultimately winning the contest.