"10. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Oracle of Ages (Game Boy Color, 2001)
Nintendo's Game Boy Color Zelda releases, the Oracle of Seasons and the Oracle of Ages, are refreshing entries in the series. Both games interact via two separate GBC systems and a link cable, the first Zelda releases to do so. They're difficult to find, but worth tracking down if you're up for some old school adventuring."

"Bioshock
This atmospheric first-person shooter game drew players in to a unique dystopian setting and broke ground with a storyline that forced players to make moral decisions.

Portal
One of the most original (and funny) games in recent history requires players to solve puzzles using a teleporting "Portal Gun." It also features a hugely compelling character in the computerized guide GLaDOS.

Rock Band
The studio that created toy-guitar game phenomenon "Guitar Hero" cranked the volume ..."

"Hit the jump to see the winners and then make up your own list of winners in the comments. I'm interested to see how different the list would have been had it been entirely in your hands.

GOTY DS:
The Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass

GOTY PC:
Portal

GOTY PS2:
God of War II

GOTY PS3:
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

GOTY PSP:
Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters

GOTY Wii:
Super Mario Galaxy

GOTY Xbox 360:
Bioshock

GOTY XBLA:
Alien Hominid HD

GOTY PSN:
Everyday Shooter..."

"Now, far be it from me to disagree with Time...I have to call shenanigans on a few things here. First: Halo 3, while a great game, is not as good as BioShock. Halo 3 is still plagued by problems seen in previous games where both level design and gameplay are concerned. BioShock, on the other hand, was a superb gaming experience and should have easily been the top of the bunch on the list."

"Many thanks to the NPD group and some commentary from their Anita Frazier, NPD analyst.

Absolutely insane results. YTD industry sales up 73%, 45% for SW. And Wii GH3 edges out the PS2 version, and Half-Life 2 has a very, very good first month, given the competition.

And, what was that Sony???? You sold 75k in the last week of this reported month? And you sold 46k for the 3 weeks before that??

HW Results

Wii 519K
Nintendo DS 458K
Xbox 360 366K
PSP 286K
PlayStation 2 184K
PlayS..."

"HW Sales
PlayStation 2 215K
PlayStation 3 119.4K
PlayStation Portable 284.5K
Xbox 360 527.8K
Wii 501K
Nintendo DS 495.8K
Game Boy Advance 75K

SW Sales
360 HALO 3* MICROSOFT (CORP) 1 3.3 million
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA 2 282K
NDS LEGEND OF ZELDA: PHANTOM HOURGLASS NINTENDO OF AMERICA 3 224K
PS2 MADDEN NFL 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS 4 205K
360 SKATE ELECTRONIC ARTS 5 175K
360 MADDEN NFL 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS 6 173K
WII METROID PRIME 3: CORRUPTION NINTENDO OF AMERICA 7 167K
..."

"Console and handheld modder Michael Page mailed in to let us know about his latest creation: a custom Blue & White Zelda DS Lite. Inspired by Morpheon Mods’ Gold Zelda DS Lite, this one-of-a-kind mod features a finely detailed design of Link’s shield embellished in a metallic hue with two small green LEDs hidden beneath, as well as a sleek glossy sky blue paint job."

"Nintendo will show off the capabilities of its new Wii Zapper peripheral with a new game called Zelda Crossbow Training, according to reports.

Apparently shown to GameStop managers in a presentation in Las Vegas today, Zelda Crossbow Training is a simple, third-person target shooting game believed to be using the Twilight Princess engine.

It is yet to be confirmed if this is the pack-in game Nintendo promised would show off the abilities of the new peripheral as Wii Play did the Wii Rem..."

"That’s right! The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for the Nintendo DS has been given an October 19th release date for Europe. While it’s only a little under two months away, check out these nine screens to help ease the wait:"

"The Legend of Zelda series have long been amongst the best that gaming has to offer. The latest instalment in Nintendo’s illustrious franchise is the Phantom Hourglass for the Nintendo DS, a direct sequel to The Wind Waker."

"Four years ago, Eiji Aonuma took on one of the most difficult jobs in the game industry: Shigeru Miyamoto's. He was made producer of the Legend of Zelda series, taking the reins of one of the world's most popular and enduring game franchises.

Having just finished the wonderful Phantom Hourglass for Nintendo DS, Aonuma is enthused about the future of the Zelda series, and says that his teams will create similarly re-envisioned Zelda experiences on both Wii and DS.

Eiji Aonuma: With this ..."

"We've got the latest Nintendo release schedule that reveals the much anticipated European release dates for two of its biggest upcoming games.

Samus' massive Wii debut isn't far off because Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is hitting stores on October 26. YES!

And Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (aka The Best Game on DS) is sailing it's way to our little island a week before that: October 19."

"Nintendo DS exclusive The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass will be released in North America on October 1, according to a press release distributed today by Nintendo of America. Metroid 3 drops back a week to August 27. GamerSquad contains its frustrations..."

"The sand glass of the legendary fantasy of [zeruda]” (DS, Nintendo Co.) it became the large hit which is approached to 350,000 book which exceeds expectation. From sale acquiring the boldly top in only 2 days. It probably means that the intuitively know operation of being by the touch pen receives to the light/write user."

"The latest software sales figures from Media Create have revealed that the DS is continuing to dominate in Japan, with more than two-thirds of the top 30 titles having been published for Nintendo's handheld.

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass goes straight in at number one this week, selling more than 300,000 copies. That's over twice as many as the number two title, Square Enix's Itadaki Street DS."

"GamerSquad has duly compiled an in-depth gameplay extravaganza that ably showcases the appeal and attraction of Phantom Hourglass while also showing off the new DS touch-screen control elements, and reiterating the unstoppable force of the Zelda brand… and it doesn’t even matter that the screen text is in Japanese."

"The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass will arrive in Japan later this week on the back of a near-perfect score from esteemed Japanese mag Famitsu. Link’s first appearance on Nintendo’s DS handheld has become only the seventeenth game in over two decades to score 39/40 in the publication; only six games have achieved a perfect score."

"What we have here is a tantalisingly brief double dose of Trailer Park goodness, ably showcasing Link’s newly discovered DS talents – with the player’s outside assistance, of course. By utilising the DS stylus, it’s possible to perform Link’s famed spinning sword attack, amongst others, as well as draw a flight path on the screen which Link’s trusty boomerang will follow in order to attack isolated enemies or help solve pesky puzzles."

"If you paid close attention to yesterday's Phantom Hourglass commercials, you might've spotted the lobster design (or is it a crayfish?) on Link's shield. What do you think of the new look? Wind Waker fans should recognize the crustacean shape, as it originally showed up on our hero's pajamas in the GameCube game.

Link's shield has been as much a staple of the Zelda series as the adventurer's green cap, deflecting octorok attacks and pushing away charging enemies. Over the past two decades..."

"I'll admit it, I'm not very good at Japanese, but there's one piece of news that I was able to dig out of the Phantom Hourglass feature in the latest issue of Famitsu... Phantom Hourglass will allow players to voice chat with each other!

So I've been only trying to learn Japanese on my own, so it takes a long time for me to translate anything decently. But from the little I know, I was able to piecemeal this together from the main text of the article. Now let's just hope I didn't screw any..."