1995 Nintendo Power Awards

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The 1995 Nintendo Power Awards was the 8^th annual Awards published in the May 1996 issue (volume 84) of Nintendo Power magazine. Its nominees were listed in volume 82.

This was the first and only Awards year to include Virtual Boy games. Chrono Trigger, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island all won big this year, combining for over half of the Awards. Killer Instinct wasn't too far behind.

Winners and Nominees[]

The following is the list of winners and nominees.

Total number of nominations[]

The following lists the number of nominations for each game.

1. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest - 14 nominations
2. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island - 12 nominations
3. Killer Instinct - 11 nominations
4. Chrono Trigger - 8 nominations
5. EarthBound - 8 nominations
6. Earthworm Jim 2 - 8 nominations
7. Mortal Kombat 3 - 8 nominations
8. Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure - 4 nominations
9. NHL 96 - 4 nominations
10. The Mask - 3 nominations
11. Secret of Evermore - 3 nominations
12. Virtual Boy Wario Land - 3 nominations
13. The Adventures of Batman & Robin - 2 nominations
14. Batman Forever - 2 nominations
15. Disney's Toy Story - 2 nominations
16. Doom - 2 nominations
17. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story - 2 nominations
18. Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball - 2 nominations
19. Golf - 2 nominations
20. Mario's Tennis - 2 nominations
21. Mega Man 7 - 2 nominations
22. Metal Warriors - 2 nominations
23. NBA Jam: Tournament Edition - 2 nominations
24. Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen - 2 nominations
25. Primal Rage - 2 nominations
26. Syndicate - 2 nominations
27. Tecmo Super Bowl III: Final Edition - 2 nominations
28. True Lies - 2 nominations
29. AAAHH!! Real Monsters - 1 nomination
30. Addams Family Values - 1 nomination
31. Bust-A-Move - 1 nomination
32. Defender/Joust - 1 nomination
33. Dirt Trax FX - 1 nomination
34. Donkey Kong Land - 1 nomination
35. Doom Troopers - 1 nomination
36. The Ignition Factor - 1 nomination
37. International Superstar Soccer Deluxe - 1 nomination
38. Judge Dredd - 1 nomination
39. Justice League Task Force - 1 nomination
40. Kirby's Avalanche - 1 nomination
41. Kirby's Dream Course - 1 nomination
42. Kirby's Dream Land 2 - 1 nomination
43. Looney Tunes B-Ball - 1 nomination
44. Mario's Picross - 1 nomination
45. MechWarrior 3050 - 1 nomination
46. Mega Man X2 - 1 nomination
47. NFL Quarterback Club 96 - 1 nomination
48. P.T.O. II: Pacific Theater of Operations - 1 nomination
49. Red Alarm - 1 nomination
50. Scooby-Doo! Mystery - 1 nomination
51. Sid Meier's Civilization - 1 nomination
52. Stargate - 1 nomination
53. Teleroboxer - 1 nomination
54. Tetris Blast - 1 nomination
55. Waterworld - 1 nomination
56. WeaponLord - 1 nomination
57. WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game - 1 nomination
58. Zoop - 1 nomination

Total number of awards[]

The following lists the number of awards for each game.

1. Chrono Trigger - 6 awards
2. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest - 5 awards
3. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island - 4 awards
4. Killer Instinct - 3 awards
5. Doom - 2 awards
6. Disney's Toy Story - 1 award
7. Donkey Kong Land - 1 award
8. Earthworm Jim 2 - 1 award
9. Mortal Kombat 3 - 1 award
10. NHL 96 - 1 award
11. Virtual Boy Wario Land - 1 award
12. Zoop - 1 award

Voting[]

Readers of the magazine were presented with the list of nominees in Nintendo Power volume 82. The internet was still fairly new at that time, so votes had to be cast by sending in the postcard that was included within the pages of the magazine. The votes were then tallied and announced in the pages of Nintendo Power volume 84.

Trivia[]

• This was the only Awards year that included Virtual Boy titles.
• This also marked the first time a hockey game (NHL 96) won a Nintendo Power Award.
• Even though The Adventures of Batman & Robin was included in the 1994 Nintendo Power Awards, it still appeared in this one.