Super Smash Bros. Brawl: 3 Game of the Year awards

No: Super Smash Bros. Brawl collected 3 Game of the Year awards in 2008 and finished No. 8; the season went to Fallout 3 with 69. Spike Video Game Awards named Grand Theft Auto IV its Game of the Year.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl is a 2008 crossover fighting game developed by Sora Ltd.

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Super Smash Bros. Brawl finished #8 in the 2008 race, with 3 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2008 season: Fallout 3 (69), Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (41), Grand Theft Auto IV (40), Gears of War 2 (8), Left 4 Dead (7), Fable II (6), Rock Band 2 (2), Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Super Smash Bros. Brawl win?

Super Smash Bros. Brawl won 3 Game of the Year awards in the 2008 season — 1.4% of every award tracked that season. 3 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Super Smash Bros. Brawl win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 8 in 2008, behind Fallout 3, which collected 69 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released31 January 2008
DeveloperSora Ltd.
PublisherNintendo

platform fighter
crossover fiction
Wii

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	3

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Box Office Prophet - Calvin Awards	United States	2008
e-AAGH.net	United States	2008
GameFAQs	United States	2008

← Full 2008 results

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