'' Metroid : Samus Returns '' won the " Best Mobile Game " award at the Gamescom 2017 Awards . It also won the Best Handheld Game category at The Game Awards 2017 . At the 2017 Golden Joystick Awards , Nintendo EPD won Studio of the Year , while the game received a nomination for Nintendo Game of the Year . '' Samus Returns '' won '' Destructoid '' award for Best Portable Game of 2017 . It also won IGN 's Best 3DS Game as part of their Best of 2017 Awards . The 2017 Game Critics Awards awarded '' Samus Returns '' for Best Handheld Game . GameSpot listed it as one of five best Nintendo 3DS games in 2017 . '' Game Informer '' gave it the award each for " Best Mobile/Handheld Exclusive " in their " Best of 2017 Awards " , and for " Best Handheld " in their 2017 Action Game of the Year Awards . In their Reader 's Choice Best of 2017 Awards , the game came up at second place for " Best Mobile/Handheld Exclusive " . '' Polygon '' ranked the game 30th on their list of the 50 best games of 2017 . It also won the Tappan Zee Bridge Award for Best Remake at the New York Game Awards 2018 , and won " Handheld Game of the Year " at the 21st Annual D.I.C.E. Awards . The game won the award for " Control Design , 2D or Limited 3D " at the 17th Annual National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards , whereas its other nomination was for " Original Light Mix Score , Franchise "
The Game Awards 2017
The Game Awards 2017
Metroid: Samus Returns