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The 2006 Nintendo Power Awards is a 2007 awards festivity held in May 2006 in Nintendo Power magazine. The nominees were announced in March 2007 (Volume 213) and the winners were announced in May 2007 (Volume 215).

New categories introduced were Game of the Year - Wii, Best Wi-Fi Fuctionality, Best Overall Wii Control, and Best DS Functionality. Best New Concept became Best Alternative Game.

right|250px|The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, winner of Game of the Year The game The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess broke a record for the NP Awards. This is the first and only time that, technically, two games have won Game of the Year in the same year. The two games were the Wii version and GameCube version of Twilight Princess.

Nominees

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NP Staffs' Picks are in bold. ‡ represents a Readers' Pick.

Game of the Year - Wii

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Game of the Year - GameCube

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Game of the Year - Nintendo DS

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Game of the Year - Game Boy Advance

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Best Graphics - Consoles

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Best Graphics - DS

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Best Music

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Best Sound/Voice Acting

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  • Call of Duty 3‡
  • FIFA 07
  • The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning
  • Rayman Raving Rabbids
  • Resident Evil: Deadly Silence
  • Tomb Raider: Legend

Best RPG/ Strategy Game

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Best Adventure

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  • Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
  • Chibi-Robo
  • Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
  • The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess‡
  • Resident Evil: Deadly Silence
  • Tomb Raider: Legend

Best Platformer

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Best Shooter/ Action Game

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Best Sports/ Racing Game

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Best Alternative Game

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Best Multiplayer

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  • Children of Mana
  • Madden NFL 07 (Wii version)
  • Metroid Prime Hunters
  • Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
  • Tetris DS
  • Wii Sports‡

Best New Character

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  • Agents J, Derek, and Morris in Elite Beat Agents
  • Chibi Robo in Chibi-Robo
  • Dr. Nozomi Weaver in Trauma Center: Second Opinion
  • Jill in Drill Dozer
  • Midna in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess‡
  • Rocket in Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime

Best Story/Writing

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  • Chibi-Robo
  • Contact
  • Final Fantasy V Advance
  • The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess‡
  • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team / Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team
  • Trauma Center: Second Opinion

Best Wi-Fi Functionality

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  • Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin - Co-op play, Online item-trading
  • Clubhouse Games - Global leaderboards, competitive play
  • Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2 - Custom-designed-level sharing
  • Metroid Prime Hunters - Skill-based game matching, voice chat‡
  • Tetris DS - Multiple multiplayer modes
  • Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam - Community design sharing, voice chat

Best Overall Wii Control

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  • Elebits
  • Madden NFL 07
  • Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
  • Super Swing Golf
  • Trauma Center: Second Opinion
  • Wii Sports‡

Best DS Functionality

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  • Brain Age - Handwriting and voice recognition‡
  • Contact - Dual-screen simultaneous action
  • Cooking Mama - Combined use of touch-screen and microphone
  • Electroplankton - Combined use of touch-screen and microphone
  • Elite Beat Agents - Precision touch-screen action
  • Lostmagic - touch-screen spellcasting

Overall Game of the Year

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  • Baten Kaitos Origins
  • Brain Age
  • Castlevania Portrait of Ruin
  • Chibi-Robo
  • Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
  • Drill Dozer
  • Elite Beat Agents
  • Excite Truck
  • Final Fantasy III
  • Final Fantasy V Advance
  • Harvest Moon: Magical Melody
  • Kirby: Squeak Sqaud
  • The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess‡
  • Madden NFL 07 (Wii version)
  • Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2
  • Mega Man ZX
  • Metroid Prime Hunters
  • New Super Mario Bros.
  • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Red and Blue)
  • Rayman Raving Rabbids
  • Red Steel
  • Resident Evil: Deadly Silence
  • Star Fox Command
  • Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
  • Tetris DS
  • Tomb Raider: Legend
  • Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
  • Trauma Center: Second Opinion
  • Wii Sports
  • Yoshi's Island DS

Multiple nominees

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8 nominations: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2 Wii, 1 GCN, 4 both)

7 nominations: Elite Beat Agents; Madden NFL 07 (5 Wii, 2 GCN)

6 nominations: Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin; Metroid Prime Hunters; Trauma Center: Second Opinion

5 nominations: Chibi-Robo; Final Fantasy V Advance; Rayman Raving Rabbids; Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz

4 nominations: Baten Kaitos Origins; Drill Dozer; Final Fantasy III; Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team; Resident Evil: Deadly Silence; Tomb Raider: Legend; Wii Sports

3 nominations: Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day; Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime; Excite Truck; Harvest Moon: Magical Melody; New Super Mario Bros.; Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team; Red Steel; Star Fox Command; Tetris DS; Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam

2 nominations: Children of Mana; Contact; Cooking Mama; Elebits; Kirby: Squeak Sqaud; The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning; Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2; Mega Man ZX; Sonic Riders; Yoshi's Island DS

Multiple winners

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NP's Pick

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6 wins: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

4 wins: Elite Beat Agents

3 wins: Wii Sports

Reader's Pick

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8 wins: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

3 wins: Metroid Prime Hunters; Wii Sports

2 wins: Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day; New Super Mario Bros.

References

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