Persona 3 Wins Famitsu's RPG Award

http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2007/04/20/103,1177037473,70570,0,0.html">Famitsu's 2006 Awards were recently announced and as such are making the rounds on English websites. As a slight surprise, Atlus's Persona 3 won the "RPG Award". Of course, in a way it kind of feels like a third place nod considering Final Fantasy XII and Pokemon: Diamond/Pearl wound up with the grand prize.

Here's the overall rundown, thanks to http://www.qj.net/index.php?pg=49&aid=90019">QJ.

Rookie Award - Blue Dragon

Best Hit Award - Pokemon Diamond and Pearl

Innovation Award - Wii Sports

Rearrange Award - New Super Mario Brothers

High Performance Award - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Dramatic Award - Ryu Ga Gotoku 2 (Yakuza 2)

Game Design Award - Okami

Multiplayer Action Award - Monster Hunter Portable 2

Impact Award - Dead Rising

Portable Award - Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops

RPG Award - Persona 3

Most Valuable Person - Hironobu Sakaguchi

Game character of the Year - Mario

Game company of the year - Nintendo

Grand Prize: Game of the Year Award - Final Fantasy XII, Pokemon: Diamond and Pearl