Presented the night of Feb. 8, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences honored Nintendo with five Interactive Achievement Awards, including Outstanding Innovation in Gaming for Wii Sports.

In detail, the awards included:

• Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: Wii Sports
• Outstanding Achievement in Story and Character Development: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
• Outstanding Achievement in Game-Play Engineering: Wii Sports
• Outstanding Achievement in Game Design: Wii Sports
• Hand-Held Game of the Year: Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day

"These awards, granted by a group of our industry peers, demonstrate that it’s possible to please both new and experienced game players," says Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime.

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