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The 2004 Nintendo Power Awards were the 17th annual awards published in the May 2005 issue (Volume 191) after listing the nominees in Volume 189,
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Tales of Symphonia, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, and Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles were nominated for the most awards, but it was Metroid Prime 2 that ended up winning most of them. In addition, the Nintendo DS celebrated its first year with its first few awards, but the Game Boy Advance still had some breathing room as its greatest games of that year were also celebrated.
Winners, Runners Up and other Nominations[]
| Best Overall Game: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes |  | |
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| Best GameCube Game | ||
| Winner: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Runners-up: Other Nominees: |
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| Best Game Boy Advance Game | ||
| Winner: Metroid: Zero Mission Runners-up: Other Nominees: |
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| Best Nintendo DS Game | ||
| Winner: Super Mario 64 DS Runners-up: Other Nominees: |
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| Best Graphics (GameCube) | ||
| Winner: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Runners-up: Other Nominees: |
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| Best Graphics (DS) | ||
| Winner: Super Mario 64 DS Runners-up: Other Nominees: |
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| Best Graphics (Game Boy Advance) | ||
| Winner: Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories Runners-up: Other nominees: |
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| Best Sound (GameCube) | ||
| Winner: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Runners-up: Other Nominees: |
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| Best Original Music (GameCube) | ||
| Winner: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Runners-up: Other Nominees: |
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| Best Music/Sound (Handhelds) | ||
| Winner: Super Mario 64 DS Runners-up: Other Nominees: |
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| Best RPG/Strategy Game (GameCube) | ||
| Winner: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Runners-up: Other Nominations: |
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| Best RPG/Strategy Game (Game Boy Advance) | ||
| Winner: Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls Runners-Up: Other Nominees: |
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| Best Adventure Game | ||
| Winner: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Runners-up: Other Nominees: |
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| Best Platformer | ||
| Winner: Super Mario 64 DS Runners-Up: Other Nominees: |
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| Best Shooter/Action Game | ||
| Winner: 007: Everything or Nothing Runners-Up: Other Nominees: |
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| Best Sports Game | ||
| Winner: Mario Golf: Advance Tour Runners-up: Other Nominees: |
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| Best Level Design | ||
| Winner: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Runners-up: Other Nominees: |
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| Best Control | ||
| Winner: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Runners-up: Other Nominees: |
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| Best Multiplayer | ||
| Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures Runners-Up: Other Nominees: |
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| Best Cut-Scenes | ||
| Winner: Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Runners-Up: Other Nominees: |
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| Most Pleasant Surprise | ||
| Winner: Alien Hominid Runners-Up: Other Nominees: |
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| The Guilty Pleasure | ||
| Winner: Torturing other players in Four Swords Adventures Runners-up:
Other Nominees:
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| Best New Character | ||
| Winner: Admiral Bobbery (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door) Runners-up:
Other Nominees:
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| Best Villain | ||
| Winner: Dark Samus (Metroid Prime 2: Echoes) Runners-up:
Other Nominees:
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| Best Story/Writing | ||
| Winner: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Runners-up: Other Nominees: |
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| Harder Than College: The Greatest Challenge | ||
| Winner: Getting the eighth and final ending in Metroid: Zero Mission Runners-up:
Other Nominees:
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| Ugh! The Most Painful Game of 2004 | ||
| Winner: That's So Raven Runners-up: Other Nominees: |
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| Best Fighter/Beat-'em-Up (Online Only) | ||
| Winner: Custom Robo Runners-up: |
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| Best Racing Game (Online Only) | ||
| Winner: Need for Speed Underground 2 Runners-up: |
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| Best Classic Revival (Online Only) | ||
| Winner: Super Mario 64 DS Runners-up: |
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| Most Memorable Moment (Online Only) | ||
| Winner: Any Bowser stage in Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door Runners-up:
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| Most Innovative (Online Only) | ||
| Winner: Donkey Konga Runners-up: |
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| Best Licensed Music (Online Only) | ||
| Winner: Donkey Konga Runners-up: |
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| Most Bizzare Plotline (Online Only) | ||
| Winner: Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction Runners-up: |
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| Most Disturbing Moment (Online Only) | ||
| Winner: Watching Flurrie bounce around in Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door Runners-up:
Other Nominees:
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