The nominees have been chosen for the E3 2003 awards. Not looking too good for Ninty...

The categories with nominated games appearing on Nintendo platforms are as follows:

Best of Show

Full Spectrum Warrior (Pandemic/THQ for Xbox)

Gran Turismo 4 (Polyphony Digital/Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 2)

Half-Life 2 (Valve/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)

Halo 2 (Bungie/Microsoft for Xbox)

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (UbiSoft for All Platforms)

Best Original Game

Boktai (Konami for Game Boy Advance)

Evil Genius (Elixir Studios/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)

Fable (Big Blue Box/Microsoft for Xbox)

Full Spectrum Warrior (Pandemic/THQ for Xbox)

The Movies (Lionhead Studios/Activision for PC)

Best Console Game

Fable (Big Blue Box/Microsoft for Xbox)

Full Spectrum Warrior (Pandemic/THQ for Xbox)

Gran Turismo 4 (Polyphony Digital/Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 2)

Halo 2 (Bungie/Microsoft for Xbox) Prince of Persia: Sands of Time (UbiSoft for All Platforms)

Best Action Game

Call of Duty (Infinity Ward/Activision for PC)

Half-Life 2 (Valve/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)

Halo 2 (Bungie/Microsoft for Xbox) Medal of Honor: Rising Sun (Electronic Arts for All Console Systems)

Unreal Tournament 2004 (Epic Games/Infogrames for PC)

Best Action/Adventure Game

Jak II (Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 2)

Ninja Gaiden (Tecmo for Xbox)

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (UbiSoft for All Platforms)

Starcraft: Ghost (Blizzard/Vivendi Universal Games for All Console Systems)

Viewtiful Joe (Capcom for GameCube)

Best Fighting Game

Dead or Alive: Online (Tecmo for Xbox)

Onimusha Blade Warriors (Capcom for PlayStation 2)

Soul Calibur II (Namco for All Console Systems)

Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution (Sega for PlayStation 2)

Best Racing Game

F-Zero GX (Amusement Vision/Nintendo for GameCube)

Gran Turismo 4 (Polyphony Digital/Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 2)

Need for Speed Underground (Electronic Arts for All Platforms)

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (Nintendo for GameCube)

Project Gotham Racing 2 (Bizarre Creations/Microsoft for Xbox)

Best Sports Game

Amped 2 (Microsoft for Xbox)

Madden NFL 2004 (Electronic Arts for All Platforms)

NFL 2K4 (Visual Concepts/Sega for PS2/Xbox)

SSX 3 (Electronic Arts for All Console Platforms)

Tony Hawk's Underground (Neversoft/Activision for All Console Platforms)

Best Strategy Game

Evil Genius (Elixir Studios/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)

Homeworld 2 (Relic/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)

Pikmin 2 (Nintendo for GameCube)

Rise of Nations (Big Huge Games for PC)

Rome: Total War (Creative Assembly for PC)

Best Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor Game

The EyeToy Games (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe for PlayStation 2)

Karaoke Revolution (Harmonix/Konami for PlayStation 2)

Mario Party 5 (Nintendo for GameCube)

Nintendo Puzzle Collection (Nintendo for GameCube)

Xbox Music Mixer (Microsoft for Xbox)

Other categories that Nintendo missed out on were Best Multiplayer online game, best peripheral, best RPG and best simulation game. Nintendo need to rectify the third party situation, coz things ain't looking good....