Editing Shenmue (video game) (section)

=== Awards ===
''Shenmue'' received the Excellence Prize for "Interactive Art" at the 2000 [[Japan Media Arts Festival]].<ref name="festival_prize">{{cite web|title=2000 Japan Media Arts Festival Digital Art (Interactive Art) Excellence Prize Shenmue|url=http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/festival/2000/degital/000348/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012082511/http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/festival/2000/degital/000348/|archive-date=October 12, 2007|access-date=August 28, 2007}}</ref> ''Edge'' awarded it for "Graphical Achievement", writing that Suzuki's "experiment in creating what is a complete, populated virtual world in which a game occurs proves to be a mighty success, particularly the "breathtaking" level of detail of the character models, and that never had there been "such a convincing representation of real life" in a video game.<ref name="Edge82"/> ''GameSpot'' named ''Shenmue'' the most disappointing console game of 2000, but awarded it the prize for "Best Graphics, Technical" for a console game, and nominated it for "Best Adventure Game", "Best Sound", and "Best Graphics, Artistic".<ref name=bestworst2000>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020213041653/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/bestof_2000/ | url=http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/bestof_2000/ | title=Best and Worst of 2000 | author=''GameSpot'' Staff | date=January 5, 2001 | work=[[GameSpot]] | archive-date=February 13, 2002 | url-status=dead }}</ref> During the [[4th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards]] in March 2001, ''Shenmue'' received the "Console Innovation" award, along with nominations for "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Game of the Year|Game of the Year]]", "Console Game of the Year", "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Story|Character or Story Development]]", and "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Game Design|Game Design]]".<ref name="interactive.org">{{cite web |url=https://www.interactive.org/games/video_game_details.asp?idAward=2001&idGame=585 |title=D.I.C.E. Awards By Video Game Details Shenmue |publisher=[[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=24 July 2023}}</ref>