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2006 Japan Game Awards

Grand Award:
- Nintendo's Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS) (aka Brain Training)
- Square Enix's Final Fantasy XII (PS2)

Award for Excellence
- Nintendo's Animal Crossing: Wild World (NDS)
- Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts 2 (PS2)
- Nana-OnSha's Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop (NDS)
- Team Symphonia's Tales of the Abyss (PS2)
- Nintendo's Nintendogs (NDS)
- Nintendo's Mario Kart DS (NDS)
- Capcom's Monster Hunter 2 (PS2)
- Amusement Vision's Ryu ga Gotoku (PS2) (aka Yakuza)
- SCEI's Shadow of the Colossus (PS2)

Best Sales Award
- Nintendo's Animal Crossing: Wild World (NDS)

Global Award: Japanese Product
- Nintendo's Nintendogs (NDS)

Global Award: Foreign Product
- Blizzard's World of Warcraft (PC)

Special Awards
- Capcom's Monster Hunter Portable (PSP)
- Nintendo's English Training: Have Fun Improving Your Skills (NDS)

Future Division
- Konami's Elebits (Wii)
- Capcom's Gyakuten Saiban 4 (NDS)
- Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo HD (PS3)
- SCEI's The Eye of Judgment (PS3)
- Square Enix's Seiken Densetsu 4 (PS2) (aka Dawn of Mana)
- Mistwalker's Blue Dragon (X360)
- Ninja Theory's Heavenly Sword (PS3)
- Kojima Productions' Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (PSP)
- Capcom's Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (PSP
- Capcom's Lost Planet (X360)

Indies Division Grand Award
- Jolly9's Five seconds Kappa (CELL) (Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University)

Indies Division Award for Excellence
- SKT's Nest of Moai (PC)
- Digital Entertainment Academy Team P's bloWind (GCN)
- Gen Mutoh's Cell_Jong (PC)