2021 MISAO NOMINATION MONTHLY DATA

The purpose of this thread is to track 2021 Misao nominations on a montly basis, and maybe throw a few notable games down for a basis of conversation.

Voting is now complete! The results are in this thread! Thanks to the winners, the nominees, and to those that participated!

January
Total nominations: 0
Notes/Events:
-Nominations closed due to being the voting period for 2020 Misaos
-Seasons 4 begins

Notable Games
-Blood & Grime (Best Game Profile, "Eye Candy" Award, Star Stealing Prince Award)
-The Disrupted Monarchs


February
Total nominations: 26 (+26)
Notes/Events:
-Seasons 4 ends
-Lonely Hearts Pixel Event begins
-Release Maker Birthday begins

Notable Games:
-Deer, You Are Being Hunted (Best Game Title, Year of the Deer)
-Legend of the Mystical Deer (Year of the Deer, Best Lawsuit Waiting to Happen, The Dark Souls of RMN)
-The Lady Puppet (Most Promising Demo)
-Sweet Middleground 4 (Summoner of Sounds, Best Game Profile, Best Event Game - Seasons 4)
-Decline (Summoner of Sounds)
-Purgatory 2 (Best Non-English Game)
-Epic Wings 2 (Sleeping Beetle Ninja)
-The Morning Star
-Fatal Runtime


March
Total nominations: 65 (+39)
Notes/Events:
-Release Maker Birthday ends

Notable Games:
-Yume Wheeky (Year of Deer, Best Game Title, Punniest Game Alive)
-A Thief's Voyage (Sleeping Beetle Ninja)
-Errevale Fall (Star Stealing Prince Award, Sleeping Beetle Ninja, Best Event Game - Release Maker Birthday)
-Cave Adventure R
-Legacy
-Succubus Shop
-Meteo Chronicles


April
Total nominations: 74 (+9)
Notes/Events:
-Lonely Hearts Pixel Event ends(?)
-1.44 Floppy Disk event begins/ends (Liberty's playlist)

Notable Games:
-Door of Shadows (Most Promising Demo)
-Super Mario Death Row (Best Lawsuit Waiting to Happen)
-AWE VS OZZY: The Game (Best Short Game, Punniest Game Alive)
-A Vacation in Nebula ("Eye Candy" Award, Best Short Game Award)
-Detective WaKa (Best Game Profile, Best Short Game Award, Punniest Game Alive, Best Event Game - 1.44 Floppy Disk event)
-Unchained ("Eye Candy" Award)
-Oh No! It's My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend! (Best Short Game Award)
-Unbit (The "How the Hell Did They Do That?" Award)
-Our Dark Heart (Most Promising Demo, Best Eye Candy, Excellence in Narrative)
-Villain
-Magic Quest
-HYPER DIGGER
-Tesseract Quest
-The Lonely League
-Too Impatient
-Dread the Rabbit
-Abdogtion


May
Total nominations: 88 (+14)
Notes/Events:
-Mapdaptation begins/ends

Notable Games:
-Final Fantasy Legend 3 Remake (Best Lawsuit Waiting to Happen)
-Castlevanina - The Lost Belmont (Best Lawsuit Waiting to Happen)
-Darkest Dreams Remake (Sleeping Beetle Ninja)
-Forget-me-Not (Sleeping Beetle Ninja)
-Placebo Love (Best Commercial Game)
-The Dungeons of Mysteria (Best Commercial Game)
-Carpentry Story
-ChkenQuest 2K3 - Rise of the Chimkin


June
Total nominations: 93 (+5)
Notes/Events:
-RMNs 14th Birthday
-Fuck Pride, Here's Some Gay

Notible Games:
-Everlasting Journey ("Everlasting Journey" Award)
-Rejection - An RMN Birthday Game (Punniest Game Alive)
-The Bloodlust Curse of Dracula (Best Lawsuit Waiting to Happen)
-Alamari


July
Total nominations: 103 (+10)
Notes/Events:
-Fuck Pride, Here's Some Gay
-Gamepage Glories

Notable Games:
-Starless Umbra (Best Commercial Game, Most Promising Demo)
-None Pizza with Left Beef: Chapter 2 (Best Game Profile, Best in Positive Diversity, Best Event Game - Fuck Pride, here's some gay)
-Copper Odyssey (Best Commercial Game)
-Forest Star


August
Total Nominations: 119 (+16)
Notes/Events:
-Theme Roulette 4 (Liberty's playlist)

Notible Games:
-Brigida
-EXCALIBURIAN!!
-Tales of Yuria - Mausoleum of the Gods
-Wizard Kings
-Soma Union


September
Total Nominations: 157 (+38)
Notes/Events:
-No events this month

Notable Games:
-Triple Triad - Tornament of the Elements (Best Lawsuit Waiting to Happen)
-Chicken Blood (Best Short Game, Punniest Game Alive, Best Event Game - Theme Roulette 4)
-Wild Garden Mystery Dungeon (Year of the Deer)
-Uchioniko MZ (108% self-promotion pick)


October
Total Nominations: 179 (+22)
Notes/Events:
-Commonplace Book (Mirak's playlist)

Notable Games:
-Divided Reigns (Best Commercial Game)
-Beetle Ninja 2 (Sleeping Beetle Ninja)
-The Monastery
-Keeper of the Fog
-Rituals
-Deluge
-Lost Colossus
-Forgotten Water's Silent Voice
-witch.rpg
-Notes From Province


November
Total Nominations: 273 (+94)
Notes/Events:
-Nomination November

Notable Games:
-Draug's Resurrection (Not Dead Yet)
-Nihilo


December
Total Nominations: 419 (+146)
Notes/Events:
-Secret Santa
-Jingle Jangle Jam

Notable Games:
-RMN Holiday Calendar

I could see throwing in Dyhalto's Legend of the Mystical Deer as a "Year of the Deer" suggestion, at minimum. OldPat's The Lady Puppet is also on my docket, so, I'll see where that goes.