Eh, I'd maybe consider strategy but as an RPG I wouldn't say Pokemon has done anything to deserve an award. You give it that nod in nominations but it shouldn't win. It's like Call of Duty.
Speaking of the strategy part, I really hope Gamefreak continues to take that part of the game more seriously. I feel like gamefreak is so close to "getting it". Now I'm not talking about something subjective like balance (personally I don't care about that, since I've always tended to gravitate towards the more centralized metagames like Ubers and some of the VGCs anyways lol).
What I'm talking about is making competitive Pokemon more accessible. Gamefreak is getting there by making breeding actually reasonable, but soft reseting is still basically the worst thing ever x_x.
I feel that if Gamefreak makes the barrier to getting into competitive Pokemon lower (like at least say, giving legendaries perfect IVs or putting in place a system to change IVs), it could really open a lot of doors towards making Pokemon more recognized as a competitive game. Hopefully Gamefreak makes further improvements in gen 7 or so, because until then, I think the barrier to competitive Pokemon is just way too high for a lot of people.