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[Tizoc]

No Mega Man for Famicom makes me sad.

Airman must have scarred them for life.

 

[DNAbro]

Ff7 over 9, the Japanese knows what's up.

I would hope the most iconic JRPG ever is more memorable than 9.

 

[kimifan141]

No shining force 3 in Saturn :\ that game is doomed forever sigh

 

[Rongolian]

The surprise for me here is Final Fantasy V being votes higher than VI or IV on SNES. I really need to get around to playing a translated version of that game sometime!

 

[Scipio]

Do the Japanese ever play non-Japanese games? They're missing out. (however, a lot of votes for Uncharted 4.)

Also, Final Fantasy is really not that good.

I would hope the most iconic JRPG ever is more memorable than 9.

Pretty sure that's Pokémon Red/Blue, I'd even put CT above it.

 

[skLaFarebear]

Drakengard 1 being the 10th most memorable PS2 game is the best.

If there's any word to describe that game, its definitely memorable.

 

[Iva Demilcol]

Glad the superior persona game is in the ps2 list.

 

[Sesha]

PS2

7. Shadow Hearts: Covenant - 111 votes

Well-deserved.

Too bad Universal Entertainment Corp. is hogging the IP like Smaug. We need Steam ports/an HD Collection.

 

[Tempy]

Heck yeah The Idolm@ster! Though not really surprising if you followed sales and merchandising.

 

[Aeana]

The surprise for me here is Final Fantasy V being votes higher than VI or IV on SNES. I really need to get around to playing a translated version of that game sometime!

FF5 (and FF3 earlier) represented very major milestones for the series in Japan in terms of sales and exposure, so it doesn't surprise me at all.

 

[MacTag]

Surprised at the number of western games on some systems.

N64: 2
Xbox: 1
360: 3
PS3: 3
PS4: 3
One: 7

 

[marmoka]

I didn't know Famitsu loved Shin Megami Tensei that much, but there's no love for Metroid. Glad Super Mario Sunshine is not on that list.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

FF5 (and FF3 earlier) represented very major milestones for the series in Japan in terms of sales and exposure, so it doesn't surprise me at all.

That's really weird considering how IV ended up soaking so much more attention from SE over the years.

 

[Link1110]

The snes list is full of ff, but no tales on the ps2? Tales was the ff of ps2!

 

[DJIzana]

Surprised no Mother 2 for SNES or FFT or Legend of Dragoon for PS1. Heck, even any of the Wild Arms games.

Solid list otherwise though.

 

[Aureon]

Nier was out of left field, holy shit.

doax on xbox was.. predictable.

 

[Kyoufu]

The snes list is full of ff, but no tales on the ps2? Tales was the ff of ps2!

Pretty sure FF was the FF of PS2.

 

[Sesha]

I didn't know Famitsu loved Shin Megami Tensei that much, but there's no love for Metroid. Glad Super Mario Sunshine is not on that list.

SMT has a very dedicated fan base. Metroid has never been a huge seller, and is mostly popular in the West.

 

[aggienader]

MGSV on #1, what the fuck.


HOW?

Because it's really good? And Japanese developed? And Hideo Kojima? I could go on.

 

[Aeana]

That's really weird considering how IV ended up soaking so much more attention from SE over the years.

That's mainly because FF4's lead designer is still a prominent figure at Square Enix. He pushed for the remakes and sequels because he'd direct them. Meanwhile, FF5 was a project that had heavier involvement from Sakaguchi than FF4, and whose lead designer is MIA after FF12, probably working as a janitor somewhere.

 

[BitStyle]

Splatoon at #1 for WiiU

Japan knows what's up

 

[Nocturno999]

Disappointing that not a single Phantasy Star game was listed in the Mega Drive.

They didn't make a list for the Sega Mark III?

V being the most fondly remembered FF on SNES makes me happy.

Is the FF game I enjoyed the most gameplay-wise. Loved playing it on the GBA.

 

[leroidys]

Interesting how low Smash 4 is compared to the other smash games.

 

[tesqui]

Japan's really into Dragon Quest huh? I still have no idea what that game is. I kind of want to check it out.

 

[Parfait]

Romancing SaGa, SaGa Frontier are remembered

Im not alone!

 

[Masked Man]

I don't understand how Mother 3 isn't the #1 GBA game, but I agree with a lot of the other lists in general.

 

[Koren]

And now I see it. The real reason the Dreamcast failed: they never translated those Sakura Taisen games.

I partly worked on something related to translating ST games.

It's an awfully complex game to translate (lots of text, cultural content, wordplays that doesn't translate well at all... The concept of hiding a military division under a theater troup is linked to the fact that "kagekidan" can have those two meanings). And I'm not sure it would have been welcome to the west.


Still, seeing it everywhere makes me sad that it's nearly dead now. Should they launch a kickstarter on Sakura Taisen VI like Shenmue 3, I could see myself backing $500+ easily ^_^

 

[cvxfreak]

Of all RE games on PS3, it's Revelations that gets the most votes?!

 

[Wagram]

Nier lol.

Japan knows what's up.

 

[Star Falcon]

We should try one of these on NeoGaf!

 

[djtiesto]

lol @ how lame the 360 list is.

Agreed, Gears of War was too high, and Vesperia was too low.

On other consoles, Xenoblade, Nier and Baten Kaitos doing really well was a nice treat though.

 

[MacTag]

I wish they'd have gone a bit deeper on the older side if the industry. Would be nice to also see MSX, NeoGeo, WonderSwan, SG1000/Mark III, Game Gear and NGP at least. I mean some of those systems were more popular than any of the Xboxes and all had big enough libraries to get an interesting top 10.

 

[TheJoRu]

Japan has good taste in games, at least the people who were polled. A bit surprised at the original Smash Bros. beating out SM64 and OoT, though.

 

[DannyDanger]

MGSV love, i appreciate it

Not much souls love, expected more

 

[And_Gignac]

Otakus always get their way with these polls.

 

[R_thanatos]

How on earth??? LOL

you think indolmaster is not popular in japan ? it really is selling a lot.

Spoiler

of dlc

 

[MacTag]

Also interesting is how 1st party heavy some lists are.

FC: 6
PCE: 8
MD: 9
GB: 6
SFC: 3
SS: 6
PS: 1
N64: 9
DC: 9
PS2: 0
GBA: 6
GC: 6
XBox: 1
DS: 6
PSP: 0
360: 3
PS3: 3
Wii: 8
3DS: 4
Vita: 3
Wii U: 9
PS4: 2
One: 2

Average by manufacturer.

Nintendo: 6.3
Hudson/NEC: 8
Sega: 8
Sony: 1.5
Microsoft: 2

 

[MoogleWizard]

Japan really loves Dragon Quest. And Splatoon.

 

[JRW]

I remember being entranced with FF VII, spent well over 100 hours playing it too.

The game timer stops at 99:59 so not sure how many actual hours I spent playing it.

 

[Tacorona72]

Looking at the 3DS list makes me a bit sad cause we don't officially have Monster Hunter Generations or SMT4 Apocalypse yet.

Other than that I genuinely like these lists.

Also the amount of Splatoon votes compared to all the other WiiU games is hilarious.

 

[lukeskymac]

I hope that FFXIII being on the list stand for "memorably bad".

 

[Chewy Chipmunk]

Star Ocean 4 is the best selling Xbox 360 game of all time in Japan and it isn't even on that list, hahahahaha. RIP Star Ocean

 

[MetatronM]

I'm surprised that Dragon Quest VII didn't make the PS1 list.

 

[tell yourself.]

Nice seeing Golden Sun on the GBA list

 

[Javier]

Go Splatoon go!

Biggest surprise is the lack of The World Ends With You on DS. Was that game not received well in Japan or something?

 

[SephLuis]

I am happy to see Nier and Drakengard remembered

 

[MacTag]

Also the amount of Splatoon votes compared to all the other WiiU games is hilarious.

Splatoon's the 5th highest voted game on any system. Only MHFU, FFX, FFVII and Pokemon RG are ahead of it. Really crazy it even came in ahead of Super Mario Bros.

 

[Alrus]

I'm confused by the presence of Drakengard in there. It's an awful game :/

 

[Osukaa]

Now this is fucking awesome and well deserved.

Shocked and proud. Love this game so much it hurts lol.

 

[PensivePen]

Really bizarre to see Resident Evil: Revelations on the PS3 list.