50k Japanese gamers choose their favorite games

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Jakyl25
12/27/2021
04:18 PM
#1
From TV Asahis National poll

  • 100. Persona 3
  • 99. Pokemon Platinum Version
  • 98. Persona 4
  • 97. Super Mario World
  • 96. Romance of the Three Kingdoms
  • 95. MOTHER
  • 94. Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
  • 93. Persona 5 Royal
  • 92. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
  • 91. Street Fighter II
  • 90. Final Fantasy VIII
  • 89. Super Mario Galaxy 2
  • 88. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
  • 87. Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate
  • 86. Monster Hunter
  • 85. Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation
  • 84. Final Fantasy XI
  • 83. Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past
  • 82. Legend of Mana
  • 81. Dragon Quest Builders 2
  • 80. The Legend of Zelda: Majoras Mask
  • 79. Metal Gear Solid
  • 78. Nobunagas Ambition: Zenkokuban
  • 77. Mario Kart Wii
  • 76. Kirby Air Ride
  • 75. Animal Crossing: Wild World
  • 74. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
  • 73. Gran Turismo 4
  • 72. Kirby Super Star
  • 71. Dr. Mario
  • 70. Monster Hunter: World
  • 69. Super Mario RPG
  • 68. Pokemon X / Y
  • 67. Bloodborne
  • 66. Ghost of Tsushima
  • 65. Suikoden
  • 64. Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver
  • 63. Final Fantasy III
  • 62. Xevious
  • 61. Super Smash Bros.
  • 60. Pokemon Black 2 / White 2
  • 59. Dead by Daylight
  • 58. Animal Crossing
  • 57. Super Donkey Kong
  • 56. Super Mario Galaxy
  • 55. Yo-kai Watch 2: Bony Spirits / Fleshy Souls / Psychic Specters
  • 54. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
  • 53. Tales of the Abyss
  • 52. The Legend of Zelda
  • 51. Final Fantasy IV
  • 50. Pokemon Ruby / Sapphire
  • 49. Kingdom Hearts
  • 48. NieR: Automata
  • 47. Final Fantasy XIV
  • 46. Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line
  • 45. Kirbys Return to Dream Land
  • 44. Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Online
  • 43. Xenoblade
  • 42. Persona 5
  • 41. Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa Heisei Reiwa mo Teiban!
  • 40. Xenogears
  • 39. Dark Souls III
  • 38. Puyo Puyo
  • 37. Final Fantasy IX
  • 36. Pokemon Gold / Silver
  • 35. Xenoblade 2
  • 34. Final Fantasy V
  • 33. Final Fantasy VI
  • 32. Biohazard
  • 31. Tactics Ogre
  • 30. Apex Legends
  • 29. Okami
  • 28. MOTHER 2
  • 27. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
  • 26. Pokemon Black / White
  • 25. Tetris
  • 24. Pokemon Red / Green / Blue
  • 23. Fire Emblem: Three Houses
  • 22. Animal Crossing: New Leaf
  • 21. Splatoon
  • 20. Minecraft
  • 19. Suikoden II
  • 18. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
  • 17. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
  • 16. Kingdom Hearts II
  • 15. Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen
  • 14. Pokemon Sword / Shield
  • 13. UNDERTALE
  • 12. Super Mario Kart
  • 11. Pokemon Diamond / Pearl
  • 10. Super Mario Bros. 3
  • 9. Final Fantasy X
  • 8. Chrono Trigger
  • 7. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
  • 6. Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation
  • 5. Splatoon 2
  • 4. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  • 3. Final Fantasy VII
  • 2. Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
  • 1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild


Thought it might be worth a pointless discussion
Thank you, Eddie Guerrero.
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Team Rocket Elite
12/27/2021
04:19 PM
#2
Link Always Wins
My bracket looked like random picks compared to his.
Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD 2020 Guru Contest!
Zylothewolf
12/27/2021
04:22 PM
#3
Cool list. I dont understand what Japan sees in DQ2 tough.
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-hotdogturtle--
12/27/2021
04:24 PM
#4
Ya go my Splatoon 2
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Underleveled
12/27/2021
04:27 PM
#5
Brawl and Smash 64 but no Melee is interesting as hell.
darkx
Games beaten in 2021 - 36; Most recent - Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories
Jakyl25
12/27/2021
04:30 PM
#6
Underleveled posted...
Brawl and Smash 64 but no Melee is interesting as hell.

Are there any Gamecube games on there at all??

Animal Crossing was an N64 game there
Thank you, Eddie Guerrero.
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KommunistKoala
12/27/2021
04:31 PM
#7
Dead By Daylight that high is pretty crazy
does anyone even read this
Nanis23
12/27/2021
04:41 PM
#8
Jakyl25 posted...
14. Pokemon Sword / Shield

Jakyl25 posted...
11. Pokemon Diamond / Pearl
Shit taste
Playing BDSP made me realize just how horrible DP are. And them being 88 spots higher than Platinum makes no sense either

Why does every time I play this shit game I always have a Starter/Luxray/Staraptor team
wololo
NBIceman
12/27/2021
04:45 PM
#9
Hell yeah, they got the right Tales on there.
Chilly McFreeze
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swordz9
12/27/2021
04:46 PM
#10
Some decent stuff on it, but also stuff I dont care for being quite high. Could be worse I guess
DoomTheGyarados
12/27/2021
04:46 PM
#11
Nanis23 posted...
Shit taste
Playing BDSP made me realize just how horrible DP are. And them being 88 spots higher than Platinum makes no sense either

Why does every time I play this shit game I always have a Starter/Luxray/Staraptor team

I bet a lot less people played Platinum is probably why, if I had to hazard a guess.

But my 'Dragon Quest V is a world beater game' take has aged incredibly well!
Sir Chris
StealThisSheen
12/27/2021
04:48 PM
#12
DoomTheGyarados posted...
I bet a lot less people played Platinum is probably why, if I had to hazard a guess.

That and the third versions are just less memorable to people, since it's just the same game over again, even if improved/better. People are more likely to fondly remember the first time they played the games, which is why, when split up, Red and Blue do better than Yellow, Gold and Silver do better than Crystal, etc.

Notice Gold/Silver made it but not Crystal, Ruby/Sapphire but not Emerald, etc. Platinum's the only third version that did.
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Reg
12/27/2021
05:01 PM
#13
My three favorite games are all on the list, and one of them is at #2. Though, P5 charting separately and way ahead of P5R feels like some kind of oversight in the process here? Not that it'd likely make a big difference, but still weird.

Good list.
_PandaMaster_
12/27/2021
05:04 PM
#14
TWO Fire Emblem games and Japan's Holy Grail of Genealogy is topped by Edelgard? Uh-oh!
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UshiromiyaEva
12/27/2021
05:07 PM
#15
NBIceman posted...
Hell yeah, they got the right Tales on there.

That's very surprising but very welcome.

https://twitter.com/OocWTC/status/1348011667976699904?s=19
_stingers_
12/27/2021
05:10 PM
#16
Wow at Undertale. I didn't realize that was such a global phenomenon
Congrats Black Turtle !
_stingers_
12/27/2021
05:12 PM
#17
Also the recency bias seems pretty strong with three houses, sword/shield and acnh. Can't see those standing the test of time that favorably
Congrats Black Turtle !
UshiromiyaEva
12/27/2021
05:13 PM
#18
_stingers_ posted...
Wow at Undertale. I didn't realize that was such a global phenomenon

https://youtu.be/FFIs6LsV0a4
https://twitter.com/OocWTC/status/1348011667976699904?s=19
KamikazePotato
12/27/2021
05:15 PM
#19
_stingers_ posted...
Also the recency bias seems pretty strong with three houses, sword/shield and acnh. Can't see those standing the test of time that favorably
Three Houses definitely will and already has, and I say that as someone who isn't a huge fan of it

Sword/Shield is absolutely due to recency factor, though
It's Reyn Time.
DoomTheGyarados
12/27/2021
05:19 PM
#20
Sword/Shield is probably not, actually. Their releases were only four months apart!

Sword/Shield did a lot of things very well and a lot of its flaws don't matter to a Japanese audience (source: I am basically this list in terms of taste <_<) as they do to an international one. Graphical quality and the dex were the two big things but actually once you kind of just play the game its really fun and enjoyable and the balancing over the years really shines through.

A lot of older games are crippled by really shitty design flaws. I love them all, of course, but yeah SW/SH is not the black sheep of the family people want it to be.
Sir Chris
firefdr
12/27/2021
05:23 PM
#21
good list overall

missing Mario Odyssey though
Leonhart4
12/27/2021
05:24 PM
#22
They've got a lot of the best games in a series ranked first, so that's good.

Ouch at FFVIII being like 10th place on that list for FF games though
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UshiromiyaEva
12/27/2021
05:27 PM
#23
There's no Tactics at all, which is a real shame.

Glad to see XIV so high considering its an MMO.
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Murphiroth
12/27/2021
05:28 PM
#24
Bloodborne's on there, nice. Good list overall.

DoomTheGyarados posted...
Sword/Shield is probably not, actually. Their releases were only four months apart!

Sword/Shield did a lot of things very well and a lot of its flaws don't matter to a Japanese audience (source: I am basically this list in terms of taste <_<) as they do to an international one. Graphical quality and the dex were the two big things but actually once you kind of just play the game its really fun and enjoyable and the balancing over the years really shines through.

A lot of older games are crippled by really shitty design flaws. I love them all, of course, but yeah SW/SH is not the black sheep of the family people want it to be.

Yeah this pretty much echoes my thoughts on it.
Paratroopa1
12/27/2021
05:29 PM
#25
Chrono Trigger at 8 and yet people kept telling me Crono was too obscure to be in Smash
DoomTheGyarados
12/27/2021
05:29 PM
#26
Paratroopa1 posted...
Chrono Trigger at 8 and yet people kept telling me Crono was too obscure to be in Smash

Whoever said that is incredibly stupid, CT's legacy to gaming as a whole is very secure.
Sir Chris
Jakyl25
12/27/2021
05:30 PM
#27
Jakyl25 posted...
Are there any Gamecube games on there at all??

Animal Crossing was an N64 game there

i just realized Kirby Air Ride is maybe the one Gamecube game

and apparently the third best Kirby game
Thank you, Eddie Guerrero.
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WazzupGenius00
12/27/2021
05:38 PM
#28
I have never heard anyone talk about Kirbys Return to Dreamland, either positive or negative. How did it even make this list, let alone top fifty and ahead of Super Star
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Jakyl25
12/27/2021
05:45 PM
#29
The Wii was very popular and people preferred 4 player local multiplayer to Epic Yarns 2 player?
Thank you, Eddie Guerrero.
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StealThisSheen
12/27/2021
06:25 PM
#30
KamikazePotato posted...
Sword/Shield is absolutely due to recency factor, though

I mean, it only came out like four months after Three Houses. I think the vocal minority on the internet makes Sword/Shield seem less loved than it is, but a lot of the big flaws are things your common player doesn't actually care about. A majority of people don't transfer Pokemon and just play with what's in each game, for instance, and Sword/Shield is full of things that make it easy to get into for casuals. Raids to play with friends, the easiest entry into competitive battling pretty much ever, etc. Hell, a loooot of people just love running around the wild areas catching Pokemon. It was kinda a nearly perfect game to catch the hearts of the casual masses.
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UshiromiyaEva
12/27/2021
06:30 PM
#31
Sword and Shield is bad because the story completely gave up halfway through the game.
https://twitter.com/OocWTC/status/1348011667976699904?s=19
StealThisSheen
12/27/2021
06:32 PM
#32
UshiromiyaEva posted...
Sword and Shield is bad because the story completely give up halfway through the game.

Yeah, but pretty much nobody cares about the story in Pokemon games. Which is sad, and a product of the series literally never having even a decent story, but it is what it is.

I get my story fill out of Mystery Dungeon. They need to make more of those.
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UshiromiyaEva
12/27/2021
06:33 PM
#33
It almost did this time!
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XIII_rocks
12/27/2021
06:39 PM
#34
Pokemon Black had a decent story

By Pokemon standards it was practically Chekhov
Not to be confused with XIII_minerals.
squexa
12/27/2021
06:41 PM
#35
Zylothewolf posted...
Cool list. I dont understand what Japan sees in DQ2 tough.

There's an entire demographic of Japanese 40/50-somethings ojisans that grew up playing DQ on the Famicom and quit gaming (or became very casual) after they started working in the 90s. Most of them are probably voting for DQ3 or 4 but there's enough of them that DQ2 can squeeze on the list.
congrats to azuarc, our GotD2 guru!
StealThisSheen
12/27/2021
06:44 PM
#36
UshiromiyaEva posted...
It almost did this time!

Actually, yeah, this did make it somewhat disappointing, since the story almost seemed interesting. I think I just got distracted by having fun with stuff like raids and later dynamax adventures that I forgot about it.

XIII_rocks posted...
Pokemon Black had a decent story

By Pokemon standards it was practically Chekhov


This is true, but even decent by Pokemon standards is still practically non-existent.
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UshiromiyaEva
12/27/2021
06:46 PM
#37
It's not just the stiry in a vacuum that gave up either, the game on the whole seemed to give up halfway through. Routes became more empty, time between gyms shorter, the actual content of said gyms becoming more and more empty until finally just not actually have a last gym period.

Its like they made the game in order and ran out of time. Which...I woul believe.
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StealThisSheen
12/27/2021
06:47 PM
#38
To be clear, my point isn't that Pokemon shouldn't have better stories, it's just that the average player doesn't care when they don't. They've become used to enjoying Pokemon for other reasons.
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Raka_Putra
12/27/2021
06:47 PM
#39
I love the Suikoden representation for sure. And Persona 3 just barely sneaking in.
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voltch
12/27/2021
06:47 PM
#40
Surprised Momotaro Dentetsu made it over Pawapuro.

Wonder how the list changes with mobile and arcade.
Pretty Derby would probably have placed top 50 with that.

If it was eligible then the lack of Kantai Collection is somewhat surprising that game used to have a huge population for a long time.

Although high I'm somewhat surprised Apex and Dead by Daylight aren't even higher as those were major hits with casuals.
Congrats to Eli Ayase's #1 fan BK_Sheikah00 on winning the BYIG Guru Contest.
Shonen_Bat
12/27/2021
06:47 PM
#41
Sad Mother 3 noises.
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Raka_Putra
12/27/2021
06:48 PM
#42
voltch posted...
If it was eligible then the lack of Kantai Collection is somewhat surprising that game used to have a huge population for a long time.
Huh, that's right. I don't think mobile games are represented at all.
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Jakyl25
12/27/2021
06:55 PM
#43
I think the question was only for console/handheld games?

I mean mobile games are handheld but dedicated handhelds I mean
Thank you, Eddie Guerrero.
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KamikazePotato
12/27/2021
06:57 PM
#44
From what I understand, Japan didn't like Mother 3 much for whatever reason.
It's Reyn Time.
voltch
12/27/2021
06:58 PM
#45
It does cut a huge number of potential entrants though that might be a good thing.

Ghost of Tsushima ranking well is a huge positive in my mind. Locals must have really enjoyed the western take.

It beats the Yakuza/Ryu Ga Gotoku series in the process!
Congrats to Eli Ayase's #1 fan BK_Sheikah00 on winning the BYIG Guru Contest.
Jakyl25
12/27/2021
07:00 PM
#46
Raka_Putra posted...
I love the Suikoden representation for sure. And Persona 3 just barely sneaking in.

As much as I love the series, Its strange to me that Suikoden 1 would be some significant chunk of gamers favorite game of all time <_<
Thank you, Eddie Guerrero.
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voltch
12/27/2021
07:05 PM
#47
Is that stranger than the total lack of Sonic/Castlevania/Metroid/Rockman representation?
Congrats to Eli Ayase's #1 fan BK_Sheikah00 on winning the BYIG Guru Contest.
KamikazePotato
12/27/2021
07:06 PM
#48
The only non-Japan-developed games on the list are:

66. Ghost of Tsushima
59. Dead by Daylight
30. Apex Legends
20. Minecraft
13. UNDERTALE

Congratulations to Toby Fox.
It's Reyn Time.
Paratroopa1
12/27/2021
07:08 PM
#49
I find it really weird that Dr Mario made this list

I speedrun Dr Mario and it's not even in my top 100 games of all time, who the hell are these Dr Mario fanatics in Japan?
Jakyl25
12/27/2021
07:09 PM
#50
I heard Japan wasnt really into Metroid

Thus it kinda makes sense that they arent as into the metroidvania Castlevanias?

are there any metroidvanias on here at all?

With Suikoden 1, its odd to me because 2 is seemingly universally better in literally every aspect, plus its on the same console so thats not a barrier. Who played Suikoden 1, thought it was the greatest game ever, then never played Suikoden 2?
Thank you, Eddie Guerrero.
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