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[Kresnik258]

Found this a fairly interesting article that I couldn't find posted anywhere else, but it is from a few days ago so lock if old!

Famitsu asked readers for the game they remember the most from each platform (one vote per platform) - so not necessarily best reviewed or best selling.

Plenty of classics on the older consoles but looking at the lists from the newer consoles, I think some of them have yet to hit their stride

http://kotaku.com/poll-japans-most-memorable-games-on-each-console-1780043369

Famicom

10. Kirby’s Adventure - 60 votes

9. Final Fantasy III - 69 votes

8. Earthbound - 72 votes

7. Mario Bros. - 108 votes

6. The Legend of Zelda - 120 votes

5. Dragon Quest II - 186 votes

4. Dragon Quest IV - 228 votes

3. Super Mario Bros. 3 - 279 votes

2. Dragon Quest III - 528 votes

1. Super Mario Bros. - 552 votes


PC Engine

10. Galaxy Fräulein Yuna - 44 votes

9. Snatcher - 48 votes

8. Bikkuriman World - 49 votes

7. Bonk’s Adventure - 72 votes

6. Ys III: Wanderers from Ys - 90 votes

5. Jaseiken Necromancer - 108 votes

4. Tokimeki Memorial - 126 votes

3. Ys I & II 168 - votes

2. R-Type I 249 - votes

1. Tengai Makyo II: Manjimaru - 432 votes


Sega Mega Drive

10. Outrun - 45 votes

9. Altered Beast - 57 votes

8. Powerball - 75 votes

7. Landstalker - 84 votes

6. Ghosts ‘n Goblins - 93 votes

5. Gunstar Heroes - 105 votes

4. Streets of Rage - 123 votes

3. Puyo Puyo - 168 votes

2. Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention - 201 votes

1. Sonic the Hedgehog - 371 votes


Game Boy

10. Pokémon Yellow - 123 votes

9. Super Mario Land - 141 votes

8. Final Fantasy Adventure - 165 votes

7. Dragon Warrior Monsters - 171 votes

6. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening - 189 votes

5. Final Fantasy Legend II - 216 votes

4. The Final Fantasy Legend - 243 votes

3. Pokémon Gold and Silver - 273 votes

2. Tetris - 405 votes

1. Pokémon Red and Green - 1176 votes


Super Famicom

10. Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together - 144 votes

9. Chrono Trigger - 158 votes

8. Kirby Super Star - 159 votes

7. Super Mario RPG - 165 votes

6. Final Fantasy IV - 168 votes

5. Final Fantasy VI - 192 votes

4. Street Fighter II - 201 votes

3. Final Fantasy V - 216 votes

2. Dragon Quest V - 267 votes

1. Super Mario World - 445 votes


Sega Saturn

10. Super Robot Wars F - 60 votes

9. Guardian Heroes - 72 votes

8. Mobile Suit Gundam: Gihren’s Ambition - 78 votes

7. Nights - 93 votes

6. Grandia - 105 votes

5. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers - 129 votes

4. Sakura Taisen 2 - 147 votes

3. Virtua Fighter - 203 votes

2. Virtua Fighter 2 - 252 votes

1. Sakura Taisen - 361 votes


PlayStation

10. Final Fantasy VIII - 54 votes

9. Harvest Moon: Back to Nature - 81 votes

8. Xenogears - 107 votes

7. SaGa Frontier - 120 votes

6. Doko Demo Issyo - 147 votes

5. Ridge Racer - 168 votes

4. Metal Gear Solid - 264 votes

3. Final Fantasy IX - 341 votes

2. Resident Evil - 381 votes

1. Final Fantasy VII - 843 votes


Nintendo 64

10. Pokémon Stadium - 84 votes

9. Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards - 96 votes

8. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask - 117 votes

7. Donkey Kong - 64 129 votes

6. Shiren the Wanderer 2 - 156 votes

5. Mario Kart 64 - 159 votes

4. GoldenEye 007 - 201 votes

3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - 438 votes

2. Super Mario 64 - 527 votes

1. Super Smash Bros. - 550 votes


Dreamcast

10. Soulcalibur - 42 votes

9. Jet Set Radio - 51 votes

8. Sakura Taisen 4 - 60 votes

7. Sakura Taisen - 72 votes

6. Crazy Taxi - 117 votes

5. Atsumare! Guru Guru Onsen - 144 votes

4. Sonic Adventure - 189 votes

3. Sakura Taisen 3 - 210 votes

2. Shenmue - 211 votes

1. Phantasy Star Online - 241 votes


PlayStation 2

10. Drakengard - 90 votes

9. Ace Combat 5 - 96 votes

8. Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song - 108 votes

7. Shadow Hearts: Covenant - 111 votes

6. Kingdom Hearts - 121 votes

5. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - 129 votes

4. Yakuza - 177 votes

3. Persona 3 - 229 votes

2. Dragon Quest VIII - 343 votes

1. Final Fantasy X - 631 votes


Game Boy Advance

10. Mega Man Battle Network - 48 votes

9. Kirby & the Amazing Mirror - 72 votes

8. Magical Vacation - 85 votes

7. Pokémon Emerald - 87 votes

6. Mother 3 - 106 votes

5. Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand - 131 votes

4. Golden Sun - 212 votes

3. Fire Emblem - 234 votes

2. Ace Attorney - 358 votes

1. Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire - 523 votes


Nintendo GameCube

10. Luigi’s Mansion - 56 votes

9. Resident Evil 4 - 66 votes

8. Animal Forest e+ - 75 votes

7. Tales of Symphonia - 96 votes

6. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - 120 votes

5. Kirby Air Ride - 126 votes

4. Pikmin - 141 votes

3. Resident Evil - 168 votes

2. Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean - 185 votes

1. Super Smash Bros. Melee - 252 votes


Xbox

10. Shikigami no Shiro - 12 votes

9. Shin Megami Tensei: Nine - 19 votes

8. Otogi: Myth of Demons - 20 votes

7. Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller - 24 votes

6. Panzer Dragoon Orta - 31 votes

5. Steel Battalion - 48 votes

4. Ninja Gaiden - 64 votes

3. Dead or Alive 3 - 72 votes

2. Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball - 91 votes

1. Halo - 168 votes


Nintendo DS

10. Rhythm Heaven - 66 votes

9. Etrian Odyssey - 72 votes

8. New Super Mario Bros. - 90 votes

7. Brain Age - 96 votes

6. Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver - 105 votes

5. Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey - 121 votes

4. Animal Crossing: Wild World - 124 votes

3. Pokémon Diamond and Pearl - 144 votes

2. Professor Layton and the Curious Village - 168 votes

1. Dragon Quest IX - 364 votes


PlayStation Portable

10. Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy - 52 votes

9. Gods Eater Burst - 60 votes

8. The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky - 66 votes

7. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd - 168 votes

6. Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together - 192 votes

5. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd - 216 votes

4. Persona 3 Portable - 241 votes

3. Final Fantasy Type-0 - 242 votes

2. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - 251 votes

1. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G - 624 votes


Xbox 360

10. Skyrim - 30 votes

9. Ace Combat 6 - 33 votes

8. Lost Planet - 51 votes

7. Tales of Vesperia - 54 votes

6. Lost Odyssey - 63 votes

5. Fallout 3 - 72 votes

4. Blue Dragon - 76 votes

3. Steins;Gate - 107 votes

2. Gears of War - 141 votes

1. The iDOLM@STER - 221 votes


PlayStation 3

10. Super Street Fighter IV - 27 votes

9. Dragon’s Crown - 40 votes

8. Valkyria Chronicles - 40 votes

7. The Last of Us - 47 votes

6. Resident Evil: Revelations Unveiled Edition - 61 votes

5. Uncharted 2 - 72 votes

4. Journey - 96 votes

3. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - 168 votes

2. Final Fantasy XIII - 322 votes

1. Nier Replicant - 514 votes


Wii

10. Monster Hunter (tri) - 65 votes

9. Super Mario Bros. Wii - 75 votes

8. Mario Kart Wii - 81 votes

7. The Last Story - 91 votes

6. Wii Sports - 123 votes

5. Super Mario Galaxy - 47 votes

4. Dragon Quest X - 151 votes

3. Wii Fit - 168 votes

2. Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 189 votes

1. Xenoblade - 256 votes


Nintendo 3DS

10. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy - 41 votes

9. Project X Zone - 52 votes

8. Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - 65 votes

7. Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse - 66 votes

6. Monster Hunter 4G - 72 votes

5. Mario Kart 7 - 93 votes

4. Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth - 96 votes

3. Fire Emblem Awakening - 186 votes

2. Monster Hunter Generations - 189 votes

1. Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 238 votes


PlayStation Vita

10. Muramasa: The Demon Blade - 58 votes

9. Freedom Wars - 63 votes

8. Tokyo Xanadu - 66 votes

7. God Eater 2 Rage Burst - 72 votes

6. Soul Sacrifice - 75 votes

5. Photo Kano Kiss - 96 votes

4. Dragon Quest Builders - 122 votes

3. Danganronpa 1 & 2 Reload - 141 votes

2. Gravity Rush - 159 votes

1. Persona 4 Golden - 246 votes


Wii U

10. Yoshi’s Woolly World - 27 votes

9. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U - 32 votes

8. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD - 48 votes

7. Mario Kart 8 - 59 votes

6. Super Mario Maker - 72 votes

5. Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE - 89 votes

4. Xenoblade X - 99 votes

3. Bayonetta 2 - 121 votes

2. Dragon Quest X - 168 votes

1. Splatoon - 556 votes


PlayStation 4

10. Dragon Quest Heroes - 48 votes

9. Fallout 4 - 51 votes

8. Final Fantasy XIV - 54 votes

7. Final Fantasy Type-0 HD - 60 votes

6. The Witcher 3 - 62 votes

5. Bloodborne - 90 votes

4. Dragon Quest Builders - 93 votes

3. Yakuza 0 - 96 votes

2. Uncharted 4 - 226 votes

1. Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain - 254 votes


Xbox One

10. Call of Duty: Ghosts - 32 votes

9. Resident Evil: Revelations 2 - 45 votes

8. The Witcher 3 - 54 votes

7. Tom Clancy’s The Division - 60 votes

6. Chaos;Child - 63 votes

5. Dead Rising 3 - 74 votes

4. Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain - 82 votes

3. Rise of the Tomb Raider - 84 votes

2. Halo 5: Guardians - 93 votes

1. Titanfall - 106 votes

 

[Cade]

Weirdest part of this to me is Mother 1 and Mother 3 but no Earthbound (on their respective lists).

EDIT: And Baten Kaitos at #2 on Gamecube.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Ace Combat 5 in the top 10 for PS2?
Awesome.

 

[Transistor]

Honestly, about what I expected. Lots of Final Fantasy and Pokemon in the top spots.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

Japan don't give a fuck about Castlevania

how is the PC Engine list not just Rondo 10 times

 

[Engell]

2. Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball - 91 votes

Oooh Japan, u never change

 

[Golnei]

Even with the small sample size, seeing Drakengard and Nier there is odd.

 

[KeRaSh]

PSO at DC's #1 makes me happy but Zelda LttP got robbed in the Super Famicon poll!
FFIX getting some recognition is great, though.

 

[hupla]

Triforce of the gods not even on the Super Famicom list holy mole

 

[MANUELF]

I find it interesting that Smash Bros 3ds is not on the list and wiiu is at ninth, also Pokemon X/Y is absent too alongside Persona 4 on the PS2 list

 

[Turrican3]

Some *very* surprising results, some quite predictable.

 

[SatoAilDarko]

Wow Splatoon has the most votes of any game.

No Link to the Past in the Top 10.

Baten Kaitos is number 2 for Gamecube.

Tokyo Mirage Sessions hits number 5 for Wii U.

Smash 4 is number 9 for Wii U and is not even on the 3DS list after being 1,1, 2, for the every console it was on before.

 

[FantasticMrSnake]

Where is Castlevania in psx? D:
or in any other console..

 

[Ushojax]

Kirby Air Ride?

Bizarre choice.

 

[PfantzyPantz]

Shining Force yeah son.

 

[Spiritwalker]

surprised to see SH2 there, nice

 

[Asd202]

Nier lol.

 

[Ultimate_Trainer]

I never thought Drakengard 1 would be on this list, but then it is pretty memorable. I didn't think a ton of people would've played it

 

[JCX]

Shocked and happy about Baten Kaitos being so high up. Great game that needs a sequel.

 

[Hesemonni]

1. Nier Replicant - 514 votes

Now this is fucking awesome and well deserved.

 

[fhqwhgads]

Surprised to see DK64 on the N64 list whilst DKC is absent on the SNES list
Also how Kirby appears consistently up to the GBA list and then drops off. Japan favours classic Kirbs over modern Kirbs it seems.

 

[cameron]

Xbox 360

2. Gears of War - 141 votes

1. The iDOLM@STER - 221 votes

Japan redeems itself for everything else gaming related with its Gears of War pick at #2. Never heard of the other game sitting at #1.

 

[SlipperyFishes]

Weirdest part of this to me is Mother 1 and Mother 3 but no Earthbound (on their respective lists).

EDIT: And Baten Kaitos at #2 on Gamecube.

It's there in Famicom

 

[Napalm_Frank]

6. Resident Evil: Revelations Unveiled Edition - 61 votes

The fuck?

 

[Oregano]

Some wack entries like Resident Evil Revelations on PS3... Like wut?

Edit: beaten.

 

[LiveFromKyoto]

Dreamcast

5. Atsumare! Guru Guru Onsen - 144 votes

Joke vote?

 

[iconoclast]

I'm surprised that Nier was voted as the PS3's most memorable game. Good choice, though.

 

[Crayolan]

DoaX #2 for the Xbox, Idolmaster #1 for 360 lol.

 

[Silent Chief]

Didn't expect to see Journey, nevermind it being so high in the list.

I liked SaGA Frontier too!

The Legacy of Great Intention? It's like they already knew what would happen to the series...

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

 

[Donos]

FF XII got robbed at PS2 poll

 

[HawthorneKitty]

Oooh Japan, u never change

They did change, 2 has no mention. :/

 

[Kathian]

I know Generations is most recent but surprised its higher than 4.

 

[SJRB]

MGSV on #1, what the fuck.


HOW?

 

[T.O.P]

Not a single Metroid?

WTF japan

 

[Makareu]

Shining Force and Landstalker in the Mega Drive list, outrage averted.

 

[The Silver]

Nier, did not expect that, how much did that game sell in both Japan?

Also, there was a SMT game on the Xbox?

Japan no selling the shit out of GTA.

 

[CrashPrime]

Did they sample a single highschool? WTF is with those vote counts? I feel like you could poll the lurkers of a Wario64 thread and get higher numbers.

 

[Heropon]

Nice to see Final Fantasy V over the other two in the SNES list. The sample size isn't too big but I like seeing some recognition somewhere.

 

[Misuta]

Baten Kaitos in the Gamecube list. ;_;

 

[Superfrog]

I know, it's Japan and everything, but no Sega Rally in the Saturn top 10?!

 

[Acquiescence]

I had no idea Doko Demo Issho was that popular at one point. Always figured it was a niche thing, even in Japan.

 

[Oblivion]

Triforce of the gods not even on the Super Famicom list holy mole

Japan has semi-terrible taste confirmed.

 

[DieH@rd]

Nier #1 for PS3?

 

[sixteen-bit]

a lot of correlation between sales and favorites

 

[LiveFromKyoto]

Not a single Metroid?

WTF japan

Metroid's never been a big deal there.

 

[Jacethemindtaker]

Sakura Tasien and Drakengard/Nier love makes me happy.
Interesting picks for Gears and Titanfall. I guess those games appeal to the Japanese people who actively own those consoles.

 

[Crayolan]

Wow Splatoon has the most votes of any game.

Pokemon Red and Green have like double its votes.

Still though, it's clear that at least in Japan, Splatoon is the defining game of the Wii U.

 

[Mik2121]

Those are some, uh... interesting choices. Their love for FF, DQ, MH and Pokemon weird a me out a bit sometimes, though.

 

[Bedameister]

What is The iDOLM@STER?

 

[Dark_castle]

What is Earthbound doing under Famicom? And DQIII and DQVII missing from SNES and PS1 counterparts are very strange, along with Persona 4 not in their top 10 from PS2.