neohwa
Junior Member
that really make no sense though as it's no where to be found on the 3DS list.
and no RE5 and RE6 anywhere?
Western games are dominating now in Japan, just look at the PS4 list.
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Famitsu polls Japan for their top 10 most memorable games per console
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that really make no sense though as it's no where to be found on the 3DS list.
and no RE5 and RE6 anywhere?
Western games are dominating now in Japan, just look at the PS4 list.
Neoleo2143
Member
The first one honestly isn't terribly interesting. But its prequel game in Origins is one of the best JRPGs of the 6th generation.
ethomaz
Banned
No RE5 and RE6 makes a lot of sense... there are not what we expect from RE games.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Was baiten kaitos really popular in japan?
NormalFish
Banned
At risk of sounding a total cynic, the most poignant thing about this list is that the Japanese have comparably boring taste to the rest of the world.
At least SMT and Mother is well represented.
At least SMT and Mother is well represented.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
It didnt deserve its sales and has been gaining some traction thanks to great word of mouth
yeah, but I wanted to clarify because the poll weirdly LISTS Earthbound, but under Famicom.
Sir Ilpalazzo
Member
On one hand, you could maybe justify it since the """official""" English name of the game for many years was just "Earthbound" (as it still says on the English version's title screen, in fact).
On the other hand, the poll calls Ghouls 'n Ghosts (on Genesis) "Ghosts 'n Goblins", so it's probably just a mistake.
Probably a translator's error, all things considered. Nonetheless, the lack of EarthMother2Bound is odd. Just too many FFs on SFC, I guess.
Retromelon
Member
What is a galaxy fraulein
I am surprised to see how many SaGa titles on on these lists. SaGa 1 and 2 on the GBA, Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song, and SaGa Frontier. I'm glad to see the series be so well remembered.
They probably love it for the same reasons that NeoGAF has an annual group challenge playthrough for the game. Final Fantasy IV is the game that made me an RPG fan. Final Fantasy VI practically is my childhood. But I still think that Final Fantasy V is the game with the best gameplay and replayability of almost any game in the series.
iconoclast
Member
Bayonetta 2 sold like shit too and it placed even higher on the list. There's no audience for those games on the Wii U, but they're highly rated among the people who played them.
It's not surprising tho because the game was awful. It's pretty amazing that tri-Ace managed to make something as good as Resonance of Fate in between all of the shitty games they've released lately.
Dark_castle
Junior Member
FFV is the closest FF you can get to a Dragon Quest game, and Japan loves Dragon Quest.
Eolz
Member
There's no audience for those games anywhere to be fair.
KratosEnergyDrink
Member
Seems like Splatoon is the only really memorable game of this and last gen.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Yeah, I'm surprised it takes quite so long, there are plenty of great Western games before that. I feel a similar list from our side would be more regionally diverse, with plenty of Western and Japanese titles.
Surprised to see no GTA at all too.
MrChocolate
Member
I guess I'll go with $1000 on "He never played Nier."
MrCunningham
Member
Japan doesn't care about Metroid. That's why it was handed off to a western developer for the Prime series.
Yeah, surprised to see Snatcher there as a favorite. Japan never got the Sega/Mega CD version of Snatcher, BTW. The Sega CD version was made specifically for the English speaking regions of the western market and was only sold in North America and the UK. Apparently Hideo Kojima had no idea that an English version of Snatcher existed either, he was shocked when someone showed it to him for the first time at a signing event.
ZombiePlatypus
Member
that PS1 list is solid.
Sumio Mondo
Member
Yeah, I know that the PC Engine version was the one which was the remake of Snatcher that Kojima and crew worked on (with the SEGA CD port being done by a very small team at Konami), which originally released on PC88 and MSX2 platforms. It's funny that they made PSX and Saturn versions that both would have probably sold much better in English territories but left them in Japan and created the SEGA CD version when that system was not the best choice for it, imo. But I do like the SEGA CD version the most regardless.
RE1 Remake charted far higher than RE4 on the same list, though. It appears as though Japan much prefers classic RE to action RE.
Jacethemindtaker
Neo Member
I heard you like this boat, so I'm gonna put you back on a boat within the boat.
SprachBrooks
Member
That's it, one game will tell you everything about the culture. Let's ignore every other game on the multiple lists in order to make what was a failed attempt at snide about Japan.
Yeah, sometimes I don't realize just how popular Dragon Quest was in Japan during the NES era. They'd put out a new game and retailers would be unable to keep it stocked. Lines would form.
Personally I absolutely adore Dragon Quest and wish it were more popular in the west so we'd get even more of them.
Personally I absolutely adore Dragon Quest and wish it were more popular in the west so we'd get even more of them.
themagicalkitsune
Member
Tizoc
Member
Or they just like re1 a lot that they were more interesed in the remake
Was t re6 one of the top selling games in japan on ps360 or something?
Galactic Barret
Member
I'm just glad the best FF continues to win. (FFVII) The remake is going to do gangbusters.
UC4 being so high (and the fact they're doing current gen polls so early in the life-cycle) was a bit of a shock, though.
UC4 being so high (and the fact they're doing current gen polls so early in the life-cycle) was a bit of a shock, though.
Fox_Mulder
Rockefellers. Skull and Bones. Microsoft. Al Qaeda. A Cabal of Bankers. The melting point of steel. What do these things have in common? Wake up sheeple, the landfill wasn't even REAL!
good
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Not really the first Bayonetta sold over a mil, bargain bin sure, but let's not pretend it was a complete bomba.
Not really sure how being the ninth most memorable game on any system with hundreds of games is 'flopping' or an indication of a lack of popularity. Being on the list at all means it's more memorable to those respondents than well over 600 other GC games, with only 8 above it. That's pretty memorable.
Bargain bin=bomba
chronic_archaic
Member
Xbox One list is so bad but Titanfall deserves the top spot 
DarknessTear
Banned
Glad superior Persona game was on that PS2 list.
SuperAngelo64
Banned
Strange, for some reason I always thought FF4 was thought of more fondly than FF6 in Japan.
Vigilant Walrus
Member
Where the fuck is Blue Japan? What has Squirttle ever done you?
In my school there was a civil war between Red and Blue. All those Carmander fucks could step the fuck down.
And then the rich kid got the Link Cable, and there was a truce. We called him the Swizz. Mostly because he smelled like Toblerone, but also because he was pretty neutral and chill.
When Yellow came out, it was like.. "how is this possible". I remember not being able to comprehend how Pikachu would fllow you around.
Obviously, when gold and silver rolled out, everyone went with Silver. People who went with Gold were tacky orange-tinted frosty tipped boy band pop boys with their buffalo shoes and kappa sports jocking pants with the sided buttons all the way up, and their Aqua and Smashing Pumpkins hoodies.
If you discriminate against Pokemon Blue, you're discriminating against the only parent I ever had. I was raised in these Kanto streets.