Japanese magazine Famitsu just celebrated its 40th anniversary, and in honor of the occasion, a big nationwide survey was held. Results were published in this week’s issue.
Participants were asked about a variety of topics, including the game and series that influenced them the most, their favorite character, favorite developer, and more. Over 5,000 people were involved with the survey.
As you’d expect, Nintendo got a lot of love throughout. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Big N was chosen as the overall favorite developer. Additionally, Mario was the top character choice. Zelda: Breath of the Wild was also selected as the #1 title people would recommend to others.
The full results of the Japanese gaming survey from Famitsu is as follows:
First game played
1. Super Mario Bros.
2. Mario Bros.
3. Pokemon Red / Green
4. Super Mario World
5. Super Mario Bros. 3
6. Pokemon Ruby / Sapphire
7. New Super Mario Bros.
8. Super Mario Kart
9. Pokemon Gold / Silver
10. Donkey Kong Country
11. Dragon Quest 3
12. Tetris
13. Donkey Kong
14. Super Mario Land
15. Pokemon Diamond / Pearl
16. Dragon Quest
17. Pokemon Yellow
18. Baseball
19. Super Mario 64
20. Super Mario All-Stars
21. Animal Crossing: Wild World
22. Street Fighter 2
23. Kung-Fu Master
24. Kirby
25. Kirby Super Star
26. Dragon Quest 5
27. Final Fantasy 5
28. Donkey Kong Country 2
29. Xevious
30. Donkey Kong Country 3
Most influential game
1. Dragon Quest
2. Final Fantasy 7
3. Dragon Quest 3
4. Pokemon Red / Green
5. Dragon Quest 5
6. Final Fantasy 10
7. Chrono Trigger
8. Super Mario Bros.
9. Kingdom Hearts
10. Resident Evil
11. Xenogears
12. Zelda: Ocarina of Time
13. Final Fantasy 11
14. Metal Gear Solid
15. Yakuza
16. Street Fighter 2
17. Final Fantasy 6
18. Monster Hunter
19. Zelda: Breath of the Wild
20. Tactics Ogre
21. Final Fantasy 5
22. EarthBound
23. Final Fantasy 9
24. Phantasy Star Online
25. Final Fantasy 4
Most influential series
1. Final Fantasy
2. Dragon Quest
3. Pokemon
4. Mario
5. Persona
6. Monster Hunter
7. Tales of
8. Zelda
9. Metal Gear
10. Kingdom Hearts
Series they most want a new game for / sequel
1. Dragon Quest
2. Persona
3. Dragon Quest Builders
4. Tales of
5. Suikoden
6. Ace Attorney
7. Zelda
8. NieR
9. Sengoku Basara
10. Metal Gear
11. Resident Evil
12. Chrono Trigger
13. Breath of Fire
14. Mega Man Legends
15. Bloodborne
16. Kingdom Hearts
17. SaGa
18. Summon Night
19. Final Fantasy
20. God Eater
21. Super Robot Wars
22. Judgment
23. Mother
24. Xenoblade
25. Animal Crossing
26. Super Smash Bros.
27. Sakura Wars
28. Yakuza
29. Xenogears
30. Magician’s Quest
Most requested remake / remaster
1. Chrono Trigger
2. Xenogears
3. Pokemon Black and White
4. Final Fantasy 8
5. Tales of the Abyss
6. Persona 2
7. Sakura Wars
8. Final Fantasy 9
9. Dragon Quest 9
10. Final Fantasy 6
11. Bloodborne
12. Persona
13. Tales of Eternia
14. Dragon Quest 5
15. Shadow Hearts
16. Sengoku Basara
Game spent the most time on
1. Final Fantasy 14
2. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G
3. Final Fantasy 9
4. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
5. Dragon Quest 10
6. Minecraft
7. Apex Legends
8. Final Fantasy 7
9. Splatoon 2
10. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
11. Genshin Impact
12. Monster Hunter World
13. Fortnite
14. Zelda: Breath of the Wild
15. Splatoon 3
16. Ragnarok Online
17. Fate/Grand Order
18. Grandblue Fantasy
19. The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim
20. Dragon Quest 3
Game to play again if you lost your memory
1. Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2. Chrono Trigger
3. Steins;Gate
4. Final Fantasy 10
5. Final Fantasy 7
6. 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
7. Undertale
8. Dragon Quest
9. Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
10. Dragon Quest 3
11. Dragon Quest 5
12. Urban Myth Dissolution Center
13. Ace Attorney
14. Final Fantasy 14
15. NieR: Automata
16. Persona 5 Royal
17. Dragon Quest 11
18. Xenogears
19. Ever 17: The Out of Infinity
20. EarthBound
Favorite game to recommend to others
1. Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2. Persona 5 Royal
3. Chrono Trigger
4. Final Fantasy 14
5. Pokemon Pokopia
6. Dragon Quest series
7. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
8. Yakuza series
9. Persona 4
10. Okami
11. Urban Myth Dissolution Center
12. Kingdom Hearts series
13. Genshin Impact
14. Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
15. Persona series
16. 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
17. Urban Myth Dissolution Center (repeat)
18. Final Fantasy 7
19. Elden Ring
20. Xenogears
Favorite character
1. Mario
2. Cloud
3. Tifa
4. Kirby
5. Link
6. Leon S. Kennedy
7. Pikachu
8. Slime (Dragon Quest)
9. Kazuma Kiryu
10. Joker (Persona 5)
Favorite creator
Masahiro Sakurai
Favorite developer
1. Nintendo
2. Square Enix
3. Capcom
4. Atlus
5. FromSoftware
Favorite startup sound
1. PlayStation
2. GameCube
3. PS2
4. SEGA Saturn
5. Game Boy
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