Wondering which video games the Japanese are most looking forward to this year? Well Japanese gaming publication Famitsu has you covered. Judging from the readers votes it’s Final Fantasy XV and Persona 5 that are the most wanted games, but Bravely Second comes in third. Xenoblade Chronicles X for the Wii U is surprisingly placed in eighth position.
1. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV – 885 votes
2. [PS3] Persona 5 – 748 votes
3. [3DS] Bravely Second – 709 votes
4. [3DS] Theatrhythm Dragon Quest – 546 votes
5. [PS4] Persona 5 – 523 votes
6. [3DS] Fire Emblem If – 453 votes
7. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III – 421 votes
8. [WIU] Xenoblade Chronicles X – 318 votes
9. [3DS] Xenoblade Chronicles 3D – 297 votes
10. [3DS] PoPoLoCrois Farm Story – 293 votes
11. [PS4] Yakuza Zero – 289 votes
12. [PS4] Final Fantasy Type-0 HD – 262 votes
13. [PSV] Persona 4: Dancing All Night – 234 votes
14. [PSV] Kan Colle Kai – 230 votes
15. [PS4] Bloodborne – 229 votes
16. [PS3] Dai-3-Ji Super Robot Taisen Z Tengoku-hen – 223 votes
17. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – 217 votes
18. [PSV] Sword Art Online: Lost Song – 214 votes
19. [WIU] The Legend of Zelda – 210 votes
20. [PS3] Yakuza Zero – 203 votes
21. [PS4] The Last Remnant – 159 votes
22. [PSV] Dai-3-Ji Super Robot Taisen Z Tengoku-hen – 153 votes
23. [3DS] The Great Ace Attorney – 149 votes
24. [PSV] SaGa 2015 – 143 votes
25. [PS4] Disgaea 5 – 131 votes
26. [PSV] Senran Kagura: Estival Versus – 113 votes
27. [WIU] Splatoon – 111 votes
28. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition – 108 votes
29. [3DS] Stella Glow – 105 votes
30. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – 101 votes
I think Persona 5 should be combined in this vote since they are generally the same game, but this list looks pretty good. I am looking forward to a lot of these games.
It’s expected that the ones that sit lower are the ones that barley have any info or footage, hence StarFox not being there and Zelda being low etc etc.
Looking forward to Final Fantasy xv waaay more than Zelda wii U!!
Go back to the Sonyans then…
Stay lost in your primitive delusion ((::
You shouldn’t use words that are too evolved for you abomination…
Here’s something you might understand: literally kill yourself (:
Darkness is eternal, I can never die, try again you thing…
So as we all now Nintendo and Sony got Japan on lock
Final Fantasy XV and Persona 5 definitely are two of my most anticipated games this year as well. I’d count Kingdom Hearts 3 in too, but I don’t think it’s very likely for it to come out in 2015, sadly.
Either way, it’s an interesting list.
I agree 100% with everything you said except Persona 5. Instead I’m hyped for Xenoblade X!!!
I’m excited for Xenoblade X as well! :)
Wow. We actually see an abundance of nintendo titles.
Nintendo has a sweet year line-up, I can’t wait for Xenoblade, Star Fox, Zelda, along with Yoshi’s Wooly World, Mario Party 10(but I think it will be a disappointment like 9), Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem hopefully this year, Mario maker, Devil’s Third, hopefully a western release of Fatal Frame 5, and if there is a God..Dragon Quest X…
Final Fantasy hasn’t been good since they stopped using turn-based fighting. You can say it is my opinion, but the sales show they had better sales before they changed it, and the fact that it is more sci-fi than fantasy now, they might as well change the name. The only good RPG’s are made for the 3DS now, and I hate the fact that I can’t stand the small screens. I really hope Nintendos next console has complete backwards compatibility with home console and handhelds or at least a video out option for the handheld. Fingers crossed…
What about the crystal chronicles games?
wasn’t a fan because repetitious playing same levels over and over, and not playing multiplayer on gamecube without 3 other Gameboy advances…but still I liked more than the newer final fantasy’s, fighting was more legend of Zelda style
If you mean the one of GameCube, fuck that game I hated it! But Crystal Bearers was awesome!
*on GameCube
is it multiplayer on console? and lost the repeated play of the same levels over and over?
I actually loved the GameCube version. It was artistically done and a fun game. Hell I would pay and play for that one again now. I don’t think I ever beat it.
“You can say it is my opinion”
It literally is just your opinion.
No shit, that’s why I said it, thank you captain obvious. Always the one guy that has to make something out of nothing :-P
I was just pointing out that you tried to present your opinion as fact.
I agree, it does look like that is what I am saying, but I meant to say “you CAN say it is my opinion” that I wouldn’t argue the point that it sounds like my opinion. I do apologize :)
Final Fantasy XIII is their fourth highest selling game man, and the combat was not the reason it sucked.
Highest selling has no merit on how good the game is, just like Destiny, Watch Dogs, and the other FPS that came out at the beginning of the year I already forgot the name to that sold great but many early adopters ending up hating and garnered bad reviews. I, along with 6 others I know also bought FFXIII and ended up hating and never finished, but it still counted as 7 sales and I’m sure we weren’t the only ones. I’d like to see some charts on video game returns…I think that would be interesting.
Not sure if you’re the same person who posted the original comment, but in case you are:
First you say the sales of previous entries in the series are evidence for turn-based battles being better, but after someone brings up the fact of XIII being one of the best selling FF games, you say high sales have no merit. You’re kinda contradicting yourself there.
If you, in fact, are not the original commenter, you don’t have to take this reply seriously, of course. :)
Well, honestly sales don’t have any merit. FF 13 was universally hated amoung critics and fans alike. It sold on hype, and name brand recognition. So it was the fourth best selling FF game? It was also the most hated. And thats not an opinion, thats based on factual statistics..
I have to agree with this guy. The FF games with turned based battles were better, hands down… Although unlike him, I am super excited for FF15.
I didn’t express my opinion about whether or not sales hold and meaning, though. :)
I merely said that he contradicted himself, and his arguments didn’t make sense. If he truly believes that sales have no merit, then he can’t say the sales are a proof for turn-based battles being better. If he, however, believes that the numbers in fact are proof for turn-based fights being the better battle style, then he can’t say that sales have no merit.
To put it short, one of his points can’t be right.
*any
Uh, Xenoblade Chronicles? Best RPG of this generation btw..
Not really saying much since was such a slack generation for jrpgs, just saying.
There were a ton of JRPG’s. Most of them just went under the radar as opposed to previous generations.
Whoa Nintendo is killin it with 7 titles in the top 10
You mean 3.
It’s nice to see Persona 5 up nice and high (and exceeds FFXV if you combine the PS3 and PS4 votes).
No love for star fox?
We know nothing about that game except its coming before Zelda Wii U
Agreed, but Japan is definitely an RPG oriented country.
I guess it’s because we haven’t really seen the game in action.
And this is why Japan rocks. Go ahead, call me a weeabo but 99% of these games are pure awesome. Unlike the uninspired Fifa and and Call of Duty shit we play in the west.
Cringe
rip splatoony rest in turd
how cute :’)
i think it’s lovely how kids use unfunny jokes
well, i don’t see splatoon selling as much as Zelda U.
I want to play itand who knows?, maybe you will be joining the battle and i will be fighting you to death.
“Rip splatoony rest in turd” said no one ever, if platoon sells well you are going to start damage control, like you did with Mario kart 8 and the game that started your carnival of stupidity: super smash bros, you said it sucked and later you said “it’s a fun mini fighter”
I want to see you trying to convince everyone to not support splatoon.
*by the way sasori. i don’t understand your obsession with the word “mini”, first ssb was a “mini fighter”, then metroid prime trilogy was a “mini shooter” and later ninja gaiden was a “mini hack and slash”
blackbond already beat him to it. He’s saying nobody should buy it because it has no voice chat which it will when with friends
Splatoon will be awesome
There are not Xbox done games in that list fagot
fuck you xbox has the best exclusives. japanese gamres doesn’t know about next gen gaming.
Its fun when people say that westerns only play shooter but doesnt say anything about japan playing mostly RPG and dont tell me that all RPG are better than shooter… Because it depend on the game and the taste… You hipocrytes…
RPGs ARE better than shooters. It’s like comparing diamonds to coal. lololololol
What dictates that RPG’s are better than shooters other than personal preference? Is there a scale or some sort of factual meter that clearly shows irrefutable scientific evidence that one genre is superior to the other?
It’s the fact that shooters really belong on PC.
Nothing dictates they’re better, it’s all opinion. But most shooters are easy to develop, and don’t even need a story. Their thoughtless, mindless button mashing. (which is fine if that what you like). While RPG’s NEED story, characters, progression system, gear, deep combat. Shooters are more of a casuals game..
Most of jrpg characters and story nowadays are copypaste of those from the snes and psx era ; ) sp yeah they need a loooooot of work to develope them… OT WAS SARCASM.
I LOVE JRPG but i also enjoy crappy shooters and sport games and i cant really stand those who claims that western audience doesnt know a shit about games… RPGs nowadays are lazy as FPS are so play what you like but dont bash countries for their tastes if then you praise japan for being as narrow minded as you said westerns are.
Suck my japanese balls asshole.
So sad Nintendo fans are decreasing even in their homeland…should have made the Wii u stronger with blu-ray but Noooo I’m Nintendo people will love me being unique. Should have done both then dumbass Nintendo most disappointed of you
Wii U is a gaming console, not a media player. And how does adding a Blu-ray player make it stronger? That’s like saying adding a saddle to a horse makes it stronger. Sure it helps you out, but it isn’t very beneficial to the machine itself.
One day, we will rise again and get rid off all the infidels like we did with the Atarians…
Nice to see Xenoblade Chronicles X so high up on the list! Hopefully the game will sell just as good, if not better, than it’s predecessor.
I really don’t get the excitement over FFXV. It looks kinda dull and boring when you compare it to Persona, Zelda, Bloodborne, and Fire Emblem (which are also on this list).
Final Fantasy has lost its magic since Sakaguchi left :(
Also, I hate their obsession with making sequels. Give me the full story in one game!
I think it looks amazing. Looks way better than Persona IMO. Looks better than Bloodbourne also. Your right about Zelda and Fire Emblem though :D
Im actually kind of disappointed that Xenoblade wasn’t higher on the list. Nintendo has been marketing the hell out of that game, just for it to score lower than KH 3, a game that has not even shown a damn preview in how long? Do we even know for sure if that game is even coming this year? And Persona 5 beat Xenoblade twice. It pretty sad, and I’m sure Nintendo is disappointed.
One thing is for sure. Japan loves Square Enix..
I don’t think it’s surprising that Xenoblade is below Persona. Persona is that kind of series that really hits all the right buttons for Japanese players, and is more of an established franchise than Xenoblade is over there.
Don’t get me wrong, I love Xenoblade though.
Very interesting!
…but why is MGS5: The Phantom Pain on the list twice?
I’m still not feeling XV, gameplay looks fun, but its really a traditional ff. I don’t think the story will be that good, and I think that because… They made 13…3 times. I dunno will keep looking at it
Wow, we barely know anything about Fire Emblem If and it’s higher than Kingdom Hearts 3 and Xenoblade X.
Hopefully that’s a sign that it’ll sell well once it comes.
Fire Emblem If? What the fuck does IF mean?
It’s short for “What if?” referencing how the game is going to put more emphasis on the player’s choices. Japan has done it for other games in the past.
I agree with all the 3DS/Wii U games on this list, as well as the SAO game simply because I like the anime. :P
Look at japan sucking Squeenix D as always, might be the reason why they never improve.
Final Fantasy, because humans are the only animals to make mistakes twice… or thrice.
Zelda Wii U could still top the list once more videos and gameplays pop up from Nintendo. But these titles are worth the wait.
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