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Here’s The Ten Most Wanted Games In Japan

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Japanese gaming publication Famitsu has posted its readers most wanted games for this year. You’ll notice that there are only two Nintendo related games in the top ten which are Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Online and Monster Hunter 4. Dragon Quest X, which was previously number one, has been overtaken by Capcom’s Dragon’s Dogma which is coming out for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

  1. [PS3] Dragon’s Dogma
  2. [Wii] Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Online
  3. [PS3] One Piece: Kaizoku Musou
  4. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4
  5. [PSV] Persona 4: The Golden
  6. [PS3] Resident Evil 6
  7. [PSP] Shining Blade
  8. [PSP] 2nd Super Robot Wars Z Hakai Volume
  9. [PS3] Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
  10. [PS3] Asura’s Wrath

Here’s The Most Wanted Games In Japan (Wii Game At Number One)

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Famitsu has published its readers most wanted games of 2012 and Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Online for Wii, and eventually Wii U, has topped the list. There are a total of five games for Nintendo related platforms in the entire top ten. Here’s the games the Japanese are looking forward to playing the most this year:

  1. [Wii] Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Online
  2. [PS3] Dragon’s Dogma
  3. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4
  4. [PSV] Persona 4: The Golden
  5. [PS3] One Piece: Kaizoku Musou
  6. [3DS] Animal Crossing 3DS
  7. [3DS] New Love Plus
  8. [PSP] Shining Blade
  9. [PSP] Super Robot Taisen Z
  10. [3DS] Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance

Here’s The Most Wanted Games Of 2012 In Japan

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Japanese gaming publication Famitsu has published its readers most wanted video games of 2012. Heading up the list is Dragon Quest X which is due for release on both Wii and Wii U sometime later this year. Overall there’s an impressive eight games featured in the overall chart on Nintendo platforms. What do you think to the choices?

1. Dragon Quest X (Wii)
2. Dragon’s Dogma (PS3)
3. Monster Hunter 4 (3DS)
4. One Piece: Kaizoku Musou (PS3)
5. Persona 4: The Golden (Vita)
6. Fotokano: Picture Girlfriend (PSP)
7. Final Fantasy Versus XIII (PS3)
8. Animal Crossing (3DS)
9. Asura’s Wrath (PS3)
10. Tales of Innocence-R (Vita)
11. New Love Plus (3DS)
12. Resident Evil Revelations (3DS)
13. Shining Blade (PSP)
14. Kingdom Hearts 3D (3DS)
15. God Eater 2 (PSP)
16. The Last Guardian (PS3)
17. Binary Domain (PS3)
18. Armored Core V (PS3)
19. Metal Gear Rising Revengeance (PS3)
20. Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (PS3)
21. Super Robot Wars OG 2 (PS3)
22. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy (3DS)
23. Fantasy Life (3DS)
24. Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave (PSP)
25. Yakuza: Black Panther 2 (PSP)

Famitsu Readers Rank The Top 50 Nintendo Games Of All Time

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The bonus catalogue that accompanies the latest edition of Famitsu contains the readers top fifty Nintendo games of all time. The results were taken from a survey conducted by the popular Japanese gaming publication and here are the surprising results:

1. Super Mario Bros. NES
2. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time N64
3. Super Mario 64 N64
4. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past SNES
5. Mother 2 SNES
6. Xenoblade Wii
7. Legend of Zelda NES
8. Super Mario RPG SNES
9. Smash Bros. Melee GC
10. Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Wii
11. Fire Emblem – Seisen no Keifu SNES
12. Famicom Mukashi-banashi Famicom-DiscDrive
13. Super Mario Kart SNES
14. Famicom Tantei Club Part II Famicom-DiscDrive
15. Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker GC
16. Fire Emblem – Monsho no Nazo SNES
17. Legend of Zelda – Links Awakening GB
18. Super Mario World SNES
19. Super Mario Sunshine GC
19. Smash Bros. Brawl Wii
21. Donkey Kong Country SNES
22. Ice Climber NES
23. Mother NES
24. F-ZERO SNES
25. Kirby Super Star SNES
26. Mario Kart Wii Wii
27. Mario Kart 64 N64
28. Pokemon Red/Blue/Green/Pikachu GB
29. Super Mario Bros. 3 NES
30. Super Mario Galaxy Wii
31. Star Fox SNES
32. Magical Vacation GBA
33. Kirbys Air Ride GC
34. Golf NES
35. Joy Mech Fight NES
36. Donkey Kong Country 2 SNES
37. Super Mario 64 DS DS
38. Legend of Zelda – Twilight Princess Wii
39. Legend of Zelda – Majoras Mask N64
40. Animal Crossing: Wild World DS
41. Donkey Kong NES
42. Smash Bros. N64
42. Volley Ball Famicom-DiscDrive
44. Banjo-Tooie N64
45. Baseball NES
46. Famicom Tantei Club Famicom-DiscDrive
47. Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi NES
48. Metroid Famicom-DiscDrive
48. Metroid II – Return of Samus GB
50. Super Mario: Yoshis Island SNES

Here’s Famitsu Readers Most Wanted Video Games Of 2012

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Respected Japanese gaming publication Famitsu published its readers most wanted games during the end of December. As you can see from the list below Dragon Quest X for both the Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS is the most wanted game of 2012 thus far with Dragon’s Dogma for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 trailing just slightly behind.

01. Dragon Quest X
02. Dragon’s Dogma
03. Photo Kano
04. Monster Hunter 4
05. Persona 4: The Golden
06. Animal Crossing
07. New Love Plus
08. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
09. Asura’s Wrath
10. Resident Evil: Revelations
11. One Piece: Pirate Musou
12. Final Fantasy Versus XIII
13. The Last Remnant
14. God Eater 2
15. Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayoneka Arena
16. Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: MK II
17. Tales of Innocence R
18. Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
19. The Last Guardian
20. 2nd Super Robot Wars Original Generation

Nintendo 3DS: Japan’s Most Wanted Games For The Holiday Season Are On The Nintendo 3DS

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Japanese gaming publication Famitsu quizzed its readers and asked what hardware and software they plan on buying this holiday season. Readers were allowed to select three pieces of hardware and three pieces of software.

For hardware the PlayStation Vita came out on top with 374 votes, beating the 3DS and its 297 votes. PlayStation 3 came in at third with 72 votes. In the software vote, 3DS came out on top, with Monster Hunter 3G grabbing 236 votes and Mario Kart 7 162 votes.

  • 01. Monster Hunter 3G (3DS): 236 votes
  • 02. Mario Kart 7 (3DS): 162
  • 03. Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3/360): 139
  • 04. Zelda Skyward Sword (Wii): 106
  • 05. Super Mario 3D Land (3DS): 98
  • 06. Gundam Extreme VS (PS3): 66
  • 07. Hot Shots Golf 6 (Vita): 49
  • 08. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 (PS3/360): 46
  • 09. The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim (PS3/360): 44
  • 10. Uncharted 3 (PS3): 43
  • 11. Shin Kamaitachi no Yoru (Vita): 39
  • 12. Uncharted Golden Abyss (Vita): 37
  • 13. Hatsune Miku Project Diva Extend (PSP): 33
  • 14. Battlefield 3 (PS3/360): 26
  • 15. Ni no Kuni (PS3): 23
  • 16. Musou Orochi 2 (PS3/360): 21
  • 17. Metal Gear Solid HD Edition (PS3/360): 20
  • 18. Assassin’s Creed Revelation (PS3/360): 19
  • 19. Ore no Shi wo Koete Yuke (PSP): 18
  • 20. Army Corps of Hell (Vita): 17
  • 20. Sengoku Basara 3 Utage (PS3/Wii): 17

Nintendo 3DS: Super Mario 3D Land Scores Highly In Famitsu

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Respected Japanese gaming publication Famitsu has awarded Super Mario 3D Land an impressive 38/40. Four reviewers mark the game out of ten and then they give the game an accumulated score out of 40. In Super Mario 3D Land’s case two reviewers gave the game a nine, whilst the other two reviewers gave the game a ten.

Nintendo: Japanese Gamers Most Wanted Games

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Japanese gaming publication Famistu has printed its readers twenty-five most wanted games spanning across all platforms. You’ll notice that the top ten has a large percentage of quality Nintendo related titles such as Mario Kart 7 and Monster Hunter Tri G. Should be a great holiday season for Nintendo in Japan.

1. Final Fantasy Type-0 (PSP)
2. Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3)
3. Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
4. Monster Hunter 3G (3DS)
5. Dragon Quest X (Wii)
6. Dragon’s Dogma (PS3)
7. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii)
8. Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)
9. Persona 4: The Golden (Vita)
10. Fotokano: Picture Girlfriend (PSP)
11. New Love Plus (3DS)
12. Animal Crossing (3DS)
13. The Last Guardian (PS3)
14. Gundam Extreme Versus (PS3)
15. Metal Gear Solid Rising (PS3)
16. 7th Dragon 2020 (PSP)
17. Final Fantasy Versus XIII (PS3)
18. Project Diva Extend (PSP)
19. Monster Hunter 4 (3DS)
20. Uncharted 3 (PS3)
21. One Piece: Unlimited Cruise (PS3)
22. Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance (3DS)
23. 2nd Super Robot Wars OG (PS3)
24. Ni no Kuni (PS3)
25. Armored Core V (PS3)