Posted Sep 16, 2008 at 10:42AM by Gino D. Listed in: Games, Monster Hunter 3 Tags: Famitsu, Capcom, Japan, Square Enix, Namco Bandai, Kingdom Hearts
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PS3 - Xbox 360 - Final Fantasy XIII - Square Enix - Image 1


Famitsu has always provided a list of games to see what their readers in Japan are looking forward to. As far back as I can remember, Final Fantasy XIII and Dragon Quest IX have always been somewhere at the top of the most wanted list.

The current issue of Famitsu tells the same story, with both Square Enix RPG titles sitting on the first two spots, with Resident Evil 5 coming up at the third spot. Nothing out of the norm there. But what about other titles? Check out the roster to see what Japanese gamers are currently clamoring for:
  1. Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, Square Enix)
  2. Dragon Quest IX (NDS, Square Enix)
  3. Biohazard 5 / Resident Evil 5 (PS3, Capcom)
  4. Dragon Quest VI (NDS, Square Enix)
  5. Super Robot Taisen Z (PS2, Namco Bandai)
  6. Monster Hunter 3 (Wii, Capcom)
  7. Chrono Trigger (NDS, Square Enix)
  8. The Last Remnant (PS3, Square Enix)
  9. Final Fantasy Versus XIII (PS3, Square Enix)
  10. Pokemon Platinum (NDS, Pokemon)
  11. Animal Forest (Wii, Nintendo)
  12. Dissidia Final Fantasy (PSP, Square Enix)
  13. Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3, Capcom)
  14. Star Ocean: The Last Hope (X360, Square Enix)
  15. Tales of Hearts (NDS, Namco Bandai)
Nice to see Dissidia up there. It's the only PSP title on the list though; strangely, Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep is absent from the list - even the NDS' KH: 358/2 Days isn't part of it. Meanwhile, it's also good to see an Xbox 360 exclusive warming up to the Japanese gamers - and whaddya know, it's an RPG!

Forget trying to distinguish which platform Japanese gamers prefer. Maybe it'd be easier to got at it by developer. Based on this list, at least, it looks like Japan is gripped by Square Enix!



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   by Artemisk - 2008-09-16
 » GTA IV made by Capcom?

Someone got something wrong :/


   Re: Gino D. (QJ. NET Staff) - 2008-09-16
 » Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3, Capcom)

Not a typo.

Remember: developer !+ publisher.

Capcom's doing the honors of publishing the game to the Japanese market. They've always been the ones releasing the GTA games in Japan.

Especially for games that get released internationally, some other publishers (in this case, Capcom) may buy the rights from the original publishers (Rockstar) to release the game (GTA4) in their region (Japan).

;-)

Take this, for example:

http://www.qj.net/GTA-San-Andreas-lands-in-Japan-finally/pg/49/aid/80779
   by Spylord - 2008-09-16
 » ok

Well i understand the japanese perferr rpg,s and the like but with (no) gamplay or anything of the sort for ff13 i would have thought for the time being re5 would have been top

   by hush404 - 2008-09-16
 » hmm

whats with japan and the lame, played out dragon quest games?


   Re: gamephreak5 - 2008-09-25
 » Dude...

Epic fail.


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