Most of you are probably already familiar with Famitsu, the most notable gaming magazine in Japan. Every week they do a survey of the most wanted games among its readers, and the results of this week are somewhat surprising: Hyrule Warriors, despite the few information we have on the title, has managed to climb up to position number nine with 236 votes, which is quite impressive at this early stage of development.
Mario Kart 8 made it to the second place with 549 votes, so betting it will be a system seller wouldn’t be a bold prediction at all. Super Smash Bros., on the other hand, has not done as well as one would think—the Wii U edition is at the 13th position with 184 votes, whereas the 3DS did even worse, at the 20th position with 166 votes. Games by 3rd party companies on Nintendo systems include Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (7th position, 244 votes), Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (11th position, 215 votes), New Love Plus+ (14th position, 183 votes), Game Center CX 3-Chome no Arino (15th position, 175 votes), Harvest Moon: Tsunagaru Shin Tenchi (22nd position, 146 votes), Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson (25th position, 135 votes), and Bravely Second (26th position, 127 votes). That’s 10 games on a top 30, meaning that a third of all games people are looking forward to are being developed for Nintendo.
What do you think these news mean? Will Hyrule Warriors become more and more popular as time goes on, or will the hype die? And could these figures foretell the beginning of Nintendo’s financial recovery?
Here is the whole list:
01/01. [PS3] Persona 5 (Atlus, Winter 2014) – 562 votes
02/03. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 549 votes
03/02. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV (Square Enix, TBA) – 470 votes
04/04. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 4 (Tecmo Koei, 03/20/14) – 371 votes
05/05. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix, TBA) – 272 votes
06/15. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami, TBA) – 257 votes
07/06. [3DS] Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (Atlus, 06/05/14) – 244 votes
08/08. [PS3] 3rd Super Robot Wars Z Jigoku-Hen (Namco Bandai, 04/10/14) – 242 votes
09/16. [Wii U] Hyrule Warriors (Nintendo, 2014) – 236 votes
10/09. [PS3] The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks, 2014) – 228 votes
11/27. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom, Fall 2014) – 215 votes
12/07. [PS3] Tales of Zestiria (Namco Bandai, TBA) – 205 votes
13/12. [Wii U] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Nintendo, 2014) – 184 votes
14/24. [3DS] New Love Plus+ (Konami, 03/27/14) – 183 votes
15/28. [3DS] Game Center CX 3-Chome no Arino (Namco Banai, 03/20/14) – 175 votes
16/10. [PS3] Yakuza: Ishin (Sega, 02/22/14) – 173 votes
17/11. [PS3] Dark Souls II (From Software, 03/13/14) – 172 votes
18/17. [PSV] Freedom Wars (SCEJ, Summer 2014) – 171 votes
19/19. [PS4] Watch Dogs (Ubisoft, 2014) – 167 votes
20/22. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 2014) – 166 votes
21/21. [PS3] The Last Remnant (Square Enix, lolnever) – 159 votes
22/13. [3DS] Harvest Moon: Tsunagaru Shin Tenchi (Marvelous AQL, 02/27/14) – 146 votes
23/18. [PS4] The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks, 2014) – 141 votes
24/23. [PS4] Yakuza: Ishin (Sega, 02/22/14) – 136 votes
25/26. [3DS] Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson (Marvelous AQL, 08/07/14) – 135 votes
26/20. [3DS] Bravely Second (Square Enix, TBA) – 127 votes
27/29. [PS3] The Last Guardian (SCEJ, TBA) – 120 votes
28/25. [PSV] Soul Sacrifice Delta (SCEJ, 03/06/14) – 103 votes
29/14. [PSV] Hatsune Miku Project Diva F 2nd (Sega, 03/27/14) – 98 votes
30/—. [PSV] Over My Dead Body 2 (SCEJ, Summer 2014) – 97 vote
Most of you are probably already familiar with Famitsu, the most notable gaming magazine in Japan. Every week they do a survey of the most wanted games among its readers, and the results of this week are somewhat surprising: Hyrule Warriors, despite the few information we have on the title, has managed to climb up to position number nine with 236 votes, which is quite impressive at this early stage of development.