Japanese developers vote on the best games of 2017

[Deleted member 5535]

This week's issue of Famitsu has a year-end feature with tons of developers and industry members. Representatives from Square Enix, Capcom, Bandai Namco, Koei Tecmo, PlatinumGames, and other companies were asked to rank their top five games played from January to December. Others participated as well such as several voice actors.

The ranking for all platforms is as follows:

1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2. Dragon Quest XI
3. NieR: Automata
4. Splatoon 2
5. Super Mario Odyssey
6. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
7. Playerunkown's Battlegrounds
8. Monster Hunter XX
9. Animal Crossing Pocket Camp
10. SNES Classic Mini
11. Undertale
12. Overcooked
13. Fate/Grand Order
14. Granblue Fantasy
15. The Great Ace Attorney 2
16. Azur Lane
17. ARMS
18. Assassin's Creed Origins
19. Tekken 7
20. Yakuza Kiwami 2
21. NiOh
22. Earth Defense Force 5
23. The Idolmaster Million Live!: Theater Days
24. Horion Zero Dawn
25. Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers
26. Dissidia Final Fantasy
27. Minecraft
28. Call of Duty: WWII
29. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
30. Nobunaga's Ambition: Taishi
31. Middle-earth: Shadow of War
32. Gravity Rush 2
33. A3!
34. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
35. Friday the 13th: the Game
36. Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
37. City Shrouded in Shadows
38. ARK: Survival Evolved
39. LINE Pokopoko
40. Gran Turismo Sport
41. Seiken Densetsu Collection
42. Dragon Quest X Online
43. Farpoint
44. Overwatch
45. Sonic Forces
46. Xenoblade Chronicles 2
47. World of Tanks (for consoles)
48. For Honor
49. Galaga Wars
50. Super Mario Run
51. Final Fantasy XIV
52. Seventh Rebirth
53. Million Onion Hotel
54. Puzzles & Dragons
55. Fire Emblem Warriors
56. Fantasy Earth Zero
57. Shin Megami Tensei: Deep Strange Journey Redux
58. Cuphead
59. The Idolmaster: Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage
60. Superhot VR
61. Arcade Archives Super Mario Brothers
62. Clash of Clans
63. Bundle! Girls band party!
64. The Last of Us Remastered
65. Fallout 4
66. Pokémon Sun and Moon
67. Lineage 2 Revolution
68. The Last Guardian
69. Everwing
70. War Thunder
71. What Remains of Edith Finch
72. Itadaki Street: Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary
73. INSIDE
74. Destiny's Child
75. One Piece: Treasure Cruise
76. Stand My Heroes
77. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
78. Threes!
79. Pro Evolution Soccer 2018
80. Clash Royale
81. Super Bomberman R
82. KINGDOM HEARTS Union χ
83. Resident Evil 4
84. ACA NeoGeo Fatal Fury Legend: Fight of Fate
85. Battle Garegga Rev. 2016
86. .hack//G.U. Last Recode
87. Boku no Neko
88. Dragon Quest of the Stars
89. 7 Days to Die
90. Dobutsu Tower Battle
91. Dragon's Dogma Online
92. Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy
93. Get Even
94. Pictologica Final Fantasy
95. Hey! Pikmin
96. Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls
97. Mobius Final Fantasy
98. SINoALICE
99. Forza Motorsport 7
100. Until Dawn: Rush of Blood

Switch:
1. Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2. Splatoon 2
3. Super Mario Odyssey
4. Overcooked: Special Edition
5. ARMS

3DS:
1. Dragon Quest XI
2. Monster Hunter XX
3. The Great Ace Attorney 2
4. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
5. Pokemon Sun/Moon

Vita:
1. Undertale
2. Itadaki Street
3. Saga: Scarlet Grace
4. Nobunaga's Ambition: Souzou
5. Rei-Jin-G-LU-P

PS4:
1. Dragon Quest XI
2. Nier: Automata
3. Resident Evil 7
4. Assassin's Creed: Origins
5. Yakuza Kiwami 2

PC:
1. PUBG
2. Nier: Automata
3. Tekken 7
4. Friday the 13th
5. Overwatch

XB1:
1. PUBG
2. Cuphead
3. Forza Motorsport 7

Mobile:
1. Animal Crossing Pocket Camp
2. Fate/Grand Order
3. Granblue Fantasy
4. Azurlane
5. Idolmaster Million Live! Theatre Days


http://nintendoeverything.com/japan...ustry-members-vote-on-the-best-games-of-2017/
http://blog.esuteru.com/archives/20023489.html

Don't ask me why the Super Famicom Mini is listed. lol

Edit: Updated list with the top 100 games.
https://www.dualshockers.com/japanese-developers-goty-2017/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

[Comic Obsessed]

Good taste.

 

[HououinKyouma]

Was about to throw a tantrum over no Persona....then I realized.

Splatoon over Odyssey is very interesting.

 

[Platy]

Will never stop to amaze me how much japan LOVES splatoon

 

[Defect]

Snes Mini is my favorite game.

 

[King Dodongo]

That's a great list IMO.

 

[V0ltg]

Odyssey got robbed once again.

 

[Charamiwa]

God bless PUBG, breaking the glass ceiling.

 

[0MAR10]

Is #2 (Dragon Quest XI) still releasing on Switch? Or did they sweep it under the rug?

 

[Deleted member 17990]

Where is Horizon?!?!

 

[DecoReturns]

I should buy overcooked

 

[Dunban]

I wonder if Western game hipsters are a thing in Japan.

 

[Nintendojitsu]

The country of Nintendo has great taste.

 

[Deleted member 9971]

Top 5 is amazing <3
Good taste indeed!

 

[Nirolak]

There are platform specific lists for the other platforms as well there.

 

[RockmanBN]

Yo PUBG

 

[V0ltg]

Where is Horizon?!?!

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Not good enough
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.according to the japanese developers
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and me.

 

[Deleted member 4247]

BotW keeps steamrolling everything, as it should.

Odyssey got robbed once again.

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Possibly by #2-4. Haven't played them, so don't really know. But BotW deserves the top spot on every single list. Odyssey is great, but not as great.

 

[Deleted member 249]

Great that BotW topped, damn at Splatoon over Odyssey.

 

[DecoReturns]

Is it easy to import a Famicom mini still? I couldn't find a SNES classic so I might get the next best thing. Even I can't read Japanese

 

[TC McQueen]

I bet Dai Sato is the one who voted for PUBG, if he's in the group of people who voted on this. I remember one year, he picked Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon as one of the best games of the year.

That said, Japan sure put out some good games this year, so it's pretty hard to argue against most of the stuff on the list. Kinda surprising that Persona 5 isn't in the top 10 though.

 

[Dark Cloud]

All that matters is Zelda BotW is at the top.

 

[DecoReturns]

I bet Dai Sato is the one who voted for PUBG, if he's in the group of people who voted on this. I remember one year, he picked Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon as one of the best games of the year.

That said, Japan sure put out some good games this year, so it's pretty hard to argue against most of the stuff on the list. Kinda surprising that Persona 5 isn't in the top 10 though.

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Persona came out last year in Japan

 

[srtrestre]

ZELDAAAAAA

 

[Deleted member 17210]

Good taste.

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The lack of Prey or Sonic Mania says otherwise.

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

Other platform-specific rankings:

Vita:
1. Undertale
2. Itadaki Street
3. Saga: Scarlet Grace
4. Nobunaga's Ambition: Souzou
5. Rei-Jin-G-LU-P

PS4:
1. Dragon Quest XI
2. Nier: Automata
3. Resident Evil 7
4. Assassin's Creed: Origins
5. Yakuza Kiwami 2

PC:
1. PUBG
2. Nier: Automata
3. Tekken 7
4. Friday the 13th
5. Overwatch

XB1:
1. PUBG
2. Cuphead
3. Forza Motorsport 7

Mobile:
1. Animal Crossing Pocket Camp
2. Fate/Grand Order
3. Granblue Fantasy
4. Azurlane
5. Idolmaster Million Live! Theatre Days

 

[MiguelBañón]

And Dragon Quest XI will probably be the GOTY of 2018 in the rest of the world

 

[Oregano]

Kamiya is the reason Super Famicom Mini is no.10

I guarantee it.

 

[Lumination]

BotW and Nier:A being in the top 3 are no surprise. Both actually push the medium in different ways and that should be very enticing for developers.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Where is Horizon?!?!

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LOL

 

[Crashman]

I bet Dai Sato is the one who voted for PUBG, if he's in the group of people who voted on this. I remember one year, he picked Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon as one of the best games of the year.

That said, Japan sure put out some good games this year, so it's pretty hard to argue against most of the stuff on the list. Kinda surprising that Persona 5 isn't in the top 10 though.

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Persona 5 came out over there in September 2016, so it probably counted for that year.

 

[chainlinkspiral]

Japanese Devs know where it's at.

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

I bet Dai Sato is the one who voted for PUBG, if he's in the group of people who voted on this. I remember one year, he picked Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon as one of the best games of the year.

That said, Japan sure put out some good games this year, so it's pretty hard to argue against most of the stuff on the list. Kinda surprising that Persona 5 isn't in the top 10 though.

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Persona came out last year

I'm more surprised and saddened that Nioh didn't make the list.

 

[silva1991]

Almost a good list. It should have been Horizon instead of pubg.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Is #2 (Dragon Quest XI) still releasing on Switch? Or did they sweep it under the rug?

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It's still a thing.

 

[CalamityPixel]

PERSONA
ROBBBED



J/K
Glad to see resi7 make some waves; well deserved.

 

[famikon]

Representatives from Square Enix, Capcom, Bandai Namco, Koei Tecmo, PlatinumGames, and other companies were asked to rank their top five games played from January to December.

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10. Super Famicom Mini

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[Deleted member 2145]

Splatoon 2 getting the respect it deserves. probably because they're all about Splat Zones over there and almost every map in Splatoon 2 is great for that mode plus they added the GoaT's from Splatoon

 

[N_Cryo]

Other platform-specific rankings:

Vita:
1. Undertale
2. Itadaki Street
3. Saga: Scarlet Grace
4. Nobunaga's Ambition: Souzou
5. Rei-Jin-G-LU-P

PS4:
1. Dragon Quest XI
2. Nier: Automata
3. Resident Evil 7
4. Assassin's Creed: Origins
5. Yakuza Kiwami 2

PC:
1. PUBG
2. Nier: Automata
3. Tekken 7
4. Friday the 13th
5. Overwatch

XB1:
1. PUBG
2. Cuphead
3. Forza Motorsport 7

Mobile:
1. Animal Crossing Pocket Camp
2. Fate/Grand Order
3. Granblue Fantasy
4. Azurlane
5. Idolmaster Million Live! Theatre Days

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Friday the 13th surprising.

 

[chainlinkspiral]

Friday the 13th surprising.

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Streaming games that are so-so games, but great entertainment for audiences are going to be a bigger and bigger thing going forward, methinks.

 

[carlosrox]

Ah, wonderful Japanese games :)

 

[SinCityAssassin]

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Kamiya and Kojima count as 60 votes each.

 

[SDBurton]

Tekken 7 at the #3 spot for PC, and iM@S at #5 for mobile. Harada-san must be pleased. lol

Bonus points for having Kiwami up there. Well done.

 

[Deleted member 16657]

Where is Horizon?!?!

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[R.T Straker]

Where is Horizon?!?!

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Lmao

 

[CloudCircus]

Never mind

 

[mockingbird]

Lol. Why does Xbox's list only go up to 3?

 

[Cinemikel]

Very powerful of Zelda to win over in Japan since Zelda has never been as powerful of a seller there compared to the west. The recognition and sales of this Zelda is really showing how much of a triumph the game is

 

[Sub Boss]

Nier Automata quite high such a huge success from SE/PG

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

Not sure why Saga is on there since it came out in 2016

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Overwatch is still there for PC and Sun and Moon for 3DS so I dunno. I guess they just really like them.