These are the 100 most popular games in Japan

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Over the past few years have left games that will remain in our lifetime memories, and with so many excellent titles out there, the idea of ​​putting together a list with our favorites sounds like something a little complicated. Luckily there is Ash, a Japanese television channel that launched a survey to know which ones were the 100 most popular games among the Japanese public and the complete list will end up surprising you.

This list is composed of some titles that you probably already see how The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild or Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, although there are also a few surprises inside. Without further ado, here you can know what are 100 most popular games at Japan:

one. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

two. Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

3. Final Fantasy VII

4. Animal Crossing: New Horizons

5. PLATOON 2

6 . Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

7 . Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

8 . Throne Trigger

9 . Final Fantasy X

10 . Super Mario Bros. 3

eleven. Pokémon Diamond / Pearl

12 . Super Mario Kart

13 . Undertake

14 . Pokémon SWORD / SHIELD

fifteen. Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen

16 . Kingdom Hearts II

17 . The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

18 . Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

19 . Suicide II

twenty. Minecraft

twenty-one. PLATOON

22 . Animal Crossing: New Leaf

23. Fire Emblem: Three Houses

24 . Pokémon Red / Green / Blue

25 . Tetris

26 . Pokémon Black / White

27 . Dragon Quest Xi: Echoes of An Elusive Age

28 . Mother 2

29 . Okapi

30 . Apex Legends

31 . Tactics ogre

32 . Biohazard

33 . Final Fantasy VI

1. 4. Final Fantasy V

35 . Enfilade 2

36 . Pokémon Gold / Silver

37 . Final Fantasy IX

38 . Puyo

39 . Dark Souls III

40 . Engages

41 . Monetary Denotes: Show Hara Raw Mo Laban!

42 . Person 5

43 . Enfilade

44 . Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Online

Four. Five. Kirby's Return to Dream Land

46 . Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line

47 . Final Fantasy XIV

48 . Near: Automate

49 . Kingdom Hearts

fifty. Pokémon Ruby / Sapphire

51 . Final Fantasy IV

52 . The Legend of Zelda

53 . Tales of the abyss

54 . Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

55 . Yo-Kai Watch 2: Bony Spirits / Fleshy Souls / Psychic Specters

56 . Super Mario Galaxy

57 . Super Donkey Kong

58 . Animal Crossing

59 . Dead by Daylight

60 . Pokémon Black 2 / White 2

61 . Super Smash Bros.

62 . DEVIOUS

63 . Final Fantasy III

64 . Pokémon Heart Gold / Soul Silver

65 . Suicide

66 . Ghost of sushi

67 . Blood borne

68 . Pokémon X / Y

69 . Super Mario RPG

70 . Monster Hunter: World

71 . Dr. Mario

72 . Kirby Super Star

73 . Gran Tourism 4

74 . Super Smash Bros. Brawl

75 . Animal Crossing: Wild World

76 . Kirby Air Ride

77 . Mario Kart Wii

78 . Nonage's Ambition: Zenkokuban

79 . Metal Gear Solid

80 . The Legend of Zelda: Major's Mask

81 . Dragon Quest Builders 2

82 . Legend of MANA

83 . Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

84 . Final Fantasy Xi

85 . Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation

86 . Monster Hunter

87 . Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate

88 . The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

89 . Super Mario Galaxy 2

90 . Final Fantasy VIII

91 . Street Fighter II

92 . Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate

93 . Person 5 Royal

94 . Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

95 . Mother

96 . Romance of the Three Kingdoms

97 . Super Mario World

98 . Person 4

99 . Pokémon Platinum Version

100 . Person 3

To obtain these results, the previously mentioned channel surveyed about 50 thousand Japanese, so we are talking about a considerably high figure. Regardless of your tastes, I am sure that at least one of these games seemed sensational.

Editor's note: Needless to say, but the Japanese definitely has good taste. It was expected that the list was dominated by Nintendo titles, because we remember that the Japanese market has been under the domain of the Great N years, and surely that trend will not disappear shortly.