Another week, another edition of Famitsu’s most-wanted games. The list is mostly the same, but things will get very interesting in the next week or two when games from the Nintendo Direct from this past week show up. It will be interesting how wanted Splatoon 3 will be, or Skyward Sword HD. All votes were cast from February 4 to February 9, so it may be a bit until we see these new games break into the list. It will be a nice change of pace though and will show how the Japanese market responded to Nintendo’s latest announcements for the Switch. This week, Monster Hunter Rise continued to dominate, followed by Tales of Arise; Final Fantasy XVI; Resident Evil Village; and finally, Breath of the Wild 2. While Nintendo only has two games in the top five, they dominate the top 10 with seven games total out of 10, and nine of the top 13 games. Here is the list in full.
1. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise – 922 votes
2. [PS4] Tales of Arise – 691 votes
3. [PS5] Final Fantasy XVI – 666 votes
4. [PS5] Resident Evil Village – 447 votes
5. [NSW] Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 – 413 votes
6. [NSW] Bravely Default II – 400 votes
7. [NSW] Bayonetta 3 – 395 votes
8. [NSW] Shin Megami Tensei V – 323 votes
9. [NSW] Rune Factory 5 – 305 votes
10. [NSW] New Pokemon Snap – 254 votes
11. [NSW] Ushiro – 247 votes
12. [PS5] Pragmata – 201 votes
13. [NSW] Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town – 177 votes
14. [PS4] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Hinokami Keppuutan – 166 votes
15. [PS4] R-Type Final 2 – 159 votes
16. [PS4] Anonymous;Code – 157 votes
17. [PS4] NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… – 146 votes
18. [PS4] The Idolmaster: Starlit Season – 143 votes
19. [PS5] Gran Turismo 7 – 129 votes
20. [PS4] Elden Ring – 117 votes
21. [PS4] Maglam Lord – 113 votes
22. [PS4] Nayuta no Kiseki Kai – 106 votes
23. [PS4] SaGa Frontier Remastered – 99 votes
24. [PS4] Granblue Fantasy Relink – 98 votes
25. [PS4] Resident Evil Village – 95 votes
26. [PS5] Balan Wonderworld – 93 votes
27. [NSW] Fuuraiki 4 – 92 votes
28. [PS4] Guilty Gear Strive – 90 votes
29. [NSW] Anonymous;Code – 88 votes
30. [PS4] Wing of Darkness – 87 votes
This list will undoubtedly change once Nintendo’s announcements are taken into account, but the question is, how drastically? Where will Skyward Sword HD and Splatoon 3 land? We’ll have to wait in the coming weeks for our answer.