The true national video game series of Japan

goo Ranking recently took a look at what its users thought was the true national video game series of Japan.

Nintendo is especially strong here, but since their various machines are more family-oriented I’m not really surprised. However, I’ve never actually played anything on a Nintendo, so I can’t really say how much I agree or disagree with the ranking. The first series I’ve played anything of is Final Fantasy, and I don’t think there’s any game there I’ve played more than one of the series!

I’ve tried to use the official English translations of titles, but there’s a few I may have missed, so please let me know of any errors.

Number 7, Nobunaga’s Ambition, is a title I’ve never heard of, but it looks like a complex strategy game based on Japan’s civil war period. Here’s an English-language review of the recent English-language release in the series:

Ranking result

Rank		Votes
1	Super Smash Bros. series	620
2	Dragon Quest series	619
3	The Legend of Zelda series	594
4	Super Mario series	593
5	Mario Kart series	378
6	Pocket Monsters series	288
7	Nobunaga’s Ambition Series	215
8	Final Fantasy series	128
9	Animal Crossing Series	78
10	Kirby series	64
11	Momotaro Electric Railway series	61
12	Mario Party series	55
13	Dragon Quest Monsters series	54
14	Fire Emblem series	49
15	Mario and Luigi RPG series	40
16	Taiko Master series	36
17	Puyo Puyo series	31
18	Monster Hunter series	29
19	Super Robot Wars series	26
20	Resident Evil series	24
21	Tales of … series	23
22	Winning Eleven series	22
22	Persona series	22
24	Kingdom Hearts series	21
25	Street Fighter series	19
26	Case Closed series	18
27	Splatoon series	17
28	Metal Gear series	16
29	Professional Yakkyu (baseball) Famisuta (family stadium) series	15
29	Shin Megami Tensei series	15
29	Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball (or Power Pros) series	15
32	Shin Sangoku Musou series	14
33	Sengoku BASARA series	13
34	Donkey Kong series	11
34	MOTHER (Earthbound) series	11
34	Gran Turismo series	11
34	Ryu ga Gotoku series	11
38	Bomberman series	9
39	Yo-Kai Watch series	8
40	Everybody’s GOLF series	7
40	Saga series	7
42	Space Invader series	6
43	Sonic series	5
43	Onimusha series	5
43	Mystery Dungeon series	5
43	Virtua Fighter series	5
43	Castlevania Series	5
48	Rockman series	4
49	Mana series	3
49	Tekken series	3
51	Mario Tennis series	2
51	Devil May Cry series	2
51	Fatal Fury series	2
51	Phantasy Star series	2
55	Other	62

Demographics

Between the 30th of June and the 14th of July 2019 4,398 visitors to the goo Ranking site and associated properties completed a public questionnaire. No further demographics were given.