Famitsu readers vote on the top news stories of 2014 and more
Last month, Famitsu conducted a poll on its website about the year 2014. The results were published in the magazine’s most recent issue.
Here’s how readers voted on the most noticeable news of 2014:
1. The announcement of Dragon Quest Heroes for PS4/PS3 (218 votes)
2. New Nintendo 3DS systems will be released on 11th of October (169 votes)
3. PlayStation 4 sells 322,083 systems during first 2 launch days (151 votes)
4. Youkai Watch sells one million copies (136 votes)
5. Atlus Co., Ltd. starts business from first of April [reorganization after SEGA bought the company] (94 votes)
6. Super Smash Bros. will be released during summer for 3DS and the Wii U version during winter (87)
7. The shocking announcement of Monster Hunter 4G (71)
8. The announcement of Project Morpheus for PS4 (60)
9. The formal introduction of Kan Colle Kai for PS Vita (55)
10. Stating “we want to announce a new game” in the live event of SaGa series (52)
11. The announcement of Theatrhythm Dragon Quest
12. Persona 5 launching at the same time for PS4 and PS3
13. Final Fantasy VII arriving on PS4
14. Splatoon, a title with a new style in third-person shooters, arriving on Wii U
15. The announcement of PoPoLoCrois Farm Story
16. The Legend of Legacy, a perfect new RPG, coming from splendid staff
17. The announcement of Pokken
18. Etrian Mystery Dungeon launching 15th of March 2015
19. Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire launching in November worldwide
20. The announcement of Bloodborne
Next, below are the results for the creator/maker that left the biggest impression:
Creator:
1. Akihiro Hino (Level-5) (24 votes)
2. Yuji Horii (Armor Project) (21 votes)
3. Masahiro Sakurai (Sora) (17 votes)
Game maker:
1. Level-5 (35 votes)
2. Sony Computer Entertainment (33 votes)
3. Square Enix (26 votes)
The TV commercial that left the biggest impression:
1. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS (31 votes)
2. PlayStation 4 Dragon Quest metallic slime edition (24 votes)
3. Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire (20 votes)
Another interesting category is the kanji that would express the year 2014. ??(one meaning is “bewitching”; it appears in the name of Youkai Watch as “you”) was a popular choice. Also ? (one meaning is “returning”) was common. Arguments included that some old masterpieces are revived and Dragon Quest comes back to PlayStation. Some other frequent choices were ??(“progressing”), ? (“next”) and?? (“New”), partly as a response for the new hardware (PS4, Xbox One and New Nintendo 3DS).
