Japanese Developers Rank Their Favorite Games Of The Year With Zelda Topping The List

As the year draws to a close, the Japanese magazine Weekly Famitsu asked a hundred Japanese developers and other industry personalities to vote on their favorite games of the year. Not surprisingly, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has topped the list with Dragon Quest XI and Nier: Automata following in second and third positions respectively.

It is interesting that of the top 5 games on the list, three of them are Switch exclusives with Splatoon 2 and Super Mario Odyssey coming in at fourth and fifth respectively. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is quite high up on the list as well at no. 8.

Some of these games weren’t released this year, since the developers may have simply voted for games they only got around to playing this year. This is why titles such as Undertale feature on the list. Also, the vote wasn’t exclusive to game developers but also included voice actors and other industry personalities. You can check out the full list below (via Dualshockers).

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