Japanese public broadcasting station NHK polled Japanese fans about their favorites aspects of the Final Fantasy series. Fans were asked to respond with their favorite Final Fantasy games, characters, bosses and summons, and music tracks.
More than 460 votes were tallied for the survey, and the results are rather lengthy.
Japanese and Western fans have always had different tastes, but just how different? Below we’ll take a look at the 30 games ranked, the top 90 characters, 20 ranked summons and bosses, and lastly the top 20 Final Fantasy songs according to this poll.
Be sure to check the webpage out itself as it has some interesting age and gender-grouped polling data, and some rankings going a lot longer than I’ve translated here.
Top 30 Final Fantasy Games Polled by NHK
Top 90 Final Fantasy Characters Polled by NHK
Top 20 Final Fantasy Bosses and Summons Polled by NHK
Top 20 Final Fantasy Songs Polled by NHK
Do you feel like your favorites were represented well enough in these results? I have to admit I’m glad Final Fantasy 5 gets as much attention as it does, but it seems Japanese fans aren’t too keen on Final Fantasy 12 — one that gets a fair amount of attention among the community in the West.
Let us know what you think of these results in the comments below. They could be a lot worse!
