15.The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Points Received/List Appearances: 135;10 Developer: Nintendo EAD System: SNES, GBA, Virtual Console Genre(s): Action-Adventure Previous Rank: 12th (List 8)
B8's favorite 2D Zelda and one of the most popular Zelda ever.
Similar to what SMB3 did, Link to the Past took the formula of the first game, and added a better story, more powerups, longer and deeper dungeons, and heart containers.
The Dark World is also a very well-liked feature in this game.
While not the first game in the series, it's definitely the first many have played and cared about.
Metal Gear Solid mixes good stealth gameplay with an engaging story, making the whole experience very memorable to players.
Solid Snake is one of the most-liked protagonists, and you haven't played this game yet you have to in order to see why.
13.Persona 3/FES/Portable Points Received/List Appearances: 145;13 Developer: Atlus System: PlayStation 2,PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Network Genre(s): JRPG Previous Rank: 13th (List 8)
The first Megami Tensei game to go mainstream and gain quite a fandom.
Persona 3 mixes dungeon crawling with a decently challenging battle system, a good story, good memorable characters, and Social Links which you can use to help people with their problems and you can even date girls if you wish.
Just make sure not to date two at a time.
12.Super Mario 64 Points Received/List Appearances: 154;12 Developer: Nintendo EAD System: Nintendo 64, Virtual Console, Nintendo DS Genre(s): 3D Platformer Previous Rank: 21st (List 8)
While not the first 3D platformer, it is definitely one of the most popular and most influential. It is also the highest Mario game on this list.
The transition of the Mario series from 2D to 3D was very received due to how well Mario controls in the game, all the nice powerups, and the 3D platforming is just plain FUN.
Melee vs. Brawl topics happen often on the board, but on these lists Melee always reigns supreme.
While Smash Bros. 64 was a fun game, Melee took the concept of 64 and literally went all-out.
There are now 25 characters (although some are clones) as opposed to 12, there are way more levels, there are a much wider of variety of single and multiplayer modes, and the gameplay is still the overall fastest in the series.
PREDIX (Some of these may have already appeared and I forgot >_>)
10. Umineko 9. Final Fantasy VII 8. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 7. Final Fantasy VI 6. Chrono Trigger 5. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 4. Final Fantasy IX 3. Final Fantasy X 2. Resident Evil 4 1. Persona 4
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Oh wow am I glad to see Final Fantasy IX doing this well, seeing as it stands head-and-shoulders above nearly every other single player game that I have played.
If only it could get above FFVII, that would be the day.
I was pretty sure Skyward Sword had got at least 30 points
Prediction:
10. Majora's Mask 9. Final Fantasy Tactics 8. Final Fantasy 9 7. Final Fantasy 7 6. Final Fantasy 6 5. Metal Gear Solid 3 4. Final Fantasy X 3. Resident Evil 4 2. Persona 4 1. Chrono Trigger
1. Resident Evil 4 2. Chrono Trigger 3. Persona 4 4. Final Fantasy IX 5. Final Fantasy VII 6. Metal Gear Solid 3 7. Final Fantasy X 8. Zelda: Majora's Mask 9. Final Fantasy Tactics 10. Final Fantasy VI
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10.Final Fantasy Tactics (The War of the Lions) Points Received/List Appearances: 169;13 Developer: Squaresoft System: PlayStation, PlayStation Network, PSP Genre(s): Strategy RPG Previous Rank: 7th (List 8)
The highest Strategy RPG and many people's favorite Final Fantasy.
The game has your typical final fantasy job system but has its own unique way of leveling up characters and abilities. While the game is easy enough to learn, the overall difficulty can be a bit tough.
The storyline is pretty liked except that the translation can be a bit infamous.
9.The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask Points Received/List Appearances: 171;12 Developer: Nintendo EAD System: Nintendo 64, Gamecube, Virtual Console Genre(s): Action-Adventure Previous Rank: 24th (List 8)
GameFAQs Game of the 00s Decade and surprisingly, Board 8's overall favorite Zelda game.
Majora's Mask is quite different compared to most Zelda games in the series. While there are still dungeons and items to find and stuff, there are many things unique to this game such as: The 3 day system, finding ALL masks, more and deeper sidequests than all Zelda games, and a mere 4 main dungeons.
8.Final Fantasy IX Points Received/List Appearances: 205;17 Developer: Squaresoft System: PS1, Playstation Network Genre(s): JRPG Previous Rank: 18th (List 8)
After FF6-8's more futurisitc setting, FF9 goes back to the classic medieval setting.
Compared to FF7-8, 4 characters can fight in a battle, each character has a play style that's more similar to the classic job system, and the story is more light hearted than the previous two main games in the series.
While these changes aren't liked by some, many people who play this game love these changes and some consider it the best Final Fantasy.
7.Final Fantasy VI Points Received/List Appearances: 231;17 Developer: Squaresoft System: SNES, PS1, GBA, Virtual Console, Playstation Network Genre(s): JRPG Previous Rank: 6th (List 8)
aka FFIII for the US SNES version.
The gameplay has the common ATB system but instead of a typical job class being in, this game revolves around learning magic through equipping summon spirits.
This game has the highest amount of playable characters in a main FF game totaling 14. It also has one of the most popular game villains in Kefka.
6.Final Fantasy VII Points Received/List Appearances: 243;18 Developer: Squaresoft System: PS1, Playstation Network Genre(s): JRPG Previous Rank: 1st (List 8)
The biggest surprise on the list. What's usually in the top 2 of these lists, ends up barely missing top 5 and not even the best FF.
Nevertheless, this game is still one of the most popular and definitely the most well-known Final Fantasy ever.
Battles have the ATB system, but in FF7 you learn and use abilities through the Materia system, which you can customize to your very needs.
The game stars a lot of the series most popular characters including Cloud, Tifa, Sephiroth, Vincent, etc.
5.Final Fantasy X Points Received/List Appearances: 258;25 Developer: Squaresoft System: Playstation 2 Genre(s): JRPG Previous Rank: 4th (List 8)
The highest Final Fantasy this time around although it was quite close.
After 6 consecutive games with the ATB system, FF10 goes back to a more clasical turn-based system but its unique in that you can see whose turns are coming up and you can switch any of your party members in at any time.
Leveling up is also unique, in that you go through a Sphere Grid to gain stats instead of the typical stat gains everytime you grow a "level".
Quite easily the most popular Metal Gear Solid this time around.
While the well-loved stealth gameplay is still in there a lot has changed the 2nd game.
You now play as Big Boss/Naked Snake, not Solid Snake in the first entry in the series chronologically. The majority of the game takes place in a jungle, so while the levels aren't as 'tight', you have no radar and you have to make sure you keep your stamina up along with your health.
3.Resident Evil 4 Points Received/List Appearances: 288;22 Developer: Capcom Production Studio 4 System: Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, PC, Wii, Mobile phone, iPhone, iPad, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Genre(s): Third-person shooter, survival horror Previous Rank: 9th (List 8)
For quite a while this game was actually #1 and fought for it for a while before finally settling for #3.
The highest non-JRPG on this list, Resident Evil 4 is one of the few games on board 8 that gets lots of love with very very little hate.
Resident Evil 4 is a bit of a departure from the previous games to make the game more palletable for people usually not into typical survival horrors.
Although the "survival horror" part is still there, an over-the-shoulder third person perspective has been added which is one of the most praised aspects of the game and carried onto into future installments. Each game has a laser pointer and shooting enemies at specific parts of the body affects their reaction and how much faster they die. Speaking of enemies, there are no more 'zombies' but instead Ganados that can actually permanently die.
While the main character Leon Kennedy isn't a new character into the series, he is much more mature than from RE2 and his snarky comments make a very well-liked protagonist.
A former winner on these lists and came really close to doing it again.
Persona 4 takes the popular concept and elements of Persona 3 and changes/adds many things.
The battle system allows you to control all party members (not just the main character), dungeons have less floors than Tartarus and aren't as predetermined, and dating multiple girls does not hamper your relationships with any of them.
The overall tone is a bit more light-hearted than Persona 3 overall but there are still a bunch of serious and emotional moments.
Persona 4 has gotten so popular that it's gotten a pretty good anime adaption, a Vita port, and in a few months a FIGHTING GAME.
1.Chrono Trigger Points Received/List Appearances: 368;26 Developer: Squaresoft System: Super Nintendo, PlayStation, Nintendo DS, Virtual Console, PlayStation Network, iOS Genre(s): JRPG Previous Rank: 8th (List 8)
I'll be honest, I'm surprised this game has never once gotten #1 on these lists. It has more universal love (on board 8) and less hate than FF7.
What's interesting about Chrono Trigger in that besides its time travel plot, it really isn't overall too unique compared to other JRPGs. However people agree that in that pretty much everything it does, it does quite well with very little flaws.
The characters are all pretty likable, the soundtrack is popular, there are no random battles, each character has their own special moveset, there a lot of small events you change early on in the game, there are multiple endings, and a bunch of cool plot twists.
If for some reason you are on board 8, like JRPGs and haven't played this game yet many people (and this list) should and will convince you to play at least once in your lifetime.
P4 too low, but I think it now has one 1st place finish and two 2nd place finishes which is great. CT pretty decent game, but every JRPG in the top 20 that I've played aside from 1 is better than it.
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RPGs are huge, though, and have been pretty much as long as gaming's been around. It's also a massive catch-all term, and "RPG" really covers about 5 or 6 wildly different genres. Taking gaming as a whole, I'd say the RPG is probably the single biggest genre, in terms of number of major releases.
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Pretty good. Glad Xenogears placed as high and FFVII/FFT are my follow-up games so seeing them do so well is nice. Don't really care that VII did worse than usual; as time goes on more people might begin to ranking it lower overall. (Just not me, apparently!)
1. Chrono Trigger 2. Persona 4 3. Resident Evil 4 4. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater/Subsistence 5. Final Fantasy X 6. Final Fantasy VII 7. Final Fantasy VI 8. Final Fantasy IX 9. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 10. Final Fantasy Tactics 11. Super Smash Bros. Melee 12. Super Mario 64 13. Persona 3 14. Metal Gear Solid 15. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 16. Half-Life 2 17. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 18. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves 19. Valkyria Chronicles 20. Super Mario World 21. Metroid Prime 22. Super Mario Bros. 3 23. Mass Effect 2 24. Suikoden II 25. Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow/FireRed/LeafGreen 26. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 27. Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal/HeartGold/SoulSilver 28. Tales of Vesperia 29. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 30. Tales of Symphonia 31. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty/Substance 32. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations 33. Fallout 3 34. Skies of Arcadia (Legends) 35. Disgaea: Hour/Afternoon of Darkness/DS 36. Mother 3 37. Super Metroid 38. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 39. Okami 40. Super Smash Bros. Brawl 41. Shadow of the Colossus 42. Pokemon Black/White 43. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots 44. Tales of the Abyss 45. Kingdom Hearts 46. Fire Emblem (7): The Blazing Sword 47. Earthbound 48. Suikoden V 49. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door 50. Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald 51. Team Fortress 2 52. Portal 2 53. Super Mario Galaxy 2 54. Tales of Graces f 55. Xenogears 56. Banjo-Kazooie 57. Deus Ex 58(t). Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest 58(t). The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 60. Final Fantasy VIII 61. The World Ends With You 62. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 63. Devil May Cry 3 64. Super Mario Galaxy 65. Star Fox 64 66. Kingdom Hearts II 67. Grand Theft Auto IV 68. Kirby Super Star (Ultra) 69. Star Wars: Battlefront II 70. Dark Souls 71(t). BioShock 71(t). Final Fantasy IV 73. Assassin's Creed II 74. Starcraft + Brood War 75. Portal 76. Catherine 77. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 78. Final Fantasy V 79. Ever 17: The Out of Infinity 80. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword 81. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island 82. Sonic 3 & Knuckles 83. Fallout: New Vegas 84. Super Mario RPG 85. Suikoden III 86. Lunar Silver Star (Story Complete/Legend/Harmony) 87. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (DX) 88. Vagrant Story 89. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 90. Demon's Souls 91. Lunar: Eternal Blue (Complete) 93(t). Soul Calibur II 93(t). Sonic Adventure 2 (Battle) 95(t). Golden Sun: The Lost Age 95(t). Paper Mario 97. The Secret of Monkey Island 98. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance 99. Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride 100(t). Planescape: Torment 100(t). Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne ---------------------------------------------------------------102(t). God Hand 102(t). The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 104(t). Mega Man 3 104(t). Xenoblade Chronicles 106(t). Borderlands 106(t). Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings + The Conquerors 108. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 109. Harvest Moon: (More) Friends of Mineral Town 110. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 111(t). Warcraft II: Reign of Chaos/Frozen Throne 111(t). Guilty Gear XX 113(t). Cave Story 113(t). Mega Man 2 113(t). Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor (Overlocked) 116(t). Mass Effect 3 116(t). Perfect Dark 118(t). Psychonauts 118(t). Red Dead Redemption 118(t). Nier
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