Earlier this week, we reported on some of the character popularity results for NHK’s All-Final Fantasy Grand Poll, and today NHK released the full results, including players’ favorite Final Fantasy games. Surprisingly, the game that took top spot wasn’t Final Fantasy VII, but instead Final Fantasy X. Here’s the full list of top games below (release dates by Japanese dates):
All-Final Fantasy Grand Poll: Series #1 to 30
- Final Fantasy X (2001)
- Final Fantasy VII (1997)
- Final Fantasy VI (1994)
- Final Fantasy IX (2000)
- Final Fantasy XIV (2010~)
- Final Fantasy V (1992)
- Final Fantasy VIII (1999)
- Final Fantasy IV (1991)
- Final Fantasy XI (2002~)
- Final Fantasy XV (2016)
- Final Fantasy Tactics (1997)
- Final Fantasy III (1990)
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (2007)
- Final Fantasy XIII (2009)
- Final Fantasy XII (2006)
- Final Fantasy Type-0 (2011)
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (2003)
- Final Fantasy II (1988)
- Final Fantasy X-2 (2003)
- Mobius Final Fantasy (2015~)
- Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (2013)
- Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (2003)
- Dissidia Final Fantasy (2008)
- Final Fantasy (1987)
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (2007)
- Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy (2011)
- Final Fantasy Adventure (1991)
- Final Fantasy XIII-2 (2011)
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (2009)
- Final Fantasy Record Keeper (2014~)
A total of 468,654 votes were casted in this poll by various people. According to the statistics, Final Fantasy X had about the same percentage of 20-29 year olds and 30-39 year olds voting for it, while Final Fantasy VII and IX had a higher ratio of 30-39 years old to 40-49 years old players voting for them. Meanwhile, it’s not surprising at all to see who’s in first place on the character side: Cloud. He’s followed by Yuna from Final Fantasy X, and Aerith comes third to form a Final Fantasy VII Oreo.
All-Final Fantasy Grand Poll: Characters #1 to 75
- Cloud Strife – Final Fantasy VII
- Yuna – Final Fantasy X
- Aerith Gainsborough – Final Fantasy VII
- Vivi Ornitier – Final Fantasy IX
- Zidane Tribal – Final Fantasy IX
- Emet-Selch – Final Fantasy XIV
- Tidus – Final Fantasy X
- Lightning – Final Fantasy XIII
- Tifa Lockhart – Final Fantasy VII
- Zack Fair – Final Fantasy VII
- Sephiroth – Final Fantasy VII
- Haurchefant Greystone – Final Fantasy XIV
- Noctis Lucis Caelum – Final Fantasy XV
- Squall Leonhart – Final Fantasy VIII
- Auron – Final Fantasy X
- Gilgamesh – Final Fantasy V
- Terra Branford – Final Fantasy VI
- Kain Highwind – Final Fantasy IV
- Celes Chere – Final Fantasy VI
- Crystal Exarch – Final Fantasy XIV
- Locke Cole – Final Fantasy VI
- Vincent Valentine – Final Fantasy VII
- Edgar Roni Figaro – Final Fantasy VI
- Shantotto – Final Fantasy XI
- Bartz Klauser – Final Fantasy V
- Laguna Loire – Final Fantasy VIII
- Rikku – Final Fantasy X
- Ignis Scientia – Final Fantasy XV
- Balthier – Final Fantasy XII
- Faris Scherwiz – Final Fantasy V
- Agrias Oaks – Final Fantasy Tactics
- Reno – Final Fantasy VII
- Yuffie Kisaragi – Final Fantasy VII
- Jecht – Final Fantasy X
- Rinoa Heartilly – Final Fantasy VIII
- Ramza Beoulve – Final Fantasy Tactics
- Rydia (Adult) – Final Fantasy IV
- Prompto Argentum – Final Fantasy XV
- Galuf Halm Baldesion – Final Fantasy V
- Cecil Harvey (Paladin) – Final Fantasy IV
- Shadow – Final Fantasy VI
- Estinien Wyrmblood – Final Fantasy XIV
- Kefka Palazzo – Final Fantasy VI
- Setzer Gabbiani – Final Fantasy VI
- Garnet Til Alexandros XVII – Final Fantasy IX
- Ardbert – Final Fantasy XIV
- Kuja – Final Fantasy IX
- Hope Estheim – Final Fantasy XIII
- Sabin Rene Figaro – Final Fantasy VI
- Red XIII – Final Fantasy VII
- Y’shtola Rhul – Final Fantasy XIV
- Beatrix – Final Fantasy IX
- Wakka – Final Fantasy X
- Golbez – Final Fantasy IV
- Eiko Carol – Final Fantasy IX
- Cidolfus Orlandeau – Final Fantasy Tactics
- Kurasame Susaya – Final Fantasy Type-0
- G’raha Tia – Final Fantasy XIV
- Cid – Final Fantasy VII
- Alisaie Leveilleur – Final Fantasy XIV
- Ace – Final Fantasy Type-0
- Lulu – Final Fantasy X
- Ardyn Izunia – Final Fantasy XV
- Lenna Charlotte Tycoon – Final Fantasy V
- Alphinaud Leveilleur – Final Fantasy XIV
- Ultros – Final Fantasy VI
- Edge Geraldine – Final Fantasy IV
- Vaan – Final Fantasy XII
- Lunafreya Nox Fleuret – Final Fantasy XV
- Irvine Kinneas – Final Fantasy VIII
- Minwu – Final Fantasy II
- Adelbert Steiner – Final Fantasy IX
- Selphie Tilmitt – Final Fantasy VIII
- Freya Crescent – Final Fantasy IX
- Aranea Highwind – Final Fantasy XV
You can find #76-198 in our previous post here. Finally, here’s the top 10 most popular music tracks as a bonus:
All-Final Fantasy Grand Poll: Music #1 to 10
- To Zanarkand – Final Fantasy X
- Battle on the Big Bridge – Final Fantasy V
- Eyes On Me – Final Fantasy VIII
- Searching for Friends – Final Fantasy VI
- Blinded by Light – Final Fantasy XIII
- One-Winged Angel – Final Fantasy VII
- Aerith’s Theme – Final Fantasy VII
- Melodies of Life~Final Fantasy – Final Fantasy IX
- Main Theme (Counted together) – Final Fantasy
- Still More Fighting – Final Fantasy VII
The rest of this list, as well as a ranking of most popular bosses/summons can be found on NHK’s page here.
Published: Feb 29, 2020 05:30 pm