Games taught me important things! The 17th "NES People's Poll": What did you learn from the games? Results!

In central Tokyo, the weather has been exceptional, recording 27.5 degrees Celsius even though it is November, breaking the highest temperature for November for the first time in 100 years. However, it seems that as soon as such a day passes, the temperature suddenly begins to drop, passing through autumn and becoming like winter. The difference in temperature makes it easy to get sick, so if you are feeling a little under the weather, I think it is important to take it easy and relax at home. The best partner for such home time is, of course, games! Of course, there is a rush of new games coming out in November and December, but if you spend a lot of time at home, it is also a good time to play retro games that you used to play back in the day, or that you couldn't play back then. Speaking of retro games, this year marks the 40th anniversary of the Famicom (NES), and the weekly " NES National Poll " is a good opportunity to open the lid on our memories. This week, we announced the results of the 17th annual "What was the most educational " poll, which was open for voting until Wednesday, November 8, 2023. The results of the 17th annual "What did you learn?

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Both learned and miscellaneous lessons were taught! The results of the 16th annual "What did you learn?

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The results of the 17th "NES Reunion Poll" have been announced. The results of the 17th "NES National Poll" have been announced, and the top 20 are now available on the NES 40th Anniversary Campaign website!

Popeye's English Play " came in first place with 9.7% of the votes, followed by " Donkey Kong JR.'s Math Play " with 9.3%, making the top 2 games that were released in 1983, the same year as the NES. The early days of the Famicom (NES) also saw the release of many educational software titles, so it was easy to imagine the theme of "it was good for studying," and many of those of the real-time generation may have actually studied with these titles. The " Super Momotaro Dentetsu," which I also voted for, came in third place with 9.2% of the vote! The first " Momotaro Dentetsu " came in fourth place with 8.8% of the vote, making the Momotetsu series the most popular series in the list! I guess there are many people who, like me, learned about the location of prefectures and local specialties from Momotetsu.

While there are many games ranked in the " Ambition of Nobunaga " series and " Sangokushi " series that allow you to study history while playing, " Psychic Power Development Software: Mind Seeker " ranked in a tie for 12th place, in what sense " did you learn a lot from this game? I'd like to talk about it with everyone who voted for it...lol.

The 18th "What is the title of the 5-letter word? Voting has started!

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The 17th edition is over, which means the 18th edition has begun. Voting for the 18th "NES Referendum" will begin on November 9, 2023 (Thursday)! The theme of this year's poll is "What is the title of a 5-letter word? The theme this time is "What is a five-letter title?

Of course, NES software has a title, and as the saying goes, "the name says it all," and many titles are descriptive of the game itself. However, if there are only five characters in hiragana, katakana, kanji, alphabet, etc., then there must be a lot to choose from! The theme for this year's contest may be a bit of a puzzle, but please cast your vote for the five-character title that comes to mind!

Once again, you can cast your vote by logging in to your Nintendo account and going to the "NES National Vote" page on the campaign website. If you forget the title of the game, don't worry, you can enter part of the title to get a list of candidates. The voting period for the 18th "NES Referendum" will end on November 15, 2023 (Wed.) at 11:59 pm, and the results will be announced on November 16, 2023 (Thu. )!

I voted for "The Goonies, " whose original movie is getting a lot of attention again since Kee Hui Kwan made a full-fledged comeback with "Everything Everywhere All at Once! The stage music is an arrangement of Cyndi Lauper's " The Goonies 'R' Good Enough," the theme song of the movie, and it is well known that many people know the song from the NES version of "The Goonies" before the original!