NES Referendum" 3rd Annual "What do you think of the red cassette? The results of the 3rd "NES Referendum" are announced! Announcement of the theme of the 4th edition & start of voting!

July 15, 2023 (Saturday) marks the 40th anniversary of the birth of Nintendo's first cassette-based home video game console, the "Family Computer. It is also known as the " Famicom. Various contents have been started to commemorate the 40th anniversary, and Susumu Imadachi (@elec_imadachi ) of Elec Comic posted that the first episode of " Famicom Talk Shop: Kobayashi-Toy Store " had over 1 million views in less than a month after its release. I can't wait for the second episode! I can't wait for the second edition! Among the many contents that have been released, the " NES Referendum " has attracted a lot of attention, partly because of its participatory nature, and partly because the results are announced every week, so I'm sure that many people look forward to it on Thursday lunchtime. The third "What do you think of the red cassette? The results were announced on Thursday, August 3, 2023!

「ファミコン国民投票」第2回「ハイスコア」といえば？の結果発表！第3回のテーマ発表＆投票開始！

Top 5 is a very close race! The 3rd results were announced!

ファミコン40周年公式?

The results of the third "NES People's Poll" "What do you think of the red cassette? The results of the third "NES National Poll" have been announced, and the top 20 ranking has been revealed on the NES 40th Anniversary Campaign website! In the past two polls, the top-ranked software had been relatively unchallenged in terms of the percentage of votes, but this time it was a very close race. The top 5 vote-getters were " MOTHER " at #1 with 16%,"Burn! Professional Baseball" at 15.1%, " Excitebike" at 14.3%,"Kinnikuman Muscle Tag Match" at 13.9%, and"Donkey Kong" at 13.1%. For some reason, many of the cassette images were marked "NO IMAGE" this time, but rest assured that the cassettes are red. By the way, "Burn! Professional Baseball" won second place! Thank you, Bath! Thank you, Ochiai! By the way, " Super Mario Bros. " was ranked 18th, but most of you remember it as a yellow cassette. The reason why it is ranked in this theme is because the Famicom cassette sometimes ran out of the original color cassette when it sold very well, and it was sometimes sold in other colors for a short period of time, so there were a few red cassette versions of "Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros. There are also other titles with different colors, so you may find a title with a different color than the one you are thinking of in the other themes.

What do you think of the 4th "Battle"? Voting has begun!

ファミコン40周年公式?

The 3rd edition is over, which means the 4th edition has begun. Voting for the 4th "NES Referendum" began on August 3, 2023 (Thursday)! The theme of this year's poll is "What do you think of the "Battle of the Battles "? The theme this time is "What do you think of "Battle"? Since the Famicom (NES) came with two controllers as standard equipment, playing against each other is one of the most exciting parts of the game! I'm sure there are many titles that you have played with your family and friends, sometimes even in the real world, and we would like your vote for the one that you have the most fond memories of! You can vote again this year by logging in to your Nintendo account and casting your vote on the "NES National Vote" page of the campaign website. If you forget the title of the game, don't worry, you can enter a part of the title and a list of candidates will appear. The voting period for the 4th "NES Referendum" is until August 9, 2023 (Wed.) at 11:59 p.m., and the results will be announced on August 10, 2023 (Thu. )! I was quite torn between too many candidates, but I voted for " Joy Mecha Fight" because I was shocked that a smooth-moving fighting game could be played on the Famicom (NES)! Konnan Irahen!