Not only Japanese-style titles! The 15th "NES People's Vote": What is the "Title with only Kanji characters"? Results announced!

October 2023 is already at the end of the year. There are only two months left in this year. As we approach the end of the year, work and school may be getting busier, but there will be a rush of new game releases in November and December, so let's get over the hump with that as our mental support! Of course, the latest games are fun, but as the saying goes, " learning from the past," and classic retro games are also fun. Not only those who played them back in the day, but also the younger generation will find them fresh and new. The " NES National Poll," held every week to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the NES, is a great opportunity to remember the many retro games, especially NES titles! This week, the results of the 15th "What is the title with only kanji characters? The results of the 15th "What is the title of the only Kanji character?

「ファミコン国民投票」第14回「パスワード」といえば？結果発表！有名パスワードタイトルも多数ランクイン！

Many unique titles! The 15th result is announced!

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The results of the 15th "NES National Poll", "What is the title with only Chinese characters? The results of the "Famicom National Poll" have been announced, and the top 20 titles are now available on the Famicom 40th Anniversary Campaign website! Konami's classic shooter " Salamander" took first place with 12.5% of the votes! Just for the record, the name of the game is " Salamanda "! A long time ago, I think that many difficult-to-read kanji characters were used in game and manga titles, but at least I learned how to read "Salamander" from this software! Many Japanese-style games are ranked in the list because of the kanji restriction, but it is also great to see titles that do not have a Japanese feel, such as " Makai-mura " (No. 2), " Kondora " (No. 5), " Anger " (No. 7), and " Castlevania " (No. 10), which are not in the Japanese style. It is also a great sense to use only Kanji characters for titles that do not have a Japanese feel, isn't it? The title "Labyrinth Suite: The Great Adventure of Myron " was ranked 16th, but "Myron's Great Adventure" is not displayed on the title screen when the game is launched, so it is called "Labyrinth Suite! Incidentally, " Yokai Dochuki," which I voted for, came in at 12th place! The original game was released in arcades, and it was also ported to the PC Engine, so some people may have been familiar with that game.

The 16th "What do you think of "ghosts"? Polls are now open!

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The 15th edition is over, which means that the 16th edition has begun. Voting for the 16th "NES Referendum" will begin on October 26, 2023 (Thursday)! The theme this time is "What do you think of ghosts? The theme this time is "What do you think of ghosts? October 31st is Halloween, so the timing is perfect for this theme! Depending on the title, "ghosts" are treated in different ways, from cute toscary, from friend to foe. I expect that many titles will feature "ghosts" or have something to do with "ghost s," but since you are NES fans, I have a feeling that some unexpected titles will make it into the rankings! Please cast a clean vote for the title you have a special place in your heart for! 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 a part of the title and a list of candidates will appear. The voting period for the 16th "NES Reunion Vote" is until November 1, 2023 (Wed.) at 11:59 p.m., and the results will be announced on November 2, 2023 (Thu. )! This time, I voted for " Obake-no-Q-taro: One-one Panic," which is a very random choice! It was the first thing that came to my mind and I couldn't get it out of my head! Of course, I couldn't clear it at the time!