It is late December, and temperatures are dropping day by day as we head toward the end of the year. Even in the Tokyo metropolitan area, mornings and evenings are cold enough that you simply cannot function without heating, and some regions along the Sea of Japan are facing heavy snow. Influenza is also starting to spread, so let's take care of ourselves against cold-related illnesses and get through the year-end hustle and bustle! Christmas, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, and many other events are just around the corner, but what has really energized the gaming industry since July 2023 is the Famicom 40th Anniversary, along with the weekly themed "Famicom National Vote"! With only a few events left for the year, the results for the 23rd Famicom National Vote, Which game comes to mind when you think of a blue cartridge?, have now been announced!
Blue Comes in More Than One Shade! 23rd Results Announced!
The results for the 23rd Famicom National Vote, "Which game comes to mind when you think of a blue cartridge?", have been announced, and the Famicom 40th Anniversary Campaign Site has published the top 20 games! Even if we simply call it "blue," there are gradients to it, so a variety of "blue cartridges" ranging from close to light blue to deeper hues made the rankings. Among them, shining at number one was Baseball with a vote share of 14.9%! Since it is also a historic title from the very early days of the Famicom, many people likely thought of it right away. By the way, on the Nintendo Famicom Software List page of the Famicom 40th Anniversary campaign site, you can check out introductions based on the original manuals, so be sure to take a look! Taking second place—which the author also voted for—was Star Force with a vote share of 12.8%! It put up a close fight, trailing Baseball by just 2.1%, but it was so close! Star Force is also a title famous for Master Takahashi's 16-shot rapid fire, so it definitely gathered plenty of votes. Beyond just color tones, Famicom cartridges are packed with romance, such as 9th place, Salamander, featuring a skeleton cartridge that caused a shock back then, or the rounded cartridges with grooves seen in Bandai titles like 7th place, Saint Seiya: Golden Legend, and 20th place, Magical Taluluto-kun.
#ファミコン国民投票 第23回テーマ結果発表
「青いカセット」といえば？
みなさんに選ばれたトップ10はこちら。第24回テーマ
「協力」といえば？
の投票をただいまより受付開始。サイトではトップ20やあなたが投票したタイトルの順位も確認できます。https://t.co/sdHovLdeBx#ファミコン40周年 pic.twitter.com/0OmLd7BxVt
— ファミコン40周年 (@famicom40th) December 21, 2023
The Last One of the Year! Voting Begins for "Which Game Comes to Mind When You Think of 'Cooperation'?"!
The end of the 23rd means that the 24th has begun. Voting for the 24th Famicom National Vote has officially started on Thursday, December 21, 2023! This time's theme is "What game comes to mind when you think of 'cooperation'?"! The Famicom National Vote has been running for about half a year since July 2023, and this looks to be the final event held within 2023. Famicom titles offer a variety of play styles—whether playing quietly by yourself, taking turns, or going head-to-head with everyone—and one of those is cooperative play. In the case of the Famicom, both Controller I and Controller II came standard, so everyone surely has plenty of memories playing cooperatively with family and friends! Cast a pure vote for those titles you hold dear—the ones you enjoyed precisely because you cooperated, or managed to clear because you worked together! This time as well, you can vote by logging into your Nintendo Account and visiting the Famicom National Vote page on the campaign site. Rest assured that even if you forget a title, typing in a portion of it will bring up matching candidates. The voting period for the 24th Famicom National Vote runs until Wednesday, December 27, 2023, at 11:59 AM, with results scheduled to be announced on Thursday, December 28, 2023! The author was torn between that hot-blooded, tough-guy series, but ultimately voted for Konami's Konami Wai Wai World 2: SOS!! Parsley Castle! My favorite transformation types are "Goemon," "Bill," and "Fuma"!
ファミコン国民投票 第24回のテーマは…
「協力」といえば？
投票期間は12月27日（水）11:59AMまで。
結果発表は12月28日（木）予定です。#ファミコン40周年https://t.co/sdHovLdeBx pic.twitter.com/6xIDmCpKdj— ファミコン40周年 (@famicom40th) December 21, 2023