Famitsu: Final Fantasy 16 is the most anticipated game, beaten The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Famitsu has unveiled its new ranking of the most anticipated upcoming games by readers, which it sees triumph this week Final Fantasy 16who after several months in second place he beat The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomalbeit by a handful of votes.

Below is the top 30, compiled based on the votes sent to Famitsu from March 30 to April 5, 2023.

1. [PS5] Final Fantasy XVI – 965 votes
2. [NSW] Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – 959 votes
3. [NSW] Pikmin 4 – 514 votes
4. [PS5] Street Fighter 6 – 477 votes
5. [PS5] Final Fantasy VII Rebirth – 461 votes
6. [PS5] Pragmata – 292 votes
7. [PS5] Like a Dragon 8 – 214 votes
8. [NSW] Ys X – 166 votes
9. [PS4] Like a Dragon 8 – 164 votes
10. [NSW] Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection – 159 votes
11. [NSW] Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection – 151 votes
12. [NSW] Atelier Marie Remake – 148 votes
13. [NSW] Master Detective Archives: Rain Code – 133 votes
14. [NSW] Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars – 114 votes
15. [NSW] Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster – 113 votes
16. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawattru! – 111 votes
17. [PS5] Ys X – 109 votes
18. [PS5] Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name – 108 votes
19. [PS4] Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name – 106 votes
20. [NSW] Professor Layton and the New World of Steam – 103 votes
21. [PS4] Street Fighter 6 – 101 votes
22. [NSW] Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time – 85 votes
23. [NSW] Ushiro – 80 votes
24. [NSW] Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai – 74 votes
25. [NSW] Natsu-Mon! 20th Century Summer Vacation – 72 votes
26. [NSW] Buccanyar – 71 votes
27. [PS5] Diablo IV – 69 votes
28. [PS5] Tekken 8 – 67 votes
29. [PS4] Granblue Fantasy Relink – 66 votes
30. [PS4] Hogwarts Legacy – 64 votes

As we can see Final Fantasy 16 outsold The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom by just six votes. Among other things, the overtaking took place a few days after the 10-minute gameplay video of the exclusive Nintendo Switch, but before the State of Play dedicated to the Square Enix title. In short, it will be interesting to see how the ranking will evolve in the coming weeks.

For the rest we find in the top 30 practically only games made in Japan, with Pikmin 4, Street Fighter 6 and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth in the first five positions. The exceptions are represented by Diablo 4 and Hogwarts Legacy which respectively conquer the position number 28 and 30.