Japanese magazine Famitsu conducted a poll asking readers which game they considered the best RPG of all time. Persona 5 was the winner.
The poll collected 2,295 votes, 56% from men and 43% from women (1% unspecified). Of those votes, only 9% came from teenagers, 36% from people in their 20s, 37% from people in their 30s, 16% from people in their 40s, and 1% from people in their 50s. Voting took place from June 22 to 28, less than a year after Persona 5 launched in Japan. Below is the list of the best RPGs of all time according to Japanese readers.
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Persona 5 — 256
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Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation — 218
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Chrono Trigger — 194
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NieR: Automata — 177
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Final Fantasy VII — 169
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Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride — 165
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Suikoden II — 155
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NieR — 151
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Persona 3 — 131
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Final Fantasy XV — 110
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Xenoblade Chronicles — 104
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Final Fantasy X — 100
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Xenogears — 91
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Persona 4: Golden — 90
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Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen — 82
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Final Fantasy VI — 81
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EarthBound — 78
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Final Fantasy IX — 75
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Final Fantasy VIII — 74
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — 72
Interestingly, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is the only Western RPG included in the list.
