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Cover art for Issue 1 of Famits? magazine, June 1986, then known as Famicom Ts?shin.
Cover art for Issue 1 of Famits? magazine, June 1986, then known as Famicom Ts?shin.
(formerly Famicom Tsushin) is a Japanese video game magazine published by Enterbrain, Inc. and Tokuma. Currently, there are five console-only spin-off versions of Famits?: Sh?kan Famits?, Famits? PS, Famits? Xbox, Famits? Wii+DS, and Famits? Wave DVD. , the original Famits? publication, is considered the most famous video game news magazine in Japan.[1][2][3]

Contents

Sh?kan Famits?

Sh?kan Famits? concentrates on video game reviews, as well as video game industry news. The name Famits? was originally an abbreviation of , the magazine's original name after the Family Computer, the Japanese name for the Nintendo Entertainment System, which was the dominant video game console during the late 1980s in Japan. The first issue was published in 1986. Today, Sh?kan Famits? features multi-platform coverage. Sh?kan Famits? is published every Friday with a circulation of 800,000 per issue.

Others

Famits? publishes other magazines dedicated to particular consoles. Currently in circulation are:

  • Famits? Wii+DS, which report on Nintendo-based platforms (currently the Nintendo DS and Wii). The magazine was formerly known as Famits? 64 and then Famits? Cube (among other variations of those two names) based on whatever platforms Nintendo was producing games for at the time.
  • Famits? Wave DVD (???? Wave DVD) is published monthly. Each magazine includes a DVD disc (NTSC Region 2) with video game footage. The magazine was originally called GameWave DVD.

Famits? spin-offs that are no longer in circulation include Famits? Bros. (which concentrated on video game hints and strategy rather than actual news), Famits? Sister (which covered bish?jo games) and Famits? DC (which covered the Dreamcast).

Scoring

Video games are graded in Famits? by a panel of four video game reviewers. Each reviewer gives a score from one to ten (ten being best). The scores of the four reviewers are then added up with a possible score of forty.

Though Famits? reviewers have received notoriety for their selectiveness,[4][5] recent review scores have generally taken an upswing. Several recent Famits? scores have been subject to controversy, with accusations that the magazine is raising scores to appease advertisers and the gaming industry, as was the case with its score for Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII. However, it is still extremely rare for a game to receive a perfect score of forty from Famits?'s reviewers. This score is so exclusive that it has, so far, only been given to a single game on any given platform. Famits? Wave DVD does not grade video games.

Perfect scores

Only eight games so far have received perfect scores. They are listed in chronological order:

  1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998, Nintendo, for Nintendo 64)
  2. Soulcalibur (1999, Namco, for Dreamcast)
  3. Vagrant Story (2000, Square Co., Ltd., for PlayStation)
  4. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2003, Nintendo for Nintendo GameCube)
  5. Nintendogs (2005, Nintendo, for Nintendo DS)
  6. Final Fantasy XII (2006, Square Enix, for PlayStation 2)
  7. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008, Nintendo, for Wii)
  8. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008, Konami, for PlayStation 3)

Games that received a near-perfect score of 39 include:

  1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991, Nintendo, for Super Famicom)
  2. Virtua Fighter 2 (1995, Sega, for Sega Saturn)
  3. Ridge Racer Revolution (1995, Namco, for PlayStation)
  4. Super Mario 64 (1996, Nintendo, for Nintendo 64)
  5. Tekken 3 (1998, Namco, for PlayStation)
  6. Cyber Troopers Virtual On Oratorio Tangram (1999, Sega, for Dreamcast)
  7. Final Fantasy X (2001, Square Co., Ltd., for PlayStation 2)
  8. Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (2001, Sony Computer Entertainment, for PlayStation 2)
  9. Resident Evil (2002, Capcom, for Nintendo GameCube)
  10. Dragon Quest VIII (2004, Square Enix, for PlayStation 2)
  11. Gran Turismo 4 (2004, Sony Computer Entertainment, for PlayStation 2)
  12. Kingdom Hearts II (2005, Square Enix and Buena Vista Games, for PlayStation 2)
  13. Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (2005, Konami, for PlayStation 2)
  14. Dead or Alive 4 (2005, Tecmo, for Xbox 360)
  15. ?kami (2006, Capcom, for PlayStation 2)
  16. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (2007, Nintendo, for Nintendo DS)
  17. Grand Theft Auto 4 (2008, Rockstar, for XBox 360, PlayStation 3)

All Time Top 10 by the readers

In March 2006 Japanese Famits? magazine readers voted on their 100 all-time favorite games. (Full list). The top ten games picked by fans were:

  1. Final Fantasy X (2001)
  2. Final Fantasy VII (1997)
  3. Dragon Quest III (1988)
  4. Dragon Quest VIII (2004)
  5. Machi (1998)
  6. Final Fantasy IV (1991)
  7. Tactics Ogre (1995)
  8. Final Fantasy III (1990)
  9. Dragon Quest VII (2000)
  10. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)

Relationship with other magazines

UK trade magazine MCV and Famitsu have an exclusive partnership which sees news and content from each magazine appear in the other.[6]

See also

References

External links

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