Famitsu’s top 25 games for 2007: Phantom Hourglass leads

Famitsu, one of Japan‘s premier video game publications, has released its list of top 25 games for 2007. Interestingly enough, almost half of the games in the list belong to the Xbox 360 platform, which has been trailing behind in Japan’s hardware sales. Go to the full article to view Famitsu’s top 25 list.

Famitsu, who recently just released its results for Japan‘s top video games as voted by gamers themselves, does it again by releasing their own top list of games, this time as rated by their own editors.

The rankings are based on ratings that are determined by four editors. Each editor gives the games a score out 40. With the tallying of scores, a Nintendo DS game leads the pack, with The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass on top.

Interestingly enough, almost half of the list is dominated by Xbox 360 games (or their corresponding version), so it’s a bit of a shame that the Xbox 360 is trailing behind in Japan’s hardware charts.

Stranger still is that the list only has one Wii game, which is surprising considering that the console is extremely popular in Japan. But anyway, here are Famitsu’s top 25 games for the year of 2007:

1. Phantom Hourglass (DS) – 39
2. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (360 version) – 38
3. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) – 38
4. GTA San Andreas (PS2) – 38
5. Call of Duty 4 (360) – 37
6. Call of Duty 4 (PS3) – 37
7. Minna no Golf Portable 2 (PSP) – 37
8. God of War 2 (PS2) – 37
9. Halo 3 (360) – 37
10. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (PS3) 36
11. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (360) 36
12. Kousoku Card Battle: Card Hero (DS) – 36
13. Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida (PSP) – 36
14. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (PS3) – 36
15. Lost Odyssey (360) – 36
16. Assassin’s Creed (360 version) – 36
17. Ace Combat 6 (360) – 36
18. Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (PS3) – 36
19. Minna no Golf 5 (Everybody’s Golf 5) (PS3) – 36
20. Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (360) – 36
21. Itadaki Street (DS) – 36
22. Forza Motorsport 2 (360) – 36
23. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas (360 version) – 36
24. Gyakuten Saiban 4 (DS) – 36
25. Final Fantasy IV (DS) – 35