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Cover art for Issue 1 of Famitsū magazine, June 1986, then known as Famicom Tsūshin
Cover art for Issue 1 of Famitsū magazine, June 1986, then known as Famicom Tsūshin

Famitsū (ファミ通? abbreviated ファミ Fami) (full name Famicom Tsushin) is a Japanese video game magazine published by Enterbrain, Inc. Currently, there are five pet. Video game journalism is a branch of Journalism concerned with the reporting and discussion of Video games. is a Japanese magazine Publisher established on April 1 2000. versions of Famitsū: Shūkan Famitsū, Famitsū PS, Famitsū Xbox, Famitsū Wii+DS, and Famitsū Wave DVD. Shūkan Famitsū (週刊ファミ通? lit. "Weekly Famitsū"), the original Famitsū publication, is considered the most respected video game news magazine in Japan. A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. [1][2][3]

Contents

Shūkan Famitsū

Shūkan Famitsū concentrates on video game reviews, as well as video game industry news. The name Famitsū was originally an abbreviation of Famicom Tsūshin (ファミコン通信? officially translated as Famicom Journal), the magazine's original name after the Famicom (which was the dominant video game console during the late 1980s in Japan). The Nintendo Entertainment System (often abbreviated as NES or simply Nintendo) is an 8-bit Video game console that was released by The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The first issue was published in 1986. Today, Shūkan Famitsū features multi-platform coverage, with a separate spinoff magazine dedicated to Nintendo's platforms (currently titled Famitsū Wii+DS). is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Kyoto Japan founded on Shūkan Famitsū is published every Friday with a circulation of 800,000 per issue.

Others

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

Famitsū spin-offs that are no longer in circulation include Famitsū Bros. (which concentrated on video game hints and strategy rather than actual news), Famitsū Sister (which covered bishōjo games) and Famitsū DC (which covered the Dreamcast). A,or girl game, gal game is a type of Japanese video game centered around interactions with attractive Anime girls The is Sega 's most recent Video game console and the successor to the Sega Saturn.

Scoring

Video games are graded in Famitsū 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 Famitsū reviewers have received notoriety for their selectiveness,[4][5] recent review scores have generally taken an upswing. Several recent Famitsū 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. is a Third person shooter / RPG Video game developed and published by Square Enix. However, it is still extremely rare for a game to receive a perfect score of forty from Famitsū's reviewers. Famitsū 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. Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (2005, Konami, for PlayStation 2)
  13. Dead or Alive 4 (2005, Tecmo, for Xbox 360)
  14. Kingdom Hearts II (2006, Square Enix and Buena Vista Games, for PlayStation 2)
  15. Ōkami (2006, Capcom, for PlayStation 2)
  16. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (2007, Nintendo, for Nintendo DS)

All Time Top 10 by the readers

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  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. is a Console role-playing game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) and the tenth installment in the Final Fantasy series is a Console role-playing game developed by Square (now Square Enix) and published by Sony Computer Entertainment as the seventh installment in the Dragon Warrior III, known in Japan as, is a Console role-playing game developed by Chunsoft and published by Enix (now Square Enix Dragon Quest VIII Journey of the Cursed King, known in Europe as Dragon Quest The Journey of the Cursed King and in Japan as, is a role-playing Machi (街 (Translated from Japanese as "city or "town" or "street" is an Adventure game developed and published by Chunsoft is a Console role-playing game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) in as a part of the Final Fantasy series is a Japanese Tactical role-playing game game created by Quest. is a Console role-playing game developed and published by Square in for the Famicom as the third installment in the Final Fantasy series Dragon Warrior VII, known in Japan as is a Japanese Console role-playing game developed by Heartbeat and published by Enix for the is an action-adventure Video game developed by Nintendo 's Entertainment Analysis and Development division for the Nintendo 64 Video game MCV is a United Kingdom -based Trade magazine focused on the Video game industry. [6]

See also

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