Breath Of The Wild Is The Greatest Game Ever Made, According To Japanese TV Audiences

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the greatest game ever made, according to more than 50,000 people who voted in TV Asahi’s recent poll to find out the 100 best games of all time. Thank you to Kotaku for the story. 

A three-hour special was broadcast by Japanese TV on December 27. It revealed the rank. Also, the list was posted online Twitter by user @MLZ0902.

There are quite a few standouts out of the 100 titles on the list. Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Tsushima, which was ranked at number 66, and Minecraft (ranked number 20) both landed a spot. Both versions of Persona 5 – the original base game and the expanded edition, Persona 5 Royal – were on the list in spots 42 and 93, respectively. We don’t know what makes Persona 5 more popular than Royal. TV Asahi’s fans voted Animal Crossing New Horizons the fourth-best video game, even though it was only released last year in 2020. 

Here’s TV Asahi’s full list (via Kotaku): 

• 100. Persona 3
• 99. Pokémon Platinum
• 98. Persona 4
• 97. Super Mario World
• 96. Romance of the Three Kingdoms
• 95. Mother
• 94. Fire Emblem: Genealogy for the Holy War
• 93. Persona 5 Royal
• 92. Monster Hunter 4G
• 91. Street Fighter II
• 90. Final Fantasy VIII
• 89. Super Mario Galaxy 2
• 88. The Legend of Zelda – Skyward Sword
• 87. Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate
• 86. Monster Hunter
• 85. Dragon Quest VI
• 84. Final Fantasy XI
• 83. Dragon Quest VII
• 82. Legend of Mana
• 81. Dragon Quest Builders 2,
• 80. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
• 79. Metal Gear Solid
• 78. Nobunaga’s Ambition
• 77. Mario Kart Wii
• 76. Kirby Air Ride
• 75. Wild World Animal Crossing
• 74. Super Smash Bros.
• 73. Gran Turismo 4
• 72. Kirby Super Star
• 71. Dr. Mario
• 70. Monster Hunter World
• 69. Super Mario RPG
• 68. Pokémon X/Y
• 67. Bloodborne
• 66. Ghost of Tsushima
• 65. Suikoden
• 64. Pokémon Heart Gold and Soul Silver
• 63. Final Fantasy III
• 62. Xevious
• 61. Super Smash Bros.
• 60. Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
• 59. Daylight makes you dead
• 58. Animal Crossing
• 57. Super Donkey Kong
• 56. Super Mario Galaxy
• 55. Yokai Watch 2,
• 54. Dragon Quest VIII
• 53. Tales of the Abyss
• 52. Legend of Zelda
• 51. Final Fantasy IV
• 50. Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
• 49. Kingdom Hearts
• 48. Nier: Automata
• 47. Final Fantasy XIV
• 46. Dragon Quest II
• 45. Kirby’s Return to Dream Land
• 44. Dragon Quest X
• 43. Xenoblade
• 42. Persona 5
• 41. Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban!
• 40. Xenogears
• 39. Dark Souls III
• 38. Puyo Puyo
• 37. Final Fantasy IX
• 36. Pokémon Gold and Silver
• 35. Xenoblade 2.
• 34. Final Fantasy V
• 33. Final Fantasy VI
• 32. Resident Evil
• 31. Tactical Ogre: Let Us Cling together
• 30. Apex Legends
• 29. Okami
• 28. Mother 2
• 27. Dragon Quest XI
• 26. Pokémon Black and White
• 25. Tetris
• 24. Pokémon Red and Green
• 23. Fire Emblem: Three Homes
• 22. Animal Crossing: New Leaf
• 21. Splatoon
• 20. Minecraft
• 19. Suikoden II
• 18. Metal Gear Solid 3 – Snake Eater
• 17. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• 16. Kingdom Hearts II
• 15. Dragon Quest IV
• 14. Pokémon Sword and Shield
• 13. The Undertale
• 12. Super Mario Kart
• 11. Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
• 10. Super Mario Bros. 3
• 9. Final Fantasy X
• 8. Chrono Trigger
• 7. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
• 6. Dragon Quest III
• 5. Splatoon II
• 4. Animal Crossing New Horizons
• 3. Final Fantasy VII
• 2. Dragon Quest V
• 1. The Legend of Zelda, Breath of the Wild

While we are at Game Informer haven’t gone so far as to say Breath of the Wild is our pick for the greatest game ever made, we did award it our 2017 game of the year. To find out more, read our review. We gave it our highest possible review score.