Japan honors NES, PS2, Mario

By Walt Wyman, GameSpotPosted Oct 4, 2006 5:35 pm PT

Government-sponsored Media Arts Plaza includes 14 game entries--including Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid, the PlayStation, and DS--in list of 100 items most representative of Japanese media.

The Media Arts Plaza, a project of the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs, has announced a list of "100 examples of media that represents Japan."

The list was compiled based on questionnaire results to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Japan Media Arts Festival, a yearly event that recognizes creative and technically excellent media. List candidates were selected based on Web-based polls--some 33,884 people responded--and mailed-in surveys from artists, editors, and critics.

The list is broken into four categories--art, entertainment, animation, and manga--of 25 items each. Over half the entertainment category was composed of game hardware and software: Nintendo's Game Boy, DS, and Famicom (aka the NES), were chosen, along with Sony's PlayStation and PlayStation 2. The games selected were Super Mario Bros., Space Invaders, Final Fantasy VII, Puyo Puyo, Pokémon, Metal Gear Solid, and Dragon Quest I, III, and V.

From January 21, 2007, a special exhibition at the National Art Center Tokyo will showcase the chosen works.

136 Comments

  • Gouki_13

    Posted Mar 25, 2007 4:26 pm PT

    cool.. will go look up the full article.

  • Staryoshi87

    Posted Feb 21, 2007 9:44 am PT

    Sigh, i need to go to Japan

  • Saphire_Kitsune

    Posted Feb 8, 2007 8:57 pm PT

    *clicks on last link*

    Ooooo, what a neat looking building. It's so...wavy...

  • Zacek1000

    Posted Nov 16, 2006 1:06 pm PT

    Great! Here we have some Dragon Quest! Best series ever!

  • sephirothrulez9

    Posted Nov 7, 2006 3:28 pm PT

    ya... youd think there would be a lot of final fantasies

  • sephirothrulez9

    Posted Nov 7, 2006 3:28 pm PT

    ya... youd think there would be a lot of final fantasies

  • aznballer91

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 2:58 pm PT

    FF7 all da way!!! mgs is pretty good too ^^()

  • Robert_Garcia

    Posted Oct 14, 2006 5:14 pm PT

    Wow...it just goes to show how theres a greater love for DQ in Japan, than in the States...

  • Fraek

    Posted Oct 12, 2006 9:52 am PT

    Hmm, I also expected to see Final Fantasy VI. Still, I suppose that while Final Fantasy VI is seen as one of the top RPGs of its generation, Final Fantasy VII is representative of a new generation of RPGs... ...and some of the themes do smell more of Japan than do those of Final Fantasy VI.

    Anyhow, we can only hope electronic gaming will eventually become as highly valued in the West as it is in Japan today...

  • Liamland

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 1:05 pm PT

    Interesting. No Final Fantasy VI or Dragon Quest IV. But it shows us evidence of the differences between Japan's preference and America's: Representing Japan - three Dragon Quests made the list and only one Final Fantasy.

  • _Sam_

    Posted Oct 8, 2006 11:44 am PT

    Government-sponsored

    wow

  • rokkuman09

    Posted Oct 6, 2006 3:29 pm PT

    I

  • Eviltwin

    Posted Oct 6, 2006 3:17 pm PT

    Pokémon rules XD

  • jasonmacrillo

    Posted Oct 6, 2006 1:50 pm PT

    japan rules

  • ftjx

    Posted Oct 6, 2006 12:47 am PT

    Viva Japan!!!!!!!!!

  • rbarahona

    Posted Oct 5, 2006 7:45 pm PT

    Definitely a nice event in Japan. I really hope that they could make a "tour" and showcase that event in more museums around the world.
    I was really surprised to see manga like Slam Dunk (a personal favorite) and Neon Genesis Evangelion in the list.

  • theKSMM

    Posted Oct 5, 2006 5:37 pm PT

    Not to sound stereotypical or anything, but I really hope that Gozilla and/or the Power Rangers made it onto that list.

  • NFunspoiler

    Posted Oct 5, 2006 5:20 pm PT

    Okaaaaaaay... um.... cool?
    I wish the US was more accepting of Video Games...

  • MarioMainic

    Posted Oct 5, 2006 4:11 pm PT

    I don't get it!!!!!!!.

  • Riverwolf007

    Posted Oct 5, 2006 3:59 pm PT

    What!?! No transexual anime porn catagory?????? Don't these people know anything about japanese media?

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