Konnichi wa, minna-san!

It's been a while since I last did a countdown hasn't it? It's been more than 3 months now. Since my busy gaming month in August, school starting in September, and playing the drug in game form that is Rune Factory 4 at the beginning of the month, I haven't had much time to do a top 10. But now that I have reading week for school and with not a whole lot to do with it, I figured hey, let's do a countdown.

As a gamer for 15/16 years, I've played my fair share of games. While I was a poor gamer that mostly stuck to what I knew best during my childhood, I had plenty of gaming friends who introduced me to other gaming series. Once I had the money, I was able to try out all of these different franchises that I was interested in. So after a period of frenzied, varied gaming that has recently ended with my turn to JRPGs, and with the end of this console generation, I believe it's time to name off my top 10 franchises so far in gaming.

Although the majority of the games I've played in my career as a gamer have been RPGs, I'm going to try and make my top 10 as varied as possible. Of course, there's no guarantees on this though. My list will go like this: I've had to have played at least three games in the series (so that means no Valve series! :P ) and overall enjoyment is going to be factored in. Critical reception, both from myself and pro reviews, will not be factored in. This list excludes expansions and remakes so no Starcraft for me. Also, given my love for Nintendo, it would be unfair if the list was completely dominated by the Big N. To be honest, if I don't put this rule in, I can guarantee AT LEAST 7 out of the 10 slots would be taken by Nintendo franchises. So I'm going to limit it to just 4, maybe 5. I don't like the number 4 but it seems like a fair number.

You guys may be in for a couple of surprises on my list unless you know me really well. In any case, keep your eye out for the real thing!

Mata ato de!