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The Famitsu Weekly Top 20 readers' most wanted from circa fall 1994 is a really fascinating snapshot of a shifting Japanese games market.

  1. Dragon Quest VI (SFC)
  2. Kamaitachi no Yoru/Banshee's Last Cry (SFC)
  3. Tactics Ogre (SFC)
  4. Virtua Fighter (SS)
  5. Chrono Trigger (SFC)
  6. Tengai Makyou III (PCE, but actually released on PS2)
  7. Shin Samurai Spirits/Samurai Shodown II (NG)
  8. Samurai Spirits/Samurai Shodown (SFC)
  9. Shin Megami Tensei if... (SFC)
  10. Feda: The Emblem of Justice (SFC)
  11. Kid Klown in Crazy Chase (SFC)
  12. 4th Super Robot Wars (SFC)
  13. The King of Fighters '94 (NG)
  14. Super Street Fighter II X/Super Street Fighter II Turbo (3DO)
  15. The Last Battle (SFC)
  16. Lunar Eternal Blue (MCD)
  17. Gokujou Parodius!/Fantastic Journey (SFC)
  18. Princess Maker 1 (PCE)
  19. Daytona USA (SS)
  20. Ridge Racer (PS)

Source: Famitsu #302, September 30, 1994
Scan source: Gaming Alexandria

gosokkyu
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for those who noticed Kid Klown on this list and wondered if it was secretly popular in Japan or whatever: that game was the specific end-product of a campaign by Dengeki SFC to "help a middling dev create a good game"—fans were able to submit ideas and vote on various aspects of the production, including selecting Kemco as the developer, picking the main character design etc, so it had a decent amount of buzz at launch for the sheer fact that people wanted to see whether the end product was any good or not.

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