Top Japanese Developers Vote Their Favorite Games for 2019

We've co-hosted our 2019 Game of the Year selection, and you darling have done a lot for our Nintendo Life Read GotY research, but what about the most talented people doing blessed things?

Yes, thank you recently Famitsu the feature has captured the imagination of those people personally, with a total of 132 Japanese game developers and industry-related celebrities all voted in their top 2019 games. We'll be rolling out things with the top 30 games we've voted across the board (thanks, AnimeNewsNetwork):

1. Surprising Death
2. Dragon Seeking Travel
3. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
4. Fire Cone: Three houses
5. Ring Fit Adventure
6. Pokémon Sword and Shield
7. Days Past
8. Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
9. Boat Hunters 2
10. Apex mythology
11. The History of Zelda: The Rise of the Link
12. Ace Combat 7: Anonymous Sky
13. 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
14. The judgment
15. Persona 5 Royal
16. Resident Evil 2
17. Kingdom Hearts III
18. Astral Chain
19. Borderlands 3
20. Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order
21. Super Smash Bros. Finally
22. Tetris 99
23. Archer Densetsu
24. Penalty / Grand Order
25. Splatoon 2
26. Final idea XIV: Shadowbringers
27. Samurai Shodown
28. Detroit: Be Human
29. the moon
30. GRIS

And we can see some votes cast by some developers themselves – there are no surprises you see PlatinGames & # 39; Hideki Kamiya voting for Tetris 99, huh?

• Yoko Taro (Director of NieR Automata): Astral Chain
• Toshimichi Mori (Builder of the BlazBlue series):
  Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers, Death Stratch, Devil May Cry 5, Stage Wars
• Shinjiro Katsuda: (Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survived 2 Producer): Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Ace Combat 7: Anonymous Sky, Dragon Quest XI S: Anonymous Year Articles – Descriptive Edition, Sentinels: Aegis Rim
• Katsura Hoshino: (Director of Persona 5): Devil III: Eternal Collection, Star Luster, Wonderful Death
• Kazuhiro Tsuchiya (Mega Man Builder): Wonderful Death, Ring Fit Adventure, Princess Connect! Re: Dive, Tetris 99, Tom Clancy & # 39; s Rainbow Six Siege
• Fakiaki Itsuno: (Director of the Devil May series) Power Pros (Nintendo Swap), Nintendo Labo, Ise Shima Mystery Annai: Its March with Kuro Shinju, Battle Princess Madelyn, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
• Keisuke Kikuchi (Producer of the Atelier series): Persona 5 Royal, Super Robot Wars T, Legend of Zelda: Link & # 39; s Awakening, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Toro in Puzzle: Doko Demo Issho
• Kenichirō Takaki (Senran Kagura series creator): Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Katana Zero, Samurai Shodown, Bad Citizen 2
• Yoshinori Kitase (Final Producer of Fantasy VII): Days ago, Marvel's Human Space, Prepar3D, Wonderful Death
• Ryūtarō Ichimura (Dragon Quest's executive producer): Afternoon Lunch, Uni is in the air, Wonderful Death, Prison Maker, Astrology
• Tetsu Katano (Builder of the Sonic series):
  Judgment, Sega Genesis Mini (Mega Drive Mini), Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk, Persona 5 Royal, Puyopuyo !! Looking for
• Sohei Niikawa (Builder of the Disgaea series): Dragon Seeking Travel
• Katsuhiro Harada (The creator of the Tekken series): Gris, Call of Duty: Modern Wars, Payday 2, Arcade Classics Annivil Collection, Hunter: Monsters Call
• Hiroshi Yoshimura (Director of God Eater): Dragon Builders Quest 2, Puzzle & Dragons, Sekiro: Shadows Died Double, Red Red 2, Warframe
• Takanobu Terada (producer of the Super Robot Wars series): Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays, Ace Combat 7: Anonymous Sky, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Pokémon Ga-Olé
• Hideki Kamiya (co-founder of Bayonetta): Tetris 99
• Ken Motomura (Director of the Yōkai Watch series): Wonderful Death, Sekiro: Shadows Died Double, Borderlands 3, Resident Evil 2, Astral Chain

What do you think? A good list overall, or are you surprised by their choices? Share your thoughts with us in the comments.