Famed Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu recently published a list of their highest scored games of the year.

What's interesting is the abundance of Xbox 360 titles appearing on the list, despite the lack of support for the machine in Japan.

It's at least encouraging to see quality being championed over popularity.

1. Zelda no Densetsu: Mugen no Sunadokei (Phantom Hourglass) NDS Nintendo 39
2. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion X360 Spike 38
3. Super Mario Galaxy Wii Nintendo 38
4. GTA San Andreas PS2 Capcom 38
5. Call of Duty 4 X360 Activision 37
6. Call of Duty 4 PS3 Activision 37
7. Minna no Golf Portable 2 PSP Sony 37
8. God of War 2 PS2 Sony 37
9. Halo 3 X360 Microsoft 37
10. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 PS3 Konami 36
11. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 X360 Konami 36
12. Kousoku Card Battle: Card Hero NDS Nintendo 36
13. Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida PSP Sony 36
14. Uncharted: El Dorado no Hihou PS3 Sony 36
15. Lost Odyssey X360 Mistwalker 36
16. Assassin’s Creed X360 Ubisoft 36
17. Ace Combat 6 X360 Bandai Namco 36
18. Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction PS3 Sony 36
19. Minna no Golf 5 (Everybody’s Golf 5) PS3 Sony 36
20. Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 X360 Ubisoft 36
21. Itadaki Street DS NDS Square Enix 36
22. Forza Motorsport 2 X360 Microsoft 36
23. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas X360 Ubisoft 36
24. Gyakuten Saiban 4 NDS Capcom 36
25. Final Fantasy IV NDS Square Enix 35

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By: boa

On: 07:56 Mar 17th, 2008
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Nice list of games. Not played them all and I'm not a fan of others, but a decent list overall.

By: Magus

On: 09:29 Mar 17th, 2008
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5. Call of Duty 4 X360 Activision 37
6. Call of Duty 4 PS3 Activision 37

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10. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 PS3 Konami 36
11. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 X360 Konami 36

How can they do this? It's the same basic game! It's only on two different consoles.

By: Mobius Zero

On: 10:14 Mar 17th, 2008
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Despite what people think, Famitsu is a firm supporter of the 360, it is mostly the Japanese gamers that are kind've... what is the word? Enigmatic, is the best word for it. Many of the games deserved to be on this list but FFIV has not come out in Japan on the DS already?!

By: Evren

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On: 04:44 Mar 18th, 2008
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...Of last year right?
Because it's..March at the moment...

Nice list of games though, It stuns me to see a lot of 360 games, maybe the small amount of people who buy the consoles, buy a lot of the games.