FF13 was voted as the second best game in 2009 by Japanese gamers

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g-value said:

Dengeki magazine's readers poll
"Which title is the best game of 2009?"
http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/227/227461/ (In Japanese)
1.DQ9
2.FF13
3.Tales of Vesperia
4.Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
5.Steins;Gate
6.Phantasy Star Portable 2
7.Demon’s Souls
8.PERSONA3 PORTABLE
9.New Super Mario Bros. Wii
10.Tales of Graces
11.Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam Next PLUS
12.Monster Hunter Tri
13.Loveplus
14.Bayonetta
15.Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA
16.Shin Megami Tensei STRANGE JOURNEY
17.Layton-kyoju to Majin no Fue
18.THE IDOLM@STER SP
19.Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
20.MACROSS ULTIMATE FRONTIER

I could careless about FFXIII, since that popularity is to be expected from a FF main game, however i am VERY pleased by the fact Phantasy Star Portable 2 > Demons Souls and Persona3 Portable AND tales of graces and even the likes of monster hunter tri and NSMRWii.

 

Congrats to FFXIII and all that sort of thing, but great congrats to phantasy star portable 2! for showing that even the underdog games can come back on top! good show.