FF13 voted the best game of all time by Famitsu readers

[lestatdark]

Kenryoku_Maxis said:

lestatdark said:

Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Dragon Quest VIII
Final Fantasy XII
Dragon Quest IX
Final Fantasy XIII

They sure can't make up their mind. Until they do the 'best games ever' polls. Then you see nearly all Dragon Quest and Pokemon games in the top 20 with only one or two Final Fantasy games.

Dragon Quest games I can understand, but why Pokemon? Pokemon, as good as they are, aren't great games, certainly not better than most FF's like you suggest.

Your opinion of a Pokemon game aside, I was pointing out what tops Japanese polls like Famitsu time and again.  And the fact is, next to Dragon Quest, Pokemon is the next most popular game series in Japan.  And if you look closely, you'd see the similarities in Pokemon and Dragon Quest (battle engine, exploration, monster collection, etc).

Aren't you also questioning the opinion of the people who made this poll and using your own opinion by measuring best with most popular? There are similarities between DQ and Pokemon games, but if a factual best games ever poll was ever made, without counting only popularity, do you seriously expect a pokemon game to be there? If so, then explain me why, given a recent launch of a Pokemon game in Japan, it doesn't even appear on this list? 

Popularity =/= Better game