Kotaku ran an article about a Japanese website asking the first 100 people in line at TSUTAYA in Shibuya for FFXIII what their top three Final Fantasy games were. Results? A little shocked, actually:
13.) Final Fantasy II: 2 votes
12.) Final Fantasy XI: 3 votes
11.) Final Fantasy: 3 votes
10.) Final Fantasy X-2: 6 votes
9.) Final Fantasy III: 11 votes
8.) Final Fantasy XII: 16 votes
6.) Final Fantasy IV: 21 votes
6.) Final Fantasy IX: 21 votes
5.) Final Fantasy V: 22 votes
4.) Final Fantasy VIII: 26 votes
3.) Final Fantasy VI: 29 votes
2.) Final Fantasy VII: 57 votes
1.) Final Fantasy X: 59 votes
Red - NES : Grey - SNES : Orange - PSX : Blue - PS2
You see that? Final Fantasy X is number 1, with VII trailing by only 2 votes. The weird thing is that this is very close to my Top 3:
3) IX
2) VII
1) X