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''Famitsu'' (ファミ通, commonly abbreviated in Japanese kana to '''''Fami'''''), is a Japanese Video Game Magazine published by Enterbrain, Inc. Currently, there are five versions of Famitsu. ''Weekly Famitsu'', ''Famitsu PS2'', ''Famitsu Xbox'', ''Famitsu Cube and Advance'', and ''Famitsu Wave DVD''. WEEKLY FAMITSU is considered the most respected Video Game news magazine in Japan. Weekly Famitsu concentrates on video game reviews, as well as video game industry news. The magazine was originally called Famicom Tsuushin (ファミコン通信). Family Computer is the name of Nintendo's eight-bit video game console in Japan (the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in the United States), and ''tsuushin'' is the Japanese word for "news". The first issue was published in 1986 (Today, Famitsu Cube and Advance concentrates on Nintendo games). ''Weekly Famitsu'' is sold every Friday with a circulation of 800,000 per issue. OTHERS Famitsu publishes other magazines dedicated to particular consoles - ''Famitsu PS'' reports on PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable news. ''Famitsu DS, Cube and Advance'' reports on Nintendo DS , GameCube and Game Boy Advance News while Famitsu Xbox , the least popular, reports on Xbox 360 and Xbox news. ''Famitsu Wave DVD'' (''ファミ通 Wave DVD'') is published monthly. Each magazine includes a DVD disc ( NTSC Region 2) with video game footage. The magazine was originally called ''GameWave DVD''. At the debut of the PlayStation , ''PlayStation Tsushin'' was published, but later the magazine changed its name to ''Famitsu PS''. ALL TIME TOP 100 In March of 2006 Japanese '' Famitsu '' magazine readers voted on their 100 all-time favorite games. ( Full list ). The top ten games picked by fans were: # '' Final Fantasy X '' (2001) # '' Final Fantasy VII '' (1997) # '' Dragon Quest III '' (1988) # '' Dragon Quest VIII '' (2004) # '' Machi '' (1998) # '' Final Fantasy IV '' (1991) # '' Tactics Ogre '' (1995) # '' Final Fantasy III '' (1990) # '' Dragon Quest VII '' (2000) # '''' (1998) SCORING Famitsu is known worldwide for its harsh grading of current videogames. Video games are graded in Famitsu by a panel of four video game reviewers. Each reviewer gives a score from one to ten (ten being best). The scores of the four reviewers are then added up with a possible score of forty. Famitsu reviewers have long been considered unmercifully tough, though in recent years their average review scores have generally taken an upswing. Several recent Famitsu scores have been subject to controversy, and the magazine has been accused of "selling out" to appease advertisers and the larger entities in the industry, such as with their score for ( 1up.com news link ). However, it is still extremely difficult for a game to receive a perfect score of forty from Famitsu's reviewers. ''Famitsu Wave DVD'' does not grade video games. Only six games so far have received perfect scores: # '''' ( Nintendo , for Nintendo 64 ) # '' Soul Calibur '' ( Namco , for Dreamcast ) # '' Vagrant Story '' ( Squaresoft , for PlayStation ) # '''' (Nintendo, for Nintendo GameCube ) # '' Nintendogs '' (Nintendo, for Nintendo DS ) # '' Final Fantasy XII '' ( Square Enix , for Playstation 2 ) SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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