# All 30 games with a perfect 40/40 in Famitsu's Cross Review

In Weekly Famitsu's famous Cross Review, only 30 games had received a perfect 40 – a 10 from each of the four reviewers – as of May 2025, from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in 1998 to Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth in 2024. They are listed in chronological order with year, platform and publisher. The series with the most perfect scores is The Legend of Zelda, with five.

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## Top 30

1. **The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1998, Nintendo 64 (Nintendo). The first perfect score in the history of the Cross Review.
2. **Vagrant Story** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2000, PlayStation (Square).
3. **Nintendogs** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2005, Nintendo DS (Nintendo).
4. **Final Fantasy XII** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2006, PlayStation 2 (Square Enix).
5. **Super Smash Bros. Brawl** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2008, Wii (Nintendo).
6. **Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2008, PlayStation 3 (Konami).
7. **Pokémon Black and White** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2010, Nintendo DS (Nintendo and The Pokémon Company).
8. **The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2011, Wii (Nintendo).
9. **Final Fantasy XIII-2** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2011, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 (Square Enix).
10. **JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2013, PlayStation 3 (Namco Bandai).
11. **Monster Hunter Tri** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 2009, Wii (Capcom).
12. **Soulcalibur** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1999, Dreamcast (Namco).
13. **The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2003, GameCube (Nintendo).
14. **428: Shibuya Scramble** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2008, Wii (Sega). The only visual novel ever to receive a perfect score.
15. **Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2009, Nintendo DS (Square Enix).
16. **Bayonetta** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2009, Xbox 360 (Sega). Only the Xbox 360 version got a perfect score; the PS3 version got 38.
17. **New Super Mario Bros. Wii** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2009, Wii (Nintendo).
18. **Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2010, PSP (Konami).
19. **The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2011, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 (Bethesda). The first non-Japanese game to get a perfect score.
20. **Yakuza 5** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2012, PlayStation 3 (Sega).
21. **Grand Theft Auto V** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2013, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 (Rockstar Games).
22. **Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2015, PS4, PS3, Xbox One and Xbox 360 (Konami).
23. **The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2017, Nintendo Switch and Wii U (Nintendo).
24. **Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2017, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo 3DS (Square Enix).
25. **Death Stranding** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2019, PlayStation 4 (Sony Interactive Entertainment).
26. **Ghost of Tsushima** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2020, PlayStation 4 (Sony Interactive Entertainment).
27. **The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2023, Nintendo Switch (Nintendo).
28. **Street Fighter 6** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2023, PS5, PS4 and Xbox Series X\|S (Capcom).
29. **Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2024, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X\|S and Xbox One (Sega).
30. **Kid Icarus: Uprising** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 2012, Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo).

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