The level of anticipation was measured on a scale of 1 to 10, with a 10 meaning "Reserve your copy now before it's too late" and a 1 meaning "Just hope your parents didn't replace the copy of FF IV they couldn't find with Balls of Fury." Keep in mind these ratings have nothing to do with the quality of the game, but rather the anticipated sales.

For the NDS:

Final Fantasy IV

Sakurai-san - 10
Murakami-san - 10
Retailers - 8

Comments: Based on the strength of the Final Fantasy name and the market penetration of the NDS, both analysts expect FF IV to sell at least a million copies.

Dragon Quest IV

Sakurai-san - 10
Murakami-san - 10
Retailers - 10

Comments: Based on the strength of the Dragon Quest name, the market penetration of the NDS and the strong sales of DQ Monsters Joker, both analysts expect DQ IV to sell at least a million copies.

Final Fantasy Tactics A2

Sakurai-san - 10
Murakami-san - 10
Retailers - 8.5

Comments: Based on the strength of the Final Fantasy name and the market penetration of the NDS, both analysts expect FF Tactics A2 to sell at least a 500,000 copies.

Mario Party DS

Sakurai-san - 10
Murakami-san - 10
Retailers - 9

Comments: Based on the strength of the Mario Party brand and the market penetration of the NDS, both analysts expect Mario Party DS to sell at least a million copies.

Tales Of Innocence

Sakurai-san - 8
Murakami-san - 8
Retailers - 7

Comments: Based on the sales of Tales of Tempest and the fact that the game will be competing with games like Final Fantasy IV this year, Murakami-san expects Tales of Innocence to sell at least 200,000 copies.

Layton no Kyouju to Akuma no Hako

Sakurai-san - 9
Murakami-san - 10
Retailers - 9

Comments: Because of the strong sales of the first game and the excitement generated at the Tokyo Game Show, the analysts expect this game to outsell its predecessor.

For the PSP:

Star Ocean 1 First Departure

Sakurai-san - 8
Murakami-san - 7
Retailers - 8

Comments: Although years have passed since the original was released on the Super Famicom, with the help of the series' strong fan base and the fact that the game contains animated cut scenes with full voice support will help this game sell well.

Anata wo Yurusanai

Sakurai-san - 7
Murakami-san - 6
Retailers - 6

Comments: Despite the development star power behind this game, given the lack of brand recognition for this novel-type adventure game sales may be lackluster.

Minna no Golf Portable 2

Sakurai-san - 10
Murakami-san - 10
Retailers - 9

Comments: Riding the wave of popularity of the new slim PSP, the sequel should out perform its predecessor and sell about 500,000 copies.

Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories

Sakurai-san - 7.5
Murakami-san - 7
Retailers - 7

Comments: Analysts expect this game to sell a little better than Liberty Stories, which sold about 110,000 copies, but not as well as the PS2 version of the game which sold about 400,000 copies.

For the PS3:

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue

Sakurai-san - 10
Murakami-san - 10
Retailers - 10

Comments: This will be the PS3's first killer app and you can expect between 800,000 and 1 million sales.

Metal Gear Solid 4

Sakurai-san - 10
Murakami-san - 10
Retailers - 10

Comments: This long-selling franchise should sell well based on the strength of its fan base.

Rachet & Clank FUTURE

Sakurai-san - 8
Murakami-san - 7
Retailers - 7

Comments: You can expect this game to sell as well as the last game in the series.

Shin Sangoku Musou 5

Sakurai-san - 9.5
Murakami-san - 9.5
Retailers - 10

Comments: Given the lack of an installed user base for the PS3 and the drop in popularity for this series, the analysts only expect the game to sell around 300,000 copies.

For the PS2:

Winning Eleven 2008

Sakurai-san - 10
Murakami-san - 10
Retailers - 10

Comments: This game should sell about the same as the previous title in the series - about a million copies.

SD Gundam G Generation Spirits

Sakurai-san - 9.5
Murakami-san - 8
Retailers - 9

Comments: This game should sell between 300,000 to 500,000 copies.

Super Robot Taisen OG Gaiden

Sakurai-san - 9.5
Murakami-san - 8
Retailers - 8

Comments: Based on the sales of the previous installment and the established fan base, this game should sell between 300,000 to 500,000 copies.

For the Nintendo Wii:

Super Mario Galaxy

Sakurai-san - 10
Murakami-san - 10
Retailers - 10

Comments: Given the brand recognition of Mario, the analysts expect 50% of all of Wii owners to buy this game, which translates to 1.5 to 2 million in sales.

Bio Hazard Umbrella Chronicles

Sakurai-san - 10
Murakami-san - 10
Retailers - 8

Comments: Given the fact that this game will come packaged with the Wii Zapper should translate to strong sales of 500,000 to 600,000 units.

No More Heroes

Sakurai-san - 7.5
Murakami-san - 7.5
Retailers - 7

Comments: Given the fact that this is an original property, sales will really depend on the effectiveness of advertising and the creator's fan support.

Wii Fit

Sakurai-san - 10
Murakami-san - 10
Retailers - 8

Comments: This is the follow up killer app to Wii Sports. Expect this game to be very popular amongst female gamers and sell anywhere from 1.5 to 2.5 million copies.

For the Xbox 360:

Lost Odyssey

Sakurai-san - 10
Murakami-san - 10
Retailers - 10

Comments: This will probably end up being the best selling XBOX 360 game to date.

Ace Combat 6

Sakurai-san - 9
Murakami-san - 9
Retailers - 7

Comments: Competing for the 360 gamer's yen, this game will lose out to Lost Odyssey and sell only 100,000 to 200,000 copies.

Virtual Fighter 5

Sakurai-san - 7
Murakami-san - 7
Retailers - 6

Comments: Given the fact that this game supports online play, a first in the series, there should be pretty good support for this title.

Assassin's Creed

Sakurai-san - 7
Murakami-san - 6
Retailers - 6

Comments: Sales of this game will likely be low given the small installed user base of the 360 in Japan.