What game?Some JRPG from 1988 that I've never heard about
Dragon Ball: Daimaō Fukkatsu
Since its release, Dragon Ball has become one of the most successful manga and anime series of all time, with the manga sold in over 40 countries and the anime broadcast in more than 80 countries. The manga's 42 collected tankōbon volumes have over 160 million copies in circulation in Japan and 260 million in circulation worldwide, making it the third best-selling manga series.
Dragon Ball Z's Japanese run was very popular with an average viewer ratings of 20.5% across the series. Dragon Ball Z also proved to be a rating success in the United States, outperforming top shows such as Friends and The X-Files in some parts of the country in sweeps ratings during its first season. The premiere of season three of Dragon Ball Z in 1999, done by Funimation's in-house dub, was the highest-rated program ever at the time on Cartoon Network. In 2002, in the week ending September 22, Dragon Ball Z was the #1 program of the week on all of television with tweens 9-14, boys 9-14 and men 12-24, with the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday telecasts of Dragon Ball Z ranked as the top three programs in all of television, broadcast or cable, for delivery of boys 9-14.
It's hard to explain how insanely popular Dragon Ball Z was at the beginning of the millennium. Every single male born between about 1988 and 1995, here in Australia, watched it when it aired in the morning before school. It's a cultural touchstone for that age group almost on par with something like The Simpsons. Maybe South Park when it first aired and the WWF during the late 90s are a more direct comparison. It was just enormous and has enduring popularity.
Zelda and FF have crossover appeal in terms of demographics (i.e women) but never at any point did they come close to the appeal of DBZ at its peak to that young male demographic. You want to think more along the lines of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Grand Theft Auto 3 or Halo.Oh...Well, I never heard about, so I assumed it was rather obscure, and not something like FF or Zelda.