The only one that throws me off in the list is FFV. I can see FFI being pretty damn high considering how most gamers are nostalgic at heart but FFV being so high on the list just throws me off cause it always felt like one of the more overlooked entries. Then again FFXII referenced the hell out of that game. Still, if it ranked that high, you would think a remake would be talked about more...

XII being so low doesn't surprise me, they whined and bitched way more than anyone else did. The game is actually regarded better in the West than in it's homeland. VI and VIII are also titles I've always felt were appreciated more by Western audiences.

VI specifically has two stories, one by Nomura who said he was disappointed that fans were still talking about IV's cast over the recently released VI, and then said he would build a cast that would be remembered as much as IV's. Later story was an interview in PSM magazine when IX was coming out, Sakeguchi said that VII was the first success for the series in the Western market and the interviewer corrected him by pointing out that VI had also done rather well in the West and was highly regarded by Western fans, in which Sakeguchi was rather surprised to hear this info.