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Game entry

Faxanadu

1987 · Metroidvania, Action RPG, Platformer, Action-adventure, Sandbox · NES, Wii · Hudson Soft

Faxanadu holds position no. 4,782 in the world ranking on GameForever, with 1,341 ELO points and 26% of duels won out of 80 played. Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance is the rival it has faced most: 3 duels, 0 wins and 3 losses. Measured against its own family, it climbs to no. 27 out of 27 (1987).

World rank

no. 4,782

ELO score

1,341

Wins

26%

Duels played

80

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About Faxanadu

Faxandu is for the Famicom and NES. The name was licensed by Falcom and was developed and released in Japan in 1987. Nintendo also released the game to the world market in 1990. It can be considered a side-story of Xanadu, which is the second installment of Falcom's long-running RPG series, Dragon Slayer. The title is a combination of "Famicom" and "Xanadu"

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,341 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Faxanadu sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 4,779 No More Heroes III 1,342
  2. 4,780 Insaniquarium! Deluxe 1,342
  3. 4,781 Armello 1,341
  4. 4,782 Faxanadu 1,341
  5. 4,783 Cairn 1,341
  6. 4,784 GeoGuessr 1,341
  7. 4,785 NHL 19 1,341

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The standing

Where Faxanadu ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Faxanadu stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 27 out of 27 (1987).

Where Faxanadu ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 4,782 5,035
Metroidvania 89 95
1980s 149 155
1987 27 27

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