The study was conducted by Yahtzee Craze and looked at the top trending franchises by each state. The study found that Star Wars was the top searched video game franchises in seven states, with fans looking up things about games like Star Wars Jedi and LEGO Star Wars. Super Mario took away second place by being the most-searched game in five states, whereas Pokemon and Spider-Man tied for third place.

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Other big gaming franchises featured on the list include Call of Duty and Resident Evil, which both took the top crown in three states each. Various other video game franchises appear on the list as well, with Madden NFL and Warhammer 40,000 being the most-searched in two states, and the rest all taking home one state each.

Alabama - Mario Bros. Alaska - Pokemon Arizona - Red Dead Arkansas - Warhammer 40,000 California - The Last of Us Colorado - Star Wars Jedi Connecticut - Spider-Man Delaware - Mario Series Florida - Assassin’s Creed Georgia - The Last of Us Hawaii - Pokemon Idaho - Halo Illinois - Spider-Man Indiana - LEGO Iowa - Madden NFL Kansas - FIFA Kentucky - Among Us Louisiana - Resident Evil Maine - Halo Maryland - The Elder Scrolls Massachusetts - LEGO Star Wars Michigan - FIFA Minnesota - New World Mississippi - GTA Missouri - N/A Montana - Pokemon Nebraska - Star Wars Nevada - Super Mario Bros. New Hampshire - Star Wars New Jersey - Sonic the Hedgehog New Mexico - Star Wars New York - Call of Duty North Carolina - Uncharted North Dakota - Star Wars Ohio - Battlefield Oklahoma - Resident Evil Oregon - Spider-Man Pennsylvania - Spider-Man Rhode Island - Pokemon South Carolina - Call of Duty South Dakota - Warhammer 40,000 Tennessee - The Witcher Texas - Mario Bros. Utah - Far Cry Vermont - Madden NFL Virginia - Batman: Arkham Washington - Resident Evil West Virginia - Star Wars Wisconsin - Call of Duty Wyoming - Super Mario Bros.

While Google Trends can give a decent indication of what fans are interested in, one could argue that it would make more sense to look at sales data. One could also point out that it’s not necessarily fair to compare franchises like Star Wars and Spider-Man to other video games. After all, Star Wars is primarily a film franchise while Spider-Man is a comic book franchise. It would be interesting to see what the results would have been had they been removed, and the study focused exclusively on pure video game franchises.

Otherwise, there aren’t many surprises in the list. Call of Duty, Pokemon, Resident Evil, and Super Mario are some of the longest-running and most popular video game franchises of all time, so it makes sense that they would appear frequently on a list like this.

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Source: Yahtzee Craze