If 2024 already felt like an unusually strong year for gaming, 2025 made it look like a warm-up act, and 2026 is shaping up to be even more ridiculous.
The upcoming calendar is stacked with major releases across every corner of the industry, including titles like Resident Evil Requiem, 007 First Light, Wolverine, and Crimson Desert, not to mention whatever unannounced projects are still waiting in the shadows.
Even Grand Theft Auto 6 remains a looming wildcard that could completely reshape the year if Rockstar sticks to its timeline (or delays it again).
What Does Japan’s Latest “Most Wanted Games” List Say?
With excitement at an all-time high, it makes sense that gamers are already choosing their front-runners — and in Japan, the top picks are more surprising than expected.
Famitsu’s latest “most wanted games” reader poll shows that Japan’s most anticipated title for 2026 isn’t Pokémon, and it isn’t Dragon Quest, but rather Capcom’s long-awaited sci-fi mystery game Pragmata.
In the newest list, Pragmata claims the #1 slot with 673 votes, beating Pokémon Pokopia in second place with 647.
Here’s Famitsu’s current top 10, as voted by readers:
- Pragmata – 673
- Pokémon Pokopia – 647
- Resident Evil Requiem (PS5) – 557
- Dragon Quest VII Reimagined (SW2) – 514
- Dragon Quest VII Reimagined (SW) – 482
- Dragon Quest VII Reimagined (PS5) – 387
- Persona 4 Revival (PS5) – 323
- Tomodachi Life – 286
- Fire Emblem Fortune’s Weave – 265
- Mario Tennis Fever – 254.
What makes Pragmata’s win particularly notable is how long it has carried this “high intrigue” aura — the game was first revealed years ago during the original PlayStation 5 era with an early release target, only to miss that window, get delayed again, and eventually slip into an indefinite wait that made some players wonder if it would ever come out at all.
Even so, Pragmata remained a source of curiosity, partly because Capcom revealed just enough to keep fans theorizing about its direction, tone, and how its unique hacking mechanics might actually function in gameplay.
Now, with its release finally starting to feel real and interest holding steady for years, Pragmata topping Famitsu’s reader rankings feels like the payoff to a long-running hype cycle.
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