Japanese gamers just told the West to keep its open-world crime fantasies — Pokémon Winds/Waves is still king with 569 votes in the latest Famitsu poll, running laps around everything else. Persona 6 pulled 477 for second, Ocarina of Time remake hit 445 in third, Persona 4 Revival took fourth at 416, and FF7 Revelation scraped 323 in fifth. GTA 6 only managed sixth with 244 votes, getting bodied by multiple JRPGs and Switch 2 titles.[[1]](https://ixbt.games/en/news/2026/09/28/438736-gta-vi-daze-ne-v-troike-iaponcy-nazvali-samye-ozidaemye-igry.html)[[2]](https://otakukart.com/pokemon-winds-waves-leads-famitsus-most-wanted-games-poll-in-japan-while-gta-6-ranks-sixth/)
Nintendo Switch 2 software dominates the top ten, with Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World, Final Fantasy Resonance, and Xenoblade Genesis all crowding in ahead of any big Western imports. The poll ran September 2–8, 2026, and the gap shows Japanese priorities stay locked on familiar franchises and portable hardware rather than Rockstar's spectacle.[[3]](https://se7en.ws/japanese-gamers-rank-most-anticipated-games-excluding-gta-6-from-top-three/?lang=en)
Western hype for GTA 6 doesn't translate here — the poll's been consistent across multiple cycles with Pokémon leading and GTA hovering mid-pack or lower. Japanese readers keep voting with their wallets and nostalgia, not trailer counts.
