Xenoblade Genesis Keeps Climbing as Switch 2 RPGs Rule Famitsu Poll

The Famitsu most-wanted chart is the closest thing we have to a Japanese launch-window forecast, and the August 9, 2026 edition reads like a to-do list for Switch 2 owners. Pokemon Winds / Waves holds the top spot again with 588 votes, Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave holds second with 410, and Zelda: Ocarina of Time sits at #4 behind Persona 4 Revival. Further down, Xenoblade Genesis keeps moving up, hitting #8 after sitting at #10 in the previous poll.

For handheld players, this list splits neatly in two. The NS2 titles at the top are the games you’ll actually be playing on a commute or in bed over the next 18 months — Pokemon, Fire Emblem, Zelda, Xenoblade, Dragon Quest — with Winds & Waves dominating the Famitsu poll once again. The PS5-heavy middle (Persona 4 Revival, Persona 6, Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, GTA 6) is dock-and-dedicated-TV territory, and that’s exactly why the handheld-relevant signal here isn’t who’s at #1. It’s how many Switch 2 RPGs are crowding the top 10 at all.

Famitsu’s Top 10 Is a Switch 2 RPG Blockade

Four of the top eight slots belong to Switch 2 RPGs, and Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World makes it five if you count it — you should, because the vote split reveals how much Japanese players prefer handheld builds. The NS2 version drew 219 votes at #6, the Switch version took another 143 at #12, and together those two portable entries (362 votes) roughly triple the PS5 version’s 117 at #15. That’s a player base telling you monster-catching is a genre for your hands, not your living room TV.

Zelda: Ocarina of Time at #4 is the nostalgia vote, but it doubles as a portable-play statement. A remaster of an N64-era classic is polling above Final Fantasy 7 Revelation and GTA 6 because Japanese players want it on a device they can pick up and put down — the same use case that made Ocarina of Time 3D a system-selling handheld port back in 2011. The top of this chart isn’t just hype; it’s a purchase-intent map for handheld gaming in Japan.

Xenoblade Genesis at #8: The 2027 Portable Time Sink Arrives

Xenoblade Genesis climbing from #10 to #8 is a bigger signal than the raw vote count suggests — it had already hit the Famitsu top 10 as Switch 2 dominated the wishlist. Monolith Soft builds 80-plus-hour RPGs, and the series has a genuine handheld pedigree — Xenoblade Chronicles 3D on New 3DS, then two full mainline entries that became the default “one game for months” picks on the original Switch. Genesis polling this high before a 2027 launch tells you Japanese players already trust that Monolith’s scale will translate to Switch 2 portable sessions, where suspend-resume turns a sprawling open world into a series of 20-minute chunks on a commute.

The concrete takeaway: Pokemon Winds / Waves, Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, Ocarina of Time, Dragon Quest Monsters, and a rising Xenoblade Genesis mean the Switch 2’s next two years are effectively an RPG gauntlet. If you’re the kind of handheld player who lives inside one massive game at a time, the Famitsu chart is a warning — start clearing your save files now.