The Japan Game Awards 2026 recently happened to kick off the annual Tokyo Game Show and it was a grand event with some well-deserved winners. The adorable and addictive Pokemon Pokopia took home the big award which was titled the Grand Award. Stellar games such as Pragmata won the Breakthrough Award and wonderfully animated The Super Mario Galaxy Movie won the Special Award. Here’s a list of the winners from The Japan Game Awards 2026:
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award
- Pokemon
Breakthrough Award
- Pragmata
Movement Award
- Meccha Chameleon
Game Designers Award
- Word Game
Special Award
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Award for Excellence
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Digimon Story: Time Stranger
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Ghost of Yotei
- Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road
- Kirby Air Riders
- Magical Girl Witch Trials
- Paranormasight: The Mermaid’s Curse
- Pokemon Pokopia
- Pragmata
- Resident Evil Requiem
- Silent Hill f
Grand Award
- Pokemon Pokopia
Two of my favourite games this year
Good, pokopia deserves it. I also like mecha chameleon was awarded, I tried out that game after the direct and it was pretty fun. It’s a very creative twist on hide and seek. I recommend it a ton.
Fire ebmelm is simply a disgusting franchise
If your going to troll, do it once in a while, not daily or weekly. It’s not triggering to anyone, it’s just tiring.
weak ragebait, very weak
How long do Incell batteries last? I still have my old Gameboy Advance I can use them with.
The mods on this site really need to wake up.
Like seriously, what are you all doing? There’s a troll or toxic incels on practically every article.
I have tried to ban him multiple times and it’s the same person doing it. Apologies, I do check the comments from time to time and try to clean them up best I am able, but I cannot spend all my time doing so.
Fungus needs his shrooms.
POKEMAN?!?! GRR RARRRR ANGRY NOISES
The game you can’t even own. That alone should discredit is value.
By that logic, movies in cinemas should be discredited and wouldn’t win an Oscar, because you only buy a ticket to see it. You also only own a license when you buy a dvd, a blu-ray, digital, or through streaming. I don’t know why people complain that much about game licenses when other media do the same for years.