We’re virtually midway by the yr, and it looks like Change 2 shifted up a gear within the video games division.
Whereas Nintendo has been cranking out its first-party choices on the common month-to-month cadence, third events have been placing out good video games, too, together with spectacular ports and day-and-date cross-platform releases. Capcom, specifically, has had a hell of a 2026, and we’re solely six months in.
Now that the yr’s loading bar is (virtually) at 50%, let’s spherical up Staff NL and discover out their standout video games thus far – and the video games they have lined up of their respective catch-up queues within the coming months…
Finest Video games of 2026 So Far – Nintendo Life
Oh, Jimmy… (Alana Hagues, deputy editor)
By the point you are studying this, my daughter will likely be right here, (hopefully) quick asleep and dreaming of all issues pretty. So after I take into consideration 2026 thus far, I take into consideration her, and I take into consideration Pokopia. Everybody loves Pokopia. I’ve stored coming again to it within the months since I reviewed it and I find it irresistible just a little bit extra each time, regardless of my gripes with the controls and the grind on the finish. This would be the recreation on the prime of my playtime this yr, I believe.
However, in actuality, the perfect recreation I performed in 2026 truly got here out in 2018 elsewhere: Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass. A tough suggestion, however some of the poignant RPGs I’ve ever performed, the place every little thing has a objective. I’ve cried quite a bit this yr, however nothing has made me blub fairly like Jimmy’s adventures in his dream world.
Catch-up queue: Psst, ask me about The Adventures of Elliot and Mina the Hollower after I’m much less sleep-deprived.
