No to both I'm afraid.

Sonic the Hedgehog is correct.  It's technically the #2 top grossing movie this year in North America and nothing else is going to pass it because of COVID.

The Pikmin series does something great. It combines puzzle solving with real time strategy and all in a cute design, while the gameplay itself is still challenging. And I love the result, all three games, but I give this spot to the first entry.

The first game released on the Gamecube and was rereleased on Wii with adaptations in the controls to the Wiimote (called New Play Control). The game features captain Olimar, who crashes on a planet that looks incredibly like earth. His life support only keeps him alive for 30 days and after the crash he is missing parts of the spaceship. So he is out looking for the missing parts. And finds little creatures he plucks from the earth like a vegetable, but they have feet and follow him and follow his orders. He calls them Pikmin.

The Pikmin help him to find the missing parts of the ship that are often hid behind some sort of puzzle or a boss-fight. But he has also to look out for the Pikmin themself, if we gather food more Pikmin are produced which helps later on. Many creatures are eating Pikmin, so you have to fight them.

The graphic style look great as a replication of nature with Olimar and the Pikmin running around in this scenario. And did I mention everyone is about 2 centimeters big? Well, they are.

The game has two sequels now and a spin-off (Hey Pikmin!). This was a good start for a great franchise. I hope another entry is coming soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX4q6l8-_no

Hint time:

#37: Graveyard Keeper guessed by Kantor

#36: Assassins Creed Odyssey guessed by Jpcc86

#35: Dragon Quest Builders guessed by The_Liquid_Laser
First entry of a spinoff series to a famous RPG-series.
Instead of experience points you gain crafting recipes.

#34: Final Fantasy X guessed by The_Liquid_Laser
Compete in a league of watery ball sports by building a winning team and learn new moves.

Second hints:

40: Greece, Egypt, Norway, Atlantis. Guessed by Jpcc86 - Age of Mythology

39: This game initially featured the anthem of a rather shady historical government, but this was removed in later releases. Guessed by Jpcc86 - Wolfenstein 3D

38: The first game in the series to feature master tracks, where the previous two featured only covers. Guessed by Runa216 - Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

37: Because of your actions at the start of the game, your biggest enemy helps you survive just before you almost perish at the end.

Hint 2: Which is especially surprising since the one that helps is an infant.

36: I don't have many prequels and sequels in my list, especially not this close to each other, but this turn-based strategy game deserves it.

Hint 2: Besides the big decade long graphical difference, the biggest difference in gameplay is the fact that the main faction doesn’t consist of just one like in the newer game already featured in my list, but rather four, of which three are playable.

#44

-A retelling/a loose adaptation of the novel Journey to the West

-Set in a post-apocalyptic earth

-Monkey

#43

-Picks up 18 months after the events of the previous game, the main character is now a teacher at his old military school

-The story of the series surrounds the re-emergence of ancient, sentient war machines, one of which is piloted by the main character.

-Osborne, Ouroboros and the Gnomes working together

35. Monster Hunter Stories?

34. Final Fantasy X?

Monster Hunter Stories is wrong. But FFX is correct and I am surprised you got it from the description of the minigame blitzball

More Hints:

34. a. The title of this game references a city in a popular fantasy world.
b. The other part of this two word title refers to certain time periods.
c. This aliterative title is set in the Forgotten Realms.

33.  Two of the characters in this game are named after the font type used by their text.

Final Fantasy X is probably the only game I've personally played with a "water ball" type of game.  I'm sure there are others out there.  I just haven't played them.

EDIT: I just realized 35 is Dragon Quest Builders.