{"rewrite":{"id":"r_135104914b34ef904d87ccf5","clusterId":"c_d76c54e13cf3d7b2ec2ac93d","slug":"it-takes-paws-shows-two-player-rope-physics-at-tokyo-game-show-2026","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"It Takes Paws Shows Two-Player Rope Physics at Tokyo Game Show 2026","summary":"Awoo Studio's It Takes Paws is playable at the 2P Games booth at Tokyo Game Show 2026. Two players control a cat named Wufan and a dog named Bazahei, who carry their owner, a boy transformed into a floppy noodle human, as a rope between them. The pets cannot let go, so both players must coordinate jumps and swings, building centrifugal force to launch each other to distant platforms. The release date is undecided.","whyItMatters":"The demo puts cooperation ahead of solo play: a two-player action game where the shared object being controlled is also the obstacle, and physics mastery is the skill check.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe owner is the rope. Wufan holds one end, Bazahei holds the other, and neither pet can let go, so the boy in between moves only as fast as both players agree.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJumps fall short when the timing diverges. One player climbs a platform, spins the partner around, and uses the stored momentum to reach a distant ledge. The playtest covered stage-clearing only; the story was not shown. Awoo Studio has not set a release date.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Awoo Studio gives Wufan and Bazahei a release date of undecided, so the TGS demo is the only place to test whether two players can steer one noodle-shaped owner without dropping him.","twitterPost":"Awoo Studio's cat-and-dog rope team has no release date yet, so the TGS booth is the only place to learn if two players can coordinate the swing.","threadsPost":"Awoo Studio built It Takes Paws around a rope neither pet can let go of, which makes the owner the physics object rather than the player. With the release date still undecided, the TGS2026 booth is the only place to test if two people can aim that swing together.","newsletterBlurb":"At Tokyo Game Show 2026, Awoo Studio's It Takes Paws is running as a playable demo at the 2P Games booth. Two players control a cat and a dog who carry their transformed owner as a rope, and because the pets cannot let go, every jump and swing depends on both players moving together. The release date is undecided.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/024/G102451/20260919081/\",\"title\":\"Two Pets Use Their Owner as a Rope for a Big Adventure! 'It Takes Paws' Requires Two-Player Cooperation [TGS2026]\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4467,"outputTokens":588,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789834462,"createdAt":"2026-09-19T16:08:32.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-19T16:13:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-19T16:13:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_d76c54e13cf3d7b2ec2ac93d","canonicalTitle":"2匹のペットが，飼い主をロープ代わりにして大冒険！ 「It Takes Paws」は，プレイヤー2人の協力が必須だ［TGS2026］","representativeArticleId":"a_dac00b39e4ba447d596cf65f","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"It Takes Paws\"],\"studios\":[\"Awoo Studio\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-19T15:01:57.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-19T15:01:57.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-19T16:13:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/024/G102451/20260919081/","title":"2匹のペットが，飼い主をロープ代わりにして大冒険！ 「It Takes Paws」は，プレイヤー2人の協力が必須だ［TGS2026］"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["It Takes Paws"],"studios":["Awoo Studio"],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}