{"rewrite":{"id":"r_596e3dfe1aa1c9906141ac36","clusterId":"c_32091d8f095bf555c8a7fecb","slug":"rta-in-japan-winter-2026-adopts-90-games-from-silent-hill-f-to-swordless-zelda","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"RTA in Japan Winter 2026 Adopts 90 Games, From SILENT HILL f to Swordless Zelda","summary":"The incorporated association RTA in Japan published the adopted and backup titles for RTA in Japan Winter 2026 on October 18. The event runs December 25 to 31 at Bellsalle Iidabashi First in Tokyo, with the per-game timetable set to be announced October 25. The adopted lineup covers about 90 games and stretches across release years and platforms. Recent releases include Silent Hill f, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Donkey Kong Bananza, Kirby Air Riders, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Final Fantasy XVI, Civilization VII, and Wabisabi Sushi Derby, which came out in July 2026. Nintendo titles are well represented this time, with The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD, Pokemon Sword, and Metroid Prime Remastered on the list. Older games also appear: Doom 64, Clock Tower 2, Shadowgate, Tengai Makyou ZERO, Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim, and Mega Man Battle Network 4. The categories range from a blindfolded 9-star run of Super Mario 64 to a low-percentage run of Donkey Kong 64.","whyItMatters":"A summer with no Nintendo games in the lineup drew attention, and the winter list answers that with a broad Nintendo slate alongside recent releases, so the adoption list itself is the story rather than any single entry.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe announcement came as a graphic that colors adopted titles orange and backup titles green, so the community got the full board in one look rather than a drip of confirmations. Game Spark counts the lineup at 90 games and frames the spread as new releases sitting beside nostalgic picks; the same piece notes the summer 2025 event had no Nintendo work accepted, which makes the Zelda and Pokemon and Metroid entries the read to watch.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of the oddest categories carry the most interest. Super Mario 64 gets a blindfolded 9-star run, a format the runner has used before in RTA in Japan, and Donkey Kong 64 gets a 0.0 percent low-percentage attempt. Resident Evil Village is listed as a VR Mode NG Glitchless run. Time Crisis 2 gets a Single_Controller_Ammo category. New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Donkey Kong Bananza, Resident Evil Gaiden, and Wabisabi Sushi Derby are scheduled as races with multiple runners. 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The event is treating execution difficulty, not release date, as the sorting principle.","twitterPost":"Super Mario 64 blindfolded and Donkey Kong 64 low-percentage share one RTA in Japan Winter 2026 lineup sorted by execution, not era.","threadsPost":"RTA in Japan Winter 2026 pairs a blindfolded 9-star Super Mario 64 run with a low-percentage Donkey Kong 64 run in the same 90-game slate. The lineup admits recent releases like SILENT HILL f and older titles like Doom 64 on one criterion: how hard the run is to execute, not when the game came out.","newsletterBlurb":"RTA in Japan has published the adopted list for its winter event, a 90-game spread that reaches from Silent Hill f and Silksong back to Doom 64 and Shadowgate. The schedule lands October 25, with the event itself running December 25 to 31 in Tokyo.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261018i\",\"title\":\"RTA in Japan Winter 2026 Adopted Games Announced: Blindfolded Super Mario 64 RTA, Touhou Chireiden Lunatic Score Attack, and More Varied Challenges\"},{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/18/173770.html\",\"title\":\"Annual year-end event \\\"RTA in Japan Winter 2026\\\" accepted games announced! 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