{"rewrite":{"id":"r_4f7ccf25f7b7a86c2d077183","clusterId":"c_6d113d0555c6e199a771251f","slug":"tanuki-pon-s-summer-is-95-percent-complete-critical-reflex-says-at-tokyo-game-show","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"TANUKI: Pon's Summer Is 95 Percent Complete, CRITICAL REFLEX Says at Tokyo Game Show","summary":"CRITICAL REFLEX brought TANUKI: Pon's Summer to Tokyo Game Show 2026 at Makuhari Messe, where the studio's Ari of DENKIWORKS said development is 95 percent complete. The game casts a tanuki courier on a BMX restoring a desolate shrine before the Tanuki Festival, repairing torii gates, chozuya purification pavilions, ema votive plaques, and komainu guardian dogs with funds from delivery work and errands.","whyItMatters":"A concrete completion figure at this stage of the show calendar puts the game near release, so the remaining work is polish and release planning rather than content.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eDevelopment of TANUKI: Pon\u0026#39;s Summer is 95 percent complete, DENKIWORKS\u0026#39; Ari said in an interview at the CRITICAL REFLEX booth during Tokyo Game Show 2026. The studio showed the game at BitSummit PUNCH months earlier, so the figure marks where the project sits after that stretch.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShrine restoration runs in stages, unlocking large objects such as torii gates, chozuya, ema, and komainu as Pon helps NPCs and expands the island. A minimap, a compass, and a navigation feature that shows routes have been added so players can find delivery destinations while landing BMX tricks.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"TANUKI: Pon's Summer is 95 percent done, but the shrine restoration is the delivery loop: torii gates, chozuya, ema and komainu are the progression currency, so the TANUKI Festival deadline is the game's actual clock.","twitterPost":"TANUKI: Pon's Summer ties shrine repair to courier pay: torii, chozuya, ema and komainu are bought, so the TANUKI Festival deadline drives the loop.","threadsPost":"TANUKI: Pon's Summer frames shrine restoration as the progression system. Funds from BMX courier work and errands pay for torii gates, chozuya, ema and komainu, so the TANUKI Festival is a deadline the player is racing, not a backdrop.","newsletterBlurb":"TANUKI: Pon's Summer is 95 percent complete, DENKIWORKS' Ari said in an interview at the CRITICAL REFLEX booth during Tokyo Game Show 2026. The game follows a tanuki courier on a BMX who restores a desolate shrine before the Tanuki Festival, repairing torii gates, chozuya, ema, and komainu. Ari said restoration happens in stages, unlocking those objects as Pon helps residents and the island opens up.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/09/23/172662.html\",\"title\":\"Restore a shrine while racing around on a BMX! CRITICAL REFLEX's cute new game 'TANUKI: Pon's Summer' is 95% complete, and the tanuki's 'summer' is nearly finished too【TGS2026】\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4683,"outputTokens":694,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791209239,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T14:03:51.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T14:06:11.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T14:06:11.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_6d113d0555c6e199a771251f","canonicalTitle":"BMXで駆け回りながら神社を復興！CRITICAL REFLEXのかわいい新作『TANUKI: Pon's Summer』は開発95％、タヌキの“夏”も完成間近【TGS2026】","representativeArticleId":"a_a3db3878fc92916a5af24e4b","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"TANUKI: Pon's Summer\"],\"studios\":[\"Critical Reflex\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-23T03:30:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-23T03:30:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T14:06:07.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/09/23/172662.html","title":"BMXで駆け回りながら神社を復興！CRITICAL REFLEXのかわいい新作『TANUKI: Pon's Summer』は開発95％、タヌキの“夏”も完成間近【TGS2026】"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["TANUKI: Pon's Summer"],"studios":["Critical Reflex"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}