{"rewrite":{"id":"r_0a39930058c20ebe394a3e7b","clusterId":"c_960727b8edc2dbd1a7178d40","slug":"zakuzaku-games-shows-rd-no-enkaku-suiri-trial-at-tgs-2026-with-adjusted-difficulty","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"ZakuZaku Games Shows RD no Enkaku Suiri Trial at TGS 2026 with Adjusted Difficulty","summary":"At Tokyo Game Show 2026, ZakuZaku Games held a stage event for RD no Enkaku Suiri, its desktop suspense game set for release within 2026 on PS5 and Switch. Original concept supervisor Takemaru Abiko, producer Manmaru, and director Koichi Tsuruta played the trial version and explained how D-Words work. The TGS build was adjusted after last year's survey, where players called it immersive but too difficult.","whyItMatters":"The studio is spending a second Tokyo Game Show on the same 2026 release window, and the fix it is showing off targets the one complaint that could sink a deduction game: players who never find the thread.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe stage event ran on September 18 with Abiko, producer Manmaru, and director Koichi Tsuruta playing through the trial build while MC Miyu Hosoya fielded questions. The game casts the player as someone at a PC, hunting a missing younger sister through a browser called Glome, SNS, and phone calls. Clues are collected as D-Words, and combining them opens new information, but hoarding too many makes deduction harder, so the player has to choose what to investigate. A bad ending is reachable depending on how the investigation goes. The setting is Nagano Prefecture, with real local places, companies, and programs cooperating on production.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"RD no Enkaku Suiri reworked its TGS 2026 trial after players called the earlier build too difficult, so the demo now reflects survey feedback rather than the difficulty the game ships with.","twitterPost":"RD no Enkaku Suiri's TGS 2026 demo was retuned for difficulty, so players are judging a build that will not match the shipped game.","threadsPost":"RD no Enkaku Suiri rebuilt its trial around last year's survey, where players called it immersive but too difficult. That makes the TGS 2026 demo a response to feedback rather than a preview of how hard RD no Enkaku Suiri actually ships on PS5 and Switch.","newsletterBlurb":"ZakuZaku Games brought RD no Enkaku Suiri back to Tokyo Game Show, with Takemaru Abiko, producer Manmaru, and director Koichi Tsuruta playing the trial version on stage. The build was retuned after last year's survey, where players found it immersive but too difficult. The desktop detective game is set in Nagano Prefecture and is scheduled for release within 2026 on PS5 and Switch.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/949/G094915/20260918024/\",\"title\":\"Abiko Takemaru, Who Handles Original Concept and Full Supervision for \\\"RD no Enkaku Suiri,\\\" and Others Introduce the Latest Information at a Stage Event; a TGS 2026 Trial Version with Adjusted Difficulty and Time Allocation Will Be Exhibited [TGS2026]\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4781,"outputTokens":701,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789708464,"createdAt":"2026-09-18T05:08:59.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-18T05:13:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-18T05:13:21.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_960727b8edc2dbd1a7178d40","canonicalTitle":"「RDの遠隔推理」，原案・全面監修を手掛ける我孫子武丸氏らがステージイベントで最新情報を紹介。難度や時間配分を調整したTGS 2026試遊版を出展［TGS2026］","representativeArticleId":"a_d973f1702e1d6a933179933f","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"RD no Enkaku Suiri\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Takemaru Abiko\"],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-18T04:12:02.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-18T04:12:02.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-18T05:13:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/949/G094915/20260918024/","title":"「RDの遠隔推理」，原案・全面監修を手掛ける我孫子武丸氏らがステージイベントで最新情報を紹介。難度や時間配分を調整したTGS 2026試遊版を出展［TGS2026］"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["RD no Enkaku Suiri"],"studios":[],"people":["Takemaru Abiko"],"type":"event","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}