TANUKI: Pon's Summer Is 95 Percent Complete, CRITICAL REFLEX Says at Tokyo Game Show
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.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
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.
Development of 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 studio showed the game at BitSummit PUNCH months earlier, so the figure marks where the project sits after that stretch.
Shrine 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.
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