Mail delivery adventure game Tanuki: Pon’s Summer announced for Switch

Publisher Critical Reflex and developer Denkiworks are working together on Tanuki: Pon’s Summer, the two sides announced today. Although the project has been confirmed for Switch, no release window has been shared currently.

Tanuki: Pon’s Summer is a mail delivery adventure game. Players will control Pon, who needs to restore the shrine before summer ends.

Learn more about the game in the following overview:

BMX your way into the hearts of all the townsfolk as a mail delivery Tanuki: Pon’s Summer! You’ve got one month to save up enough to restore the shrine for the Great Tanuki Festival. Deliver packages, compete in sports, make sushi, and much much more in Tanuki: Pon’s Summer!

Key Features

• Deliver Packages – BMX your way into the hearts of all the townsfolk as a mail delivery Tanuki! You’ve got one month to save up enough to restore the shrine for the Great Tanuki Festival. Deliver packages and complete other jobs around the village as a part-time mailman.
• Activities – As you build up friendship and loyalty with the inhabitants, they’ll invite you to a wide range of sports and activities: baseball, work in a bar, fishing, sumo-wrestling, bug catching. Take part to unlock items and rewards that will help with the shrine’s restoration.
• Restore the Shrine to Former Glory – Build, upgrade and decorate the shrine with the money and items you earn through deliveries and activities. Get the shrine ready for the festival at the end of summer!
• Enjoy Your Summer in Japan – …lovingly inspired by Kyoto, Aomori, Sapporo, and Beppu. Each with their own quests and objectives.

Get a look at a trailer for Tanuki: Pon’s Summer below.

Reveal Trailer

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