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RTA in Japan Winter 2026 Announces 90 Accepted Games

The accepted list is a snapshot of which games the speedrunning community currently treats as worth a slot, and this year that set runs from a July 2026 release to CD-era Tengai Makyou ZERO.

Key Facts

  • RTA in Japan Winter 2026 runs from December 25 to 31 at Bellsalle Iidabashi First in Tokyo.
  • The organizer announced 90 accepted games for RTA in Japan Winter 2026 on October 18.
  • The detailed game schedule for RTA in Japan Winter 2026 is set to be announced on October 25.
  • Super Mario 64 will be run blindfolded in a 9 Stars category at RTA in Japan Winter 2026.
  • Donkey Kong 64 will be played for a 0.0% (Low%) completion at RTA in Japan Winter 2026.

Reporting from 5 sources: Automaton, Denfaminicogamer, GameBusiness.jp, Inside, and 1 more.

RTA in Japan Winter 2026 Announces 90 Accepted Games

RTA in Japan announced on October 18 the accepted and backup games for its winter event, which will run from December 25 to 31 at Bellsalle Iidabashi First in Tokyo. The lineup spans 90 titles, from recent releases such as Hollow Knight: Silksong, Silent Hill f, Donkey Kong Bananza and Kirby Air Riders to older games including Doom 64, Clock Tower 2, Shadowgate and Tengai Makyou ZERO. Nintendo titles are back in number after a summer 2025 event with no Nintendo games accepted, with The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Twilight Princess HD, Pokemon Sword and Metroid Prime Remastered on the list. The unusual categories carry the attention: Super Mario 64 gets a blindfolded 9-star run, Donkey Kong 64 gets a 0.0% low-percentage attempt, The Legend of Zelda 1 gets a swordless first quest, Resident Evil Village gets a VR mode run without glitches, and New Super Mario Bros. Wii gets a four-runner race. The detailed schedule is set for October 25.

The winter event runs seven days at Bellsalle Iidabashi First, and the schedule that assigns each game its slot is not out yet. Accepted games are marked in orange on the organizer's list and backups in green, so some of the announced titles will only run if a slot opens.

The spread of platforms and release years is wide. Final Fantasy XVI and Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles sit alongside Civilization VII, Bayonetta 2, Monster Hunter 4G and Wabisabi Sushi Derby, which came out in July 2026. On the older end there are Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim and Mega Man Battle Network 4.

The unusual categories are not one-offs. Time Crisis 2 gets a single-controller ammo restriction, Animal Crossing: New Horizons gets a credits run, and multiple runners are listed for Donkey Kong Bananza, Resident Evil Gaiden and Wabisabi Sushi Derby. Runner Bubzia, who is set for the blindfolded Super Mario 64 run, wrote on social media that blindfolded Super Mario 64 was how they got into RTA in Japan.

  • Super Mario 64: Blindfolded 9 Stars category
  • Donkey Kong 64: 0.0% (Low%) completion attempt
  • The Legend of Zelda 1: Swordless First Quest
  • Resident Evil Village: VR Mode NG Glitchless
  • The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
  • The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
  • New Super Mario Bros. Wii: Four-runner race
  • Donkey Kong Bananza: Multiple runners
  • Kirby Air Riders
  • Pokemon Sword
  • Metroid Prime Remastered
  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Credits category
  • Time Crisis 2: Single_Controller_Ammo category
  • Hollow Knight: Silksong
  • Silent Hill f
  • Monster Hunter 4G
  • Bayonetta 2
  • Civilization VII
  • Final Fantasy XVI
  • Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
  • Wabisabi Sushi Derby: Released July 2026; multiple runners
  • Doom 64
  • Clock Tower 2
  • Shadowgate
  • Tengai Makyou ZERO
  • Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
  • Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim
  • Mega Man Battle Network 4
  • Resident Evil Gaiden: Multiple runners

Synthesized by Yomimono from the 5 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.

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