The verified update
No official change has been published. September 24, 2026 remains consistent across the preorder announcement, first trailer announcement, news index, and current store listing.
This briefing isolates one part of the public record so that a player can act on the confirmed detail without mistaking a broad trailer, preorder listing, or product page for a complete specification.
What the source establishes
- Physical preorders opened on May 12 with a September 24 date.
- The June 18 trailer announcement repeated September 24.
- Natsume’s current product listing still shows the same date on July 29.
Why it matters now
The useful update is continuity: three first-party surfaces still agree, so players do not need to act on unsupported delay rumors.
For editorial tracking, this topic should be reviewed again when Natsume publishes another game-specific release, when a verified platform store exposes new metadata, or when launch-day testing can answer the remaining operational question.
What this update does not establish
This is a dated status check, not a guarantee against a future schedule change. A delay should only be reported after a publisher or platform notice.
No unannounced feature, value, route, schedule, performance target, item table, or story outcome has been inferred. The distinction is important because the game is still unreleased.
Primary evidence
Natsume official news index · source date 2026-07-29; independently reviewed 2026-07-29.