Anime fans baffled as unreleased rhythm game announces it's shutting down in just four months: "Why would you even launch it?"
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A mobile anime game has announced its upcoming English language release date - in the exact same post as the same game’s closure just a few months later.
And that brings us to today, where the game’s developersannouncedthat they had made the decision to close down the Japanese version of the game at the end of March. Accordingly, the global version will shut down in May, forcing the social media staff working on the global release to announce the game’s closure before it’s even released.
The reaction below that announcement is a mix of disappointment and disbelief. Sentiments along the lines of “Why would you even launch it?' abound, as do those pointing out the bizarre nature of announcing the launch and end of a game in the same tweet. There’s a third undercurrent to the responses, which suggests that Love Live! Games rarely tend to be long for this world, but even that doesn’t really explain a lifespan quite as short as this one.
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