New games are released every day in the smartphone app market. On the other hand, there are many games where the service ends, despite the regret of various circumstances.
Also on gamebiz is an article about the end of service (Related information) is being featured.
After reading these articles, I wondered, "Is it going to be over in a few months?", but I didn't follow the game from the time it was announced until the service was over.
Therefore, gamebiz presents the "service end, that moment" in which the game is present at the moment when the service ends and tells us what happened in the game.
This time, we will be picking up Mynet Games' Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Life (hereafter referred to as "Higurashi Mikoto"), which ended at 6pm on February 27th, 2025.
◆Mynet Games "Higurashi Mei"（Since 2020 to 2025）
First, let's take a look at the overview of "Higurashi Michi."
This is a smartphone game app based on the popular work "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni," based on the original work by Ryukishi 07. D-Techno began service on September 3, 2020, and operating rights were transferred to Mynet Games on December 16, 2022.
The service ended about four and a half years after the service was launched.
◆Looking back at the history from the title announcement to the end of service
Next, let's look back at the history since the release of "Higurashi Mei."
On July 31, 2020, Di Techno released a teaser site for "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Life" and also began pre-registration.
The teaser site features content fans are hoping for forewarned for the release, including the synopsis of "Higurashi Mei," the characters, the PV, and comments from Ayane, who sings the song "Frustration," and Sakuraba Tomo, who is in charge of producing the battle background music.
On August 31, 2020, one month after the teaser site was released, it announced that pre-registration will begin on the App Store and Google Play, and that the release date has been decided on September 3rd.
On September 2, 2020, the day before its release, the App Store was available for pre-downloading, but Google Play was delayed in the store's reflection. (Related Articles）
Still, as planned, Higurashi Michi began officially on September 3, 2020. The number of pre-registered users exceeded 100,000.
Although the initial performance required emergency maintenance to increase server load due to the increased server load, it ranked 50th in the App Store sales ranking (game category) at 9am on September 7th, 2020, four days after its release, making it within the top 50 range. It also ranked 54th on Google Play as of September 12, 2020.
On September 25th, 2020, it was announced that its users had exceeded 200,000. From there, we will be implementing pick-up gacha to coincide with in-game events, implementing new content such as "secret areas exploration" and "club activities expedition", and implementing measures tailored to the season, such as Christmas, New Year's, Setsubun, Valentine's Day, and Hinamatsuri. They entertained users with a variety of mechanisms.
▲On December 11, 2020, to commemorate the launch of the TV commercial for "Higurashi Mei" broadcast, 1,500 Oniishi were given to all users.
▲The first live broadcast of "Higurashi Mei" was streamed on February 9th, 2021.
In addition, Higurashi Meito has also held collaborations with various works, including the OVAs "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira", "Sanrio Characters", "Senki Zesshou Symphogear XD", "STEINS;GATE", "CLANNAD", "Uminekono Naku Koro ni", "Kanon", and "Senran Kagura".
▲The manga collaboration features a new limited edition card drawn by Akase Tomato from the comic adaptation of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Go."
▲This is a new limited edition card drawn by Kito En from the manga collaboration, from the comic adaptation of "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Oni Sensei Edition."
One of the turning points in the history of "Higurashi Memorial" is that Mynet Games has acquired the right to operate this game from Di Techno, announced on December 16th, 2022.
According to an article at the time, Mynet Games has been under contract for management of Higurashi Meito since June 1, 2021, and has been recognized for its stable operation for over a year, and this decision has been reached. (Related Articles）
After that, Higurashi Meito continued to operate by Mynet Games to satisfy fans, but it was announced on January 17th, 2025 that the service for this game would end at 6pm on February 27th, 2025.
◆Play for a week in advance... I'll be watching the beauty of the end (the end of the sam)
Now that we have provided you with the process from the announcement of "Higurashi Mei" to the decision to end the service, we will deliver a digest of the play records you logged in from February 21, 2025, one week before the service ends.
Before that, even if I knew it, the plating would peel off quickly, so to be honest, I have not passed through Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, the original work of Higurashi Mikoto, or the series.
However, in 2002, when "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" was released as a doujin game, I was also a new member of the author, working as an editor for a game media, so I knew the existence of the work.
Game titles have been released for home use including PlayStation 2-4, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Vita, and Nintendo Switch, and the media mix is incredible, including novels, novels, anime, live-action works.
"Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" is a very popular work. This is something everyone will admit, and there is no objection.
However, I, who has not passed through "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni," is not even known for the character "hi" in "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni," talks about "Higurashi Mine." Fans may think so, but you're right.
However, I saw somewhere that Higurashi Mine is a game that even people who don't know the original can enjoy, so I used that as a source of support for my heart. Everyone, please take a look with warm eyes this time.
First, as usual, install the app from your company smartphone and download the game data. I was out and running without Wi-Fi connection.
"An additional charge will be incurred because the amount of data exceeds ●●GB. From then on, you will be charged every 1.00GB."
Because. Why is it a really bad start? Good luck to the author as he tackles a "new tragedy"! I started playing the game while shaking the extra charge.
▲The first gacha I was able to pull, and the mysterious sister, Old Chicken Wings appeared.
▲Easy use the Oni Stones and tickets you received from logging in and other means to acquire members who can fight. [Red Nose Reindeer] Kimiyu Kazuho is so cute.
Now that I've secured a few SSR characters, I've been tempted to progress through the main quests to progress through the story, as well as quests where I can obtain experience points items.
But what? Even though I have not mentioned any related works up until now, I have somehow felt that Higurashi no Naku Koro ni has a mystery-like, horror-like atmosphere, but I wonder why it's so amazing. Uncle, I was surprised and I think I won't be able to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night.
▲This person (Hojo Teppei) is extremely scary...
▲It's extremely scary, but there was something that attracted me so I set it to my home screen.
So, after playing "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" for an amateur, for a week, the service finally ended on the day it was released. I made my last login an hour before the end.
Speaking of which, in "Higurashi Mei", you can use other player characters as support when taking on quests, and you can follow them after clearing them.
I played it for a week, and some players were only a few hours or days ago when their last login was several times before, while others were several dozen or hundreds of days ago. In terms of skin feeling, it's probably about 7, or 4 to 6.
So, on the day of the campaign, I checked the final logins of the players I followed so far, and found out that most of them had said goodbye to Higurashi Mikoto a few hours ago.
▲By the way, a communication error occurred along the way, but perhaps it's because many players were logged in? I don't know the truth.
"Higurashi Mikoto" has a community of players called club activities. I think I mentioned a bit in my previous article that when I play games to write this final article, I try to avoid joining a group or other community as much as possible (Related Articles）。
However, this time I really wanted to know how many players were logged in on the end of the campaign, so I decided to join a certain club. Before joining the club, I changed the title on my profile to mean that I was not familiar with Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, and that I apologize for doing things that were curiosity to peer the community out of curiosity.
▲The title of Sky●i's famous line, "Thank you! And thank you!", has been born, which can be considered a negative version.
Once I was ready, I searched for club activities and joined a club that had the requirement to have a free join system.
The members' final conversation seems to have been two hours ago. There are only about 30 minutes left until service ends, but I wonder if someone will respond. I waited for a while...
Oh, he responded with stamps. thank you! And thank you! It seems that the people in this club are logging in to see the end of "Higurashi Memorial."
I also sent out a stamp of greetings and watched the community of our club until the moment the service ended.
And just before the end I was about to send the final stamp...
In this way, Higurashi Meito ended its history of about four and a half years.
▲Official X after service ends (Twitter)。
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