Losing out songs on the arcade front is becoming a monthly habit for the ongoing Taiko arcade line, but this time around we're backing up the dreary mood with what happens right around the corner in the general music gaming scenario.
If you think missing out on tunes is bad, how about the termination of whole music games? ...
【重要なお知らせ】
— WACCA公式 (@WACCA_official) June 21, 2022
この度、『WACCA』は、2022年8月31日（水）をもちまして、オンラインサービスを終了させていただくこととなりました。
オンラインサービス終了までのスケジュール及び、オフライン版に関する詳細についてはこちらをご確認ください。https://t.co/7PDYrsudet#WACCA
Just as Summer kicked things off in 2022, fans of the Hardcore TANO*C-powered WACCA from developer Marvelous have been hit with the dreary reveal that the end of this upcoming August would also mean the end of the series as a whole, with all arcades permanently disabling all online functions right after. As also pinpointed by some of the TANO*C musicians on social media, the death knell has primarily been brought up by the resulting game center shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so it's disheartening to have such a lack of traction being this detrimental to a series which arguably held the partnership with one of the most renowned indie labels for modern rhythm gaming as a whole.
That being said, WACCA arcades worldwide can still be enjoyed after the online shutdown, which is definitely something that the most-fresh termination victim can't bolster, to the detriment of many...
【大切なお知らせ】
— 東方ダンマクカグラ◆好評配信中 (@danmakuJP) July 18, 2022
2022年7月18日20時より配信中のダンカグ通信 最終回にて「東方ダンマクカグラ」のサービス終了をお知らせしました。
この後、20時30分にもゲーム内お知らせが更新されますので、そちらもご確認ください。https://t.co/qN3GhzKOsa#ダンカグ
Just a few weeks short from its anniversary release, AQUA STYLE and DeNa's Touhou Danmaku Kagura gacha rhythm game is also declared to be discontinued on October this year, as revealed in the game's last news-delivery YouTube livestream earlier today. Sharing the trait in common with the header song from Capcom's defunct Crossbeat series, Danmaku Kagura original songs have also made the jump into official Taiko gaming
Fans of both titles have still 3 months to play them as usual (each with their huge final load of playable tracks, no less!), but the most loyal Touhou fanworks followers might want to use their smart device of their choosing at a closer reach, before it will become unplayable forever...
