[RC] - End of Service for Taiko no Tatsujin RHYTHM CONNECT

This ongoing week continues to be quite an eventul one for the Taiko no Tatsujin franchise as a whole but unfortunately, as it turns out, not every documented happening is a positive-net one. For the more unfortunate side of the isle, earlier today it was spread the pre-emptive discontinuation notice of RHYTHM CONNECT, the mobile smartphone app succeeding to the decade-old Taiko Plus/Shinkyoku Tori Houdai. The notice is found both in the game's website (as shown above these lines) as well as inside the same app, both in Japanese and English.

The End of Service roadmap for the smartphone game will go through these steps in the coming months, all starting at 3 pm Japan time (GMT +9) unless otherwise specificed:

• August 29th, 2024 - end of sale for the 3-Months Passport
• October 31st, 2024 - end of sale for the 1-Month Passport; end of Pre-Paid Chargeback model setting
• November 25th, 2024 - end of sale for the 1-Week Passport
• December 2nd, 2024 - RHYTHM CONNECT servers shutdown; app removal from digital storefronts
• December 6th, 2024 - March 6th, 2025 - submission window for unused paid currency refunds
• April 30th, 2025 (unspecified) - end of customer support
  

Unlike the previously-mentioned Plus family, RHYTHM CONNECT's content is completely gated behind connectiong to the hosting servers for it; once their plug is pulled out, nothing from the game post-termination can be enjoyed at an offline setup.