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Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine Smartphone Game to End Service on December 17
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
The official X (formerly Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine smartphone game announced on Thursday that the game will end its service on December 17 at 5:00 p.m. JST, and added that more details regarding the end service is on the in-game announcement page.
【重要なお知らせ】
— 【公式】八月のシンデレラナイン(ハチナイ)🌻 (@hachinai89) October 17, 2024
｢八月のシンデレラナイン｣は2024年12月17日(火)17:00をもちまして、サービスを終了させていただくこととなりました
これまで多くの選手たちと青春の時を共に過ごしてくださった監督の皆さまに、深くお礼を申しあげます
詳細はゲーム内｢お知らせ｣をご確認ください#ハチナイ pic.twitter.com/bBBovPPoRJ
In the game, the player takes the role of an unnamed former little senior league baseball ace who lost his or her baseball career after suffering an unspecified injury. The character moves to his or her grandmother's hometown and enrolls in the local high school, resolved never to enter the world of baseball again. When the character meets Tsubasa Arihara, he or she is persuaded to be the manager of the school's baseball team, and to take the team to the high school nationals at Koshien.
In the game, players gather team (there are over 50 characters in the game) and experience the team ' stories. Players also train the to improve their skills, and take to games to compete. Players then have to decide on the batting order.
The game's anime adaptation titled Cinderella Nine premiered in Japan in April 2019. streaming the series in 2020.
The franchise also has an original live-action manga.
Thanks to DokoMadeMo for the news tip.
Source: Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine game's X/Twitter
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