{"id":15298,"date":"2022-08-29T13:19:25","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T04:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=15298"},"modified":"2022-08-29T13:21:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T04:21:30","slug":"20220829-15298","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220829-15298\/","title":{"rendered":"Service for the Karakuri Circus mobile game is coming to an end, but onlookers wonder how it survived as long as it did"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br>Tenda has announced that <strong>service for <em>Karakuri Circus ~Larmes d\u2019un Clown~<\/em> (<em>Karakuri Circus LC<\/em>) is coming to an end on October 24, 2022 (JST), with the exception of certain platforms.<\/strong> Service for the game began in December of 2018, but it remained obscure with a player count and number of Twitter followers that one would be reluctant to describe as high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, with the game operating for three and a half years and with a specific character getting an oddly large number of gacha cards added to the game, rumors spread that <em>Karakuri Circus LC<\/em> had landed a whale supporting that character whenever other social games would shut down, giving the game brief moments in the spotlight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010\u91cd\u8981\u3011\u30b5\u30fc\u30d3\u30b9\u7d42\u4e86\u306e\u304a\u77e5\u3089\u305b<br>\u3010\u304b\u3089\u304f\u308a\u30b5\u30fc\u30ab\u30b9 \uff5eLarmes d&#39;un Clown\uff5e\u3011\u306f\u3001\u4e00\u90e8\u30d7\u30e9\u30c3\u30c8\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e0\u3092\u9664\u304d\u30012022\u5e7410\u670824\u65e5(\u6708)\u306b\u3066\u30b5\u30fc\u30d3\u30b9\u3092\u7d42\u4e86\u3055\u305b\u3066\u9802\u304f\u3053\u3068\u3092\u6c7a\u5b9a\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u8a73\u3057\u304f\u306f\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u5185\u304a\u77e5\u3089\u305b\u3092\u3054\u89a7\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u3002<br><br>\u5f53\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u3092\u3054\u611b\u9867\u3044\u305f\u3060\u3044\u305f\u7686\u69d8\u306b\u3001\u5fc3\u3088\u308a\u539a\u304f\u5fa1\u793c\u7533\u3057\u4e0a\u3052\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>&mdash; \u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u300c\u304b\u3089\u304f\u308a\u30b5\u30fc\u30ab\u30b9\u300d\u516c\u5f0f (@karakuri_gameC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/karakuri_gameC\/status\/1562726796759826432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet Translation:<br><\/strong>Important Announcement: Service is coming to an end.<br>Karakuri Circus \uff5eLarmes d\u2019un Clown\uff5e will be shutting down on October 24, 2022, with the exception of certain platforms. Please see the in-game notification for more details. We want to sincerely thank everyone who played the game.<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>Karakuri Circus LC<\/em> is a card battling RPG where players can experience the story of Kazuhiro Fujita\u2019s manga <em>Karakuri Circus<\/em>. In addition to mobile apps on App Store and Google Play, it\u2019s also available on platforms in Japan like Mobage, TSUTAYA Online Game, GREE, and Colopl. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for the game itself, it\u2019s a little lackluster with no background music or voice acting and scenes that are simply made of stills from the anime. It\u2019s reminiscent of Japanese mobile games from the early 2010s and didn\u2019t seem to attract much popularity. Despite this, <em>Karakuri Circus LC<\/em> managed to stick around for a surprisingly long time.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1350\" height=\"450\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-001.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-001-600x200.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-001-380x127.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-001-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-001-150x50.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-001-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-001-696x232.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-001-1068x356.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-001-1260x420.jpg 1260w\" \/><figcaption>From the <em>Karakuri Circus LC<\/em> official Twitter account<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>How a game with seemingly so little traction has managed to stick around for three and a half years remains a mystery. It doesn\u2019t look like that many people are playing<em> Karakuri Circus LC<\/em>, as the official Twitter account for the title only has around 1,000 followers as of this writing, and this likely includes those who only know about the game because it gets brought up on social media as mentioned above. And while operating costs for the game seem like they would be low, monetization doesn\u2019t seem viable with so few players to make in-app purchases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Onlookers have since begun to speculate that there is a whale among the player base. In video game terms, the word \u201cwhale\u201d refers to players that spend a huge amount of money on in-app purchases and gacha pulls. In the case of <em>Karakuri Circus LC<\/em>, it\u2019s been speculated that the game has remained afloat thanks to one or a small handful of whales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While <em>Karakuri Circus LC<\/em> is weak in the gameplay department, it has plenty of cards available through gacha. But there seems to be a heavy concentration of cards based on a certain character. This is also used as a reason to support the whale theory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In more definite terms, there are an odd number of cards featuring the female character Fatima from <em>Karakuri Circus<\/em>. This has caused rumors to spread saying there\u2019s a Fatima-supporting whale out there and that they are playing on the platform that is being excluded when the service ends on other platforms.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"800\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-header.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-header-600x250.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-header-380x158.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-header-768x320.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-header-1536x640.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-header-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-header-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-header-696x290.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-header-1068x445.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-header-1008x420.jpg 1008w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>At any rate, except for certain platforms, service for <em>Karakuri Circus LC<\/em> is ending on October 24 (JST). As of now, it hasn\u2019t been revealed which platforms will remain available, but the game did manage to entice the imaginations of gamers by shutting down.<br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220826-216486\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-08-26 18:32<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Karakuri Circus mobile game Karakuri Circus ~Larmes d\u2019un Clown~ has been operating for three and a half years and with a specific character (Fatima) getting an oddly large number of gacha cards added to the game, rumors spread that Karakuri Circus LC had landed a whale supporting that character.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-15298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Service for the Karakuri Circus mobile game is coming to an end, but onlookers wonder how it survived as long as it did - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Karakuri Circus mobile game Karakuri Circus ~Larmes d\u2019un Clown~ has been operating for three and a half years and with a specific character (Fatima) getting an oddly large number of gacha cards added to the game, rumors spread that Karakuri Circus LC had landed a whale supporting that character.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220829-15298\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Service for the Karakuri Circus mobile game is coming to an end, but onlookers wonder how it survived as long as it did - AUTOMATON WEST\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Karakuri Circus mobile game Karakuri Circus ~Larmes d\u2019un Clown~ has been operating for three and a half years and with a specific character (Fatima) getting an oddly large number of gacha cards added to the game, rumors spread that Karakuri Circus LC had landed a whale supporting that character.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220829-15298\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"AUTOMATON WEST\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-29T04:19:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-29T04:21:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-header.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Aki Nogishi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AUTOMATON_ENG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AUTOMATON_ENG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Aki Nogishi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Service for the Karakuri Circus mobile game is coming to an end, but onlookers wonder how it survived as long as it did - AUTOMATON WEST","description":"The Karakuri Circus mobile game Karakuri Circus ~Larmes d\u2019un Clown~ has been operating for three and a half years and with a specific character (Fatima) getting an oddly large number of gacha cards added to the game, rumors spread that Karakuri Circus LC had landed a whale supporting that character.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220829-15298\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Service for the Karakuri Circus mobile game is coming to an end, but onlookers wonder how it survived as long as it did - AUTOMATON WEST","og_description":"The Karakuri Circus mobile game Karakuri Circus ~Larmes d\u2019un Clown~ has been operating for three and a half years and with a specific character (Fatima) getting an oddly large number of gacha cards added to the game, rumors spread that Karakuri Circus LC had landed a whale supporting that character.","og_url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220829-15298\/","og_site_name":"AUTOMATON WEST","article_published_time":"2022-08-29T04:19:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-08-29T04:21:30+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":800,"url":"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-header.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Aki Nogishi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AUTOMATON_ENG","twitter_site":"@AUTOMATON_ENG","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Aki Nogishi","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220829-15298\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220829-15298\/"},"author":{"name":"Aki Nogishi","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a18654e7e10602a5909feada58c913a8"},"headline":"Service for the Karakuri Circus mobile game is coming to an end, but onlookers wonder how it survived as long as it did","datePublished":"2022-08-29T04:19:25+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-29T04:21:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220829-15298\/"},"wordCount":629,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220829-15298\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-header.jpg","keywords":["News (Japan-related)"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220829-15298\/","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220829-15298\/","name":"Service for the Karakuri Circus mobile game is coming to an end, but onlookers wonder how it survived as long as it did - AUTOMATON WEST","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220829-15298\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220829-15298\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-header.jpg","datePublished":"2022-08-29T04:19:25+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-29T04:21:30+00:00","description":"The Karakuri Circus mobile game Karakuri Circus ~Larmes d\u2019un Clown~ has been operating for three and a half years and with a specific character (Fatima) getting an oddly large number of gacha cards added to the game, rumors spread that Karakuri Circus LC had landed a whale supporting that character.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220829-15298\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220829-15298\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220829-15298\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-header.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826-216486-header.jpg","width":1920,"height":800},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220829-15298\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u30db\u30fc\u30e0","item":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Service for the Karakuri Circus mobile game is coming to an end, but onlookers wonder how it survived as long as it did"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/","name":"AUTOMATON WEST","description":"AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#organization","name":"\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30a2\u30af\u30c6\u30a3\u30d6\u30b2\u30fc\u30df\u30f3\u30b0\u30e1\u30c7\u30a3\u30a2","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/activegamingmedia_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/activegamingmedia_logo.png","width":374,"height":190,"caption":"\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30a2\u30af\u30c6\u30a3\u30d6\u30b2\u30fc\u30df\u30f3\u30b0\u30e1\u30c7\u30a3\u30a2"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/AUTOMATON_ENG","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCabvYnvuUUbbGUrxkaFRgSA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a18654e7e10602a5909feada58c913a8","name":"Aki Nogishi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/aki-nogishi-250-100x100.jpg","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/aki-nogishi-250-100x100.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/aki-nogishi-250-100x100.jpg","caption":"Aki Nogishi"},"description":"JP AUTOMATON writer","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/author\/aki-nogishi\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15298"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15304,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15298\/revisions\/15304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}