{"id":43200,"date":"2025-01-24T18:33:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T09:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=43200"},"modified":"2025-01-24T18:33:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T09:33:16","slug":"blue-protocol-meets-it-untimely-demise-but-not-without-a-massive-virtual-dance-party-by-its-devoted-player-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/blue-protocol-meets-it-untimely-demise-but-not-without-a-massive-virtual-dance-party-by-its-devoted-player-base\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Protocol meets it untimely demise, but not without a massive virtual dance party by its devoted player base\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bandai Namco\u2019s ill-fated MMORPG<strong> Blue Protocol<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/blue-protocol-to-end-service-without-making-it-to-the-west\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ended service on January 18 without ever making it to the West<\/a>. In the hours leading up to the shutdown, Japanese players gathered in the game\u2019s starting town, Asterliese, for a synchronized farewell dance that started with just a few players and spontaneously escalated into a mass event (source: <a href=\"https:\/\/nlab.itmedia.co.jp\/nl\/articles\/2501\/24\/news163.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nlab<\/a>).\u00a0<\/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\">\u30d6\u30eb\u30fc\u30d7\u30ed\u30c8\u30b3\u30eb\u3001\u30b5\u30fc\u30d3\u30b9\u7d42\u4e86\u306e\u77ac\u9593\u3002\u4e88\u5b9a\u306e22\u6642\u304b\u30892\u5206\u534a\u307b\u3069\u306e\u30ed\u30b9\u30bf\u30a4\u30e0\u3092\u7d4c\u3066\u30b5\u30fc\u30d0\u30fc\u30c0\u30a6\u30f3\u3002<br><br>\u59cb\u307e\u308a\u306e\u8857\u306e\u5e83\u5834\u3067\u3001\u6700\u5f8c\u306e\u77ac\u9593\u307e\u3067\u8e0a\u308a\u7d9a\u3051\u305f\u4eba\u3005\u3002\u30d6\u30eb\u30d7\u30ed\u306f\u30c1\u30e3\u30f3\u30cd\u30eb\u5236\u306a\u306e\u3067\u3001\u3053\u306e\u4e26\u884c\u4e16\u754c\u3082\u542b\u3081\u305f\u3001\u3082\u3063\u3068\u305f\u304f\u3055\u3093\u306e\u30d7\u30ec\u30a4\u30e4\u30fc\u305f\u3061\u304c\u6700\u671f\u3092\u770b\u53d6\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rV5mJIfOAG\">https:\/\/t.co\/rV5mJIfOAG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9YVpiA90am\">pic.twitter.com\/9YVpiA90am<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u3059\u305a\u304d (@michsuzu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michsuzu\/status\/1880606986892677572?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A video of the impromptu event, posted by X user @michsuzu), captured the bittersweet moment and has since amassed over 11.2 million views and 70,000 likes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The video shows Blue Protocol\u2019s players dancing in perfect harmony as they counted down to the MMORPG\u2019s shutdown. As the clock struck 10 PM, the game displayed a farewell message thanking players for sticking around. Moments later, everything paused, and the server disconnected, marking the game\u2019s final goodbye.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Blue Protocol may have been an <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/bandai-namco-online-in-state-of-insolvency-due-to-8-2-billion-yen-loss-and-negative-net-income\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unsuccessful financial venture<\/a> for Bandai Namco, it was by no means a dead game with no players. Fans on social media shared their reactions, with comments like, \u201cYour love for this game is taking up the whole screen\u201d and \u201cI\u2019ve never seen a game so loved at its end.\u201d Some joked about players &#8220;isekai-ing&#8221; into the game world as it vanished.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1241\" height=\"709\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1241px) 100vw, 1241px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240624-32867-002.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Protocol\" class=\"wp-image-32874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240624-32867-002.jpg 1241w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240624-32867-002-380x217.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240624-32867-002-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240624-32867-002-600x343.jpg 600w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On a related note, Blue Protocol <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/bandai-namcos-unsuccessful-mmorpg-blue-protocol-to-be-reincarnated-as-star-resonance-by-chinese-studio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">is set to be \u201creincarnated\u201d as a new MMORPG<\/a> named Star Resonance. The reboot is being developed by Tencent-funded Chinese developer BOKURA (Shanghai Bokura Technology), who had previously received permission from Bandai Namco to develop a mobile version of Blue Protocol together with Project Sky Blue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bandai Namco\u2019s Blue Protocol ended service on January 18 without ever making it to the West. 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