“Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Happiness Memories” Smartphone Game Set to End Service on June 30

Sad news for avid players of the Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Happiness Memories smartphone game: Bushiroad and Monstar Lab has revealed in their official websites that the game will be ending service on June 30 “due to the state of the game and the current operations situation”. Sales of in-game currency, Happiness Diamonds, has already been halted since last Thursday.

The game is less than a year old, having only been released last October 2019.

Cardcaptor Sakura Happiness Memories featured the original voice cast of the anime series such as Sakura Tange as Sakura Kinomoto, Motoko Kumai as Li Shaoran, Junko Iwao as Tomoyo Daidouji, Aya Hisakawa as Keroberos, and Megumi Ogata as Yue/Yukito. Maaya Sakamoto returned to sing the game’s theme song, “Flash”, which was written and arranged by Keiichi Tomita. Sakamoto is known for performing other songs for the famous anime franchise, such as “Platinum” (Purachina) from the anime’s third season as well as the song “CLEAR” for the anime’s Clear Card arc.

The game, which is based on the manga’s Clear Card arc, tasks players to manage a miniature garden in Sakura’s hometown Tomoeda. Players get materials to reproduce Sakura’s costumes as mission rewards. Costumes featured are not only limited to the ones seen in the Clear Card arc, as the game also included costumes from other seasons of the anime. The game also featured new illustrations and game-original stories.

Cardcaptor Sakura Happiness Memories is developed by Monstar Lab with Bushiroad in charge of publishing the game. Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-Hen was launched by CLAMP in June 2016 as a sequel to the original Cardcaptor Sakura manga, which ended in 2000. Clear Card-Hen was eventually adapted into a 22-episode anime series by Madhouse and featured the original cast and staff from the original series which ended in 2000. Clear Card-Hen aired from January to June 2018.

Source: Anime News Network