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Final Fantasy Record Keeper’s Pending Shutdown Is A Grim Reminder That Nothing In Mobile Lasts Forever
“I downloaded it a month after I met the person I’d marry — now we have a toddler.” vsmack, one of several Redditors I ask about Square Enix’s long-running mobile game Final Fantasy Record Keeper, tells me. The free-to-play gacha, with its impressive sprite-based artwork and series trademark Active Time Battle system, united the passions of a generation of Final Fantasy aficionados. On September 29, publisher DeNA will shut down its global servers forever. “The crazy thing is, for all the other games that I’ve loved over the years, I know one day my little kid might be able to play it,” vsmack continues. “Not so [for] Record Keeper.”
