I need to talk about this sometime – maybe write an article – to spread awareness, but for now, a PSA. Japanese i-Mode phone games: thousands of popular digital-only games, many in series you know and love. The service shuts down 2026. Not one has been dumped. It's an emergency. 
The low-down:
• You can still buy many i-Mode games!
• …But no new i-Mode phone plan can be signed since 2019.
• So to preserve them at scale, one would need to find someone with an existing plan who's willing to help.
I was working on this in Tokyo last year when… pandemic.
• You can still buy many i-Mode games!
• …But no new i-Mode phone plan can be signed since 2019.
• So to preserve them at scale, one would need to find someone with an existing plan who's willing to help.
I was working on this in Tokyo last year when… pandemic.
I tweet about Japanese feature phone games and the preservation thereof, so if you're interested, perhaps gimme a follow! I'll likely make an episode or two on i-Mode for Obscuriosities, my podcast about obscure video games, as well. Let's get some info out there. #soundcloud
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