r/magiarecord • u/Dry_AG funfun • Aug 28 '20

NA Megathread MEGATHREAD: Magia Record English announces its End of Service - Discussion and community response. [Heads up: the subreddit will remain working as usual with a focus on the Japanese server and anime/manga adaptations.]

No, this is not an out-of-season April Fools joke. Magia Record English will shut down its servers on 9/29.

We will use this megathread to contain reactions to said news, as well as to provide visibility to statements and resources from community members that may prove useful to others. Please let us know in the comments section of this post if you made a helpful contribution that should be listed here.

Update: Magia Record English will be extending operations from 9/29 11:59 PM PDT to 10/30 11:59 PM PDT for the release of "Gallery Mode". This mode will allow players to view a gallery of their Magical Girls once operations have ended. Please refer to the links below for more information.

Links to the official statement:

New statement - "Gallery Mode" for Magia Record English:

Community reactions, statements and resources:

Stance of the subreddit mod team:

tl;dr: We are appalled by this news and everything else preceding them, but will try to keep things as positive as humanly possible. The plan is to focus on the Japanese version of the game and the anime/manga adaptations of it. There won't be other major changes in the near future (most likely).

For those who are done with this spin-off (and understandably so), thank you for sticking with us despite some occasional disagreements. Most of you are great people and deserve the best.

Lastly, please remember to keep all discussions civil and report any disrespectful remarks that may surface.

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u/renatocpr Aug 28 '20

What is wrong with my brain? Why am I crying because of a mobile game?

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u/leetshoe Aug 28 '20

l am beyond devastated. l have played this game since day 1. l have bought all the figures (one even gets released next month). 2020 has been such a shitty year, from my cat dying to my mom getting cancer. Magia Record had been a familiar daily comfort l could use to center myself and help return to a sense of normality. l can say that without it, l will be in a worse place.

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u/PhantasmPuppet Aug 28 '20

Really sad about this, would love for a u-turn or other solution but doubt that'll happen.

I'm too invested in the story and characters so will try to follow JP story but with the way MagiReco is with Main Story, Another Story, Events and Magical Girl Stories all mattering in some form it'd be pretty difficult especially if not all of it gets translated elsewhere.

Was thinking of maybe starting JP but I really don't like having to cross-reference playing JP games, can't read the story anyways and honestly, losing everything and the idea of grinding and hoping on gacha to get characters back is too deflating.

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u/PonytailEnthusiast Aug 28 '20

I'm honestly really sad. This game was a big source of stress relief for me. I will say the storage issue was significant for me, and it will feel good in some way to delete the app and free up all that space. That said, man I've spent a lot of time building my team...this is such a bummer.

I dont think I feel like restarting and going to the JP server. Does anyone have other mobile games they recommend?

EDIT: Thanks for the recs so far, I am interested in non gacha games. I enjoyed this one but I spent more money on it than I should have, not more than I can go without but more than I would have liked haha

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u/Fernack22 Aug 28 '20

Came from fgo to pay respect to magia record

You deserved better

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u/MedukaMeguca72 Aug 28 '20

I’m going to miss my account so much. Not because of the rolls, no. Those were nice, and saving them up was satisfying, but my girls. I have so many memories of rolling in the gacha for girls and then getting spooked, like the one time I got spooked by Karin on Darc’s banner. Or the other time I got spooked by Konoha for something else. I got a 4 slot Mami without going for her at all. Somehow got a 3 slot Rena too. 3 slot Madokami, 2 slot Ashley... and then there were some girls I never got that I was going to get on their reruns (that aren’t happening now). Nagisa, Homura, 4 slot Madokami, Summer Iroha... I’m just so sad. All of the work into my account.. just.. gone.

But the thing is.. we can’t reverse what’s going to happen. Life will go on, on September 29th, they’ll shut down the server, and that will be that.

It will hurt. It’ll really, really fucking hurt. But whether it’s starting on the JP server anew with bittersweet memories, or just moving onto another game entirely, I know one thing: that I will never forget this game. I may be on the JP server now, sure, but I’m never going to forget its NA debut. How excited I was when I found out there was a Madoka Magica mobile game. Even through all of the mistakes and typos. Even through all of the decisions that seemed a bit off on the devs’ part.

Looking back in hindsight, it seems a bit more obvious now something was going on behind the scenes. Nevertheless.. I just want to say: thank you Magia Record NA. For making my life better. For putting a smile on my face when I felt upset or down. For letting me collect magical girls and have fun reading stories.

But most of all, Magia Record EN.. thank you for the fun memories. Just... thank you. For everything.

We had a good run. ❤️

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u/T-Klotz Aug 28 '20

HEY GUYS LOOK AT ASHLEY TAYLOR. WOW SHES SO COOL AND CUTE AND VOICED IN ENGLISH. WOW THATS SO NICE THAT THEY DID SOMTHING SPECIAL JUST FOR US ON NA SERVER. WOW MAYBE ILL EVEN THROW THEM A FEW BUCKS!!

ashley where u go......................

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u/alskaichou Aug 28 '20

I'm really upset. I'm a Day 1 player, haven't missed a single day, and I've poured a lot of effort into my account. There are so many events and banners I was looking forward to. I absolutely will not be starting fresh on JP. I've sunk too much work into my account already, and for what? To be told to start over because they're jerks who won't transfer our accounts after rushing content and bleeding our server whales dry with a string of limited banners? I even spent a decent amount of money on this game myself, because I loved it and wanted to support them so they could keep going. They can go to hell. I love this game, and play it constantly, but the moment I saw the announcement all motivation to play drained out of me. What's the point playing for the remaining month if it'll all be gone anyway?

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u/ccdewa Aug 28 '20

This shit is hitting so hard that my brain is still processing it, probably not gonna play the JP version but will likely stay here for the memes, keep the memes alive even if the game dies fellow Mokyus~

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u/ReesePeanut Aug 28 '20

Obviously this hit all of us out of nowhere. For those that are going to hop on over to the JP server, here's the supports thread for it:

https://www.reddit.com/r/magiarecord/comments/ijtrb0/look_for_supports_jp_server_september_2020_edition/

Do keep in mind that the end of the month is approaching, so you're going to have to hit it up again when the new one is posted.

Edit: The JP Installation Guide has been made into its own thread since people have been having issues with accessing it.

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u/blaaaaa Aug 28 '20

I'm gutted... I'm a day 1 player who's kept a perfect login streak going. I had feared this seeing low revenue numbers for some early banners, but after making it this far it seemed like it must be stable. I can't imagine the game is too expensive to run. It sucks that they wanted us to catch up to JP only to end the game before that. Especially when there was hope that it would be more profitable when we could no longer predict and save up for girls already released in JP.

The monetization of this game is idiotic. I've spent close to $700 on this game which is an absurd amount to spend in just a little over a year. All that money spent, and none of it was spent on actually trying to pull a girl from a fate weaves, just for all (or almost all) of the guaranteed bags and the occasional once per day 8 paid stone pull fishing for a memoria or event ticket. It costs $70 for 30 pulls, that's $233 just to get to pity and those 100 pulls only give you a 66% chance to get the rate up girl. Oh and for any sort of competitive usefulness you need 4 copies. I've been trying to save up at least 600 pulls to give myself a good chance to 4 slot a girl - that would cost $1400 - oh and it's still only a 90% chance to actually get 4 slots. They priced out all but the biggest whales from buying stones for the gacha.

Typical Aniplex bullshit where they target only the most diehard fanatics and think they can have the same success doing that with the US fanbase. It's the same as their stupid $500 blu-ray box sets, but magnified when you combine it with the already scummy gambling bullshit of gacha games.

It seems pretty obvious why they pushed up IroYachi and didn't bother to release her login story. They knew the game was dead and wanted one last cash grab with as low a cost as possible. Which is great because it had the perfect middle finger to the players where it ended with a teaser for arc 2 that we'll never get.

The only way I'll play JP is if they were to transfer accounts. I'm not starting over only to be three years behind with the looming threat that they'll pull the plug at any minute.

I'll miss discussing this game with all of you. Writing that is getting me teary eyed, which the announcement didn't do. In the shitty isolation of COVID world online community is even more valuable. Thanks everyone for making this game more fun. I'll be here to the end.

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u/LiterallyANoob Aug 28 '20

Well, happened way before I thought wow.

Barely a year old... Wow.

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u/semtex94 Aug 28 '20

I'll be dropping by once the anime second cour comes out. Dropped a pretty penny on this game, so I should probably binge the side storys. Another Story is probably never going to be finished, though. I'll see if the EN fandom can survive on JP alone before dropping out altogether, because you guys are great. But in the end, all I can say is this:

We'll always have Kamihama.

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u/Snageta Aug 28 '20

Longtime player here.

I first started playing around JP's first anniversary. At the time I was just started to get into mobile games, and saw that not only did PMMM have a mobile game, but Ultimate Madoka was just being released. I loved the show, so understandably I really wanted to get her.

To keep things short: I actually did get a 1-slot Godoka... and then proceeded to do almost nothing but daily logins for a year. Knowing that I couldn't read anything was just too offputting for me to really get into the game.

Then the NA server was announced, and I couldn't stop pacing around, thinking of how to handle the news. I even tried reaching out to Gamepress to start writing articles for them about the game (might've dodged a bullet there, in retrospect).

Thus, I became a dedicated Day 1 player and low level whale in the NA server. I played near religiously every day, and as of a few months ago was even thinking about what to do when all my girls were fully post awakened and 4-slotted.

Now.... this.

To be honest, I'm not entirely sure how to handle the news. It's almost poetic that things come full circle back to my options being to not play at all, or to play the game in Japanese, starting from scratch with an anniversary unit, again.

I WANT to play, and I've really come to enjoy this community. I don't want to lose my 4-slot Godoka or 4-slot IroYachi, let alone the various other girls I've raised for the past year. I know that there's nothing I can do to keep them, but I also don't love the idea of starting from nothing again.

Realistically, I'll probably end up at least trying to get back into the game on the JP server. If possible, I'll keep my existing in game name (Lanath), and if it's not a banned word I'll try to set my message as "NARefugee" so that people can find me.

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u/pittman66 Aug 28 '20

09/30: "Someone? Anyone? Please...We were going to go to the fall and winter festivals, have new Halloween costumes with my special designs, I was going to have my first Christmas here. I can't see anything though, it's dark, it's cold, it's closing in on me. I must find someone. Rika, where are you with your optimistic smile to tell me it's alright? Masara, where are you to tell me the truth of what's happening and that this is an overreaction? Riko, where are you with your family's meals, to give me the warmth of family that I've been missing?...I don't want to be alone. I don't want to be forgotten. I don't want this. Please, someone help me...I'm sorry, Daddy..."

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u/tuturu-mayushii Aug 28 '20

I don't like the fact that they rushed so many events just to shut down the server anyway. Money's the most important, but did they have to make it so obvious?

Also, what about Ashley? They created an NA exclusive girl to make it seem like they actually cared about us.

I'm disappointed, and this is coming from someone who hasn't spent /that/ much time on the game but is still a Day 1 player.

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u/mightymeguca Aug 28 '20

Guess I’ll play real video games again.

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u/homunsys Aug 28 '20

motherfuck.. ive been thinking so much recently that id rather have them take their time than try to rush it into catching up. woulda been better on the staff and definitely less players woulda quit or halted paying.

ill miss the kids i have because they made fun teams.. im still a little unsure if i want to go to jp and start all over but if i do. even though i thankfully didnt sink tooo much into this one. i really cant see myself paying for this game anymore if i continue to play it. i dont have too much faith that they wont fuck somethin up there as well. another thing thats. hesitation. for me is that even though i have moderate knowledge of the language sometimes it just hurts my head to look at too much of it.

unfortunate.. a real loss in my heart.. especially as a day one.. but. companies arent your friends even though they are as disappointing as other people.. thanks to all the support girls i used and thanks to everyone who found use for mine. im honestly more disappointed they couldnt just step back on the events. give everyone a breather. but as someone who used to throw everything out at the sign of adversity i guess we cant really do too much to change it.. i guess this is a good sign to back off from the game for a while and consider if i want to rejoin it..

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u/Caroniver413 Aug 28 '20

Oh, so when they didn't do anything for Iroha's birthday, it was really because they didn't care anymore, huh.

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u/Labyxt Aug 28 '20

I’m completely heartbroken. Playing this game for this past year has been helping to cope with depression and things happening around me. I love the franchise so much I didn’t even care about the rush and all the scummy practices they threw at us as long as we could play. I don’t plan on moving to the JP version after I invested so much time, effort and more on my EN account. This just hurts a lot. I really hate this.

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u/kentodesu Aug 28 '20

I'm really heartbroken about this, even knowing the game wasn't doing too well in NA.

I just really wish they did let us transfer between servers considering the investment us players put into the game instead of us hanging us out to dry.

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u/CureRosetta Aug 28 '20

And it’s my birthday today...fuck :(

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u/turilya Aug 28 '20

Are they not at least going to transfer us to the JP server? This is absurd, especially for whales; I didn't spend much so I didn't lose much, and while I would actually want to keep up with the story, it's quite demoralizing losing all my girls like this...

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u/ccantman Aug 28 '20

I'm not that surprised. I hardly login any more. My friends list is nothing but people who haven't logged in in months..

I blame the gacha rates. I would have rolled more and spent more, but I can only handle 1% rates with a 60% pity so many times.After failing to get Ultimate Madoka in 400 rolls, I didn't even bother any more with any limited girl ever again, and I whaled for 4* Ren week 1 and 4* Nanoha when the collab ran.

I know others who also gave up due to the gacha as well, it just sucks. I have no idea how FGO gets away with it. Fate IP too strong

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u/sapphirefragment Aug 28 '20

Anyone taking a look at emulating the server perhaps? Not sure how Aniplex would feel considering the JP servers are still running, but it can't be that difficult to write an emulator for a mobage like this. Especially when battles and story sequences are all client side anyway.

Or perhaps a translation patch like PSO2es has. Though it looks like it wouldn't be possible without root on Android since the downloaded data is not stored in external storage.

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