Mixi (2121) still hasn’t given an official reason why Apple pulled its mega hit Monster Strike from the Japanese App Store over the weekend (they are not obliged to), but the answer seems to be relatively simple. As I mentioned on Saturday (the day the app went offline), the official Monster...
Apple Removes Mixi’s Monster Strike From Japanese App Store (Update: It’s Back)
Update: The app returned early Sunday morning Japanese time. Monster Strike, the current top mobile game in Japan in terms of sales, has disappeared from the Japanese App Store today (Saturday Japan time). It wasn’t operator Mixi (2121) that pulled the app, but it seems that Apple just...
Monster Stadium: Mixi To Release Monster Strike Spin-Off This Sunday
First shown to the public in January 2015, Monster Stadium (“Monsuto Stadium” in Japanese) is now ready for release. Maker Mixi (2121) has announced that the spinoff title to Monster Strike, it’s mega hit action game, will be released in Japan on iOS and Android this Sunday (April...
Monster Stadium: Mixi Dates Monster Strike Follow Up For Spring
There was a good number of mobile game companies present at the so-called Tokaigi “Japan Game Party” 2015 that took place in Japan over this weekend, i. e. CyberAgent (4751), GungHo Online Entertainment (3765), LINE, or Colopl (3668). Organized by Nico Nico, Japan’s answer to YouTube...
Mixi Plans To Release Monster Strike In The US In October
Monster Strike, the mega hit game from Mixi (2121), is finally scheduled to get more international versions. Outside Japan, the app is only available in Taiwan so far. As Mixi’s distribution partner in China, Tencent has opened a Chinese Monster Strike site in late July but hasn’t...
For Monster Strike And Line Pop: Mixi And LINE Start Marketing Collaboration
Monster Strike, the mobile action RPG that made Mixi (2121) a US$4 billion company late last month, continues to make headlines. Last week, during its earnings call, Mixi said that Monster Strike has generated about US$1 million per day in the April-June quarter. This number has grown to roughly...