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The Prince of Tennis II: RisingBeat Smartphone Game Ends Service in Japan on August 31
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As of Monday, purchase of the game's in-app currency "Paid Beat Stones" and "TeniRabi Fan Club" has ended. Players with unused Paid Beat Stones will be refunded after the service ends.
The game's English version ended service in May 2022. The English version launched for iOS and Android devices in June 2021.
The rhythm action game launched in Japan in November 2017. It uses character songs and features characters from The Prince of Tennis franchise. The game is free to play with in-app purchases. The game features dozens of songs, including the title's main theme song "RisingBeat" by Ryoma Echizen (Junko Minagawa).
Takeshi Konomi serialized The Prince of Tennis manga's original run in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from 1999 to 2008. The manga follows middle school tennis player Ryōma Echizen as he battles rivals to reach the national tournament. That original manga inspired a 2001-2005 television anime, two anime feature films and a theatrical short, various video anime projects, a live-action film, a live-action television series in China, and a popular stage musical series.
The Shin Tennis no Ōji-sama U-17 World Cup (The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup) anime series premiered in July 2022, and was the first television series in the franchise in about a decade. The anime's sequel series titled Shin Tennis no Ōji-sama U-17 World Cup Semifinal premiered on October 2.
The Ryoma! The Prince of Tennis (Ryōma! Shinsei Gekijōban Tennis no Ōji-sama) 3DCG anime film opened in Japan in September 2021. Eleven Arts has licensed the film for North America.
Source: The Prince of Tennis II: RisingBeat game's Japanese website and X/Twitter account via Nijimen
