After publisher DMM decided to end service on Egglia (Free) and replace it with an offline version, I wondered if the same fate might befall Dandy Dungeon (Free), the hilarious off-the-wall RPG developed by Onion Games. Well, I needn’t wonder any longer, as the official Twitter accounts for Dandy Dungeon and Onion Games let out the word yesterday, with an announcement following in the game itself. Dandy Dungeon will officially end its service on December 20th after a last big hurrah. Like its stablemate Egglia, Dandy Dungeon will also live on in an offline form, but DMM has handled it differently this time.
The game’s final event, titled Good-bye Yamada, will run from November 28th to December 12th. This will happen in conjunction with the release of the final dungeon, Heaven’s Door. Our unusual hero Yamada-kun will be facing his final judgment, with a living funeral held in his name. Can you lead Yamada-kun to heaven, or at least something like it" If you haven’t played the game in a while, this is a pretty good excuse to fire it up again. The final date to purchase items or restore said purchases is on December 19th. On December 20th, the game’s final update will arrive. That update will remove the connection requirement for Dandy Dungeon, allowing you to continue to play the bulk of the game’s content even after the servers are down. Naturally, things like special events and seasonal dungeons will probably not work after this,...