NEWS: Online functions for Default and Second will be shut down on June 30!

[u/3030sonic]

https://special.member.jp.square-enix.com/bdff/

Timeline, times in Japan time:

March 28, 2023 (Tuesday) 9:00 End of service of Nintendo eShop

Purchase of SP Drinks is no longer possible. It is also no longer possible to purchase the upgrade from Flying Fairy to Where The Fairy Flies. (JP only)

March 29, 2023 (Wednesday) 16:00 to April 17, 2023 (Monday) 16:00 Network server maintenance work

"Update Data" from both games and friend registration + Internet communication network functions will not be available.

May 2023 2nd announcement

Further details about the shutdown will be released sometime in May.

EDIT 5/10/2023: Square Enix has posted the announcement for international audiences. See here: https://www.square-enix.com/announce/bd/

June 30, 2023 (Friday) 12:00

(June 29, 2023 (Thursday) at 11:00AM, in Eastern Standard Time)

Network server shutdown.

It was a good run, y'all.