{"rewrite":{"id":"r_6dce34362edd1854c6575641","clusterId":"c_30fa926d02479528c39f2a25","slug":"chocotto-land-to-end-service-on-march-29-2027","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Chocotto Land To End Service On March 29, 2027","summary":"The official team announced on October 14 that the online RPG Chocotto Land and Chocotto Land SP will end service at 22:00 on March 29, 2027. Sales of Choco Points, SP-Exclusive Choco Po, and some products stopped at 10:30 on October 14. Refund applications for unused points open when service ends. A memorial site and memorial app are in preparation.","whyItMatters":"The shutdown is a maintenance decision rather than a financial one: aging systems and a tangled internal structure made migration impractical, and the notice states operations could not continue on that basis.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe notice posted on the official website gives the reason plainly: the systems supporting the game had aged, and migration to a new system was considered but not carried out because the internal structure had grown too complex. Every route was judged unrealistic, so operations end.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpending has already stopped. Points and some products went off sale at 10:30 on October 14, and purchased points remain usable until the service closes. Refund applications for unused points open at the same moment service ends, with details to be posted on the official site. Chocotto Land SP users are asked not to uninstall the app or delete accounts until refunds finish, and a memorial site and memorial app are in preparation.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Chocotto Land stops selling Choco Points now but keeps servers running until 2027. Players who buy in after the October 14 cutoff are paying for a service with an end date already set.","twitterPost":"Chocotto Land halted Choco Points sales on October 14, nearly two and a half years before the servers close.","threadsPost":"Chocotto Land halts all Choco Points sales on October 14, but servers stay live until March 2027. Anyone spending on the game after that date is buying access to something with a fixed shutdown already on the books.","newsletterBlurb":"Chocotto Land and Chocotto Land SP will end service at 22:00 on March 29, 2027, the official team announced on October 14. The notice cites aging systems and an internal structure too complex to migrate. Point sales stopped the same day, refund applications open when service ends, and a memorial site and app are planned.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261014u\",\"title\":\"Online RPG 'Chocotto Land' and 'Chocotto Land SP' to End Service on March 29, 2027; Nearly 20-Year History Comes to a Close\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4433,"outputTokens":606,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791951737,"createdAt":"2026-10-14T04:18:54.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-14T04:21:11.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-14T04:21:11.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_30fa926d02479528c39f2a25","canonicalTitle":"オンラインRPG『チョコットランド』『チョコットランドSP』が2027年3月29日でサービス終了へ。約20年の歴史に幕","representativeArticleId":"a_2a18377c66350b9401d6ca44","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Chocotto Land\",\"Chocotto Land SP\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"business\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-14T02:54:08.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-14T04:39:40.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-14T04:46:57.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Automaton","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20261014-473377/","title":"20年続いたドット絵オンラインRPG『チョコットランド』来年3月29日にサービス終了へ。システム老朽化で、もはや延命かなわず"},{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261014u","title":"オンラインRPG『チョコットランド』『チョコットランドSP』が2027年3月29日でサービス終了へ。約20年の歴史に幕"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Chocotto Land","Chocotto Land SP"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"business","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}