{"rewrite":{"id":"r_ef83529acafc04ecdfafed97","clusterId":"c_d8d8b92caaeda52d320df653","slug":"roco-kingdom-heads-to-japan-with-closed-beta-set-for-october-27","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Roco Kingdom Heads to Japan with Closed Beta Set for October 27","summary":"Morefun Studios held a Japan version announcement and hands-on trial for Roco Kingdom at Bellesalle Shibuya First on September 21, ahead of a closed beta starting October 27. Narrative Director Ono said the game has over 350 million cumulative registered users, with more than 15 million on its March 26, 2026 launch day in mainland China. Voice actors KENN and Aina Aiba appeared, and six more cast members were announced.","whyItMatters":"The relaunched open-world monster-collector leans on an established Chinese browser-game audience and an explicit no-gacha encounter policy as it opens its Japan closed beta, so the October test is where that design claim gets checked against a new market.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe game began as a browser title in China and has since been rebuilt as an open-world monster-collecting RPG. Morefun Studios opened the first and last stages of the Japan version at a September 21 event at Bellesalle Shibuya First in Tokyo, with a hands-on trial session and a live voice recording segment.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOno, the game\u0026#39;s Narrative Director and Localization Lead, framed the design around three ideas: encounters, closeness, and walking together. The Jini creatures appear based on weather, interact with one another, and each carries its own habits. The studio states it will not rely on gacha for Jini encounters and will not let monetization decide wins or losses in PvP.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Roco Kingdom's China numbers (350 million registered, 15 million on launch day) are the pitch for Japan, not proof of demand here. The closed beta starting October 27 is the first real read on whether that scale translates.","twitterPost":"Roco Kingdom's 350 million China registrations are a pitch, not proof. The October 27 closed beta is Japan's first real read.","threadsPost":"Roco Kingdom arrives in Japan carrying 350 million registered users from mainland China as its calling card, and the October 27 closed beta is where that number gets tested. Chinese scale rarely transfers directly to Japanese tastes, and Morefun Studios has not shown a comparable Japan figure yet.","newsletterBlurb":"Morefun Studios brought its open-world monster-collecting RPG Roco Kingdom to a Japan version event on September 21, ahead of a closed beta starting October 27. The studio says the game has over 350 million cumulative registered users and passed 15 million on its March 26 launch day in mainland China. Voice actors KENN and Aina Aiba appeared on stage, and six more cast members were named.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/kikakuthetower/261004a\",\"title\":\"350 Million Registered Users, Over 15 Million on Launch Day - The Numbers Are So Huge It's Hard to Grasp, but 'Roco Kingdom' Is Buzzing in China and Now Lands in Japan. An RPG Where You Capture the 'Jini' You Meet with 'Orbs' and Fight Alongside Them\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4755,"outputTokens":686,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791188066,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T08:10:16.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T08:13:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T08:13:22.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_d8d8b92caaeda52d320df653","canonicalTitle":"3億5000万人が登録、サービス開始日に登録者数が1500万人突破──数字がデカすぎてよくわからないくらい中国でバズってる『ロコキングダム』が日本上陸。出会った“ジニ”を“オーブ”で捕まえ、ともに戦うRPG","representativeArticleId":"a_7f097a76a6312cf3b7e20061","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Roco Kingdom\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-04T03:00:19.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-04T03:00:19.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T08:13:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/kikakuthetower/261004a","title":"3億5000万人が登録、サービス開始日に登録者数が1500万人突破──数字がデカすぎてよくわからないくらい中国でバズってる『ロコキングダム』が日本上陸。出会った“ジニ”を“オーブ”で捕まえ、ともに戦うRPG"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Roco Kingdom"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}