Kyle becomes consumed by darkness there, and the party resolves to travel to the ends of the world on the flying island in order to find the seven "Great Runes", following Kyle's words before he disappeared. They meet a mysterious girl named Iris and a talking white cat named Catra, and together they make their way to the isle's ruins, where they find a flying island. Several millennia after the war, in a world consisting of numerous isles, a young hero from the Astora Isle encounters the adventurer Kyle and follows him on an expedition on the isle. Both were not meant to meet and love each other as the war ravaged the world around the land and the skies. The Black Prince however, despite the wishes of the Black King, defied his orders and falls in love with the White Maiden, in hopes that their union would end the war. At the same time, a war between the demons and the guardians of light took place, with the demons led by the Black King of Darkness attacking the lands in the sky. Īn anime adaptation of the game's 3rd anniversary event produced by Project No.9 aired from April 6 to June 22, 2020.Ī long time ago, there is an ancient legend revolving around two figures, the White Maiden of the Sky represented by the White Cat, and the Black Prince of Darkness represented by the Black Cat.
A spinoff title, White Cat Tennis ( 白猫テニス, Shironeko Tenisu) was released on both iOS and Android on July 31, 2016, while the upcoming sequel Shironeko New Project will be released on the Nintendo Switch at a later date. An English-language version was released internationally under the name Colopl Rune Story and operated from July 23, 2015, to October 7, 2016. It was initially released in Japan on July 14, 2014.
White Cat Project ( Japanese: 白猫プロジェクト, Hepburn: Shironeko Purojekuto) is a free-to-play action role-playing game developed and published by Colopl for Android and iOS.
has reached out to COLOPL NI for comment, and will update accordingly with any response.Cover of the 2015 official fan book, featuring the three main characters (Hero, Iris and Catra) alongside event-exclusive characters. We hope you will remember fondly the good times you had and the friendships you made in Astora."ĬOLOPL NI's only other release, the competitive city builder hybrid Downtown Showdown, remains live on both the App Store and Google Play. Our community was small, but dedicated, funny, creative, and always demanded the best of us. "Thank you again for your long-time patience and support. However, if there are quests or heroes you would like to see again, we will do our best to accommodate those requests. We deeply regret that we will not be able to release Nightmare mode or update the client any further. "We will be updating you shortly with more details, but in the meanwhile the servers will be active. "As of today, Rune Story will be removed from the iTunes and Google Play stores, and the jewel stores in both games will be disabled," reads the official statement on the COLOPL forums. We try to maintain our fanbase by adding events and so on, but we are not looking at a high rate of growth right now.”Īnd indeed, that failure to create a strong player base seems to be the reason for the game's closure eight months down the line. “We are not sure whether we can scale up right now. “The players like, but at the same time it's hard to gather players in a very competitive market with very expensive marketing costs,” he said at the time. Rune Story was a localised version of the massive Japanese hit White Cat Project, handled by COLOPL NI - the US arm of Japanese publisher COLOPL.īack in March 2016, COLOPL NI CEO Jikhan Jungadmitted to that the firm had struggled to scale the business in its new market.
Free-to-play Japanese role-playing game Rune Story has been removed from the App Store and Google Play and will no longer be updated.