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On October 19, Capcom announced the end of service for its smartphone puzzle game Monster Hunter Puzzles: Felyne Isles. Service ends at 11:00 on January 14, 2027, drawing the curtain roughly two years and six months after the game launched on June 27, 2024.
This announcement is a slightly different animal from the usual “end of service” notice, though. At the same time, Capcom revealed that a buy-once edition, Monster Hunter Puzzles: Felyne Isles Itsumademo-ban—the “forever” version—is planned for release on November 12, 2026. And your save data from the live-service version carries straight over.
Capcom has also announced on the official site that ports of the Itsumademo-ban for Nintendo Switch and Steam have been greenlit. In other words, the Felynes aren’t going anywhere. The only thing disappearing is the live-service format.
That said, the data transfer comes with a deadline and conditions attached. Delete the app and you can’t migrate; leave it on an old version and you’re stuck. Miss those details and two and a half years of progress vanishes wholesale. Here’s the schedule up to shutdown and the transfer requirements, in order.
When Does Service End? What’s the Schedule Up to Shutdown?
Service ends at 11:00 on January 14, 2027. The purchase-related shutoffs, however, happen two months earlier, at 11:00 on November 12, 2026.
| Date and time | What happens |
|---|---|
| November 12, 2026, 11:00 | In-app purchases halted, VIP license sales halted, Master Ranking ends |
| November 12, 2026 | Planned release date for the buy-once Itsumademo-ban |
| January 14, 2027, 11:00 | Service ends. Features requiring a connection shut off, new downloads halted, customer support ends |
Gems and boosters you’ve already purchased remain usable after service ends. As for the VIP license, auto-renewal stops once the current term expires after purchases are halted, so there’s no need to cancel anything yourself. I rate this kind of design—announcing the shutdown and cutting off purchases well in advance—as the considerate approach, because it shuts down the pattern where players are charged right up to the end and then end up fighting over refunds.
The official site explains post-shutdown play like this.
After service ends, you will still be able to play the parts of the game that do not require a connection as before, but they will fall outside the scope of our support.
Source:Monster Hunter Puzzles: Felyne Isles official site
That’s the line: playable, but unsupported. If you swap phones or update your OS and the game stops launching, everything past that point is on you. Rather than clutching the live-service version like a keepsake, you’re better off moving house to the Itsumademo-ban and being done with it.
When Does the Buy-Once Itsumademo-ban Launch? How Much Is It?
The Itsumademo-ban is planned for release on November 12, 2026. As of October 2026 there is no official announcement of the price.
Because it needs no data connection during gameplay, it won’t stall on you in a subway dead zone. Capcom has also explicitly stated that you can carry over your live-service data and pick up where you left off. Some specifications are being changed, though, and some data is said to be non-transferable, so assume that connection-dependent records like the Master Ranking won’t survive the move.
Capcom also notes up front that there are countries and regions where the game won’t be sold, and that launching it may trigger a connection to verify purchase information. Consider that the fine print on “buy-once” not meaning fully offline.
What Are the Data Transfer Requirements? What Should You Absolutely Not Do?
There are three requirements for the transfer. Miss even one and you can’t migrate.
- Don’t delete the live-service app — delete it and you lose the ability to move your data to the Itsumademo-ban
- Update to Ver 2.25.0 or later — transfers aren’t possible on versions below that
- Migrate within the same platform — iOS to Android and Android to iOS transfers are not supported
The transfer runs through each platform’s cloud features, which means you need an environment where iCloud works on iOS or Google Cloud works on Android. Capcom also notes the possibility that transfers may become impossible if Apple or Google changes how cloud backups work.
Anyone planning to switch operating systems needs to pay attention here. If you want to end up on a device running a different OS, you have to complete the phone change while the live-service version is still running, get the live-service version and your data working on the new device, and only then move to the Itsumademo-ban. Basically: move sideways first, move up later. It’s also stated that transfers may not be possible depending on the update status of your device’s OS.
Details on how to transfer will be announced in a future notice, so for right now the correct answer is to leave the app where it is. Please, just don’t uninstall it. There is genuinely no undo.
When Are the Nintendo Switch and Steam Versions Coming?
As of October 2026 there is no official announcement of release timing for the Nintendo Switch and Steam versions. All that has been announced is that they’re in development.
The official site states that, on top of the mobile platforms iOS and Android, ports of the Itsumademo-ban for Nintendo Switch and Steam have been greenlit, with details such as release timing to be announced as they’re confirmed.
So the day is coming when you can melt Felyne puzzles on a big TV for hours on end. Mobile puzzle games sometimes become a completely different kind of satisfying on Steam once the controls turn into mouse dragging, so there’s reason to look forward to that. Whether the ports will accept data from the live-service version hasn’t been clarified, so for now the safe play is to prioritize locking in the mobile transfer.
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Summary: November 12 Is the Real Fork in the Road
Service ends at 11:00 on January 14, 2027. But the practical fork in the road is November 12, 2026, the day purchases stop and the buy-once Itsumademo-ban is scheduled to arrive. What you need to do is simple: don’t delete the app, update to Ver 2.25.0 or later, and transfer to the Itsumademo-ban within the same OS. That’s it.
Gems and boosters you’ve already bought stay usable after shutdown. The price has no official announcement as of October 2026, and the timing for the Nintendo Switch and Steam versions is unannounced as well. This is a story worth following when more news drops.
A free-to-play puzzle game gets reborn as a buy-once release, and your data comes with you. As end-of-service news goes, I rate that as a pretty honest landing. The shame of it is that the transfer only works within the same OS and leans on cloud features. If you’re planning to jump from iPhone to Android, you’ll need to schedule that phone change before the shutdown.
Uninstall it and it’s over. That’s the one thing I want you to take home.
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