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Love Live! School Idol Festival

Millions tapped through a decade of school-idol songs, then the original global rhythm game graduated and took most of its collected cards with it.

HOW CLOSE TO REALITY100/100
CATEGORYGames
LIFECYCLE2013—2023
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Quick facts

Existence state
Officially Gone
Peak stage
general availability
Research confidence
high
Last verified
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What it was

A formally released rhythm and character-collection game developed by KLab and published with Bushiroad.

Players formed idol teams, followed visual-novel stories and performed songs from the Love Live franchise.

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Existence timeline

Japanese launch

The original rhythm game opens in Japan.

English service launches

School Idol Festival reaches a broader global audience.

Catalogue expands

Songs, stories, collaborations and thousands of cards accumulate.

Ninth anniversary

The service approaches a decade of operation.

Termination announced

Purchases stop and the March deadline is published.

Original service closes

The live game and its account collections become inaccessible.

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Why it ended

The Japanese, global and simplified-Chinese services terminated on 31 March 2023 ahead of a sequel.

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Last confirmed trace

Official notices, recordings, card databases, soundtrack releases and player exports preserve the long-running service.
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What it left behind

School Idol Festival helped internationalise mobile rhythm games and remains a central early digital archive of Love Live art and stories.

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How we classified it

The archive unit reached normal public release or operation and is no longer obtainable in its original public form.

Verified normal public availability maps to 100 under Arrival Score V1.

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Sources & verification

Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.

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