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Japan is very very weird in mobile games.

Western games basically never pierce in Japan, not for lack of trying.

Japanese mobile games extend from their life and media consumption habits




FGO is a bit outlier. Every FGO imitated games fail because no one can copy the core value: the scenario writer. Every other parts of the game has been often blamed but the writer Nasu's work is cultic popular.




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