It is not the first time JP devs gone back on the agreement a the last moment. If you followed FKG you might remember the whole Bride voting event disaster, where that gentle and caring JP devs agreed to make bride versions for he winners of our side contest only to "Nope" in the middle of it. Or so Nutaku says

Meh, there's always a hope devs would listen to Nuts and give us revivals at least. As they say, hope dies last, even after the man himself