THE iDOLM@STER Anonymous 03/29/15 (Sun) 19:00:43 cec79e No. 8959
Seeing as how this is too niche to keep alive on /v/ and there's a few similar threads doing well here I figured I'd give it a shot.
iDOLM@STER is a franchise where you manage idols and try to get them to the top of the industry. There's also a few rhythm only spin offs. The main cast consists of 13 girls aged from 13-21 with varying personalities, there's also spin offs that offer an even wider range of idols to choose from but aren't currently on console. The latest title came out last year for the PS3 called One For All which added more RPG elements as well as improved the system created in a previous game, iDOLM@STER 2 (despite the title it isn't the second game made). There's also a PS4 game in development, but not much is known about it other than it's a completely reworking in game play and models.
Currently the only game brought overseas officially is Shiny Festa, a simple rhythm game. It's been stated in an interview that there's plans for bringing over a console main title in the future.
http://pastebin.com/3sikEZyL For those that want to give the games a shot there's also the PSP games titled SP that are partly fan translated and can be emulated on PC.
http://www.yukipo.com/the-idolm-ster-psp/the-idolm-ster-sp If you have any questions I've played most of the games and know moon so I'd be glad to respond to them.
Anonymous 03/29/15 (Sun) 19:08:33 859aa3 No. 8961
Idolm@s 2 is probably one of my top games I plan on playing as I get more moon runes under my belt. When I played the first translated PSP game I had a blast, and I enjoyed the anime.
Anonymous 03/29/15 (Sun) 19:12:44 cec79e No. 8963
>>8961 I'd say it depends on what you prefer. iM@S 2 is more difficult to beat and can be replayed as much as you please but you're limited to using fast BPM songs, iM@S OFA is easier to beat and only has an endless mode but you're able to use the full range of songs included. There's also been complaints about the writing in iM@S 2 while I haven't heard any about OFA.
Anonymous 03/29/15 (Sun) 19:34:12 19ee3f No. 8970
>>8963 iM@S2 does have the time management element where getting everything you need can be tight but I found that individual events get a lot more challenging in OFA. Some of the equips in 2 were broken.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6ucufDeSxQ
Anonymous 03/29/15 (Sun) 19:46:11 cec79e No. 8972
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play. >>8970 I think I would have liked OFA more if it had a time limited mode even if it was an unlocked side mode like in SP. OFA's S ranked events up the difficulty, but besides that you're able to just grind until you can beat it. The skill boards were more enjoyable than having to collect the equips though, definitely.
I guess they wouldn't have included a song in the game if it was unusable, but for convenience's sake I mostly see people using fast BPM songs like ai like hamburger and kiramekirari.
Anonymous 03/29/15 (Sun) 23:12:19 cec79e No. 9057
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play. What's your favorite song? My favorite from the newest game is this.
Anonymous 03/29/15 (Sun) 23:50:48 261109 No. 9074
I don't play the series (yet) but do singers have certain songs they do and don't sing or can they sing everything?
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 00:11:01 cec79e No. 9078
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play. >>9074 Every singer can sing every song besides certain ones that are either rival only (which is only one or two songs) and one solo song in the latest game where each of the 13 girls were given their own solo song. This one for example is a rival song.
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 00:48:43 cec79e No. 9089
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play. >>9074 Here's an example clip of everyone singing the same song.
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 01:18:21 261109 No. 9094
>>9089 That's the clip that got me asking (and it's already stuck in my head because of the guy who posted it in the .webm thread) because I couldn't find a video of Chihaya singing Princess Bride. I was wondering if she didn't sing it at all. I did find one but it wasn't as good as I was hoping - she always sounds better solo.
>>9078 Neat system.
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 01:30:11 cec79e No. 9097
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play. >>9094 Princess Bride? You mean that non imas song used in that Haruka video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l2Utfv4GPE At least that's what comes to mind.
If you mean the song in that clip it's called Kyun! Vampire Girl.
I like how idolmaster has each girl sing each song as you get some surprising combos. Having duos, trios, and quintets also means even more combinations you can make singing wise. You also get to choose their costumes, accessories, and camera angles.
There's some fan made group versions of some songs by putting the solo versions together.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5slrnY3lmA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP_AmmKGogw
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 01:35:01 d46177 No. 9098
i am still angry teres no games about the Puchis…what the hell? insta gold mine
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 01:44:40 cec79e No. 9100
>>9098 Puchi were included as items in SP's DLC as head items back when it first started publishing. There's some fan made games, but nothing too complicated or downloadable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhzOvGyBxdQ
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 01:54:07 261109 No. 9102
>>9097 >non imas song Oh. That would explain it. I thought it was in one of the games.
I have seen some good idol set-ups but I'm still in the process of finding out whose voice I like. The overly cutesy ones like the twins and Yayoi can get kind of annoying. I understand they're popular but not my cup of tea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5slrnY3lmA I like that the twins are doing their own thing in the bottom corner.
Those sort of videos are always neat though.
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 02:02:21 cec79e No. 9104
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play. >>9102 There's a lot of videos with imas paired with other songs as people enjoy having the idols dance to them. Funny enough some of these songs later got covered.
Another factor is some idols sound different on different songs, like Miki for example.
Cute song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu6_nIt_Crw Cool song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHcG5LjSxz4 Or Hibiki
Cute song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-oYn96uLBQ Cool song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzSrw9fX14o That's because the dances are different for different positions. For example here's a quintet version of a song.
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 05:33:06 3ea536 No. 9155
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play. I really hope that stuff starts getting released outside of Japan. A lot of Japan's stuff is seeing PC ports and I'd love to see this series become a part of that trend.
Anybody have any suggestions about learning moonspeak? I'd love to get invested into something like that but I hear so many different opinions on it, what's effective and what isn't.
>>9057 For me it used to be Hibiki's rendition of My Song but after finding this song and learning what the lyrics meant, it's my new favorite.
Incredible waifu feels man
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 08:12:51 19ee3f No. 9179
>Anybody have any suggestions about learning moonspeak? I'd love to get invested into something like that but I hear so many different opinions on it, what's effective and what isn't.
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 10:30:04 261109 No. 9188
>>9104 >There's a lot of videos with imas paired with other songs as people enjoy having the idols dance to them I guess that means it was very well edited because it was pretty convincing.
I figured it might be that but it was still amusing.
>>9155 >Anybody have any suggestions about learning moonspeak? >>>/japan/
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 14:23:07 cec79e No. 9222
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play. >>9155 I'm not sure if namco has any plans for a PC port.
DJT's materials are pretty good I'd say, just pick what works for you or try various things and see which you like most.
http://forum.project-imas.com/index.php/topic,2266.msg59102.html#msg59102 Like
>>9179 said, imas's dialogue isn't too complicated, if you study enough you could probably get to reading it well in a year or two.
I had a feeling it'd be that song. There's a nice fan animated video of that song as well.
>>9188 There's a lot of nicely edited videos. Most of them aren't reuploaded to youtube or get removed for copyright. Here's some I could find.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeZi5iA_Ik8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wmsl0ETW1o
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 15:51:17 261109 No. 9240
>>9222 I have a nicovideo account so I'll just browse until I find some good ones.
Did also find the /imas/ radio.
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 15:53:45 cec79e No. 9241
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 16:15:23 3ea536 No. 9244
>>9179 >>9188 >>9222 Thanks everyone!
>>9241 If someone doesn't want to make a Nicovideo account you can use this to view them
http://en.niconico.sarashi.com/
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 18:07:56 fa5c19 No. 9281
I still think the Puchis need their own game.
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 18:10:11 fa5c19 No. 9282
>>9281 >jpg I saved three gigabytes worth of puchi gifs
some guy on /a/ loved to make gifs of the series when it was airing and I have to post the image that isn't a gif?
Fuck.
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 18:15:41 c5b693 No. 9284
>>9222 >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeZi5iA_Ik8 When the fuck is he going to make another Wrestlem@ster video, Jesus fucking Christ.
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 18:24:28 c5b693 No. 9289
Anyway, I'd just like to say that OFA is a pretty enjoyable game even if you can't decipher moonrunes. The rhythm game is a bit easy, but it's fun just throwing some accessories up on the girls and sending them onto the stage.
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 18:37:23 3ea536 No. 9296
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>>9284 >This video THE DIMENSIONAL BARRIER HAS BEEN BROKEN.
NOW WE ARE FREE, BROTHERS!
Who would be l@dy for an Idolm@ster on VR headsets?
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 21:12:59 cec79e No. 9341
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play. >>9281 Thus far the only genre imas has covered are the main games which are a mix of rhythm and simulation, the rhythm only games, social mobile "games", and a series of mini games that is forgotten by most. Although puchi have gotten a lot of merch and their own plush since they last appeared in the series, so maybe they'll show up again at some point.
>>9289 The game can be enjoyable, but for the most enjoyable experience it helps to know what the girls are saying, although it's not as important as it used to be.
>>9296 There was a VR demo last year using the OFA office, so maybe sony plans on using the series for a VR title in the future. If it's going to be a gimmick it's probably best to have it as it's own title like G4U first rather than straight into a main game.
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 22:15:52 cec79e No. 9377
>>9155 Damn son, you just linked that video yesterday and it's already pulled. Youtube's copyright is nuts.
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 22:20:16 c62ba9 No. 9379
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 22:21:24 c62ba9 No. 9380
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 22:32:13 1d3a3b No. 9384
>>9222 >http://forum.project-imas.com heard that place is a gaia-riddled shithole.
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 22:36:03 cec79e No. 9385
>>9384 The game play threads are fine, why would you want to read the off topic sections anyways?
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 22:49:07 1d3a3b No. 9388
>>9385 then again, that's what i've heard of it years ago, looks like it is still true.
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 22:50:58 cec79e No. 9389
>>9388 It's pretty much the only site you can talk about imas in English besides the chans or social media.
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 23:00:29 1d3a3b No. 9391
>>9389 so are you telling me that you can't make an imageboard?
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 23:02:22 cec79e No. 9393
>>9391 There's one, it's near dead.
>>>/imas/
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 23:03:15 1d3a3b No. 9394
>>9393 how about reviving it then?
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 23:06:33 cec79e No. 9395
>>9394 No one wanted to join. The imas fans didn't want to share it with other idol series and the other idol series didn't want to post on a board dominated by imas. After the CG anime aired it slowly died off.
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 23:55:08 1d3a3b No. 9410
>>9395 >no one wanted to join Then do it yourself.
>not sharing. No shit.
>after the cg anime aired You still got one ep.
Jesus Christ, you got a brain, THINK, and stop shilling forums just because "it's the only place".
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 00:06:06 cec79e No. 9413
>>9410 Don't know why you've got such a stick up your ass. The only reason I even linked to it was because of the resources in one thread.
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 00:15:19 db8444 No. 9418
I'm waiting on whenever Scamco decides to mention anything about the upcoming PS4 game. Maybe I'll actually get a PS4 for it, who knows. I'm kinda disappointed they aren't using OFA as the game with the most extensive DLC catalog, though. Why go the nine yards and stop right there?
>>9380 Oh baby.
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 00:18:03 cec79e No. 9420
>>9418 I've heard the reason why the DLC has slowed on OFA is they're busy working on the PS4 game. Makes sense if they want to get it out by the end of this year or early next year.
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 00:41:21 1d3a3b No. 9429
>>9413 >suggest to rebuild the board yourself >"you got a stick up the ass" >can't c/p the forum contents. jesus christ.
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 03:44:45 2f80f8 No. 9490
Help.
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 04:35:11 c5b693 No. 9499
>>9490 Wish I could help you, dude, but sadly, I don't have any of the DLC.
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 05:04:20 2f80f8 No. 9509
>>9499 No prob, I can wait.
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 09:17:18 cec79e No. 9573
>>9490 I might be able to get someone to help you out later.
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 13:06:51 a54de5 No. 9596
>>9089 I found this unusually entertaining
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 14:21:07 cec79e No. 9606
>>9596 I'll post the few webms I have saved.
>>8632
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 15:27:29 1c6b69 No. 9624
>>9596 They all sound the same, what's the point?
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 16:21:55 9b5968 No. 9647
>>9624 Get your ears checked, they have markedly different vocal styles for the most part.
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 16:48:22 1c6b69 No. 9656
>>9647 No, they really don't
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 17:03:33 cec79e No. 9658
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 19:23:12 22af60 No. 9676
>>9606 YAYOIFAGS STRONK
YAYOIFAG THINK YAYOI CUTE
YAYOIFAG WATCH ANIME?
YAYOIFAG WONDER WHEN NEW GAME
YAYOIFAG NOT LIKE TOO MANY CHARACTERS
CONFUSES YAYOIFAG
YAYOIFAG SAGE FOR NOT VIDEO GAMES
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Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 19:27:15 cec79e No. 9677
>>9676 The next game for the PS4 doesn't have a release date yet. See
>>9658
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 19:30:34 2f80f8 No. 9679
>>9573 Please do. I'd love eternally love you.
Anonymous 04/01/15 (Wed) 21:58:10 db8444 No. 10049
I figure the songs will eventually be available for other idols to sing, but it makes me wonder how they'll expand the content from the OFA DLC like the special extends.
Anonymous 04/01/15 (Wed) 22:32:20 944c60 No. 10075
>>8959 Where I can download the 3D models of the franchise?.
I want them for analysis and a hentai project
Anonymous 04/02/15 (Thu) 02:26:46 cec79e No. 10204
>>10049 They'll probably keep them exclusive or there was no point in doing so to begin with.
>>10075 They aren't available for download.
Anonymous 04/02/15 (Thu) 02:38:19 74d887 No. 10213
>>10204 I have see a lot of ero videos on Nico Douga where they use the 3d models for erotic purposes
Anonymous 04/02/15 (Thu) 03:56:43 cec79e No. 10238
>>10213 Those are Miku Miku Dance models, not the in game models.
Anonymous 04/02/15 (Thu) 12:26:41 22abf3 No. 10357
Posting this gem.
Anonymous 04/03/15 (Fri) 03:25:09 8fee46 No. 10668
>>10357 Funny as hell reading it and seeing how she reacts to her producer violating her trust…
Anonymous 04/03/15 (Fri) 06:36:57 2f80f8 No. 10743
>>10357 This is so wrong…
but it feels so right!
Anonymous 04/04/15 (Sat) 01:45:47 ac3992 No. 10936
>>10927 Fucking finally.
>Still no 99 Nights FUCK
Anonymous 04/04/15 (Sat) 01:57:14 ac3992 No. 10939
>>10927 >>10936 >Suteki Happiness and Pon de Beach don't sound as good as the original OFA songs Kill me
Anonymous 04/04/15 (Sat) 13:24:52 cec79e No. 11035
>>10936 99 Nights will probably appear in a later batch.
>>10939 Yeah that happens with master versions sometimes.
Anonymous 04/05/15 (Sun) 03:15:17 ac3992 No. 11266
Fucking Scamco.
Went to see my imas playlist to put some videos and relax, and now there are a fuckton gone.
Even the only one with Azusa, Chihaya, Makoto, Takane and Hibiki performing 99 Nights (IMO that's the best and only good selection for that song).
Please
>>9573 , take this request too.
Damn it sucks not knowing japanese. Life is pure suffering without that important knowledge.
Anonymous 04/05/15 (Sun) 12:57:30 cec79e No. 11365
>>11266 Although if youtube keeps pulling it, you might be better off joining niconico. There's a lot of imas videos on there and there is an english mode (although the comments are a ghost town in english). I've favorited a lot of videos and only two got pulled (a popular video using a non imas song, and a smaller video with a remix, might have been pulled by the owner).
Another thing is you might want to archive your favorites. I don't do so myself, but if you really want to rewatch them it's best to do so. Youtube is very pull heavy. I've looked back at one of my favorite lists from back when youtube started with 2,000 videos or so in total, and over half of them were removed.
For something on topic, what would you guys want to see in the PS4 imas game?
Anonymous 04/05/15 (Sun) 15:27:29 9412a4 No. 11391
>>11365 >although the comments are a ghost town in english You can browse the site in English and change to viewing the Nip comments (or chink if you feel like it) but I don't think you can add one to them - only the language you're using. I use the site in Nip so I'm not sure.
Anonymous 04/05/15 (Sun) 18:35:00 ac3992 No. 11429
>>11365 I will try to use more NND. Thanks friend.
Anonymous 04/06/15 (Mon) 15:15:25 cec79e No. 11611
Anonymous 04/06/15 (Mon) 18:32:18 c5b693 No. 11628
>>11365 >For something on topic, what would you guys want to see in the PS4 imas game? It's not what I want to
see in the PS4 title, it's what I want to
hear in the PS4 title.
I want more ambient sounds in the game, basically. Like the sound of waves crashing in the distance when you're dragging Yukiho to the beach, or the hustle and bustle of the crowd when you're talking shop with Ritsuko, or even the sound of rain hitting the window when you're inevitably roped into doing something stupid with the twins to piss the rainy day away. Also, crowd chants. With 720-degree noscope surround sound featuring BASS CANNON optimization.
… I suppose fully animated 3D backgrounds would be nice, but yeah.
Anonymous 04/08/15 (Wed) 12:02:01 cec79e No. 12103
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play. >>11628 I'm pretty sure there were sounds like that included in earlier games and gravure for you. It's actually kind of annoying to hear loud trains go by or people shouting on roller coasters while you're trying to listen to them talk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2GEnZWCc90 As for on stage unless you have an option to turn it off we usually only have those versions to go off of as they release master boxes so slowly.
Anonymous 04/12/15 (Sun) 17:31:37 cec79e No. 13193
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
Anonymous 04/18/15 (Sat) 02:30:20 ac3992 No. 14360
>>13193 The best thing about the game version is
that Ritsuko is part of the song. Man, there were so many wrong things with the movie…
Anonymous 04/18/15 (Sat) 08:13:56 a9b956 No. 14411
Anonymous 04/18/15 (Sat) 17:12:32 6d0e61 No. 14457
>>14360 Yeah Ritsuko got the short end of the stick a lot in second vision. I get she's not always supposed to be an idol, but reducing her role like that is disappointing to people that like her.
Anonymous 04/19/15 (Sun) 01:23:46 c5b693 No. 14537
>>14360 >>14457 It hurts being a Ritsukofag.