IDOLM@STER is the game I want most right now, and I've been looking forward to the home release for a while. Considering how unpopular the X360 is in Japan, I think biggest reason NB chose to port it to the X360 is because of Live. The other systems don't have a strong net infrastructure, though I can see this going to the PS3 in the future.
I like dating sims and raising sims, and this is basically both of them combined into one game. Of course, neither of these will work if the characters aren't appealing; luckily they range from pretty cute to adorable. The voice actresses aren't that well-known, with the exception of
Kugimiya Rie, who plays
Minase Iori in this game ("the arrogant one" - typecasting?).
The music is pretty good as well. Naturally, those who don't like squaky-voiced japanese music will dislike it, though (though
Kisaragi Chihaya's
Aoi Tori wouldn't fit in that category, methinks).
Clearly, this game isn't meant for everyone, though. I think the people who like Princess Maker 2 would enjoy it though.
There's going to be two versions of this game on release: (1) The regular version, and (2) the special edition which comes with display figures of all 11 characters plus a stage to put them on, plus some other cool things as well.
And yeah, this is indeed the type of game that relies more on the profit of its inspired merchandise than profit from the actual game.
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