iDOLM@STER 2 + S4U request thread

[Setsuna]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80154dIlcew

I really like this one; there's a rare 5-member memory appeal halfway into the video. The number of members appearing in a memory appeal is completely random, I think.

Actually, you can control how many people particpate in an appeal (or accident if you like)

Hit X the number of times in beat before appealing.

If you have accidents turned on, (and you want to cause an accident) start mashing the X button after you set up the number of times before you press A to appeal.

You'd be surprised how often it works. Sometimes causing the entire quintet to fall over's more adorable than getting them to do it right.

[KIRBYSIM]

Well, I have another request! Hope you guys don't mind my multitude of requests. XD

Song: i
Performers: Takane(leader), Hibiki, Chihaya
HD: Preferrably
Outfit: Either the hula girl one, or the gold floral one
Stage: The beach stage if former outfit, the balloon stage if the latter

I'll take this one too. Pretty sure I have both costumes... I guess you'd prefer the former?

Actually, you can control how many people particpate in an appeal (or accident if you like)

Hit X the number of times in beat before appealing.

If you have accidents turned on, (and you want to cause an accident) start mashing the X button after you set up the number of times before you press A to appeal.

You'd be surprised how often it works. Sometimes causing the entire quintet to fall over's more adorable than getting them to do it right.

Cool, I'll give that a try later.

[Neko-P]

For Neko-P:
Takane Chihaya Hibiki trio with...
Little Match Girl - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3qnK-Ft3A4
Me ga Au Toki - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkT20LJHWxA
Kosmos, Cosmos - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqdmTQWLv68
My Song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFg9jt4LT4o

Yay! X3 Thanks again!

I'll take this one too. Pretty sure I have both costumes... I guess you'd prefer the former?

And yes, yes I would.

[zeda12123]

Uh, there's somewhhere in the vicinity of at least 8 dress codes there. Which one/s did you want?

Oh, pfffft, sorry. The link didn't work it seems. I always fail at this stuff, what is even wrong with me.
The black and blue floral outfit Ritsuko is wearing, I wish I knew the name.

[Setsuna]

I am going to work on a Makoto themed request, and will need a couple of songs in a specific outfit or two.
Song: Little match girl.
Performers: Makoto
HD: if you could
Outift: The golden floral outfit, the name escapes me
Camera angle: the kind used for choreography (one tap on LT).
Stage: 12 in Kirby's video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwbTL1j9_-c&feature=channel_video_title

For the rest, th same stage same character but the outfit I would like to be: http://www.bandainamcogames.co.jp/cs/list/idolmaster/im2/sfu/ (The black and blue floral outift.)
For: The little match girl (Yes a second one)
Relations
Mega au toki
Kosmos, cosmos
& Meisou mind

I can understand if it takes awhile, it is a pretty big request. Much abligued to any one who can help.
EDIT: specified the outfit in the first request.

Second question before I start - did you want far shots for all of them, or just the first one? And if that's all you want, I'd have them done and dusted by Monday, tops (and that's assuming you reply during the livestream of my game).

It's been reshot to spec. I smacked around a few programs this morning for failing to encode correctly. Give a wonky program an inch...

Please see the resulting video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgcY4ybDn6E

Kirby, I'll handle this batch. Take the others though - I need time to actually play the game - If there's a game that needs cheats, im@s 2 would so be it - I found out that certain costumes won't unlock until certain Producer ranks *sob*

(To be precise, I remembered someone asking why no one had the white cat ear collection, it's simple - They're DLC items, but there's another catch than just paying the 300 MS points per item - you HAVE to be producer rank 3 or above for you to actually BUY them (get the bronze producer card). Rank 3 requires you to rank B or better 2 times (for me) and I failed one at an F (my first game) so you might need 3 games total as well, but that's just me.)

[Setsuna]

Song: Meisou Mind
Performers: Makoto (leader), Takane, Azusa
HD: Preferred, but not required.
Outfits: Floral light yellow & blue, white cat ears, paws, & tail

I imagine no one's picked it up - 1200MS points is the cost of this request, and to boot, you're required to be Producer rank 3 as well (Which is only about what, 30 hours of gameplay, assuming you get it done right from the word go?).

The request is now filled according to spec - Please find it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnZpr5FAYKc

Should I charge you for it at standard journalist rates (We'll be nice and I'll make it 23.50 US an hour but will file 15 hours instead of the full 30) as well as the DLC costs?

On a much more seriious note, I'll pick it up as part of the queue. It's being set up, but yeah, I've already got to book Meruru as a cost. Ah, im@s, Namco's licence to print money...

[BT2]

Or get an A or S once after playthrough 1, it's easy if you take a look at KIRBYSIM's post in the gameplay thread and it only takes 7-9 hours per playthrough if one wants to savor the story.

[Mind M@ster]

Thanks Kirbysim! I'll just link the vid around various places, if that's ok.

[Setsuna]

Or get an A or S once after playthrough 1, it's easy if you take a look at KIRBYSIM's post in the gameplay thread and it only takes 7-9 hours per playthrough if one wants to savor the story.

I apologise for the little rant I had earlier, I'm half asleep among other things. It's been removed, I'll assume you're permitted to jump Producer ranks (I was informed you couldn't on the JP wiki), and I'll assume (dubiously, considering the requirements and the number of stars that would have to align from a starting block start from my knowledge of the game so far) that a S is possible off the blocks first game.

I may attempt it (using a USB stick to start a new save game) on live broadcast, to prove if it can be done. (Although not fast of course since it will be live and people are always interested in the game itself, not just a technical analysis, but we can assume a 50% speed multiplier is possible, but as perfectly as it is possible)

For most part, I'm not particularly efficent, and I don't actually mind taking my time - in fact it's important I do NOT rush things - my play is often exhibition for other people consuming..

Then again you're talking with someone who had to put in 10 hours of gameplay a day for 6 days straight for a relatively small (large? Siiliconera is somewhere but not sure where) audience on a few occasions, and has had to play live games at various conventions on a demonstration basis. (Girls who play games seemingly are better recieved at conventions for some reason, particularly ones who can play. Not sure why, might be a hormone thing.)

Anyway, once again, I apologise for confusion caused, and I'm going to get some sleep.

[BT2]

How about letting people choose their unit names; tbh I wonder what people would name them if they get the option to.



Anyways,getting a S-rank without beating any of the uta-hime fes's might be hard or next to impossible and one'd be pretty much guaranteed to not see a best end because of it, if the ending doesn't matter we have a possibility.

If we look at a certain list we'll see that if one gets 1 A and 4 S evaluations and beat 3 special fes's, one'd still get an A-rank, getting 5x S and no special fes's gives an S. Because there's not much documented on evaluations; how much would 4 or 5 fes's affect overall score etc.
Assuming one won't be able to beat more than 4 special fes's and not sure how this will affect one's score I'll go with the 5xS route.


I'm not sure if 1st playthrough gave you the option to do special live early in the game, so we'll scrap trying to get a super break on 1st song, not sure if you can do this with song 2 either. Also, I don't think you could select paid promotions at the beginning either.
With a blank file, I think it might be possible to get in the top 20 with your third song if one gets a superbreak.
During the early weeks one should try getting a specialised charm early on in the game and getting beter items along the way when you make money, trying to spend as little time as possible on shopping.
Assuming one spends the first 18-20 training on one stat to get image level 16, having Koshiba boost twice, one'd have approx 35 weeks left.
Getting a 60k highscore later on in the game should be possible and not using a continue should be easy enough by then; We'll have 3 S's then.
Harder would be to get 1st on the charts, but it's not impossible assuming one got in the top 20 with CD 3. The easiest way of getting 1st is by atempting a revive with CD4, or a break with CD 5 if one's been building up a good amount of fans and a good score.
Getting 5.5kk sales would also involve building up a lot of fans and a good highscore but it should be possible with your last 3 CD's.
When getting more fans one should try having Ariake or Yamahara boost up as often as possible.


tldr; probably possible but it'd be a pain

[KIRBYSIM]

How about letting people choose their unit names; tbh I wonder what people would name them if they get the option to.



Anyways,getting a S-rank without beating any of the uta-hime fes's might be hard or next to impossible and one'd be pretty much guaranteed to not see a best end because of it, if the ending doesn't matter we have a possibility.

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On my first playthrough I beat 3 Uta-hime festivals so there ya go. Only reason I didn't go on to beat the rest was because I realised that I wouldn't have enough scheduling credits to get them all (at best I'd end up with 4 out of 5 awards), so I decided to go for the NamKyara boss mascot instead.

I think if you know what you're doing, it should be very possible to get an S on your first playthrough. It's not easy, but should be highly doable. Don't tempt me to try.

Oh, and good idea on the naming thing. If anyone wants to specific in their request it can be easily implemented. Just note that idol unit names can only be 10 characters long (English alphabet, Japanese kana, or whatever)

Thanks Kirbysim! I'll just link the vid around various places, if that's ok.

Sure!

[BT2]

On my first playthrough I beat 3 Uta-hime festivals so there ya go.

I know, I read up on your progress befor eI got my game.
I'm mostly worried about the middle one and trying to cram everything in, in one playthrough and cause we don't know much about how having 4 awards will affect your score, I chose the 5S option as mentioned before.
Sure, you could fight a randomly assigned shadow unit and hope you get get lucky and fight a weaker one like Luna or keep resetting until you find one you might be able to beat but that won't really be interesting.

I'll stop clogging this topic now with of topic messages.

[Neko-P]

Hey, Kirbysim? I want my unit's name to be Eden. :3

[KIRBYSIM]

Hey, Kirbysim? I want my unit's name to be Eden. :3

I will keep that in mind for future requests (but do indicate that you want the name to be Eden in the post too, ya?) because your current one is on its way to YouTube.

Actually, you can control how many people particpate in an appeal (or accident if you like)

Hit X the number of times in beat before appealing.

Does not work. Should have known better. It's completely random.

[Neko-P]

I will keep that in mind for future requests (but do indicate that you want the name to be Eden in the post too, ya?) because your current one is on its way to YouTube.

Well, I guess I can't complain when the video's get put up so quickly. ^_^