Alrighty, time to review my four playthroughs so far...
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Unit 1: MERCURY
Leader: Hibiki
Support: Makoto and Miki
Song Order: Meisou Mind, shiny smile, Kosmos Cosmos, Me ga Au Toki, Idolm@ster 2nd Mix
I got a Bad Ending my first playthrough, and oh lord was it depressing for me... T_T
Hibiki actually had character development through her story so I was quite happy with that. I wish I knew how the over-powered strength that is quintet lives BEFORE I spammed them for the sake of spamming quintet lives, I was pretty upset with myself when I found out about Super Breaks... ~_~;
Overall though, this got me into playing IM@S 2. I love the system in this one MUCH more than the original IM@S, but I will miss those epic auditions with Picup...
Ohh, and that overall evaluation of E was a great slap in the face. Thank you NBGI, thank you so very much.
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Unit 2: Melody
Leader: Takane ( However, it was Chihaya originally. )
Support: Chihaya and Yukiho
song Order: i, Kiramekirari, My Best Friend, Do-Dai, SMOKY THRILL
I felt compelled to use every song in this game ATLEAST once, so I decided a unit with a beautiful voice would make using the SUPER DUPER CUTESY songs easier on my ears.
Takane's story was... hard to follow at times. This time around I got a Good End with Takane, so that was nice to get. Apparently at long as you win the Grand Prix award, you will get the Good End. If you get some awards but NOT Grand Prix, it's the normal end for you. I say because I didn't do a single Utahime Fes on this playthrough. My original reason for making i my first song was because of the bad end. I figured if I screw up again, there might as well be more meaning as to why they sing that song.
I also managed to get a Super Break on Do-Dai, goddamnit I loved them numbers in my sales. Managed to get an overall evaluation of C this time.
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Unit 3: Starlight
Leader: Makoto
Support: Haruka and Mami
Song Order: GO MY WAY!!, MEGARE!, The world is all one!, relations, my song
Holy crap, 2 millions sales on The world is all one! I guess the world is all won... Okay that was terrible, ignore that please. I love me some Super Breaks.
I am very surprised at how much I liked this unit. My major successes during might be a factor to how much I liked them, but hey! Ain't nothing wrong with that~
Makoto's story was just... blah. No character development, no real storyline, just... ehh. It was just random slice of life events. Hokuto was funny though.
I even got the True End with Makoto this time around, and even though her story felt like a filler, her ending was hilariously golden. Loved it to bits.
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Unit 4: 765 Fairy
Leader: Miki
Support: Hibiki and Takane
Song Order: Idolm@ster 2nd Mix, Me ga Au Toki, relations, shiny smile
These girls sound awesome together, they really do. But... THEY NEED TO STOP FIGHTING OMFG.
This is my current playthough, and I released my fourth single only a few weeks ago in-game. I only just got into the Top 20, so my performance is hurting alot more this time around because of the delay. Due to them hating each other constantly, or making each other feel bad, e.t.c, my high scores are alot lower than they should be. Very frustrating.
Azusa and Ritsuko seem to have a SLIGHTLY bigger role in Miki's route. Miki is constantly talking about them both. Not to mention Azusa has appeared in atleast two more story events than my other playthrough, so here's hoping Azusa's role will get slightly bigger by the end... hopefully... maybe... probably not... WHY AREN'T YOU PLAYABLE AZUSA WHYYYYYY T_T
Simply aiming for a Good End this time, shouldn't be hard to get at all.
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Pica, if you haven't already picked a unit, I have a suggestion~ You could use:
Yukiho, Haruka and Miki - Just for something different.
OR
Hibiki, Chihaya and Takane - Because I know you love the IM@S STATION trio! xD