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The iDOLM@STER: Million Live!
ninjamitsuki:
Maybe not for 3, but they will have to start anew eventually, as there's only so much you can do with one cast.
SakuraMaxX:
Well look at Evangelion.
RoninatorMarx:
--- Quote from: animagic4u on April 20, 2013, 08:29:32 pm ---Implying that any of the iDOLM@STER spin offs aren't killing 765 pro. I like how the backlash of ML seems well spoken but yet I barely seen any grief for CG.
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CG's story goes more or less like this: CG started out as something fans were indifferent to. They don't exactly hate it, but they weren't quick to like it, either. At the opening months, they have to rely on the 765 idols' name to boost interest to it; the starter rares were the 765, the invitational campaigns offered 765 idols, some comp gachas (while they were still around) have one of the 765 for the S Rare, etc.
Eventually and over time, people were focusing on the original idols, mostly on some populars like Anzu, Kirari, Jougasaki sisters, basically those who got Cinderella Masters now, but still the focus was on the originals. It perhaps came to the point where they no longer need the 765 to boost CG's name, and more focus came to the originals. All of that, however, didn't happen overnight. I assume it took CG eight to ten months for them to reach this state in their popularity.
I believe it is possible for ML to achieve the success of CG. But as you may have guessed, it's gonna take time. And they've only been around for a few months, so they're obviously not there yet. What makes their situation different from CG is that ML have a bigger budget spent on it, so they obviously need ML to do just as well as CG now. I'm assuming that's not the case, since some people feel that ML is being forced into them, and that feeds the paranoia we've been talking about. In my opinion, perhaps Namco got way in over their heads with this. This isn't a business perspective, but I think the best route for them to take the sleeper hit route again and, like in CG before, focus more on ML originals.
--- Quote from: ninjamitsuki on April 21, 2013, 12:13:06 am ---Even though a lot of the Cindrella Girls' personalities are very simple stereotypes.
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Well, if an idol's popular enough, they flesh her out. This is the case when an idol gets new cards in the game, so their cards look more or less like a story.
--- Quote from: ninjamitsuki on April 21, 2013, 12:13:06 am ---Either way I am probably the only person in the world who wants new idols. It's just... I want something fresh.
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I hear you. But while it's perhaps a good bet to use popular characters to add to 765's cast, Namco might just make new idols and introduce them the way Project Fairy was introduced to us.
animagic4u:
--- Quote from: SakuraMaxX on April 21, 2013, 06:43:06 am ---Well look at Evangelion.
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Yeah and their cast is even smaller.
--- Quote from: ninjamitsuki on April 21, 2013, 06:24:45 am ---Maybe not for 3, but they will have to start anew eventually, as there's only so much you can do with one cast.
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I think that maybe they will eventually, but they have to do it slowly.
I just don't want to see our idols ever "graduate". :'(
JNiles:
--- Quote from: animagic4u on April 21, 2013, 05:59:53 pm ---
I think that maybe they will eventually, but they have to do it slowly.
I just don't want to see our idols ever "graduate". :'(
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Ahaha, you said the g-word. I didn't want to be the one to bring it up, but now that the topic has been broached... I'll say it, it is inevitable, and it will hurt. The passage of time makes it so. I'm not saying I want it to happen- on the contrary, I don't want to let go.
Imas relies on voice actresses instead of just faces, which I think has helped to grant the franchise a longevity that most real idol groups would envy. But because of that, there are certain voices that are frankly, irreplaceable. (I'm still not fond of how Yukiho turned out.) So I suppose they might start phasing out characters rather than casting replacement actresses. I'm sure fans of the first few to go will make a horrible screech. Or perhaps they might turn over everyone at once in favor of a new "generation". Neither sounds fun.
This thread is the first time I've seen Imas criticized here in any form, so now that the door has been opened... *wedges foot in door*. I've always been a little wary of Cinderella Girls, that patchislot game, and whatever Million Live is. Cell phone and pachislot games... I guess Namco Bandai couldn't be satisfied with what they were getting so they had to push and push... did they push too far? I've always been impressed with the effort Namco Bandai put into their main franchise... the songs, the skits, the character designs... not so much this other stuff. I think they've been cribbing a few too many trends from the real life industry. Super huge groups, tickets in CDs, yeesh.
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