I've unlocked everything and this is what it contains:
1) Leon cannot be produced, unless of course someone gives a method. She is NOT available in the non 765 tab of the song list, even though in theory she should be.
I don't know how that video was made.
2) You need to be a minimum of rank 20 to unlock everything.
Why? 6 costumes, and one accessory (head) will not be sold to you until you reach the first gold rank.
In short? You're playing for at least 10 seasons, regardless if you like it, or not.
Fun part- It's actually possible to hit rank 23 and unlock everything a week after you're done. This is part of the speed run though. I think I clocked 40 hours total.
3) There are exactly 40 stages. The JP wiki from what I could tell actually missed one. If you don't count 40 when you set your group to trio or lower, you've missed something.
4) Yes, all the im@s all-star videos are prerendered, so consequently if you've seen it once, you've seen it all the time. I suppose 'what were you expecting?' comes to mind though.
5) No sign of Jupiter or 861 in the S4U mode yet. Definitely no intermixing.
6) No sign of Kuroi either. I guess he's finally given up being the world's most absurd super villain. There's a theory going around he's possessed a certain vending machine.
7) Torani ni... is absurdly and stupidly overpowered as a song. How overpowered, do you ask? I posted a 120k score. In a S3 FES. How does this work? Azusa with max voltage mods + appeal mods + level 3 skill combined with Miki and Takane with max voltage mods + appeal mods + level 3 skill.
All three of them should have 4 appeals each to start. If you're FESing, you'll probably need 5, and all the appeal attack mods on each of the three.
Have Miki as lead, but have Azusa lead the appeals process.
Appeal perfect, then when you hit burst, appeal twice to get your triple appeal, activate, then hit every note on burst. You will need 6 appeals to execute this.
If Azusa recovers 1 appeal or more (As she's the burst lead but a side character, her appeals will deplete FIRST, allowing you to recover them during the triple burst) continue spamming the appeals to hit triple burst and repeat. Each time you do this, you require 5 appeals. (3 to reach burst, 2 to get to triple)
If you're particularly lucky, Azusa will recover 2-3 each time. It's 12% chance per burst note, maximum 3. (And from memory there's 8 burst notes to activate in.)
Now, why Miki and Takane? At Triple burst, she will add about 33% to your voltage bar. Miki's burst skill adds an absurd multiplier to your visual burst notes. You're also playing a 3 star visual song. Costume accordingly.
Continue doing it until a) you run out of appeals or b) you run out of notes. If you're particularly lucky, it'll actually be the notes, because you'll be bursting and appealing like no tomorrow. (You'll get 4 full triple bursts out.)
Needless to say both the song AND Azusa will probably get nerfed if they put the game system in a new title.
Yes, you can get everyone to wear a different costume. During the im@s all star, you'll also SEE them wear all 13 different costumes prior to the rallying cry, then proceed to watch the PS3 choke on all the required rendering.
9) Punkish Gothic has NOT shown up and is still as of now a Xbox 360 im@s 2 exclusive. There, I've said it. Start crying, and get over it. It might show up as DLC.
10) If you bought everything from the store, and you check your report, and it actually says you bought 100% from Lucky Rabbit and 100% from BK, and you're still missing things, that's because you need to take your idols out on a paid promotion. It might be A3 only, but each idol will give you a unique accessory the first time you take them out. The item be given during the reports step.
Think of the cost of the promotion as the cost to actually buy the accessory.
11) After winning the IE, you will be given a sheet of paper as a reward. I've got 13 of them, but I have NOT figured out what the damned things do yet. Anyone got any ideas?
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Now I'm going to get some sleep, then I'm going to get to the reason why I even bothered to mass speed through things in the first place.
If you can translate, or do a lot of cropping to my specifications, and are willing to volunteer a weekend or two, please PM me and I will provide you the details. The only compensation I can offer is work in kind, but if you've figured out what this request is FOR, then you'd probably already have some ideas lined up.
Thank you.
