iDOLM@STER 2!!

[Scotty]

Completely doctored.

[Katsuyuki-P]

Oh, wow, thanks for all the info I'm getting excited to play it. Why does it cost so muuuch Play-Asia!? *shakefist*

I wonder how easy it is to get money in the game...like if it's a Persona-3-approach where you start out worried about money, but then the game starts pitching yen at you like crazy and you're the richest person in the nation, or if it's more of a "oh-God-I'm-scraping-at-the-ground-for-a-penny-why-am-I-so-poor" deal...

Ufufu... which is why I ordered from AmiAmi...'s English site.

I do hope money would be something like that. Though I am assuming that money flow depends on how well you do in Communications, Lives, Auditions, and such.

On an unrelated note, I do hope there's a sort of Elegant Red version of the Floral outfit.

[TweenDoriru]

I think it's doctored.

Bottom photo: Hibiki is slightly blurred but with more light shining on her than the others, and clips behind Ami. Note how Mami is shown in front of Ritsuko.

Also Hibiki's fingers. Though it may be more pre-production blunder, and will be fixed.

I think you could say it's doctored solely for the fact that it is what it is. XD Hibiki being continuously shunned is not NBGI. The only idols they shun are the 876 ones.

And I think Hibiki's fingers wouldn't be counted as pre-production blunder, but just natural game-clipping. Sort of how Makoto always stands with her hand on her hip, but in the 360 game (and probably SP, too, I don't think you can see her hands when she's standing naturally) it floats next to her hip, not on it.

Because Hibiki does the same, and the skirt of her costume flares out, it clips.

[Cael K.]

Because Hibiki does the same, and the skirt of her costume flares out, it clips.

Still not something I'd like to have if I could avoid it. I'm sure they know too, but admittedly, it's probably low priority to fix. -_-;

[Maka]

The lighting on Hibiki in the last one looks weird too. She looks kind of pale; usually she's tan but not so much here. And her ponytail is sort of blending into the background [although that could just be the background color]. And I'm pretty sure she has a right arm in-game, last time I checked.

[hamuzou961]

for those who ordered from Amiami and are in the US, how much was the shipping charge?

[Picup]

for those who ordered from Amiami and are in the US, how much was the shipping charge?

They only give an estimate, AmiAmi didn't give me an exact price until the game comes out (at least for me...) of about 1500-2000 yen.

[Elixir]

IIRC there was no Asia version of the original game or L4U. So I'm thinking, the Asian version might include either an English and Chinese instruction manual, or an English/Chinese instruction sheet.

I know some games have this, but it really depends on the game itself.

What do you think?

[Pizzaman]

I'm pretty sure there was an Asian release for L4U (and probably L4U only), since it was on the Xbox 360 catalogue I got from Hong Kong a while back.

[Clear Blue]

An Asian release of L4U? I'll go check that out.

[KIRBYSIM]

Yeah the Asian version is almost half the price of the Japanese one.

I already preordered my copy of iMAS2 from AmiAmi, and hopefully that'll reach me on launch day. But if for some reason the shipment is delayed I plan to pick up an Asian copy from my local retailer (in Singapore) to tide me over (and sell it off when the Real Deal arrives).

[Aya Kyunik]

Yeah the Asian version is almost half the price of the Japanese one.

I already preordered my copy of iMAS2 from AmiAmi, and hopefully that'll reach me on launch day.

Generally AmiAmi ships on the day of release, so expected it afterwards.

[KIRBYSIM]

Damnit, I can't wait that long!!

Only reason I'm going with AmiAmi is the trump card exclusive they're offering.

[TweenDoriru]

Yeah the Asian version is almost half the price of the Japanese one.

I already preordered my copy of iMAS2 from AmiAmi, and hopefully that'll reach me on launch day. But if for some reason the shipment is delayed I plan to pick up an Asian copy from my local retailer (in Singapore) to tide me over (and sell it off when the Real Deal arrives).

Man, I wish I could just go out to the store and buy it. XD Does the Asian version really cost -half- of the price?

Heck, I can afford that and I'm perpetually unemployed and broke. That's saying something XDD

[Elixir]

I'm pretty sure there was an Asian release for L4U (and probably L4U only), since it was on the Xbox 360 catalogue I got from Hong Kong a while back.

There's no Asian version of L4U, I just checked. Idolmaster 2 is the first.

Ughhh I preordered this since it comes out on the same day as the MMP/PS bundle. I really didn't want to after hearing about the male idols though. Oh well. I'll just have to hope that it doesn't massively drop in price like various other games... it is fairly annoying to see my purchases being sold at a lower price.