iDOLM@STER 2!!

[airgeneralpong]

- Being 1 year older and half a year since debuting means everyone will have a slight change in personality.

Now I guess I could finally have some "unstated obvious reasons" with Ami/Mami. XD

- Some songs from 1 will be brought over.

Old songs with 5 idols?, great!

[TweenDoriru]

Also, got my ゲーマガ yesterday, and it seems to be selling really good... 10 copies last night, none left this morning.

It must be selling really well; I kept my eye on it on Amazon and when it was finally up it was 4,000 yen ;_; (Though it was also entirely from private sellers)

- Some songs from 1 will be brought over.

That'll be awesome to produce with 5 idols Though I wonder if the extra 2 will seem kinda...tacked-on to the dance, or if they can pull off really making it work XD
Also, I hope "Go My Way!" comes over to the new game. My favorite song is "Here We Go!", but it doesn't seem to be as popular XD

[animagic4u]

Also, I hope "Go My Way!" comes over to the new game. My favorite song is "Here We Go!", but it doesn't seem to be as popular XD

I hope they put a majority of the songs in the new game.
I like "Here We go!" too! 

[Neruibara]

I've been thinking about it, and I've got two trios picked for me to produce when I finally get to play. The first will be of Iori, Makoto, and Yukiho. The second will be with Chihaya and the Futamis. I haven't played any Im@s yet, but I was still able to test these pairs out to an extent. It was thanks to this site actually.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrS_edtvtX8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T4pDwH_oLA

[animagic4u]

The first will be of Iori, Makoto, and Yukiho.

Are you a Im@s: Xeonglossia fan and a Toradora fan? 

[Neruibara]

I haven't seen toradora but I have seen xenoglossia. So I guess I'm a xenoglossia fan by default. Why do you ask?

[animagic4u]

I was also considering that trio because the voice actors:

Iori- Taiga
Makoto (from Xeonglossia)- Ami
Yukiho (from Xeonglossia)- Minori

But in game it's different voice actors anyway. Wishful thinking I suppose.

[Neruibara]

I see.  Well I have a number of reasons for choosing that particular trio. Yukiho reminds me a lot of myself so I can garner a bit of empathy with her. Makoto is because I'm a bit intimidated by women. A tomboy character is easier for me to approach. Iori is there because she reminds me a lot of my mother. I may be over-thinking this but those are some of the reasons I have come up with.

Also, Chihaya and The Futamis are together because they are the ones responsible for bringing me into Idolm@ster in the first place.

[animagic4u]

Poor Chihaya, Ami and Mami have grown and you haven't! 

[Picup]

I was also considering that trio because the voice actors:

Iori- Taiga
Makoto (from Xeonglossia)- Ami
Yukiho (from Xeonglossia)- Minori

But in game it's different voice actors anyway. Wishful thinking I suppose.

I keep forgetting Yui Horie was the seiyuu for Yukiho in Xenoglossia <_<

anyways on topic... sort of: since everyone was talking about which groups they were going to Produce first, I might as well go for it as well.  I'll probably go with my favorite trio first; the infamous Azusa, Chihaya, and Makoto trio, then add in Miki and Takane later on.

[Aya Kyunik]

- Solid parallel world, so the 961 pair were in 765 from the start.
- An "if" world, where the situation is, "if the idols hadn't met the producer like in 1."
- Being 1 year older and half a year since debuting means everyone will have a slight change in personality.

aah, explains a lot~
I wonder if Yayoi is still poor after being an idol for that long.

My three idols will be a hard pick, as much as i love Yayoi, the other idols are becoming more appealing as time goes by...

[satty]

Some interesting stuff I picked up from the two interviews:
- Solid parallel world, so the 961 pair were in 765 from the start.
- An "if" world, where the situation is, "if the idols hadn't met the producer like in 1."
- Being 1 year older and half a year since debuting means everyone will have a slight change in personality.

What I found intriguing is that there was an idea to make Im@s 2 a "true sequel", in a way that the girls start as top idols and the goal lies in producing them to be worldwide top idols, although the idea was scrapped because no ending in 1 is considered to be true canon.

Huh, what a interesting idea they had....but still, switching to a parallel world is an interesting way to restart everything...

Lulz and fake plot point incoming: This producer is the original producer, warped into this parallel world by some freak space-time accident. The producer also has a major case of amnesia, only remembering how to produce. By chance, the producer manages to get into the new 765...

As for who to choose to make a starting trio? I would go with Haruka, Chihaya, and Miki. Later, I would take Ritsuko and Azusa for the 5-idol unit.

[TweenDoriru]

Lulz and fake plot point incoming: This producer is the original producer, warped into this parallel world by some freak space-time accident. The producer also has a major case of amnesia, only remembering how to produce. By chance, the producer manages to get into the new 765...

Well, without the amnesia, that's pretty much what happened! W e'll consider the space of time between Arcade iM@S and iM@S2 a freak space-time accident.

[lisondra22]

The collaboration between Project Diva 2 and Imas sp really happened O.o
I didn't expect that.
There's a post in moetron.
http://www.moetron.com/2010/07/16/hatsune-miku-project-diva-2nd-idolmaster-sp-costumes-songs-dlc/#more-9678

[TweenDoriru]

The collaboration between Project Diva 2 and Imas sp really happened O.o

Yeah, it was officially announced XD Like I said, even if "Sega hates NBGI and NBGI hates Sega", they're collaborating.

However, it's all SP stuff; none of it is iM@S2 stuff.