THE iDOLM@STER SHINY FESTA
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THE iDOLM@STER SHINY FESTA (アイドルマスター シャイニーフェスタ Aidorumasutaa Shainii Fesuta) is a spinoff series of games for the PlayStation Portable, with an iOS version of the game released as well. It is the second THE iDOLM@STER game to be released on the PlayStation Portable.
Based on both THE iDOLM@STER 2 and the 2011 anime, it is arguably the first true rhythm game of the franchise, although some people may consider THE iDOLM@STER Live for You! to be the first. Three different versions, each with 4-5 different idols, exist with some shared songs as well as exclusive ones for each version. Each game also includes an Anime episode made specifically for the games with various changes in each version to reflect on the idols in that particular version.
With the release of the iOS version, the game was made possible to buy in North America, France, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Service for the iOS version of SHINY FESTA was discontinued on March 15, 2016. As a result, the game and its DLC cannot be downloaded from the App Store, but the games are still playable if the player still has them installed on their device.
On October 2, 2013, the series was re-released on the PlayStation 3 for iM@S CHANNEL under the name THE iDOLM@STER Shiny TV.
Gameplay
Similar to the THE iDOLM@STER SP series, there are three games, Honey Sound (ハニー サウンド Hanii Saundo), Funky Note (ファンキー ノート Fankii Nooto), and Groovy Tune (グルーヴィー チューン Guruubii Chuun), with each one having different characters and songs.
The gameplay consists of lines of notes merging to a center point. When the note reaches the center point, the player must press either a button on the left side of the PSP (L trigger or D-Pad) and/or on the right side of the PSP (R trigger or shape buttons). There are also holds and special notes which will change the background video. Each song has four difficulty levels, from easiest to hardest: Debut, Regular, Pro, and Master. While the player only has access to the first two difficulties at first, they can unlock the harder difficulties by clearing the song on the preceding difficulty. The game has a feature which saves the player's Producer name, money, name cards, and items to be shared between versions.
Game modes
The game consists of two main modes: Stage and Star of Festa (SoF). Stage can be considered a free mode to play songs. Memory boosts can also be obtained in this mode for use in SoF mode. SoF mode is essentially the story mode of the games, having 3 levels of difficulty. In this mode, a new point counter, the popularity gauge, is introduced. The player must gain 100,000 points of popularity within 5 in-game days to obtain the best ending. In the final stages of each day for SoF mode, the player can randomly go against a different idol and if the player wins, they gain a name card which will give a permanent increase in each day's popularity count. All of these will increase the Idol Rank of the group for that specific version up to SS.
In SoF mode, some notes will also turn into Memory notes to increase popularity count. Each song will have up to five that the player can press. There also exists a shop in-game which allows players to buy items and charms which will assist the player during songs. While not all the items are available from the beginning, more are unlocked as the player increases in Idol Rank.
Video styles
Instead of using rendered characters on the screen like other games in the franchise, SHINY FESTA uses prerecorded videos in the same CG style as THE iDOLM@STER 2. In addition, the player can also choose between the IM@S 2 CG style and the anime style. Clearing a song allows them to freely view these as they please.
International release
On April 22, 2013, SHINY FESTA was released onto iOS systems for North America, France, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. This became the series' first western game release. The titles of the game were changed for this release as follows:
- Honey Sound → Harmonic Score
- Funky Note → Rhythmic Record
- Groovy Tune → Melodic Disc
Small changes in content were made upon the Western release, like completely replacing the swimsuit costumes with other costumes. Some errors in translation were found as well, such as the word "hobbies" on character cards being misspelled as "hoobies".
Songs
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Development
THE iDOLM@STER series producer Youzou Sakagami attributed the development of a rhythm game in the series to two reasons. Noting that songs have a strong meaning to the franchise, he had wanted to make the songs that were included in the series' albums but not in its video games to be accessible in that form.[1] He also wanted to create an iDOLM@STER video game that, while maintaining a producer's viewpoint, has a lighter feel and would allow the player to hum along to the idols as they play. With the rhythm game genre falling in line with these two desires, development of SHINY FESTA had officially commenced. The team chose to develop for the PlayStation Portable as it was simple to play on. At the same time, the team also wanted to create scenes where the series' thirteen idols would be able to appear together and chose pre-rendered videos to make this possible. The development team deliberately chose to use a gameplay system in which the note icons float toward the screen's center to attract the player to look at the videos in the background.
The games' anime episodes were directed by Atsushi Nishigori and produced by A-1 Pictures. According to Aniplex producer Yōsuke Toba, he was told about the plans of including anime material in SHINY FESTA during production of the TV anime's final episode, and he did not inform Nishigori until later on.[2] Series director Akihiro Ishihara said that each anime episode was initially planned to be about ten minutes long, but Nishigori extended each episode to its current length, feeling that the episodes would not be fun if they were too short. Three teams were formed to create the three episodes, and Nishigori noted that this enticed each team to compete with each other during production.
Name cards
Unlockable name cards are available whenever players defeat in game rivals. The following idols have collectible cards:
765 Production idols
- Haruka Amami
- Miki Hoshii
- Chihaya Kisaragi
- Yayoi Takatsuki
- Yukiho Hagiwara
- Makoto Kikuchi
- Mami Futami
- Takane Shijou
- Hibiki Ganaha
- Iori Minase
- Ami Futami
- Azusa Miura
- Ritsuko Akizuki
876 Production idols
Jupiter (961 Production idols)
Cinderella Girls
- Uzuki Shimamura
- Mai Fukuyama
- Kanako Mimura
- Misato Manaka
- Miho Kohinata
- Miku Maekawa
- Frederica Miyamoto
- Sae Kobayakawa
- Kotoka Saionji
- Anzu Futaba
- Yao Fueifuei
- Sachiko Koshimizu
- Rin Shibuya
- Reiko Takahashi
- Mizuki Kawashima
- Nao Kamiya
- Hajime Fujiwara
- Kaede Takagaki
- Ranko Kanzaki
- Koume Shirasaka
- Haruna Kamijo
- Karen Hojo
- Riina Tada
- Miria Akagi
- Suzuho Ueda
- Shizuku Oikawa
- Mika Jougasaki
- Rika Jougasaki
- Kirari Moroboshi
- Natalia
- Takumi Mukai
OVA episodes
Each game was bundled with an original anime episode, focusing on the idols featured in that edition. By default, the episode begins playing on first starting the game, but this can be skipped.
The episodes were included with subtitles for the international iOS versions.
- Honey Sound: Music in the world
- Funky Note: Music is a friend
- Groovy Tune: Music of love
Gallery
Official Links
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- ↑ "『アイドルマスター シャイニーフェスタ』ミンゴス&ぬーぬー、坂上Pのインタビューをお届け!" (in ja). Famitsu (July 28, 2012).
- ↑ "Director Atsushi Nishigori Appears As Surprise Guest! Report of The Idolmaster Shiny Festa New Anime Premiere Event" (in ja). ASCII Media Works (September 30, 2012).