Japanese Xbox 360 fans should be delighted to hear that they will be getting more Idolmaster goodness. Famitsu magazine this week has revealed that Bandai Namco will release the follow-up titled Idolmaster: Live For You!.
The game is not exactly a sequel since the gameplay mechanics have changed quite a bit. In the original game, players took the role of the manager for the idol group and you had to schedule everything from training lessons to stage performances. The drawback was that they could perform poorly if you slack off in their training, something which users such as myself probably didn't enjoy as much. Now you don't need to do that. In L4U! (that's short for Live For You! by the way), you only need to choose which of the idols you want on stage, coordinate their costumes and select your favorite song. Then just sit back and see them perform without a hitch. You can take pictures like the original game too.
From Gematsu: "Bandai Namco has released a 15th anniversary trailer for The Idolmaster series. The series will celebrate its 15th anniversary on July 26, 2020.
According to Bandai Namco, the series’ anniversary period will run from July 2019 to July 2021. In other words, these are the two years in which it will release The Idolmaster 15th anniversary-branded products or have 15th anniversary-themed events."
God Eater 2 has a little crossover with another Namco Bandai series, The Idolm@ster. If you purchase the hunting game from HMV in Japan you’ll get a code that unlocks an Idolm@ster costume for Alisa as a bonus.
SGCafe: ''Namco Bandai Games’s general producer for The Idolm@ster series, Yozo Sakagami, appeared as a special guest on Sega’s Samurai & Dragons Fan Meeting 2013 Summer event in Akihabara held earlier today.''
Game will not sell. No one owns 360's in Japan. Japanese are pretty smart. They know a sh!tty console when they see one.