Now, let's make sure to straighten this up: I've never touched the arcade nor the console version, not even the PSP version.
So what's this all about? Dude the songs! Dammit!
I first heard about THE iDOLM@STER from that Taiko no Tatsujin DS, specifically, GO MY WAY!! Which was awesomely catchy, till this day I always played it the first time I started the game.
So I searched Wikipedia, and started looking for some songs. Not an easy path you see, lots of low quality stuffs recorded, but once I got the High Quality shit they're just heavenly to my ear.
Fuck those korean songs (I have 15 songs), these girls are the real deal (their voice, I mean), really. Up to this day, I've never heard a song that catchy. Pretty much SFXs here and there, but all of them creates a great harmony, and I really can't let my ears go. Sure, I don't fucking know what they mean, but that's not a problem, is it? Sure, those korean songs are good, but less catchy
Well, to be fair, I've listened only to a few songs... with many variations. That crazy NAMCO really abused this franchise, one song can have around 3 variations, thanks to the fact that there are 10 girls, you can have up to 10 variations. Change the BGM and you have another variation...
I've listened to these songs:
GO MY WAY!! (4 variations... dammit...)
Aoi Tori
Shiny Smile
THE iDOLM@STER
And all of them are fucking golden. Catchy & simply Japanese
Also, watching the audition video is really an experience as well. It's kinda amazing to see so much movement in the coreography just for an animated video, compared to national bands' coreography, which consists of either walking around and waving hands or simply jumping out of sanity and show many middle fingers in case of rock n' roll...
They really put some thoughts into it.
Well, back to collecting more songs
So what's this all about? Dude the songs! Dammit!
I first heard about THE iDOLM@STER from that Taiko no Tatsujin DS, specifically, GO MY WAY!! Which was awesomely catchy, till this day I always played it the first time I started the game.
So I searched Wikipedia, and started looking for some songs. Not an easy path you see, lots of low quality stuffs recorded, but once I got the High Quality shit they're just heavenly to my ear.
Fuck those korean songs (I have 15 songs), these girls are the real deal (their voice, I mean), really. Up to this day, I've never heard a song that catchy. Pretty much SFXs here and there, but all of them creates a great harmony, and I really can't let my ears go. Sure, I don't fucking know what they mean, but that's not a problem, is it? Sure, those korean songs are good, but less catchy
Well, to be fair, I've listened only to a few songs... with many variations. That crazy NAMCO really abused this franchise, one song can have around 3 variations, thanks to the fact that there are 10 girls, you can have up to 10 variations. Change the BGM and you have another variation...
I've listened to these songs:
GO MY WAY!! (4 variations... dammit...)
Aoi Tori
Shiny Smile
THE iDOLM@STER
And all of them are fucking golden. Catchy & simply Japanese
Also, watching the audition video is really an experience as well. It's kinda amazing to see so much movement in the coreography just for an animated video, compared to national bands' coreography, which consists of either walking around and waving hands or simply jumping out of sanity and show many middle fingers in case of rock n' roll...
Well, back to collecting more songs