Idolm@ster Shiny Festa on iOS Marks First US iM@S Release

On April 22nd, Bandai NAMCO Games released The Idolm@ster Shiny Festa onto iOS. In addition to the Japanese market, the game was also released into America, France, Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong stores as well.

The game remains its play style as a musical rhythm game, just like it's PlayStation Portable predecessor. It also features an original 23-minute anime story with each game purchase.

Also like the original PSP game, there are three separate versions of the game- each featuring different idols. Check below for a rundown of each game and the idols it features!

Haruka Amami

 

Chihaya Kisaragi

Ritsuko Akizuki

Azusa Miura

Ami/Mami Futami

Hibiki Ganaha

Iori Minase

Yayoi Takatsuki

Miki Hoshii

Yukiho Hagiwara

Makoto Kikuchi

Takane Shijou

Each version of Shiny Festa comes with its own song list (to be posted soon) and interactions featuring the idols in each game.

You can purchase each game for $54.00 individually or own all three for $164.97.

iOS Shiny Festa Official Site (English)

iOS Shiny Festa Official Site (Japanese)

Vitamin-infused Boyfriends? Basically!

Game developer HuneX and game publisher D3 has collaborated with Visual Works to create their latest Sleepy-time Boyfriend application featuring the VITAMIN X characters.

VitaminX-添い寝カレシ- (VitaminX Sleepy-time Boyfriend) will feature all six members of B6--

MAKABE Tsubasa (CV: Suzuki Tatsuhisa)

KUSANAGI Hajime (CV: Ono Daisuke)

NANASE Shun (CV: Toriumi Kousuke)

FUUMONJI Goro (CV: Kishio Daisuke)

SENDO Kiyoharu (CV: Yoshino Hiroyuki)

MADARAME Mizuki (CV: Suganuma Hisayoshi)

The application is free to download, and each member will have several additional voice packs for sale for 250円 (approx. $1.99USD.) You can also use the application as an alarm.

This application will be available for both Apple and Android users sometime in Summer 2012!

Your new boyfriend...

Fans of the Sleepy-Time Boyfriend app have cause for joy. You have a new boyfriend waiting for you in update. Meet Tohma. Unlike previous boyfriends, Tohma doesn't have an age or profession
What he does have is a popular voice behind him. Tohma is voiced by Jun Fukuyama. Fukuyama has voiced characters such as "Keita" from Gakuen Heaven, "Lelouch" from "Code Geass" and "Yukiya Ayase" From "Okane ga nai"





Profile: Tohma
Age: 23
Occupation: Publisher: Sales department
Type: A boyfriend who blunty says his feelings about love and respect.




http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sleepy-time-boyfriend-every/id477674622?mt=8


In more news from the Sleepy-Time Boyfriend world, the release date and profile picture of the next boyfriend have been released. 雅弥 (Masaya) will be released on May 23rd. He's voiced by Seiyuu Toshiyuki Morikawa.

http://www.blackbutterfly-cd.com/short/short13.html

Apps for you

Been busy with other jobs and working on learning how to make apps myself. So here is my app recomendation for you. " Love me, I'm your pet darling"



The app (which is availble on itunes U.S.) is quite similar to "Sleepy-time Boyfriend". You have a sexy (or cute) man who whispers sweet nothings to you. Unlike other apps from Visual works, "Love me, I'm your pet darling" Is launching with English subtitles. For those fans of sleepy time boyfriend you will find many of the same fetures such as the "album" tab and the alarm feature. The interface is cleaner and easier to navigate.



A new feature "love me" has that sleepy time does not is the "Character Profile" button. This gives you a full profile of the character and of the pet you play. Yes you heard me right, the pet you play. You are the handsome man's "Darling" pet. Much like the sleepy-time boyfriend series. "love me" is a drama cd series. So there are most likely to be future releases. Extended voice packs can be purchased for $1.99

The first character available (although the second charanter in the series) Is Kouhei Okumura. A 32 year old workaholic. You are Yuki, a white java sparrow. You loyally sit on Kouhei's shoulder and listen to his troubles. Kouhei is voiced by the popular seiyuu Toshiyuki Morikawa (Final Fantsy VII's Sephiroth, Sengoku Basara's Kojuro Katakura) No word one if and when other characters will be available.

The app is available for download now on iTunes
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/love-me-im-your-pet-darling/id517172900?mt=8

For those who remain loyal to Sleepy-time boyfriend... Visual Work's announced on their twitter there will be an update this week.