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The Idolmaster: Dearly Stars

The Idolmaster: Dearly Stars is a Japanese life simulation video game. The game is a spin-off of The Idolmaster series and its timeline coincides before the events in The Idolmaster 2. The gameplay in Dearly…

17 September 2009

The Idolmaster: Dearly Stars is a music developed by MiCROViSion, released 17 September 2009 on Nintendo DS.

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What The Idolmaster: Dearly Stars is

The Idolmaster: Dearly Stars is a music game developed by MiCROViSion and released in 2009. It was published by Bandai Namco Games. It is available on Nintendo DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Idolmaster: Dearly Stars is a Japanese life simulation video game. The game is a spin-off of The Idolmaster series and its timeline coincides before the events in The Idolmaster 2. The gameplay in Dearly Stars is similar to previous games in the series, but with new elements and differences to the minigames. The gameplay was adjusted to allow the player the option to quickly play through the game's story, but head director also wanted to add in gameplay elements that would add another layer of challenge. The story is told from the perspective of three prospective pop idols introduced in Dearly Stars as they enter the talent agency 876 Production, and deals with their training on their…
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are business. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the The Idolmaster series

The Idolmaster: Dearly Stars is the second of 10 entries we hold in the The Idolmaster series. It arrived 4 years after The Idolmaster. The next entry was The Idolmaster: Cinderella Girls in 2011.

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What it launched against

The Idolmaster: Dearly Stars launched on 17 September 2009, within three weeks of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, Pokémon SoulSilver Version, Pokémon HeartGold Version and Halo 3: ODST.

Released around the same time: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, Pokémon SoulSilver Version, Pokémon HeartGold Version, Halo 3: ODST.

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When did The Idolmaster: Dearly Stars come out?
The Idolmaster: Dearly Stars was released on 17 September 2009 for Nintendo DS.

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