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author: einar
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date: 2011-12-25 20:04:26+00:00
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slug: unexpected-christmas-gifts-the-idolmaster
title: 'Unexpected Christmas gifts: THE IDOLM@ASTER'
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- Anime
- General
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- Anime
- game
- idolm@aster
- ps3
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Sometimes Christmas presents are really unexpected, and today I found out I was given one such gift: the limited edition of _THE IDOLM@STER 2, _PS3 version. It was quite a bulky box, showing all the main characters from the game (and from the recently-ended anime) (click to enlarge):

  


[![Side showing Chihaya, Hibiki and Azusa]({{ site.url }}/images/2011/12/idolmaster_1.png)](/images/idolmaster/idolmaster_1_reduced.jpg)

Of course, having such a box means that there's a lot of stuff inside. In fact, once opened, there are two game BDs (one being the actual game, the second being the first volume of _Gravure for you!_ starring Haruka), a soundtrack (no songs, though), a booklet, a number of postcards (mine were showing Iori's ending from episode 2 of the TV series), a booklet and also the first BD of the anime version:

  


[![]({{ site.url }}/images/2011/12/idolmaster_2.png)](/images/idolmaster/idolmaster_2_reduced.jpg)

It turns out the BD is also one of the limited editions, with a nice cover and more goodies, including a small booklet and a CD with the songs heard in the episodes:

[![]({{ site.url }}/images/2011/12/idolmaster_3.png)](/images/idolmaster/idolmaster_3_reduced.jpg)

And here are the postcards:

[![]({{ site.url }}/images/2011/12/idolmaster_4.png)](/images/idolmaster/idolmaster_4_reduced.jpg)

What about the game itself? Well, I have played it only briefly so far: I know it will be a bit painful to translate since the text is timed (having it stop, like in _Neptume mk.2_ is quite handy if you don't catch something at first) and well, kind of different than the games I played so far. Still, in my opinion the various characters make it a worthwhile challenge.