The budget friendly Idolm@ster

It would be super nice if this was one of those ‘Region Free’ 360 games. I would love to play it. For a recent (and major) example, the Japanese Halo 3 apparently works on US 360s!

@JKTrix

Sometimes the budget rereleases are region free. Check Play Asia when it’s released. Also is there an Asian release of Idolm@ster, as that may be region free. I’m wondering as I’m pretty interested in the game too.

Why -isn’t- this game getting an international release?
It’s 2007 and the region policy is still being enforced.

Give me a break.

I’m actually surprised that at this point in time, Namco Bandai have still neglected to announce Idolm@ster for PS3, in a similar situation to which Eternal Sonata had been confirmed. I doubt it would take much effort yet alone manpower to do so, and most importantly with the PS3 being region free I can imagine gamers curious about this title setting down the cash to import Idolm@ster just as a means of seeing the game’s contents in person through their own home console.

I wanted to get this game when it first came out since I have a Jpn 360, but I was worried how long this could hold my interest, feels like guilty pleasure w/ lolita singers, it’s like cell-shaded Morning Musume.

A friend of mine played this and said the gameplay aspects were surprisingly good (he expected it to just be fluff).

I think that it requires fairly in-depth japanese language skills to play, unless you use a walkthrough.