Translated from Famitsu site.
AKB48をフリまくる恋愛妄想ゲーム『AKB1/48 アイドルと恋したら…』が発表A wild romance game about AKB48 entitled “AKB 1\48 If you fall in love with an idol” is announced!http://www.famitsu.com/news/201009/14033476.htmlThe national group AKB48 is presented to you in a game version! A presentation of the game was held in Tokyo. The game is named “AKB 1\48 If you fall in love with an idol” and its aim is to dump 47 girls and choose the one your love.
The ban for romantic relationships is lifted in the game.
You can’t live a single day without seeing the group produced by Akimoto Yasushi on TV or in a magazine.
The girls are proud of their immense popularity as “idols who you can meet with” with the center in a special theater at Akihabara. Now they appear in the first officially authorized game for home use by Bandai-Namco Games (note – which also publishes im@s games). And it is called “AKB 1\48 If you fall in love with an idol”, the software is for psp. The release is planned for Dec, 23rd, 2010 and will be shipped in 4 versions. The ordinary version will cost 5229 yen (taxes included) and its first print will include as many as one photo. The limited edition will be sold at 7329 yen and will contain 3 photos and a UMD disc with approx. 120 minutes of video. The sales will continue till the first decade of March 2010. The title of this version is “A limited edition with additional video”. And finally, a super-box called “AKB 1\48 If you fall in love with an idol – Limited Edition – This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance. You can’t buy this at an auction!” The contents are appropriate. A UMD video disc, 10 photos, 2 DVDs with special footage on game-making, approx. 240 minutes long. There will also be a kiss mark sticker scaled 1 to 1, 48 pieces. Beside that you’ll get changeable cases with prints on both sides, 24 pieces in total. The box will cost 10479 yen. More than that, this version will also be bundled together with a special version of the console. This pack is called Premier Special Pack, the console will have a kiss mark on its battery cover and the package will cost 36729 yen.
The presentation of the game that a fan absolutely can’t miss was held on Sept. 14th.
The producer of the game, Mr. Hirono Akira (or Satoshi. Or maybe even Hiro. I donno the reading
http://myanimelist.net/character/4687/Hiro_Hirono) says that the concept was created by Mr Akimoto and he just developed it further. The idea of the game is to “dump 47 girls and choose your only one”. All of the 48 girls favor the MP (aka main protagonist) so you’ll have to avoid “obstacles” on the way to your lady. So you’ll have to dump each girl until there’s only one left.
“I think there has been no game like that before” Mr Hirono says. His statement is followed by deep nods. All in all, this is a great game about idols.
You’ll see live photos, all of the dialogs are voiced. More than 100 thousand photos were taken during game development and you’ll see some 10 thousand of them in the final product. Beside that there’ll be 80 minutes of video including the confession scenes.
As for the game process Mr Hirono didn’t go into details. He only said that “the game is optimized for psp controls” and that “you’ll enjoy interaction with the idols”.
The special guests were Yuko, Tomomi, Tomomi etc, 19 people in total. The game is rich on embarrassing situations. Yuko says that it was hard to record sweet and soppy phrases. And more than that she had to look natural on the photos. She said “it’s not like acting, you have to show your true self here”. Tomomi says that “when we filmed the confession scene at the beach there were lots of people and it was nasty”. Another Tomomi says that “it was embarrassing to express a kiss or pull the face of a girl deep in love”.
On the whole, Yuko says that there are a lot of people among members who like games. This is why everyone gladly accepted the role in the game.
«It's an unusual feeling when you're given a chance to play a game with us there» (Tomomi).
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