If you are interested in both idols and video games, you probably have heard of AKB1/48: Idol to Koishitara, an idol dating-sim title sold over 330,000 copies in less than a month. Not too shabby for a Japan-only title, and it makes us wonder “why isn’t Hello!Project grabbing a slice of the video games market?” Let’s not consider Berryz Koubou’s cameo in Inazuma Eleven 3 last year, we haven’t really seen a H!P game since Space Venus starring Morning Musume in early 2001, and it was lame. Nonetheless, if they were to put a focus into video games, here is a wish-list of games that I would like to see featuring the Hello!Project license. We can all day-dream about how awesomely fun they would be since they will never happen.
Notice to UFA: I expect 10% profit kick-back if you decide to employ any of these million-dollars ideas. K thx.
Dance de Central
This has to be obvious. With Xbox360’s Dance Central being the best example in existence of how dancing games can take advantage of the full-motion Kinect gaming, a similar title with H!P songs would make sense. The simple choreography makes this an accessible game with friends. There isn’t much needed to create the game since the songs and dance routines are already designed. It would also be the perfect marketing tool for TV features or in-store demonstrations while spamming H!P music. 2 birds with 1 stone. BAM!
Smileage Smash Bros.
Don’t ask me how it would work. I’m just making a suggestion that It’d be freakin’ awesome if a Super Smash Bros. style game is made using H!P girls as characters. 4 players brawl mindlessly in an incomprehensible mess with items and super-moves traveling all over the stage. Watch Mano sucker-punches Gaki-san while Maasa hulk-smashes Nakki off the screen beyond infinity. How is that not epic fun? But exactly how to make the game happen, we’ll leave it for real designers to figure it out.
Idol Crossing
If you have played an Animal Crossing games before, then likely you would understand the game’s addictive nature from item collecting. Give us a similar title where we exist in this village with the friendly neighbour H!P girls to just… live. Meanwhile, players constantly earn currency with the goal to collect thousands of in-game items (ex. photocards, music, costumes) of different rarity. With an online trading system, consistent catalogue update, perhaps even a micro-transaction system, this game will be the biggest time-sink since sleep.
Co.no.mi.chi of Rage
Similar to the side-scrolling classic brawler Street of Rage, you control your girl of choice to wipe out clones of gangsta-wannabes and overweight meat-tanks downtown. Each girl would acquire a different move set and masters in unique style of combat. Team up with players to roll down the streets like true bosses and beat up evil minions with insane combos for massive damage. The concept is old-school, but total bad-ass. Also, excuse me on the lame title.
Wotagei-Mania
Just like any of the music-based games you enjoy in the arcades, you match inputs with the rhythm. However, instead of flicking keys or stepping on pads, you are doing OAD and Mawari. In reality, as long as the game is entertaining, people in the arcades will take initiative to learn all the songs just to master the game. Not only would the game gain tremendous support from wotas (me included) the moment it launches, it is another effective method to hook people into the music. This video should help you visualize the epicness to witness someone playing it in public. I will purchase a cabinet when it comes out.
Do any of the suggestions above exist on your wish-list too, or are there other games you think would be fantastic with the H!P license? Let me know at the comment section below.
I would be first in line to pre-order wotagei mania and smileage smash bros
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Idol-Crossing had me laughing me pretty good,lol
brought up some good laughs 😀
I suggest a Love+ ver with H!P girls ;D
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It better support 3D!!!!!!!
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Wotagei mania all the way, I’d play it 24/7.
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i think we need to go simple here and avoid too much action and violence for safe bets
puzzle games are (almost) always safe, how about a palette swapped puzzle bubble? i cant think of a clever name at this exact moment so lets just call it puzzle project for now
we’ve seen girls act in many mystery and horror movies, so why not a type of mystery or investigative game, even an old school point-and-click:er? what is the mystery, what are we investigating? i dont know, maybe the search for declining sales…
or if you want to go totally basic, chess with H!P girls… how you want to divide each girls moves and skills over different set of pieces i dont know, but of course chinami will be the queen
a somewhat simple and diplomatic solution might be having the eggs as peasants and the rest of the pieces may have interchangable heads… though as i write it, it might sound a bit too macabre…
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Puzzle games are safe but you can stick anything onto it and every game would still work the exact same way =/
btw the search for declining sales isn’t a real mystery 😛
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FKMR’s got some ripped legs…. (σ゚∀゚)σ
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Something really sandbox..like a Grand Theft H!P XD
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…….I cant even imagine how that will work XD
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Ahahaha Idol Crossing, that’s so awesome
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Gotta love your photoshop skills.
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Forget photoshop, MSpaint ftw!
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I’d want a Pokeharo Sakura Version and Pokeharo Otome Version! 8D
Collect your favorite team of idols and battle against other wota!
“DAWA used Screech!”
I kind of want to turn this into a project now. >_> At least coming up with the Idoldex and movesets. And Tsunku can be the Professor. XD
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That’s a good idea I gave thoughts to. But then I realized everyone would ragequit the game when they have to battle unlimited wild ZukkiBats in every cave XD
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Or only getting Take(chan)karps when they fish. Good point. XD
H!P should just skip the game and release the plushies, figurines and TCG (and then we’d all be in severe debt.)
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and they gotta take out TM70. Teaching the girls how to Flash is kinda inappropriate XD
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So true! XDDD Though you know people will make a hack with it in…
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I’ve always wanted a H!P brawlin’ game!
Gaki used Mayuge Beam!!! >:o
Idol Crossing made me lol XD
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Actually, there IS a Morning Musume Animal Crossing-style game already – it’s for the GBA. It’s called リリパット王国〜リリモニといっしょプニ!〜
I got it from a Japanese auction a few months ago. It’s fun, I do actually enjoy it. But I put it down in favor of Picross for a while and I have yet to finish it.
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Oh snap! They must have time-traveled and read my feature. I demand my 10% back! Thanks for letting me know.
The character designs though…… wow lol.
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Omg, I LOL-ed so hard at this post. XD
I approve Wotagei-mania. XD Don’t be surprised if there’s one, one day. -_^)b
But I would really love a dating sim game with the idols LOL!!
Even if I’m a girl. 8’D It’b be too interesting~
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