The Idolmaster: Starlit Season Delayed To October 2021
Starlit Season in January 2020 with a release window within the year. However, it inevitably delayed the game to 2021 due to setbacks caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The company was then supposed to have a finalized release date by preparing a live stream dedicated to announcing the release date on Saturday, February 6, 2021.
As announced on the aforementioned stream,
Starlit Season was originally due for release on May 27, 2021. However, Bandai Namco delayed the game again with today’s announcement, citing “further quality improvement” as the reason. The game’s producer Hayato Kutaragi apologized on behalf of the development team for the repeated delay.
The Idolmaster: Starlit Season Release Date Will Be Announced Soon
After an inevitable delay to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic,
The Idolmaster: Starlit Season will soon be ready for prime time. Bandai Namco has scheduled a major special edition of the “Starlit Report” stream that will finally reveal the release date of the new console game on Saturday, February 6, 2020, at 19:00 JST (5 AM ET). [Thanks, Famitsu!]
As the live stream will deliver the much-awaited release date for
Starlit Season,
The Idolmaster general producer Yozo Sakagami and the game’s producer Hayato Kutaragi will be accompanied by twice as many guest voice actresses from the last stream:
The Idolmaster: Starlit Season New Song and Stage Rules Introduced
As promised in 2020,
The Idolmaster: Starlit Season live performance footage debuted for the first time. The game was shown off by
The Idolmaster series General Producer Yozo Sakagami and
Starlit Season Producer Hayato Kutaragi on the second “Starlit Report” livestream event. The team also took the opportunity to debut a new song from
Starlit Season, titled “SESSION!,” performed in a music video by the idols of Project LUMINOUS. [Thanks, 4Gamer!]
The new song was performed by Haruka Amami, Makoto Kikuchi, Iori Minase, and Hibiki Ganaha from the original
Idolmaster games, while the
Bandai Namco will hold the second Starlit Report
The Idolmaster: Starlit Season stream on January 17, 2020, at 7pm JST (2am PT/5am ET). As promised during the previous stream, the company will show actual in-game footage of live performance scenes for the first time. [Thanks, Famitsu!]
The Idolmaster series General Producer Yozo Sakagami and
Starlit Season Producer Hayato Kutaragi will be present to host the stream and deliver new information about the upcoming console game. This new stream will have an entirely different cast of voice actresses appearing as guests:
Manami Numakura (Hibiki Ganaha from
The Idolmaster)
The Idolmaster: Cinderella Girls)