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* FanTranslation: While it’s impossible for fans to localize the game, the fandom wiki has volunteers translate the pretty much everything related to the game such as event and scout stories to varying levels of [[{{Woolseyism}} accuracy]] given that the game has yet to be brought over the west and [[NoExportForYou likely will never be.]]
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* AudioPlay: Back in the early days of the franchise, there used to be unit and cross-characters drama CD’s released alongside unit CD’s. In the recent years, these stopped being made for unknown reasons, though it’s speculated that this is due to the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters sheer number of characters the game has now.]]
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* ActorAllusion: When [[Creator/YukiOno Ogami]] is fighting with Kuro in the first episode of the anime, a "[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable DORARARA]]" can be heard.
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* VirtualCelebrity: With the introduction of DREAM LIVE, which is a concert consisting of units from the game performing in front of a live audience via holograms, similarly to Hatsune Miku’s “live” concerts, the characters have become this. So far, there have been 4 tours with a 5th one originally planned for 2019, but it was inevitably [[https://stars-dreamlive.com/ pushed back to 2021 due to COVID-19]].
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* VirtualCelebrity: With the introduction of DREAM LIVE, which is a concert consisting of units from the game performing in front of a live audience via holograms, similarly to Hatsune Miku’s “live” concerts, the characters have become this. So far, there have been 4 tours with a 5th one originally planned for 2019, 2020, but it was inevitably [[https://stars-dreamlive.com/ pushed back to 2021 due to COVID-19]].
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* VirtualCelebrity: With the introduction of DREAM LIVE, which is a concert consisting of units from the game performing in front of a live audience via holograms, similarly to Hatsune Miku’s “live” concerts, the characters have become this. So far, there have been 4 tours with a 5th one originally planned for 2019, but it was inevitably [[https://stars-dreamlive.com/ pushed back to 2021 due to COVID-19]].
** More units are introduced to perform with every tour update and so far the only units to perform have been Trickstar, Akatsuki, UNDEAD, Knights, RYUSEITAI, Ra*bits, 2wink, Valkyrie and Switch. [=MaM=] and fine were announced to perform in 2020 (Which was pushed back to 2021) for the 5th tour with a guest performance from Eden.
** More units are introduced to perform with every tour update and so far the only units to perform have been Trickstar, Akatsuki, UNDEAD, Knights, RYUSEITAI, Ra*bits, 2wink, Valkyrie and Switch. [=MaM=] and fine were announced to perform in 2020 (Which was pushed back to 2021) for the 5th tour with a guest performance from Eden.
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* CrossdressingVoices: In the original Japanese, ''all'' of the cast are voiced by male voice actors regardless of how feminine they look or sound. In the English dub of the [[AnimeOfTheGame anime adaptation]], the more feminine looking characters are given female voice actors, those characters being Hajime Shino who is voiced by Creator/BrittneyKarbowski, Tori Himemiya who is voiced by Creator/MikaelaKrantz and Sora Harukawa who is voiced by Creator/EmilyFajardo.
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** According to WordOfGod, ''Ensemble Stars!'' wasn’t originally meant to be an idol game.
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** According to WordOfGod, ''Ensemble Stars!'' wasn’t originally meant to be an idol game.game.
** Madara Mikejima was originally going to be the focus of the April Fools 2020 event with the theme being “Together with Mama” according to one of the games head writers, Akira. According to him, however, due to various unexplained difficulties this idea ended up being scrapped with the Yumenosaki staff members Kunugi and Sagami ending up leading the event instead.
** Madara Mikejima was originally going to be the focus of the April Fools 2020 event with the theme being “Together with Mama” according to one of the games head writers, Akira. According to him, however, due to various unexplained difficulties this idea ended up being scrapped with the Yumenosaki staff members Kunugi and Sagami ending up leading the event instead.
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** The office function in ''Ensemble Stars!! Music'' is very similar to the one seen in VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls. As well, the SPP function seen after completing the ''Ensemble Time'' segments resemble the ''Special Appeal'' function in VideoGame/TheIdolmasterMillionLive.
** The attributes exclusive to ''Ensemble Stars!! Music'' (Glitter, Brilliant, Sparkle, Flash) that exist alongside the original games attributes (Dance, Performance, Vocal) are similar to those from from VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls Starlight Stage.
** The attributes exclusive to ''Ensemble Stars!! Music'' (Glitter, Brilliant, Sparkle, Flash) that exist alongside the original games attributes (Dance, Performance, Vocal) are similar to those from from VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls Starlight Stage.
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** Several aspects of ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls Starlight Stage'' have been copied over to ''Ensemble Stars!! Music'', such as the office function, the new attributes function, rainbow attribute songs, '''Great''' not breaking the players full-combo, and etc.
** Theoffice SPP function in ''Ensemble Stars!! Music'' is very similar to the one seen in VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls. As well, the SPP function seen after completing the ''Ensemble Time'' segments resemble the ''Special Appeal'' function in VideoGame/TheIdolmasterMillionLive.
** The attributes exclusive to ''Ensemble Stars!! Music'' (Glitter, Brilliant, Sparkle, Flash) that exist alongside the original games attributes (Dance, Performance, Vocal) are similar to thoselifted from from VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls Starlight Stage. ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterMillionLive Theater Days'' where it's referred to as Special Appeal.
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** The attributes exclusive to ''Ensemble Stars!! Music'' (Glitter, Brilliant, Sparkle, Flash) that exist alongside the original games attributes (Dance, Performance, Vocal) are similar to those
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** The attributes exclusive to ''Ensemble Stars!! Music'' (Glitter, Brilliant, Sparkle, Flash) that exist alongside the original games attributes (Dance, Performance, Vocal) are similar to those from from VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls Starlight Stage.
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** The story transition from '' Ensemble Stars! '' to '' Ensemble Stars!! '' was initially going to have Anzu waking up from a long coma to the new year, but this idea was scrapped.
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** The story transition from '' Ensemble Stars! '' to '' Ensemble Stars!! '' was initially going to have Anzu waking up from a long coma to the new year, year in order to introduce a new character to reintroduce the old characters, but this idea was scrapped.scrapped. Instead, new players were given a MrExposition character in the form of {{Fanboy}} Aira Shiratori, who knows a lot about idols and has knowledge of all the past characters.
** According to WordOfGod, ''Ensemble Stars!'' wasn’t originally meant to be an idol game.
** According to WordOfGod, ''Ensemble Stars!'' wasn’t originally meant to be an idol game.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Beta Trickstar's unit costume design originally had darker colors than the current, bright colored costumes.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Beta Trickstar's unit costume design originally had darker colors than the current, bright colored costumes.costumes.
** '' Ensemble Stars! '' was originally planned to have some more supernatural elements outside of the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Pseudo-Vampires]] seen in Rei and Ritsu Sakuma. For example, Chiaki was initially going to have the ability to transfer the wounds of others onto himself, while Kanata would have been a robot, with this being the explanation for his [[SuperDrowningSkills lack of an ability to swim]]. Naturally, these were scrapped and the story remains at least somewhat grounded in “reality” as a result.
** The story transition from '' Ensemble Stars! '' to '' Ensemble Stars!! '' was initially going to have Anzu waking up from a long coma to the new year, but this idea was scrapped.
** '' Ensemble Stars! '' was originally planned to have some more supernatural elements outside of the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Pseudo-Vampires]] seen in Rei and Ritsu Sakuma. For example, Chiaki was initially going to have the ability to transfer the wounds of others onto himself, while Kanata would have been a robot, with this being the explanation for his [[SuperDrowningSkills lack of an ability to swim]]. Naturally, these were scrapped and the story remains at least somewhat grounded in “reality” as a result.
** The story transition from '' Ensemble Stars! '' to '' Ensemble Stars!! '' was initially going to have Anzu waking up from a long coma to the new year, but this idea was scrapped.
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* MilestoneCelebration: Has had several due to being one of the longest running male-idol games out there as of current. Perhaps to show the longevity of the game, the 2020 anniversary has lasted ''several months'' and is still on-going as this trope is being written, with a half anniversary coming up and a final anniversary gacha covering the last new office on the horizon.
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* TalkingToHimself: Whenever the two 2Wink members are in the same scene together, since they're both voiced by Creator/SomaSaito. Luckily, they are color coded.
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* TalkingToHimself: Whenever the two 2Wink members are in the same scene together, since they're both voiced by Creator/SomaSaito. Luckily, They have very few similarities in the way they are color coded.sound, which has been lamp-shaded in story. Lucky, they’re both color-coded and have name tags attached to their dialogue boxes.
* TheMerch: Gets plenty due to ''Ensemble Stars!!'' being a CashCowFranchise for the company Happy Elements. At one point and for some time, fans could even vote on dakimakura for characters.
* TheMerch: Gets plenty due to ''Ensemble Stars!!'' being a CashCowFranchise for the company Happy Elements. At one point and for some time, fans could even vote on dakimakura for characters.
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* ContentLeak: There have been several over the years, the most being the creators accidentally leaking the 5th anniversary video for the Rhythm Link office weeks before it was originally supposed to go live.
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* DuelingGames: With ''VideoGame/IDOLiSH7'' and ''VideoGame/IChu'' as male idol mobile games, and ''VideoGame/{{A 3}}'' as a mobile game in general.
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* DuelingGames: With ''VideoGame/IDOLiSH7'' and ''VideoGame/IDOLiSH7'', ''VideoGame/IChu'' and ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterSideM'' as male idol mobile games, and ''VideoGame/{{A 3}}'' as a mobile game in general.
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** With the release of the separate apps ''Ensemble Stars!! Basic'' and ''Ensemble Stars!! Music'', the franchise has dueling games within itself due to the ''Music'' RhythmGame reaching a wider audience than the original games touch-and-go gameplay, which remains in ''Basic''. Both games having the same events, with mostly the same rewards at different point requirements, it certainly didn’t help when fans decided which game they preferred to play more.
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** With the release of the separate apps ''Ensemble Stars!! Basic'' and ''Ensemble Stars!! Music'', the franchise has dueling games within itself due to the ''Music'' RhythmGame reaching a wider audience than the original games touch-and-go gameplay, which remains in ''Basic''. Both games having the same events, with mostly the same rewards at different point requirements, it certainly didn’t help when fans decided which game they preferred to play more.
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* NewbieBoom: The relaunch of ''Ensemble Stars!'' in the form of ''Ensemble Stars!! Basic'', as well as the introduction of the long-requested RhythmGame ''Ensemble Stars!! Music'' attracted many new fans to the franchise.
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** With the release of the separate apps ''Ensemble Stars!! Basic'' and ''Ensemble Stars!! Music'', the franchise has dueling games within itself due to the ''Music'' RhythmGame reaching a wider audience than the original games touch-and-go gameplay, which remains in ''Basic''. Both games having the same events, with mostly the same rewards at different point requirements, it certainly didn’t help when fans decided which game they preferred to play more.
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** The office function in ''Ensemble Stars!! Music'' is very similar to the one seen in VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls. As well, the SPP function seen during playable MV segments resemble a similar function in VideoGame/TheIdolmasterMillionLive.
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** The office function in ''Ensemble Stars!! Music'' is very similar to the one seen in VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls. As well, the SPP function seen during playable MV after completing the ''Ensemble Time'' segments resemble a similar the ''Special Appeal'' function in VideoGame/TheIdolmasterMillionLive.
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** The office function in ''Ensemble Stars!! Music'' is very similar to the one seen in VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirlsStarlightStage.
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** The office function in ''Ensemble Stars!! Music'' is very similar to the one seen in VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirlsStarlightStage.VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls. As well, the SPP function seen during playable MV segments resemble a similar function in VideoGame/TheIdolmasterMillionLive.
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** Quite a few of the Voice Actors worked on VisualNovel/UtaNoPrinceSama, with Eichi’s voice actor also playing another character named Eiichi... Ootori.
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** Many people guessed that the new unit Double Face would consist of Madara Mikejima and Kohaku Oukawa. The silhouettes very blatantly looking like the characters didn’t help much.
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* CashCowFranchise: Wouldn't you believe it. The franchise quickly became one of the most popular male idol series in TheNewTens, and a competitor to the likes of ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls'' or the long-running ''VisualNovel/UtaNoPrinceSama''.
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* CashCowFranchise: Wouldn't you believe it. The franchise quickly became one of the most popular male idol series in TheNewTens, and a competitor to the likes of ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls'' or the long-running ''VisualNovel/UtaNoPrinceSama''. Now that the game has been split into two apps, one being the original game and the other being a rhythm game, it’s an even bigger competitor and reaches a wider audience.
* FanCommunityNickname: In the western fandom, fans are called “enstarries”, usually to make fun of them.
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*** "Yanhomo" for Izumi, due to his extreme [[HomoeroticSubtext interest]] in Makoto. People in some circles also call him "Izoom" or something similar.
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*** "Yanhomo" for Izumi, due to his extreme [[{{Yandere}} extreme]] [[HomoeroticSubtext interest]] in Makoto. People in some circles also call him "Izoom" or something similar.
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** ''Ensemble Stars!!'' is also following the lead of ''Granblue Fantasy'', as they implemented what is essentially their equivalent of the spark system. To trade for the current scout 5 star as well as a featured 5 star that was already in the pool, the player would have to roll 30 times for 300 scout coins to trade for one copy. With each trade, the requirement for the next copy becomes lower.
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** ''Ensemble Stars!!'' is also following the lead of ''Granblue Fantasy'', as they implemented what is essentially their equivalent of the a spark system. To trade for the current scout 5 star as well as a currently featured 5 star that was already cards in the pool, the player would have to roll 30 times for 300 scout coins to trade for one copy. With each trade, the requirement for the next copy becomes lower. Lower rarity cards have a lower scout coin cost, and there’s a deadline for the scout coins to be used before they disappear.
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** Fans who guessed that Madara [[spoiler: lied about Anzu being his ChildhoodFriend were correct, or at least partially, as there was a bit of truth to the statement with lies built around it. Though, it’s not as if the story was subtle in their implication that he was lying.]]
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** Fans who guessed that Madara [[spoiler: lied about Anzu being his ChildhoodFriend were correct, or at least partially, as there was a bit of truth to the statement with lies built around it. Though, Though it’s not as if the story was subtle in their implication that he was lying.]]
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** As of 2020, ''Ensemble Stars!!'' follows the lead of other idol games by finally giving players the long requested RhythmGame, which is thankfully a separate app from the original game for those who preferred the original games gameplay.
** ''Ensemble Stars!!'' is also following the lead of ''Granblue Fantasy'', as they implemented what is essentially their equivalent of the spark system. To trade for the current scout 5 star as well as a featured 5 star that was already in the pool, the player would have to roll 30 times for 300 scout coins to trade for one copy. With each trade, the requirement for the next copy becomes lower.
** ''Ensemble Stars!!'' is also following the lead of ''Granblue Fantasy'', as they implemented what is essentially their equivalent of the spark system. To trade for the current scout 5 star as well as a featured 5 star that was already in the pool, the player would have to roll 30 times for 300 scout coins to trade for one copy. With each trade, the requirement for the next copy becomes lower.
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* CashcowFranchise: Wouldn't you believe it. The franchise quickly became one of the most popular male idol series in TheNewTens, and a competitor to the likes of ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls'' or the long-running ''VisualNovel/UtaNoPrincesama''.
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* CashcowFranchise: CashCowFranchise: Wouldn't you believe it. The franchise quickly became one of the most popular male idol series in TheNewTens, and a competitor to the likes of ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls'' or the long-running ''VisualNovel/UtaNoPrincesama''.''VisualNovel/UtaNoPrinceSama''.
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* FollowTheLeader: Following ''[=EnStars=]''' long reigning popularity, there have been numerous games that have opted to imitate the gameplay, aesthetics and mechanics, most likely due to most of its popularity coming from the simplistic play style. Some examples include the training games ''DREAM!ing'', ''On Air!!'' and its biggest competitor, ''VideoGame/{{A 3}}''.
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* FollowTheLeader: Following ''[=EnStars=]''' long reigning popularity, there have been numerous games that have opted to imitate the gameplay, aesthetics and mechanics, most likely due to most of its popularity coming from the simplistic play style. Some examples include the training games ''DREAM!ing'', ''On Air!!'' ''VideoGame/OnAir'' and its biggest competitor, ''VideoGame/{{A 3}}''.
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** Ensemble Stars!! is often called Ensemble Stars 2 for some fans to avoid confusion between Ensemble Stars! and Ensemble Stars!!
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* DevelopmentHell: The anime adaptation was announced in 2016, but despite that fact very little news has been brought up since, and it had been quietly dropped and reannounced within two years. Finally, as of 2018, there is a definite date for the adaptarion's release, which is for 2019.
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* DevelopmentHell: The anime adaptation was announced in 2016, but despite that fact very little news has been brought up since, and it had been quietly dropped and reannounced within two years. Finally, as of 2018, there is a definite date for the adaptarion's release, which is for aired on July 7th 2019.
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* AllStarCast: A majority of the cast are voiced by new voice actors at the time the game was launched, but Trickstar played it straight with the characters being voiced by already famed voice actors. Even FINE and UNDEAD is one (Sans Yuzuru and Kaoru's voice actor as Kaoru's voice actor is more well known as a stage actor than a voice actor). The idols of the units that came in the second year of the game's release (Switch, [=MaM=], Adam and Eve) are hugely popular seiyuu.
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* AllStarCast: A majority of the cast are were voiced by new voice actors at the time the game was launched, but Trickstar played it straight with the characters being voiced by already famed voice actors. Even FINE and UNDEAD is one (Sans Yuzuru and Kaoru's voice actor as Kaoru's voice actor is more well known as a stage actor than a voice actor). The idols of the units that came in the second year of the game's release (Switch, [=MaM=], Adam and Eve) are hugely popular seiyuu.
