History VideoGame / TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls

->Please! Cinderella
->This dream won't end as just a dream
->I've started to move, towards sparkling days!
-->--'''Onegai! Cinderella''', the subseries' flagship theme song.

In 2016, a [[VirtualReality virtual live simulator]], ''THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls: Viewing Revolution'' was released for [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 PlayStation VR]], allowing players to enjoy watching their favorite idols in a virtual live performance set in Maihama Amphitheater (the venue that was first used for the first live back in 2013).

** The new "Dominant" cards are interesting examples. Fundamentally, they're just Type Ensemble cards with marginally higher numbers, but the boosting effect split only works with different idol type (for example the Score Bonus Boost only works on Cute-type idol while the Combo Bonus Boost only works on Cool-type idols). The same also applies to it's center card skill, which boosts a single attribute appeal of a certain type idol while boosting another appeal for certain type idols, but the numbers they're provide is 150-160%, much larger than Mutual/Motif cards, equivalent to a Live Groove Appeal boosts. As such, this card encourages you to build a multicolor team.

* BonusBoss: Random rival battles. However you will need to be at least in certain areas around Japan to face them.

After an unprecedented 11 straight years running, the original ''Cinderella Girls'' is geared for shutdown in late March 2023.

** "Overdrive" is basically the reverse of Overload, which grants you the largest raw combo pts bonus of 20% (outside of minmaxed Life Sparkle cards) for a set amount of time, but makes it so that any tap that isn't PERFECT breaks the combo similar to the old Concentrate effect. This card was meant to be paired with Overload above since it's effect cancels out the Overdrive's combo breaking mechanic when they're both active at the same time, but the effectiveness still depends on RNG

*** There's also special casual DLC outfits that portrays wider range of idols in a non-customizable casual/model outfit, which like the stage DLC outfits, can only be purchased with 2500 paid jewels for each outfit.

** Dozens of idol are not Japanese nationals. The majority of these are [[TokenWhite American and European]], but there are Brazilian (Natalia), Chinese (Yao Fueifuei), and Korean idols too. However the series still lacks an idol of African decent or from the African continent, even when considering the AmbiguouslyBrown girls.
** Anastasia and Frederica are automatically this for the ''Cinderella Master'' Idols, thus so far being the only non-Japanese girls to earn the honor.

** The original 765 Pro idols were initially featured in ''Cinderella Girls'' as already successful [[SenpaiKohai sempai]] the cast hopes to emulate. However the original idols are used very sparingly (limited edition or special event promotionals) and not eligible for vote during popularity polls. They're in ''Cinderella Girls'', but technically not considered among their official ranks. As of now, there has not been any cards for the 765 Pro idols, maybe because the cast of ''Cinderella Girls'' have been more popular, surpassing the OG Idols... or maybe because the 765Pro idols are busy spending time with the ''[[VideoGame/TheIdolmasterMillionLive Million Live!]]'' idols.

* HollywoodDateless: How this many beautiful girls and women are having trouble finding boyfriends or husbands. Averted once they become successful idols, upon which they have thousands of devoted male fans, but the only man the idol wants at this point is [[CluelessChickMagnet the Producer]].

* {{Mukokuseki}}: Used with ridiculous extremes with some Japanese characters. While there are many characters whose hair is either dyed due to their job, or they sport foreign ancestry, there are some Japanese idols who inexplicably had either blonde hair, lighter skin and either blue or green eyes and they couldn't reasonably had either foreign ancestry or legimately dyed their hair due to their age, being the biggest offenders Momoka Sakurai, Kozue Yusa, Koume Shirasaka and others.[[note]]This is especially notable with those already mentioned idols because they are elementary grade girls, and in Japan, unless you have foreign ancestry, you're not allowed to dye your hair at that educational level, assuming they're attending regular schools. Some of them, like Anzu Futaba, subvert this on the grounds she is OlderThanTheyLook as she is 17 and thus she could dye her hair without without problems.[[/note]]

** Tired of waiting for limited card reruns? Don't have enough patience or money to save for a Star Shine Scout? Starting from 2019, Cygames added the memorial gacha and the Luna Shine Scout system; the former essentially allows you to draw either un/limited cards from wayback period (currently divided into 2 division, 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 period) at a tradeoff of not being affected by rate-ups, the latter allows you to accumulate the shine points you got from drawing on the memorial gacha up to 300 times where you can pick any card from the memorial gacha pool, akin to the Star Shine Scout system, except it will not expire and will still accumulate everytime another card pool period is added onto the list. The card you can draw in question also included cards that never seen a chance for reruns (like Rinaa Tada's Hot Spring SSR).
** Also introduced alongside the Memorial Gacha and Diamond tokens, the producer level scout. At Producer Lv 100, you can use 250 paid jewel to randomly draw a [=PLv100=] banner SSR card that has a chance for a limited card from 2015-2016 period inside, which can be just as quick if not faster than the Memorial gacha.

** The MASTER+ difficulty became available as a separate folder for non-event songs (CINDERELLA MASTER solos and others), as well as event songs in one of the updates, which also added "slide" notes for the aforementioned difficulty. This folder uses MASTER+ tickets as opposed to using stamina, and divides songs' MASTER+ difficulty into 3 albums (A/B/C), each rotating every week, with new song charts to be added on each album rotation. Certain event types such as Cinderella Caravan, Cinderella Road, and Token events will not reward points/tokens when playing MASTER+ charts.
** Legacy MASTER+ charts are also added for the event songs, which are the old MASTER+ charts at the time of an event running on that period; that means you can play previous event songs' MASTER+ charts (before Jounetsu Fun Fanfare) that do not have slide notes, or the later event songs (from Fanfare onwards) without additional changes added later on.

*** Even the free outfits are pretty well detailed themselves, like ''Next Frontier'', ''Hapinness Yell'', ''Go To Paradise'', et cetera. The latter has alternative version that can be switched

** The DLC outfits are nicely detailed. However, with the exception of the ''Party Time Gold'' and ''Connected Parallel'' dress, only some idols can wear them.

On the tenth and final concert, an animated adaptation of the ''U149'' spinoff was announced.

* JigglePhysics: Each idol models has parts with added physics that allows them to jiggle around depending on the idol's movement. Parts like outfit, hair or outfit accesories, and even body parts included. [[BuxomIsBetter Well endowed and pronounced]] characters like Sanae, Takumi, Shizuko, Miyu, Fumika, and many more has prominent jiggle physics on their large buxom, but some models of average characters like Mika, Kaede, and Mio also have jiggle physics depending on the outfit.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Musical stage battle idol style!