We're doing a big stress test of the new system at work today, so I have the perfect Morning Love Live, at least title-wise! Here's Ayumu Uehara with Break The System
Bringing you some of that refreshing Alpine flavour this morning with Evergreen by Emma Verde. Lyrics video for the vibes, dance video for the entertainment :neocat_heart:
My fan fic series "Love Live! New Melody Project!!" isn't just canon Love Live characters. There's also quite a few important original characters, including a whole set of teens being school idols alongside the stories of the adult Love Live women. It's easy enough to picture older versions of canon characters, but I've always wished that you could see the OC girls as I imagined them.
Well, now you can, thanks to the incredible work of artist Amber Dill. She reached out to me about bringing the New Melody Project teens to life, and I was very excited to make it happen! I've been keeping this under wraps until it was done, and now, I can share with you her amazing work!
Say hello to the girls of New Melody Project - Saeko, Narumi, Hikari, and Miyuki!
It's Friday, and I've had a weird week, so I'm treating everyone to a double dose of my idol nonsense this morning, with two stone cold classic, thematically similar songs from each franchise.
First up, the iconic Start:Dash! by μ's for Love Live:
First thing about Unit Koushien: it’s my first real major exposure to the music of the vtuber girls, and they’re great! The Cerise Bouquet, Dollchestra, and Mira-cra Park sets were so good! And they’re super good on stage. I’m impressed by how solid they already are live. #lovelive
@niconicorose Yesss! :mexcitedmiku: I love the Hasunosora music so much. DOLLCHESTRA is my favorite (have to limit my CD buying somehow :4504_aqua_laugh: ), but the music from all the units is so good. And yeah, they are incredible live. Those choroes rock! :akko_excited:
I finished Yohane the Parhelion: Numazu in the Mirage yesterday! I quite enjoyed it* both in terms of gameplay and story (which was sweet and appropriately emotional at the end). Despite not being a regular player of deckbuilding roguelites, I had a good time!
*other that not needing to ever hear Evil Ruby talk about Dia's toes ever again
This and the Yohane Metroidvania do make me long for a world where Love Live does more games on consoles & PC instead of the mobile world. These two are full-on console games with solid design and no scummy gacha microtransactions. Imagine if we got a story-centric Love Live non-AU game like that? (Like that idol RPG I daydreamed about on Tumblr once...)
(This is to say nothing about the Playstation port of the arcade rhythm game which, while definitely being old and only having µ's and Aqours and having its own monetization issues, is a ton of fun to play - I'd argue much more than SIF or SIFAS - and is still truckin' at least for now. Hopefully Squeenix would allow it to exist offline when they inevitably stop supporting it.)
I hope for a day when we'll have more games about the gals that let you play them on consoles and PC and not have to tap away at glass and put up with all the free-to-play mechanics to try to enjoy them.