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Love Live! School Idol Festival (JP) News

The updates from this page start from July 26, 2014. ''To see older updates, visit [http://decaf.kouhi.me/lovelive/index.php?title=Updates#Older_updates Love Live! School Idol Festival English Wiki].''

November 5, 2014

 * From November 6 until the end of the event, there will be special premium recruitment boxes:
 * Group #1: November 6 to 8 - Printemps only (Honoka, Kotori, Hanayo)
 * Group #2: November 9 to 11 - ???
 * Group #3: November 12 until the end of the event - ???
 * The theme of each group will be a secret until the campaign is active.
 * Doing a 10+1 draw (50 loveca stones) will guarantee you at least an SR or higher.

November 4, 2014

 * Score Match Round 14 event will begin on November 5 at 4 PM and run until November 15 at 3 PM JST; there will be maintenance for one hour before and after the event.
 * There will be 8 EASY/NORMAL/HARD stages and 5 EXPERT stages in the pool to start with.
 * Rewards include SR Ayase Eli and R Miyama Satoko.
 * The following campaigns will also be active:
 * The new lily white song, Aki no Anata no Sora Tooku (秋のあなたの空遠く), will be available to play ahead of time in EASY/NORMAL/HARD score matches.
 * From November 8 at 3 PM to November 11 at 3 PM JST, the Score Match stages will be swapped out with different ones (number of stages per rank will remain the same).
 * From November 11 at 3 PM until the end of the event, the Score Match stages from the beginning of the event will be added to the pool again, for a total of 16 EASY/NORMAL/HARD stages and 10 EXPERT stages.
 * The new event type is scheduled for early December.

November 1, 2014

 * November 1 is Hoshizora Rin's birthday.
 * To celebrate Rin's birthday, we are giving away 5 Loveca Stones as a Login Bonus today.
 * Today, µ's Members' 『Happy Birthday, Rin-chan Special Voice』can be heard from the menu.

October 31, 2014

 * Chapters 24-1 and 24-2 have been added to the main story.
 * The new stage is: "Happy maker!".
 * New Constellation themed cards have been added to premium recruitment.
 * The awakened forms feature each girl's zodiac sign on her hat
 * There is a higher chance of obtaining these cards until November 5 (base SR/UR rate does not change).
 * The event SR Hanayo has also been added to premium recruitment (low chance to obtain).
 * Until November 5, doing a 10+1 draw (50 loveca stones) will guarantee you at least an SR or higher.
 * One new N card has also been added to regular recruitment.

October 21, 2014

 * October 21 is Ayase Eli's birthday.
 * To celebrate Eli's birthday, we are giving away 5 Loveca Stones as a Login Bonus today.
 * Today, µ's Members' 『Happy Birthday, Eri-chan Special Voice』can be heard from the menu.

October 20, 2014

 * From October 21 until the end of the event, there will be special premium recruitment boxes:
 * Group #1: October 21 to 23 - PICK-UP Gacha
 * October 21 - Initial URs, Initial SRs, Animal SRs, Job SRs
 * October 22 - August to November SRs/URs, event SRs from September to November
 * October 23 - December to March Ver. SRs/URs, event SRs from December to March
 * Group #2: October 24 to 27 - Third Years only (Eli, Nico, Nozomi)
 * Group #3: October 28 until the end of the event - lily white only (Umi, Rin, Nozomi)
 * The theme of each group will be a secret until the campaign is active.
 * Doing a 10+1 draw (50 loveca stones) will guarantee you at least an SR or higher.

October 19, 2014

 * The 『凛と一夜の間違い. 』 event will begin on October 20 at 4 PM and run until October 31 at 3 PM JST; there will be maintenance for one hour before and after the event.
 * This is the seventh of the School idol diary collaboration events - as you gain event points, you will unlock a popular chapter from the series (this time featuring Rin)
 * Collect bells from performing lives and use them to play the new event stage, Koi No Shigunaru Rin Rin Rin!.
 * Rewards include SR Rin (Cat Girl ver.), R Miyama Satoko.
 * The following campaigns will also be active:
 * From October 27 until the end of the event, a 4x version of the event song as well as two EX versions (regular + randomized) will be available to play.
 * From October 28 until the end of the event, certain stages (changes daily) will give extra gold rewards (1.5x for NORMAL, 2x for HARD).

October 15, 2014

 * Celebrating the 5 Million Users Milestone, "Operation: Christmas Present" poll will be held!
 * 『For this year's Christmas, from µ's members, 「To whom」 do you want to give 「What」 present?』
 * The top ranked character and present will become a special UR card obtained as a login bonus.
 * Voting period: October 15 at 4PM to October 31 at 3PM JST.
 * Results will be revealed on November.

October 15, 2014

 * Chapters 23-3 and 23-4 have been added to the main story.
 * The new stage is: "Arifureta Kanashimi no Hate".
 * New Halloween themed cards have been added to premium recruitment.
 * There is a higher chance of obtaining these cards until October 20 (base SR/UR rate does not change).
 * The event SR Umi has also been added to premium recruitment (low chance to obtain).
 * Until October 20, doing a 10+1 draw (50 loveca stones) will guarantee you at least an SR or higher.
 * One new N card has also been added to regular recruitment.
 * New set of Rares are added to premium and regular recruitment.
 * From Otonokizaka uniform, the members will change into their Korekara no Someday outfits once idolized.

October 14, 2014

 * Starting October 16 at 12 AM JST, Printemps' newest song, "Eien Friends" (永遠フレンズ) will be available through the Special Stage.
 * This song is first from the series of SIF collaboration songs that were announced to commemorate the 3 Million Users Milestone.
 * Difficulty will be EASY / NORMAL / HARD only.
 * The song is planned to be available for only a limited time of 3 months.

October 8, 2014

 * Love Live! School Idol Festival reached 5 million users on October 5! The following celebratory campaigns will take place:
 * For one week starting on October 16, there will be a daily login bonus rewarding one loveca stone per day (total of 7).
 * The "Operation: Christmas Present" poll event will run from October 15 at 4 PM until October 31 at 3 PM JST.
 * Vote for your favorite μ's member and the present that you want her to receive!
 * Results will be revealed on November 15 - The top ranked character and present will become a special UR card obtained as a login bonus.
 * Another new set of Rs will be added to premium and regular recruitment soon! They will feature the μ's girls in pajamas, and when awakened they will be wearing the outfits from Yume no Tobira.
 * The Korekara no Someday Rs will be added to premium and regular recruitment on October 15 after the event.

October 5, 2014

 * From October 6 until the end of the event, there will be special premium recruitment boxes:
 * Group #1: October 6 to 8 - Attribute-specific Boxes
 * October 6: PURE
 * October 7: SMILE
 * October 8: COOL
 * Group #2: October 9 to 11 - BiBi only (Eli, Maki, Nico)
 * Group #3: October 12 until the end of the event - Second Years only (Honoka, Kotori, Umi)
 * The theme of each group will be a secret until the campaign is active.
 * Doing a 10+1 draw (50 loveca stones) will guarantee you at least an SR or higher.

October 4, 2014

 * Score Match Round 13 event will begin on October 5 at 4 PM and run until October 15 at 3 PM JST; there will be maintenance for one hour before and after the event.
 * There will be 8 EASY/NORMAL/HARD stages and 5 EXPERT stages in the pool to start with.
 * Rewards include SR Koizumi Hanayo and R Sasahara Kyoko.
 * The following campaigns will also be active:
 * From October 8 at 3 PM to October 11 at 3 PM JST, the Score Match stages will be swapped out with different ones (number of stages per rank will remain the same).
 * From October 11 at 3 PM until the end of the event, the Score Match stages from the beginning of the event will be added to the pool again, for a total of 16 EASY/NORMAL/HARD stages and 10 EXPERT stages.

September 30, 2014

 * Chapters 23-1 and 23-2 have been added to the main story.
 * The new stage is: "KiRa-KiRa Sensation!".
 * New Halloween themed cards have been added to premium recruitment.
 * There is a higher chance of obtaining these cards until October 5 (base SR/UR rate does not change).
 * The event SR Honoka has also been added to premium recruitment (low chance to obtain).
 * Until October 5, doing a 10+1 draw (50 loveca stones) will guarantee you at least an SR or higher.
 * One new N card has also been added to regular recruitment.

September 20, 2014

 * From September 6 until the end of the event, there will be special premium recruitment boxes:
 * Group #1: September 21 to 23 - PICK-UP Gacha (December to March SRs/URs, event SRs from December to March)
 * Group #2: September 24 to 26 - Printemps only (Honoka, Kotori, Hanayo)
 * Group #3: September 27 until the end of the event - First Years only (Rin, Maki, Hanayo)
 * The theme of each group will be a secret until the campaign is active.
 * Doing a 10+1 draw (50 loveca stones) will guarantee you at least an SR or higher.

September 19, 2014

 * The 『幼なじみの2人. 』 event will begin on September 20 at 4 PM and run until September 30 at 3 PM JST; there will be maintenance for one hour before and after the event.
 * This is the sixth of the School idol diary collaboration events - as you gain event points, you will unlock a popular chapter from the series (this time featuring Umi)
 * Collect wings from performing lives and use them to play the new event stage, Yuuki No Reason.
 * Rewards include SR Umi (Hero ver.), R Kyoko Sasahara.
 * The following campaigns will also be active:
 * From September 26 until the end of the event, a 4x version of the event song as well as two EX versions (regular + randomized) will be available to play.
 * From September 27 until the end of the event, certain stages (changes daily) will give extra gold rewards (1.5x for NORMAL, 2x for HARD).

September 15, 2014

 * Chapters 22-3 and 22-4 have been added to the main story.
 * The new stage is: "Kimi No Kuse Ni!".
 * New Cafe Maid themed cards have been added to premium recruitment.
 * There is a higher chance of obtaining these cards until September 20 (base SR/UR rate does not change).
 * The event SR Maki has also been added to premium recruitment (low chance to obtain).
 * Until September 20, doing a 10+1 draw (50 loveca stones) will guarantee you at least an SR or higher.
 * One new N card has also been added to regular recruitment.

September 12, 2014

 * September 12 is Kotori Minami's birthday.
 * To celebrate Kotori's birthday, we are giving away 5 Loveca Stones as a Login Bonus today.
 * Today, µ's Members' 『Happy Birthday, Kotori-chan Special Voice』can be heard from the menu.

September 5, 2014

 * From September 6 until the end of the event, there will be special premium recruitment boxes:
 * Group #1: September 6 to 8 - lily white only (Umi, Rin, Nozomi)
 * Group #2: September 9 to 11 - PICK-UP Gacha (August to November SRs/URs, event SRs from September to November)
 * Group #3: September 12 until the end of the event - Third Years only (Eli, Nico, Nozomi)
 * The theme of each group will be a secret until the campaign is active.
 * Doing a 10+1 draw (50 loveca stones) will guarantee you at least an SR or higher.

September 4, 2014

 * Score Match Round 12 event will begin on September 5 at 4 PM and run until September 15 at 3 PM JST; there will be maintenance for one hour before and after the event.
 * There will be 8 EASY/NORMAL/HARD stages and 5 EXPERT stages in the pool to start with.
 * Rewards include SR Kousaka Honoka and R Miyama Satoko.
 * The following campaigns will also be active:
 * From September 8 at 3 PM to September 11 at 3 PM JST, the Score Match stages will be swapped out with different ones (number of stages per rank will remain the same).
 * From September 11 at 3 PM until the end of the event, the Score Match stages from the beginning of the event will be added to the pool again, for a total of 16 EASY/NORMAL/HARD stages and 10 EXPERT stages.


 * The game has been updated to version 2.1.
 * Added function to view previous event stories (from the School idol diary events).
 * Accessible by going to the Story screen and selecting イベントストーリー (Event Story)
 * You will only be able to see story chapters that you unlocked in previous events
 * The maximum number of units you can have has been increased to 7. (Up to Unit G)
 * The icons that appear during lives when perfect lock is active have been moved to the bottom half of the unit icons. Also, only one of each icon type will be displayed, even when multiple perfect locks are active.
 * Various UI adjustments.
 * Various bug fixes.

September 1, 2014

 * There will be maintenance on September 4 from 2 AM to 5 AM JST
 * Updating to version 2.1.
 * The new event type was scheduled for early September, but KLab is not satisfied with it yet and so it is delayed until further notice. The next event will be a Score Match event instead.

August 31, 2014

 * Chapters 22-1 and 22-2 have been added to the main story.
 * The new stage is: "Dancing stars on me!".
 * New Cafe Maid themed cards have been added to premium recruitment.
 * There is a higher chance of obtaining these cards until September 5 (base SR/UR rate does not change).
 * The event SR Nico has also been added to premium recruitment (low chance to obtain).
 * Until September 5, doing a 10+1 draw (50 loveca stones) will guarantee you at least an SR or higher.
 * One new N card has also been added to regular recruitment.

August 28, 2014

 * A new Limited PICK-UP Gacha is now available.
 * Cards released during these periods listed below will be included in PICK-UP gacha:
 * UR members since April 2013 to July 2013
 * SR members in April 2013
 * [Animal Version] SR members from May 2013 to September 2013
 * [Animal Version] Event SRs will have a lower appearance rate
 * [Job Version] SR members from May 2013 to July 2013
 * All R members released up to now
 * This gacha will last from August 28 12 AM to August 31 3 PM JST
 * During this period, doing a 10+1 draw (50 loveca stones) will guarantee you at least an SR or higher.

August 20, 2014

 * From August 21 until the end of the event, there will be special premium recruitment boxes:
 * Group #1: August 21 to 24 - Second year students only (Honoka, Kotori, Umi)
 * Group #2: August 25 to 27 - BiBi only (Eli, Maki, Nico)
 * Group #3: August August 28 until the end of the event - PICK-UP Gacha
 * The theme of each group will be a secret until the campaign is active.
 * Doing a 10+1 draw (50 loveca stones) will guarantee you at least an SR or higher.

August 19, 2014

 * The 『オトノキ七不思議. 』 event will begin on August 20 at 4 PM and run until August 31 at 3 PM JST; there will be maintenance for one hour before and after the event.
 * This is the fifth of the School idol diary collaboration events - as you gain event points, you will unlock a popular chapter from the series (this time featuring Maki)
 * Collect ghosts from performing lives and use them to play the new event stage, Daring!!.
 * Rewards include SR Maki (Ghost Story ver.), R Kyoko Sasahara.
 * The following campaigns will also be active:
 * From August 27 until the end of the event, a 4x version of the event song as well as two EX versions (regular + randomized) will be available to play.
 * From August 28 until the end of the event, certain stages (changes daily) will give extra gold rewards (1.5x for NORMAL, 2x for HARD).

August 15, 2014

 * Chapters 21-3 and 21-4 have been added to the main story.
 * New China dress themed cards have been added to premium recruitment.
 * There is a higher chance of obtaining these cards until August 20 (base SR/UR rate does not change).
 * The event SR Kotori has also been added to premium recruitment (low chance to obtain).
 * Until August 20, doing a 10+1 draw (50 loveca stones) will guarantee you at least an SR or higher.
 * One new N card has also been added to regular recruitment.

August 14, 2014

 * Love Live! School Idol Festival (JP) reached 4 million users on August 8!
 * For one week starting on August 21, there will be a daily login bonus rewarding one loveca stone per day (total of 7).
 * Starting on August 21, the special premium recruitment boxes during events (e.g. third years, lily white, etc) will also guarantee a SR or higher for 11-draws!
 * Another new set of Rs will be added to premium and regular recruitment in the near future! They will feature the μ's girls in their Otonokizaka school uniforms, and when idolized, they will be wearing the outfits from Korekara no Someday.
 * Details on the new Love Live! School Idol Festival song will be published in Dengeki G's magazine on August 30.

August 12, 2014

 * The release schedule for the BD daily stage EXPERT modes is as follows:
 * August 17: Yume Naki Yume wa Yume ja nai
 * August 18: Anemone Heart
 * September 18: Nawatobi
 * September 19: Beat in Angel
 * October 20: Niko puri♥Joshi dou
 * October 21: Garasu no Hanazono
 * Starting August 17, the daily stages will go back to cycling at midnight JST.

August 07, 2014

 * The special illustrations for the winners of the Transfer Student Election have been released! High resolution images can be found here. Comments from the winners:
 * Hasekura Kasane (1st place):
 * Hey there! It's Kasane! I haven't see you since winter. It really surprised me when I was told that I came in first place in a popularity contest... but I'm overjoyed. Thanks! ♪
 * Also! We got to go on a trip to Okinawa! It sounded too good to be true! What made it even more unbelievable was that Jennifer-chan and Shizuku-chan were coming with me, and they look absolutely stunning! Ehehe.
 * Well then, I'll just send a picture of ourselves for now! Let's play together again once we're back!


 * Jennifer (2nd place):
 * I never expected that I'd be chosen for something like this... I'm really grateful. Thanks!
 * It makes me happy that Kasane-chan and Shizuku-chan are together with me. We may be rival school idols... but I don't want us to feel like we're enemies. It's because we're rivals that I want to be on good terms with them.
 * Look forward to seeing powered-up versions of ourselves once we get back from our trip! I can't wait until I get to see you again. ♪


 * Shizuku Osaka (3rd place):
 * Thank you all so much for voting for me in the popularity contest! ♪
 * I've been thinking about why I was selected... but I guess it was good that I've been putting my all into my theater performances and my school idol performances. I truly think that way right now. I've included a photo of the three of us.
 * I've been having so much fun on this trip and every day's been full of laughter. ♪ Please keep supporting us, okay?

August 04, 2014

 * Score Match Round 11 event will begin on August 5 at 4 PM and run until August 15 at 3 PM JST; there will be maintenance for one hour before and after the event.
 * There will be 8 EASY/NORMAL/HARD stages and 5 EXPERT stages in the pool to start with.
 * Rewards include SR Yazawa Nico and R Nanako Yamauchi.
 * The following campaigns will also be active:
 * From August 8 at 3 PM to August 11 at 3 PM JST, the Score Match stages will be swapped out with different ones (number of stages per rank will remain the same).
 * From August 11 at 3 PM until the end of the event, the Score Match stages from the beginning of the event will be added to the pool again, for a total of 16 EASY/NORMAL/HARD stages and 10 EXPERT stages.

July 31, 2014
Big Update:
 * Chapters 21-1 and 21-2 have been added to the main story.
 * New China dress themed cards have been added to premium recruitment.
 * There is a higher chance of obtaining these cards until August 5 (base SR/UR rate does not change).
 * The event SR Nozomi has also been added to premium recruitment (low chance to obtain).
 * Until August 5, doing a 10+1 draw (50 loveca stones) will guarantee you at least an SR or higher.
 * One new N card has also been added to regular recruitment.
 * Two types of Voucher recruitment have been added:
 * SR/UR recruitment - costs 5 vouchers, 80% chance to obtain an SR and 20% chance to obtain a UR
 * Skill Up Support Member recruitment - costs 1 voucher
 * URs (10% chance): Nico's Mother (Smile), Kotori's Mother (Pure), Maki's Mother (Cool), Honoka's Mother (All)
 * SRs (30% chance): Mika (Smile), Fumiko (Pure), Hideko (Cool), Yamada Hiroko (All)
 * Rs (60% chance): Yazawa Kokoa (Smile), Yazawa Kotarou (Pure), Yazawa Kokoro (Cool), Alpaca (All)
 * Vouchers are obtained in two ways:
 * Special bonus after drawing 10 cards from premium recruitment
 * Receive a free one every 20 ranks (retroactive, players will receive vouchers according to their rank within the next few days)
 * Skill Up Support Members can be used to raise the skill level of cards through regular lessons
 * The support card must be the same rarity and attribute as the target card (purple support members work for all attributes)
 * The support card's skill level can also be raised to increase the success rate; a support card with the same skill level as the target card will guarantee a skill level up
 * Warning: It is possible to feed a support card to a card that doesn't match rarity/attribute - the target card will only gain XP and its skill level will not increase
 * Ranking up is now twice as fast until rank 100
 * EXP requirements have been halved
 * Players under rank 100 who were more than halfway to the next rank will get their rank up after playing a song
 * Changes to premium recruitment contents
 * The bonus after drawing 10 times has been changed from 1 loveca stone to 1 voucher
 * Cards released before January 31, 2014 are no longer in the premium recruitment box; from now on it will only contain the most recent 6 months of cards
 * Older cards can still be obtained from the special recruitment boxes during events, as well as voucher recruitment.

July 26, 2014

 * Starting from July 31 at 3 PM JST, a new Voucher Recruitment box will be available
 * 1 Voucher - 1x UR Mother card, raises a card's skill level - 4 types total (Honoka/Maki/Nico/Kotori's mothers)
 * 5 Vouchers - 1x SR or UR (guaranteed SR or higher)
 * All players will obtain a voucher every 20 ranks (those already higher than rank 20 will receive a corresponding number of tickets in their present box)
 * Vouchers are also obtained every 10 premium draws (replacing or adding to the current +1 loveca bonus)
 * Required EXP to rank up will also be halved for all ranks up to 100, so that new players can unlock the stages more easily
 * EXPERT modes for the BD daily stages will be added in August
 * A new event type will begin in September
 * Starting from July 31 at 3 PM JST, the SRs and URs available in premium recruitment will change:
 * As more and more cards are added to the game, it becomes harder to obtain each card, so the premium recruitment box will be split into two to make it easier
 * Only cards added from January 31, 2014 and onward will be in Premium Recruitment (特待生勧誘)
 * Cards added before January 31, 2014 will still be available in Limited Recruitment (限定勧誘)
 * The oldest cards in Premium Recruitment will be moved to Limited Recruitment each month, so that Premium Recruitment only contains the most recent 6 months of cards