Love Live! School idol festival

Love Live! School idol festival (ラブライブ！スクールアイドルフェスティバル) is a rhythm game released for iOS and Android, based on the Love Live! franchise. It was published by Bushiroad and KLab and was released on April 16, 2013 for iOS and June 6, 2013 for Android devices.

An English version was released on May 12, 2014 under the title "School Idol Festival" at version 1.6. A Taiwanese version was released on May 22, 2014 under Mobimon Inc. at version 1.2. A Chinese version was realesed on June 12, 2014 under MarlyGames at open beta. A Korean version was released on July 1, 2014 under NHN Entertainment Corp. at version 1.1. The Korean version was shut down and merged with the Global version as of August 10, 2016. The Traditional Chinese version was shut down and merged with the Global version as of May 17, 2017.

An arcade version was announced to be in production on November 27, 2015 and was made available for play on December 6, 2016. A new game titled Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS was announced to be in production on September 21, 2017, and will be released in 2018. Both games will continue to run concurrently alongside each other.

Gameplay
''Love Live! School idol festival'' is a free to play rhythm game which features two modes—Story and Live—and all nine members of the idol group μ's. The school idol group Aqours was later added to the game as a major update on July 5, 2016 with its accompanying songs, stories, cards and events. The players are free to switch between μ's and Aqours mode in the game.

In the game's Live Mode, players are free to choose to play songs from the μ's discography and ever growing Aqours discography at the cost of LP, an in-game regenerating energy. As of version 4.1, players have 4 options to spend their LP ranging from 25 to 100. Each song can be played in 4 main difficulties: "Easy", "Normal", "Hard", and "Expert". Exclusive to B-Side is "Master" difficulty which introduced Swing Notes. The players are tasked to tap circles properly according to the rhythm in order to receive score. The score can then be viewed and compared to the other players on the leaderboard. Depending on the player's results, they will be able to receive new idol cards to add to their team, and can be leveled up and transformed by combining them with other idol cards. The Idols and Songs are divided into 3 attributes: " Smile ", " Cool " and " Pure ".

In Story Mode, the player works as μ's' or Aqours's helper and manages their training and schedule. The story is fully-voiced by all of the idols' voice actresses. In order to progress the story, the player needs to perform various tasks, such as ranking up and performing a certain Live Song. The player is then presented the girls' story as they live their lives as both school idols and students.

In-game events is where players can earn rewards, SR cards, as well competing with one another in Event and Score Rankings. As of version 5.2 (Global version) and version 5.5 (Japanese version), there are a total of 6 events: Token, Score Match, Medley Festival, Challenge Festival, Adventure Stroll (Osanpo Rally), and Friendly Match (Nakayoshi).

Franchise
''Love Live! School idol festival'' has grown into a franchise in its own right, releasing multiple books containing guides and illustrations from the game.
 * 1) Love Live! School idol festival Official Guide Book
 * 2) Love Live! School idol festival Official Illustration Book
 * 3) Love Live! School idol festival Official Fan Book
 * 4) Love Live! School idol festival Official Illustration Book 2
 * 5) Love Live! School idol festival Official Illustration Book 3

In 2015, a Japan-wide competition was also held to determine the best School idol festival player in Japan. This competition culminated in the School idol festival Thanksgiving Festival 2015 (スクフェス感謝祭 2015) on June 6 & 7, the very first event based solely on School idol festival and not the Love Live franchise as a whole. Emi Nitta, Riho Iida and Sora Tokui were present as special guests.
 * In 2016, the entire campaign and finale event was repeated on May 21 and 22, 2016, with guest appearances by the members of Aqours. International players were also invited to participate in the tournament through official SIF events held at anime conventions across the different regions.
 * The event has been confirmed to repeat in 2017.


 * For more information or photos on these events, please refer to Love Live! History.

Japanese Version
JP Version Update Log: link

Global Version
Global (EN) Version Update Log: link

Gallery
List of cards found here.

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