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Love Live! School Idol Festival (JP) News

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 28 - BiBi only (Eli, Maki, Nico)
 * Group #3: August 29 until the end of the event - Unknown
 * 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 Nico Yazawa and R Yamauchi Nanako.
 * 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