PQube, in partnership with Opera House, recently announced that the rhythm action idol game, “I*CHU: Chibi Edition”, is coming soon to Nintendo Switch!
Guide 32 aspiring idols towards their ultimate debut. Play rhythm action games to unlock characters and create your own groups. Follow the characters’ journeys through the main story and support them through their struggles!
TRAILER
GAME OVERVIEW
Your time as a producer has come! Aspiring idols need guidance on their journey to stardom and only you can provide it.
Created by a renowned talent agency, Etoile Vie School is a special academy designed to teach and train idols to be. 32 idols-in-training, also known as “I-Chu” have been chosen to attend this academy and are all working hard towards their major debut.
Separated into stylistically different groups, each idol has their own individual aspirations and unique personality, but with challenging hurdles ahead they must find the right way to understand and get along with each other.
Enter you! It’s your job as their teacher and producer, to guide these unique characters, through their struggles and stresses, helping them make music and resolve issues, to become the ultimate idols in the music industry!
KEY FEATURES
- Visual Novel: As a teacher and producer, it’s your job to support the boys on their journey to becoming an idol. Explore their individual stories, and help them follow their dreams.
- Endless Talent: 32 idols into 9 separate groups! Different styles of music and performances, choose your favourite or love them all equally!
- Rhythm Action: Fast-paced and exciting rhythm action mechanics revolutionised for the Nintendo Switch, choose touchscreen or controller input!
- Star Studded: Over 80 original songs featuring top Japanese voice actors. Experience their beautiful voices whilst you play to ensure your idols are putting on successful shows!
- Gacha Without The Microtransactions: Successfully complete shows to unlock currency to scout idols. Choose your favourites from the line-up to create your own original group – all without spending a penny in microtransactions!
- Increasing Difficulty: Are you a god at rhythm action or a newbie dipping your toes? From Normal, all the way up to Nightmare mode, prepare to challenge yourself!
TEAMS AND VOICE CAST
- KENN (F∞F)
- Toyonaga Toshiyuki (F∞F)
- Iguchi Yuichi (F∞F)
- Morikubo Showtaro (Twinkle Bell)
- Kondo Takashi (Twinkle Bell)
- Natsuki Hanae (I♥B)
- Toshiki Masuda (I♥B)
- Yuichirou Umerhara (I♥B)
- Naoya Nakanishi (I♥B)
- Junya Enoki (I♥B)
- Ayumu Murase (POP’N STAR)
- Kohei Amasaki (POP’N STAR)
- Kazutomi Yamamoto (POP’N STAR)
- Maeno Tomoaki (Lancelot)
- Shirai Yusuke (Lancelot)
- Yuma Uchida (Lancelot)
- Hiro Shimono (RE:BERSERK)
- Tetsuya Kakihara (RE:BERSERK)
- Yusuke Kobayashi (Alchemist)
- Kotaro Nishiyama (Alchemist)
- Takumi Yasuaki (Alchemist)
- Katsufumi Yachi (ArS)
- Atsushi Tamaru (ArS)
- Hiroyuki Kagura (ArS)
- Kenji Roa (ArS)
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (ArS)
- Daisuke Hirakawa (ArS)
| Developers: | OPERA HOUSE |
| Publishers: | PQube |
| Genre: | Visual Novel, Joseimuke, Rhythm Game |
| Languages: | Japanese (voice), English (text, subtitles) |
| Platforms: | Nintendo Switch |
| Release Date: | TBA |
For more information about this announcement, visit PQube’s official website for I*CHU: Chibi Edition here.
Otome Kitten 
WOAAA another one! As a rhythm game girlie! My heart is so pleased with all these idol game announcements!
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I saw that we have girls group but it’s voiced by Ayumu Murase, does that mean we’ll have cross-dressing boys group?!
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pop n star isn’t a girl’s group! They are in fact boys!!!
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I’m sad that it’s going to be for Switch only ;;
I used to play on my phone when it’s released years ago and I loved it.
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