Oh man, the soundtrack if not, the song list isn't that great for this game that some of the songs may be memorable. The worse thing is that I may want to know what the rest of the game is like and all the official gameplay videos posted by the ones at Sega behind the game's official YouTube channel are using the Middle version of the songs. However, not all songs are video-posted there like I don't know what the rest of the game is like. The Long version of the songs may be really tough as if you have to know all parts of the songs compared to Middle which consists of first and second varses and choruses. As the difficulty name suggests, the songs may be really long and the notecharts may be somewhat different.
The first thing when you start the game is that the first year of the school starts in May and according to the character profiles, it seems that you start off in the first year but when you check the song list by month, you may have already predicted that it goes from May all the way to April next year. Each month has its own different songs and to proceed to the next month, you are to clear the story along with the Short and Middle versions of the songs.
There's also the arranged lyrics list which consists of the same songs but with different lyrics. It may be an example in the comedy show where the song is sung with some unusual but funny lyrics. Speaking of arranged lyrics, you can also modify the lyrics yourself provided that you have purchased enough input elements from the shop. From there, you can choose whichever words you want to replace specific parts of the lyrics with as well as to change the background and the outfits. Even better is that you can use this editing mode to study the lyrics and the language so that you won't make a mistake in the same song the next time you play it.
For the gameplay, you're supposed to input the right words in the right order on time to the music. If you're too late, that portion will be blank and blank parts won't be sung. The repetitve thing is that blank parts will be replaced with the "lalala" like thingy in the replay. That's right, if there are mistakes you've made in the replay, those things will be there. But if you input the wrong words, the words in wrong order or both, they will still be sung and you won't be penalized for that. The downside for getting around this mistake is the fact that you won't get the highest grade at the end of the song. To get the highest grade like in those videos I mentioned above, you're supposed to get full combo and 100% correct lyrics. Blanks won't be accepted though.
The last thing is that you will need enough Japanese knowledge if you want to play this game or you will end up anyhow playing it without knowing it like you can't seem to know what's going on. I do have some basic knowledge of it probably due to having self-learnt it from various contents seen on the internet but even then, I still end up messing up in this game and that's the tricky part.
For the game itself, you can't obtain it from the Asian PSN store so this one's an import copy and I paid $188 on the Premium Pack edition of this thing. I'm serious about that. It contains the straps which I have no idea how to attach them to the Vita or something as well as the wallet, school identity cards of the two characters and the Vita pouch which looks like some school pencil case or something. They surely look like the all-girls high-school themed accessories which may seem unusual for us to bring them outside as if you want to put in your own identity card inside that wallet from this game which can be kind of weird if you are male. Better still, stick on to using your own wallet and Vita pouch, not the ones from this game unless you're a female.
Perhaps some day, there will be songs from this game to be arranged in longer length. Sure, there were already those I arranged but the length was based on the Middle version of the songs. By then, you will already know that the game songs of this year will be updated.
