dang, you’ve got all the other swimsuits? you really are a fan ^^; well, not that i wasn’t planning on doing the same eventually ^^;; surprised after unlocking almost everything you still don’t have all the miku room stuff… agree they should’ve made alternate ways to get ‘em. doesn’t make sense that they put in so much stuff to unlock but then make it annoying for the people actually good at the game…

i kinda assumed that the lag was also the reason they just went with slideshows for some songs (esp. fast ones) rather than the animated pvs. perhaps not… but at any rate, i guess what i’m getting at is they have to have known about the lag… why didn’t they fix it? ;_; it’s a timing game!!! gaaaaaaa

despite that, still having lots of fun ^^

I’ve unlocked nearly everything, just missing Rin’s swimsuit costume and I think a few random drops for the Miku Room. The thing I don’t like about the game is actually the random dropping of items. If they had both a random drop and a set way to unlock stuff, then those who are “good” can unlock them quickly while those who are “normal” can just spend a bit more time with the game to unlock the stuff. (I’m one of those crazies out there that tries to get PERFECT score for all the songs :P) Both parties would be able to get everything out of the game.

About the slight lag in the songs, I agree with Meronpan completely. I bought the game and played it for about a month before I couldn’t stand it anymore and… *ahem* requisitioned a copy without the UMD… and the lag was gone :p

There’s a few blogs/wikis out there with some nice information on unlocking stuff and custom songs. Try here and here.

alas, don’t really have any answers for your questions. tried looking in the manual for loading vids though and wasn’t able to find anything. indeed, hopefully the sequel will cover that ^^

but most other costumes you can unlock wearing anything. one thing that was confusing to me though was that when it says something like NORMAL / GREAT 以上, that means you *must* beat it on *normal* w/great or higher. beating it on hard will do nothing? (i think?) At the very least i know that applies to the “beat the song 5 times” condition – i beat a song on normal like 4 times and once on hard… no unlock ;_; had to go back to normal -_-

one other thing i noticed is that if the two conditions are something like normal/great and max combo 100 or something, you can get the great on one clear, and the max combo on a separate clear (i.e. and only get a standard) – and it counts. no need for a max combo 100 *on* the great clear.

it’s addictive ^^ glad you got some songs in, though weird brs isn’t working for ya.

i’m surprised they put so much emphasis on combos during chance time. i get nervous when i get to those parts when I’m trying to get a great score because i know if i mess up once, it could ruin my chances (even if i had had a perfect up to that point! orz)

with ouendan combos are even more important for scoring since you keep getting more and more points for longer combos but it must be easier to time the notes or something because i don’t remember having so much timing difficulties.

i also hope they make some gameplay adjustments for the sequel ‘cuz it’s already a joy with all the miku stuff. being a great game would make it epic ^^