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The game features updated graphics, new musics, costumes and acessories, aside from bringing back several of the ones from the other games.

 

 

Moreover, all of the girls backstories and some of their visuals were changed, in some cases radically. To name a few, Takane and Hibiki never worked for 961 Pro, and were part of the 765 Pro office from the beginning. Mami, like in the first game, used to be a [[Tag-Team Twins|Tag Team Twin]] but isn't anymore, and let her hair grow to diferentiate herself even more from her sister. Miki's hair natural color is blonde, not dyed, and instead of being all on the back is curled over her shoulders. Yukiho's voice actress [[The Other Darrin|changed,]] among other changes revealed on their storylines.

* [[Bare Your Midriff]] - A few costumes. Most notable on Miki, Mami, Hibiki and Takane.

* [[Beat]] - Whenever Miki mentions Ritsuko's name, there's a beat before she adds the honorific ''-san'' at the end of her name.

** That happens even when she's having a heated discussion with Touma after her unit beats the RGKM the first time.

* [[Big Fancy House]] - Takane's. Going by the anime, Iori's also.

* [[Exposed to the Elements]] - Combine a Bikini costume (or other [[Stripperiffic]] outfit) with a snowing stage to get this.

* [[Expository Hairstyle Change]] - For some of the idols in The iDOLM@STER 2. in particular Mami (who can now be differentiated from her sister Ami), Makoto (her hair now cover her ears), Azusa (cut it short) and Miki (hair over her shoulder instead of all on the back).

* [[First-Person Snapshooter]] - You can take pictures of the girls during the stage performances after the Auditions or during the encore during Lives and Festivals.

* [[Fixed Camera]] - On stage performances and auditions, during the gameplay, the camera keeps bouncing from side to side, but doesn't change its distance nor height. Only when you use a Memory or Burst Appeal is that the camera changes.

* [[Jail Bait Wait]] - Some of the routes end up having this feel after {{spoiler|the producer goes to Hollywood and comes back a year later.}}

* [[Jiggle Physics]] - Takane and Azusa bounce quite a lot in the promo videos for 2. Somewhat frustratingly, the girls' hair is still animated far less realistically.

* [[Kirk Summation]] - The Producer during the final confrontation with Jupiter delivers this, wich in turn...

** [[Shut Up, Kirk]] - forces President Kuroi to spill the beans to his real reasons as to why he wants to beat the 765 Pro Agency. {{spoiler|This ends up being the point where Touma decides to end his contract with 961 Pro.}}

* [[Luminescent Blush]] - Quite a few (a lot in fact), but Iori gets the biggest one in her Extra Episode route.

* [[Magic Skirt]] - All the costumes that sport one. Most notable on the Aloha Costume. When the Futami twins first wear one, they do a turning jump. The skirt flyies high but not enough to show anything.

** Almost all the scenes that Iori appears, the first shot is of her hips.

** During Hibiki's True End, she {{spoiler|tells the producer that she has become more sexy over the course of the year he's been in America. Cue the camera zooming on her chest and hips.}}

* [[Mind Screw]] - {{spoiler|Chihaya's route. She's suffering from an incurable chronic disease that is making her gradually lose her voice. After the Producer declares to a Swallow, who was her brother reincarnated [[It Makes Sense in Context|(or something to that effect)]], that he'll protect Chihaya, her disease miraculously disappears. She becomes so cheerful that would give even Yayoi a run for her money.}}

* [[Money Multiplier]] - Two of the reporters act as this.

* [[Motor Mouth]] - Mami before the final confrontation with Jupiter on her route. She goes through almost all her preset movements and facial expressions in one single phrase while telling the boys why her unit won't lose to them in the Festival.

* [[My Eyes Are Up Here]] - {{spoiler|From Hibiki's end, when the Producer is pulling a [[Male Gaze]] on her.}}

** Still played straight with Jupiter though.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]] - A bit of [[Fridge Logic]] and exposition to understand this. One of the requirements to get an Rank S when playing on Hyper is to have a Single on the top of the DoTopTV music chart at least one time. During the Extra Episode, the producer suggests that the RK change their song and outfit before they enter the Idol Ultimate competition. Each week on the Extra Episode equals ten weeks on the normal storyline (judging by the girls increase on Image Level from week to week). The Extra Episode starts at week 25, when the RK is beaten by Touma (on the normal storyline). Now fastforward to week 45 (week 3 on the Extra Episode). Guess what is the song that starts rapidly gaining terrain on the chart until it tops it? Yep. If you didn't get to the first place before then, the only way to top the chart after week 45 is getting a Break on the latest release or a Revival of the second-to-last single, and even then, might be hard to top it. All because the Producer decided to be a nice guy and helped Ritsuko revamp the Ryuugu Komachi.

* [[Oh Crap]] - The face the girls do when {{spoiler|the producer announces to them that if they win the IA Award he'll go to Hollywood as his prize for producing the winning unit.}}

* [[One Dialogue, Two Conversations]] - How the Producer manages to {{spoiler|convince Miki not to [[So What Do We Do Now?|quit being an Idol]] was essentially this. He meant that he likes Miki ''as an Idol'', and she understands the same dialogue as his love confession.}}

* [[Reality Subtext]] - One of the possible reasons Ryuuguu Komachi girls cannot be produced is that the seiyuus were too busy and could not record the full routes.

** To elaborate, [[Naomi Wakabayashi]] (Ritsuko) and [[Asami Shimoda]] (Ami/Mami) were available, but [[Rie Kugimiya]] (Iori) and [[Chiaki Takahashi]] (Azusa) were already with their schedules packed by the time the game was in production, so as to not outright cut their character from the game (and receive a huge backlash from the fandom) they used this to create the Ryuugu Komachi. That is the reason Ami and Mami are not [[Tag-Team Twins]] by ''iM@S2'', and only Mami has a route, otherwise it would double the workload (read paycheck) of their voice actress. Comparatively, Ritsuko interacts much more in practically all the other girls routes, compared to Iori and Asuza.

* [[RPG Elements]] - Stats and Image Levels can be increased by lessons, costumes and acessories.

* [[Save Scumming]] - Rather easy to do it too. Didn't get a question in the morning that raises all the girls Danketsu? Quit and Reload. Failed an audition/live/festival? Quit and Reload. Some go as far as reload because of a failed evening communication.

* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]] - Ritsuko, depending on your answers.

* [[Scripted Battle]] - The Odissey Festival agaisnt Touma. {{spoiler|It gets rained out halfway through and subsequently cancelled.}}

* [[Score Screen]] - Two different ones, interconnected. The Stage Performance score screen (with Total, Chain and Burst points), the Job screen (with the number of Fans and money you gain). Three if you consider the evaluation at the end as one.

* [[Throwing the Fight]] - {{spoiler|During Hibiki's route, Touma tries to convince the Producer to make Hibiki quit the bussiness because it would be too hard on her, and so she could go back home. The producer led him to believe he would do just that, but in fact supports Hibiki even more after what Touma said, which leads to some of the most hilarious dialogue between him and the Producer in the entire game.}}

* [[Tournament Play]] - [[In-Universe]]. The Idol Ultimate in the Ryuugu Komachi Extra Episode.

* [[Too Dumb to Live]] - Haruka's route. {{spoiler|She gets a cold before a Festival against Jupiter, but instead of treating it right away, she continue going to lessons and working, until it backfires on her in the middle of the stage performance.}}

* [[Twin Switch]] - Ami pulls this on the producer during Mami's route. How she managed to grow her hair is anyone's guess.

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