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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.

* [[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.

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

{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Hibiki''': Hey Producer, where are you looking?!}}}}

** 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.

* [[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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