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The premise is a little different from the first game, and in fact, doesn't happen in the same timeline as the other games (except for The iDOLM@STER Dearly Stars, from wich it's a [[Prequel]]). On this. the Idols debuted around six months before the game starts but aren't faring very well, until Ritsuko got aproval from the 765 Pro Office to produce her own Idol Unit, the Ryuugu Komachi. Seeing as the new unit began to increase in popularity and success more satisfactorily than the other Idols alone, the President Takagi decided to hire another producer to create another Idol Unit. This is where the [[Player Character]] enter.
 
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.
 
On top of that, since Ritsuko created the Ryuugu Komachi, Iori, Ami, Azusa and herself are not available for normal production, like the other girls. They are set up as your first rival on the game.
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** 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.
* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]] - Project Jupiter is an odd example where the "redhead" has green hair here.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] - [[Loading Screen|Loaaad]][[Gratuitous English|ingu]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke1W4P5Y9Ck Loadingu!]
* [[Breather Episode]] - Mami's route compared to most of the other girls. In fact, depending on the answers the producer gives on her story scenes it can be even more amusing than already is.
* [[But Thou Must!]] - {{spoiler|Chihaya's True End. You get three options during the ''talk'' with the Swallow. 大好きなんだ (daisuki nanda), 大好きなんだ! (daisuki nanda!) or 大好きなんだ!! (daisuki nanda!!)}}
* [[The Cameo]] - So far [[Vocaloid|Miku Hatsune]] and 876's idols Ai Hidaka, Eri Mizutani and Ryo Akizuki are available on DLC as in story rivals for the 765 Pro idols.
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]] - {{spoiler|Chihaya during the true end of her route.}}
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* [[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).
* [[Extended Gameplay]] - The Ryuugu Komachi Extra Episode on the [[PS 3]].
* [[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.
* [[Follow the Leader]] - The introduction of the Jupiter trio is probably thanks to Ryo's popularity boom. Apparently, however, the male part of the fanbase is less pleased with male characters who aren't moeblob traps...
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** A more complete example. The best possible gear to get the most on the Dance stat consists of Aloha Costume, Kotori's Headset, Star Brooch, Boxing Gloves and Rain Boots. It's interesting to say the least, horrid to say the worst.
* [[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.
** It's worth noting though that in the [[PS 3]] version, they managed to remedy this a little by giving the Ryuugu Komachi girls an extra route, available after you finish the main game once.
* [[RPG Elements]] - Stats and Image Levels can be increased by lessons, costumes and acessories.
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* [[Stuck Items]] - The costumes.
* [[Sweet Tooth]] - Haruka. On the end if she's on the group but isn't the leader, she'll even ask {{spoiler|the Producer to bring sweets from America for her.}}
* [[Tag -Team Twins]] - Ami tries to invoke this during Mami's route, but doesn't realize the Producer is right there watching the conversation.
* [[Taking the Bullet]] - In Makoto's story, when Hokuto insults the Producer, Makoto is angered and throws him a punch. This is one of your possible move to do next. {{spoiler|Doing this is correct.}}
* [[Take a Third Option]] - During one of Yukiho's communications you have the option to touch her somewhere or literally shove her to snap her out of her reverie. {{spoiler|The right answer in this case, to get a perfect communication, is to let the timer run out.}}