User blog:Curewhiteaj/Aikatsu Friends Arcade-Modes

Hello! So I've went to Japan and have tried out the arcade game, which is super fun! In case you don't know, in the arcade game casts you as a student at Star Harmony Academy, an aspring idol. You can collect cards, level up and complete events. I'll just go over some basics. If you guys like this, I can continue making these kind of blogs.

The arcade game is a rhythm game. When you "play", you choose a song and you press the 3 buttons respectively, corresponding to what happens on the screen. You dress your character with different types of cards:tops(dresses), bottoms, shoes and accessories corressponding to the types: cute, cool,sexy and pop. This can affect your overall score.

Note that the names are not exact translations as I can't really read Japanese.

Modes
So there are a few different modes in the arcade game.

1P Playing Mode

In this mode, you play by yourself. You can do auditions, complete events and so on. The songs are marked with different difficulties with stars: easiest being ☆ and hardest being ☆☆☆☆☆. As the difficulty rises, there are more "notes" and speed is increased. If you are playing in a unit, 2 person unit is ☆☆ and 3 person unit is ☆☆☆.


 * Auditions: In this mode, you are able to play all the songs up to ☆☆☆☆☆. But you must've passed the song in ☆☆☆ to get ☆☆☆☆ and passed ☆☆☆☆ to get ☆☆☆☆☆. There is no main objective in auditons.


 * Events: In this mode, there are different kinds of events to choose from. These mostly have an objective and will give you a specific prize(badges, specfic clothing items,etc.)


 * Coco's Beginner Lesson: In this mode, you are able to play Aikatsu Friends! and Believe it at ☆ difficulty and you are guarunteed to get the Pink Link Tops if you pass.


 * Aikatsu Museum: This mode is pretty obvious, you get to play as/with the characters of Aikatsu(that have been released) and of Aikatsu Stars. You are also able to play with the songs released in the Aikatsu Stars arcade. At the end, you will get special Aikatsu/Aikatsu Stars cards(only 2 since the chance of getting a rare is higher). The cards in Aikatsu Museum can only be obtained in this mode and can not be obtained from "buying cards". Aikatsu Museum cards from previous serieses can NOT be obtained from pick-up or Aikatsu Museum. You are only able to obtain the current series' Aikatsu Museum cards.

2P Playing Mode

In this mode, you are able to play with another person. Each player will use the buttons on each side respectively as the machine has 2 sets of buttons. There are 2 other modes, following this option: Versus and Collab.
 * Versus: In this mode,you "battle" with the other player and see who gets the best score and does better. In this mode, appeals are done differently and are similar to how appeals are done in the original Aikatsu arcade: pressing the 3 buttons accordingly, but racing to see who gets the appeal.
 * Collab: In this mode, you are in a unit with the other player. The player on the right side(1P/Player 1) is assigned the "notes" with a red circle. The player on the left side(2P/Player 2) is assigned with the "notes" with a blue circle. The "notes" with half red and half blue are to be pressed together by both players. At the end, a precentage will be presented on how well the unit did together.

Buying Cards

In this mode, you just buy cards. You insert 100 yen each time to buy cards. The maximum number of cards you can buy in a row is 9. On your 4th(or 3rd) time and the 9th time you buy cards, you're guarunteed a rare or above. After buying cards you will be given an item(?).

Buying Cards + 1P Playing Mode

In this mode, you are able to buy up to 4 cards in a row and then you are able to play.