look at my slay on blessing chord omg 😭

Special All perfect

i know that i just dissed proseka a bit ago, but y’know, i take that back. I FULL-COMBO’ED DON’T FIGHT THE MUSIC! master lvl next? maybe. also, ignore the fact that i can’t hold a perfect combo.

here’s my play: YouTube video

hello everyone ❤️ today, i am NOT being a hater unlike my last post.

i am still disappointed with the 6th anni update BUT, i figured i’d list a few features that i wouldn’t mind bandori having that would be stolen from project sekai which is, by all accounts, it’s sister game seeing as they’re both made/distributed by craft egg. i’m not really even against bandori adding new features, i am just against them adding SO MANY pay to win features. so this is a list of non pay to win features that would suit the game, ripped straight from the game they’re stealing from anyway LMFAO

here’s the list!

1. custom profiles!!!! i know this is. sort of a controversial one maybe but i just love graphic design & i love the idea of being able to make cool, unique profiles!!! obviously i think they should keep the option of the default & the custom one, because some people just don’t like them so they should be able to just use the default one! i am also heavily biased towards this bc i LOVE the bandori art so much more than the prsk art and i wanna flex my gorgeous cards,,,,,,,,

2. kizuna ranks/trust ranks/whatever they’re called idk: i really like the idea of getting the titles to show off the bonds between your band-mates, and since bandori’s characters are all so close, it makes sense for this to be an option!! :D

3. birthday titles! just something simple that allows for more ways to show off your love for a character! i know we sort of already have this in the form of the birthday pins, but i wouldn’t honestly mind getting the pin & a “happy birthday character name!” title, too! especially since pin space can be harder for newer players to get, adding a birthday title would still allow them to show off their love for the character!

that’s it. i’m still mad and a hater to my core but here is me not being a hater for once 🥪🥪

everyone is talking about the new update, so I’ll give my two cents too.

things I like- playing as misaki! i wanted that for so long. character ranks are okay, but nothing I’m too excited about. the battle pass styled awards isn’t my personal fave, but free stars, so I’m not complaining. the 3dmv should be cool.

things I don’t like- new 5 star rarity. all of my four stars are going to go down a rate, and that grinds my gears. I don’t like the new art style all that much, it looks kinda bland. the making costumes is just unnecessary, considering that all of the sets of cards have very similar costumes.

overall, idk if I will like this update. Rip my iPad storage lol

i've been looking at the 6th anniversary bandori revamp and there's a part of me that is kinda happy and the other part is kinda bored of it, it won't be affecting me but i feel like a few people are being really dramatic about the pending update, its actually pretty pretty and it isnt as bad as you might think it is. not really anybody is making it out to be a big deal but i see people saying it's copying project sekai>??? js bored in 5th again and had some thoughts

because everyone is deciding to post their opinions and i enjoy reading them, i'm gonna put in my own 2 cents

while i DID feel like bandori needed to add something new soon to keep fans engaged, all this was not it,,, like i just meant putting mygo in the game or something,,, we didn't need all this

i like the 3dmvs, in the sense that i like that they're there. i'm not one for 3dmvs or mvs in general while playing beatmaps mostly because they make me lose focus and also because i love seeing the pretty four star art more than i like seeing the girlies play instruments

mastery can be,,, interesting, though i wonder what that's going to do to the michelle sticker exchange. personally it feels too convoluted and too much like a cash grab. the thing i like best about bandori is how easy it can be to get enough stars for scouting, and then how f2p players can be easily on par with players who decide to spend money on the game. mastery kinda ruins that, and so does the new premium pass system, which i absolutely despise 0/10

i like character rank because i like seeing my little numbers go up, makes me happy that i can max out ran and people know that i love her. honestly wouldn't be opposed to fully taking pjsekai's special daily live that boosts the heck out of that and gives you really good rewards for the day, as well as their cute team/duo rankings, but i digress

the thing that pisses me off the most is probably the u.i. change, because i don't think it needed to happen, and then the cramped as heck new profile cards that appear in lives and have a disgusting mix between 3D live, 2D live, and card art with the tiny little thing in the corner showing your band leader yeah no i wasn't itching for that much more to put on my card,,, please put it back the way it was. the art style change is fine, but a bit upsetting in that they're trying to make bandori like every other rhythm game and they didn't need to do that i think we were all chilling.

i think people are valid in relating it to pjsekai just with the kind of changes that are being made, but its true that a lot of other rhythm games have those things, which tbh makes me dislike it more. i'm not a fan necessarily of pjsekai, i play it but i find it disgustingly difficult to level up and ascend your cards, plus i hate that i can't even see any of the pretty art in the lives. i love bang dream, and i very much don't want to let her go. luckily i don't play on the jpn server, so i assume most if not all of these implementations won't be coming to endori anytime soon. anyways this update is so wild to me,,, they're like 'happy 6 years we're uprooting everything you've worked towards,,,' which is wild. i'm interested to know how people are responding tho. congrats if this is what you were looking for bandori to be tho

Bandori pls don’t make your art style generic we like the original one and the new ones remind me of project sekai idk why

drastically changing the artstyle you've been establishing for six years in your ongoing mobage is an asinine idea no matter how you slice it, whether you make them look like walking goddesses or turn them into desaturated zombies with no joy in their eyes; either commit to making an entirely new project where the old artstyle won't be featured at all anymore (this includes through old cards) or just work with what you already had

anyway, I re-kirakiradokidoki'd Aya.

//e since this is coming back for some reason:

some two or so years later I actually really like the style (dare I say I prefer it?) but I still think changing it randomly makes the game look super awkward sometimes and was a really stupid idea (hello mixture of live2ds). more importantly, WOW these original renders were bad, didn't do the girls justice at all. I‘m very glad the actual cards don't look this soulless

alright so i guess everyone is dropping their hot takes about the new features for 6th anni so ill hop on the bandwagon and drop mine too.

first of all the ui isnt that bad. it looks Fine. they pretty much just removed the thick sheen of gloss that every button had, that gloss reminds me of how every logo in the 2000s and early 2010s looked like they were just coated in orange glow. but regardless, itll take some getting used to but its not horrible. the ui needed a change either way that shit was getting dated lmfao if you like how outdated ui's look then play idolmaster or sm idk

introduction of 5* rarities feels weird. they just enstar'd my bandori. but it makes the rates better so i am not complaining about it

the 3d models look Fine. significantly better now than in the first announcement. the lighting in the 3dmvs looks weird asf but hopefully theyll buffer that out over time. bandori is one of the only games of its genre that has lagged behind on having any 3d so im happy they caught up w the times.

the introduction of cr and mastery rank are not stolen straight from sekai yall. sekai is not the only other gacha rhythm game. if anything itll keep ppl like me who have hyperfixated on sekai for months because they like seeing the little number next to their oshis go up !! i love seeing my blorbos number increase.

girl wtf going on with the profiles. thats it they do not look good at all. pubs look WAY too cluttered with all the badges and banners and 3d models and live 2d models and cards and auughhhg. terrible. NOT a fan of whatever is going on w those. just rip off sekai and add custom profiles not whatever the hell that is goodness gracious

the qol features for the song selection are cool, being able to sort by genre and stuff. not sure why youd want to use them but its nice

new unit not being announced but im still coping there will be another one. surely.

the new art style will take some getting used to but im not totally against it, though it doesnt feel as bandori-y without the random lines in their eyes

that is all thank you for reading.

I'm having some mixed feelings about this 6th Anniversary update...

Yup, that's right guys I'm BACK with the weirdest update of all time.

First of all...

I'm LOVING the new Afterglow outfits. I'm so glad that they made them different for every member instead of having them all be the same.

I'm not sure what's happening with the art style here, though. It's weird, but I like it.

MISAKI IS FREE. FINALLY

SHE FINALLY GET'S WHAT SHE DESERVES. I don't know if this has to do with one of the HHW stories because I haven't read a single story since 2021 (lol), but I'm thrilled!

Now here's where things get more negative.

I'm not a fan of the 3D models.

They look really unpolished and odd, it just wasn't a good idea. It feels like Bandori is just copying what Project Sekai.

The models do seem to have some cool animation features, like the way that they move their fingers, chords and music stuff, etc. But even in 3D live mode, the models have really weird shadows.

WHY DID BANDORI DO THIS. WHY WAS THERE EVER A NEED FOR FIVE STARS.

This completely devalues all the other 4*'s that I have. It took YEARS to get all of those! And now they won't even be that good.

I am glad that they're doing the Kirameki card transfer, though. That means I'll at least have one five star for 6th anni.

But part of this also feels really weird, because even though Kirameki cards are awesome, they don't have, like, astonishing art or costumes.

THIS I am excited for, though. Kirameki AND Dreamless with new five stars?! This is great!

But with my luck I'm gonna get absolutely no good cards lol

I absolutely HATE this new decoration feature. Bandori isn't a silly life simulation decorating game, it's a rhythm game. The dumbest feature of 2023.

All together, I'm really bummed out.

The game is trying to be too much like every other game out there. And with games like D4DJ and Pjsekai, Bandori has lost the spotlight. All of these efforts they've been putting in to regain it are just tanking the game's reputation. Maybe after this anniversary, Bandori might need to go. (Even though that would be super sad.)

This update is probably going to lose lots of Bandori fans, sadly.