summary of new things from the 4Gamer play report of AAside they just decided to drop on us right after I was done crying over Masa-kun's interview ...

• they went into a bit more detail on stuff we already know but nothing I find particularly noteworthy
• the rest function we've seen during the quests is actually important. if you don't let your poor boys rest every so often, they'll end up in the hospital. ... but they'll have special dialogue so you may wanna tire them out anyway. you evil, evil person.
• some costumes come from 4*s, some can be bought with a currency called ... Pon-chan Badge ... sobs I love that ...
• we've kinda seen this before, but if you do an MV / live show with the band as it's supposed to be, they get a more animated performance. however, it seems you can unlock that for others too with AA-Points, an item you get during Everyday Life Mode
• there's a friend system and friend points, friend point scout included! but no titles, it seems like =O
• aside from training & skill training, you can use special training on your cards to limit break them. you use items for that, but if I'm reading this correctly (it's worded kinda weirdly), you unlock the "trained" art alongside a limit break via using dupes. basically, the SIF method but from what it reads like restricted to cosmetics only since you can limit break with items. I wonder if there's a seal system for that too that they just didn't mention ...
• you unlock card stories (3*+) and outfits (4*) via maxing out a card, apparently unrelated to the art change
• Nayuta-kun 3*! interestingly, he's a combined healer/scorer card like some of GaruPa's 4*s; with 650+ life you get a score boost of 40%, with less than that you get a life restoration of 400.

• Goal Line EX is a 21. just thought that was funny. 21 is pretty damn low, the other songs seemed to be in GaruPa scale, so you can imagine it's a pretty easy one (though the Normal is still 1 harder than FAR AWAY lol)
• you buy covers ingame, just like in GaruPa
• look at Reon working at the café. what a good boy.

and yea I think that's about it for the stuff I found noteworthy! side note, I'll probably make some sort of guide / general tips & tricks once the game is out; and feel free to come to me with any questions at any time!

please don't make getting the trained art too hard ... even if it's just cosmetic sobs ...