The No. 1 IDOL in the Universe: Let's Play Nico Yazawa is Dreaming

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Left 4 Bread: Oct 4, 2021; i sleep

I can't deny, it did bring a smile to my face

That was extremely :3:

edit: update on last page

# ? Nov 26, 2022 18:09

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 08:59

sb hermit: Dec 13, 2016

Thank you for the LP!

that... that's a lot of nico nico nii

I have not really gotten into a lot of idol anime (still need to get through zombieland saga and currently working my way through uma musume) but maybe this'll get me into love live

# ? Nov 26, 2022 20:58

MetaMeme: Apr 30, 2017; You may boorishly refer to it as "Pickpocketing", but I prefer "Urban Foraging".

Nico Yazawa takes her hand.

You�re going to want to want to watch the video for this one.

Thank you.

...But, there�s still something that I must do.

...Would you come with me?

Warm smiles by warmer people.

.........Thank you.

The last walk,

to the final set of stairs.

This is it.

Fading in to a now-familiar stage�

What could you possibly want from me?

Good for you. You got your happy ending. It�s all over, isn�t it?

Or what? You�re not going to be satisfied unless you defeat me? Is that it?

Just who the hell do you think I am?

I�m the number one idol in the universe, Nico Yazawa!

I�m here�

MUSIC: Sending You Magic :siren:

Bring a smile to my face?

Do you really think you can do that?

You, who can�t even face me, and would rather hide and tremble in a corner?

You�re stuck between your lies and reality, about to be torn apart by it all.

It�s just so comical, you�ll make me laugh again.

...Ah. Is this what you meant by bringing a smile to my face?

I might not be able to make you smile all on my own.

And, I might actually be far from being the number one idol in the universe.

Not facing myself was the only way to keep a sense of who I was�

But, right now�

I�m with those who would make me the real number one idol in the universe.

The beat drops, and the LIVE starts!

A true #1 IDOL in the universe!

...But.

But, right now, I think I kinda get it, just a bit.

......Yeah!

...Tch, c�mon, let�s do it! Don�t mess this up!

Ehehe, but of course!

The answers that seemed impossible to face before seem so obvious now.

Now, again!

Oh yeah, I never gave you an answer, did I?

Huh?

I� have no choice but to become an idol.

.........

Then that�d be fine too.

......What�s with that? Isn�t that contradictory?

Huuh? �Course it�s not.

...But well, there�s no way it�s not gonna happen, so it doesn�t matter!

...Look at you acting all high and mighty, think you can keep up with me?

Obviously. Good grief. I�m only ever doing this once, okay?

Again!

Blast past that rut you�ve been stuck in straight to the stars!

The nine goddesses of music are right here, right now!

Nozomi and I designed that outfit, do you like it�?

...Well, it�s not bad.

...I see! I�m glad you think so.

......Huh?

It�s only thanks to this dress, that I can stand here right now.

............

Yeah, I really am.

......Come on! Let�s go! Try to keep it together here!

...Yeah, you were right! It�s not that bad at all!

Once more, and then another after that!

A smile for today, and tomorrow too!

...Haah, it�s all about you in the end, isn�t it? It always is.

It makes me sick. I really hate that about you.

Whaaa?! H-, hate?! Why?!

J-, jeez�

...Honoka.

What is it?

.........

Yeah! You can definitely do it, Nico-chan!

Like you always told yourself you could.

......Ha!

Of course! Let�s do it! On your mark!

「Sending you magic, the magic of a smile

To make everyone happy, the magic of a smile」

The music starts to fade.

But, I�m fine now.

I�ve got friends who would take my hand and walk by my side.

I see.

And so�

...............

......I�d love to.

Nico.

I�m so happy for you.

I�ll put THE biggest smile you�ve ever had on your face!

Here I go!

MUSIC: I�VE BECOME A MAGICIAN! (MUSIC BOX)

Nico Nico Nii!

Looks like she really loves doing that.

It seems like she likes making her sister happy.

It�s like we�ve got our very own idol at home.

What is it?

Nico has a really good idea!

That�s wonderful.

Yeah! I�m gonna be the biggest idol in the world!

And make the whole world smile!

Of course you can.

Forget about the world, you can become the biggest idol in the universe!

That�s right! The number one idol in the universe!

Jeez, honey�

Nico�s gonna be the number one idol in the universe!

# ? Nov 27, 2022 01:00

MetaMeme: Apr 30, 2017; You may boorishly refer to it as "Pickpocketing", but I prefer "Urban Foraging".

Nico Yazawa is Dreaming.

This one�s also synced pretty heavily to music, so give it a watch too.

THE biggest smiles they�ve ever had on their faces.

I knew you could definitely do it.

I�m so happy for you.

I really am.

MUSIC:A PRECIOUS THING

.........

Onee-chan, you were so awesome!

Onee-sama, that was so wonderful!

Idol�!

You really are�

It�s the little things that make it all worth it.

Nico-chan!

Nico!

What, you guys too?

Ehehe, Nico-chaaan!

......Nico-chan!

I love how her expression stiffens whenever she hears her.

Not bad.

Not bad at all.

Ah! Just a second, Nicocchi!

Huh?! Why�d you bring a camera with you?!

It�s fine, don�t worry! Just go with it, we worked really hard to set this up, y�know?

Besides, I can�t miss this chance to take a photo of the cutest Nicocchi, can I?

......Nozomi.

Ehehe! Okay, huddle up everyone!!

We�re counting on you!

......Haah, good grief, guess I have to do it.

Nico, as the eldest sibling of 4, is notoriously weak to being relied on.

Here we go! One, two!

A camera shutters and we fade to white.

The music fades, and is replaced with�

MUSIC: YOU�LL SURELY HEAR OUR YOUTH

The credits.

Usually this is when the LPer goes on a long rambling spiel and pontificates,

but I�ll save that for the afterwords.

I�ll instead take the time to once again tell you to check out 7 Colored LED�s booth,
where you can get the game and its two prequel manga for free, and the soundtrack for dirt-cheap.

Oh, also I did some work for this game in the form of the hand-written UI.
Big thanks to Rudy for helping me with assets, dialogue, references I missed, thematic links,
translating song titles, the works. Couldn�t have done it without you. MiMi never loses.
Slightly smaller thanks to Hideki for telling me that Eli�s into pathetic girls, sending me pictures of Yugioh singles he got,
and talking a bit about Nico and Maki�s dynamic.

The camera lingers on this shot for a while��

Until the beat drops, and the world is awash with colour.

I�m dead serious buy the soundtrack

Together again.

And even though our paths may someday diverge,

right here, right now�

We�re the greatest idols in the universe.

And of course, special thanks to the star of this show,

The #1 IDOL in the Universe, Nico Yazawa.

A final fade to white.

Thank you for reading along.

MetaMeme fucked around with this message at 07:28 on Nov 29, 2022

# ? Nov 27, 2022 01:02

MetaMeme: Apr 30, 2017; You may boorishly refer to it as "Pickpocketing", but I prefer "Urban Foraging".

Afterwords

Afterword.txt posted:

It's hard to give it your all.

It's painful to face yourself.

It's scary to expose yourself to others.

And yet, we still wish for somebody to find us.

Amidst these days of being tangled up in my self-consciousness,

Love Live and Sijaring have kept me alive.

I dedicate this game to my friend who called the 4th episode of the 2nd season "The day Nico Yazawa died".

Please go easy on me.

I would like to thank the development team, as well as you, the player.

Bless you, Nico Yazawa.

Now then, let us meet again, sometime, somewhere.

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�<References, taken respectfully, or perhaps, a source of plagiarism�>
Sanae-chan has been captured! (さなえチャンは囚われてしまった！)
UNDERTALE
A Certain's Clown Story (とある道化師のはなし)
Crystal Sugar and Machine Gun (氷砂糖とマシンガン)
Birdcage's Universe (鳥籠の宇宙)
Goodbye Eden (さよならエデン)
The wikipedia article for Schrodinger's cat

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RudyTudySubs posted:

Hello there, after that beautiful and concise afterword, I'm here to ramble, it's Rudy talking.

Thank you so much for playing all the way to the end, and another big thanks to the circle that actually did all the work I piggybacked on.

Though originally I thought it'd be as simple as just modifying the scenario files that display the story text, a lot of stuff was also in images and sometimes even hardcoded text, so modifying those was annoying but I felt it was necessary. Also, enemy text used to only show up in the �2 line dialogue bubble�s but after fiddling with the code for a while I managed to make it dynamic depending on how long the actual lines were.

Playing through floor 11 always makes me sad, truly Nico Yazawa's story is not one without strife, she went through a lot. Although the game is centered on Nico, it does feel like it's actually about Honoka and how she affected those around her with her actions and inactions, I don't think it's an exaggeration to say she actually saved Nico's life, in one way or another.

Although considering the Death card, perhaps it's more like she killed her and brought her back?

Then Honoka and �'s came into her life and turned everything around, but she was already too deep into her lies, and to her family, she always had been the super idol Nico-chan. It's hard to put it into words, but it's beautiful how her friends still accepted her after everything.

The final "fight" is a truly amazing climax, and it really captures that feeling from fighting Asriel Dreemurr for the first time, and of course the music helps a lot with that. Speaking of, the official soundtrack contains a mix of SAVE the World and Mahoutsukai Hajimemashita! So you should definitely buy it.
All in all, it was a good project to work on but I'm also glad it's over, yet I'm already feeling nostalgic for it, how curious.

If you're somehow still reading this but would like to read more, head on over to https://rudytudysubs.herokuapp.com/nicoyume/notes and use the code [REDACTED, GO PLAY IT YOURSELF NERD] when it prompts you for more info about how the game works and stuff.

Until next time.

With the power of post-production, now the dev�s succinct and poetic afterword can be mangled by TWO rambly unproofread afterwords.
MAKE SOME NOOOOOISE WOOOO

Jokes aside, I genuinely thought that this would be like, a month long project.
I mean, it was, but like, there was a year hiatus in there as I got busy with IRL poo poo.
Hell, if I took like 5 more days on this I would have been too distracted by the new Splatoon season to finish this. Isn�t productivity hosed up?
I did less work than either of the two people above me, but I too have thoughts on this game.
It�s good. I cried. I cried a lot. I cried so much that I get emotional when I hear the original Mahoutsukai Hajimemashita now.
Oh, I didn�t get a chance to ramble about tarot cards but they reflect Nico�s whole arc rather nicely I think:
An initial The Sun upright to represent success and enthusiasm,
The Stars Reversed to indicate a loss of energy and hope,
And Death Reversed to represent a currently-blocked change.
Perhaps a change from Nico Yazawa the liar, to Nico Yazawa the member of �'s?
Speaking of lies, when I said I hadn�t watched Love Live when I first played, that wasn�t telling the whole truth.

I STILL haven�t watched Love Live baby I�ve been pulling the wool over your eyes
Blind leading the mofucking blind lesgooooooo

�I delayed watching the BDs for a full year exclusively to make this joke.

Anyway now that the LP�s over I�m probably never doing a SSLP again this poo poo�s too much work, except that�s what I said to other needless hassles I�m still doing so I guess I�ll see you in a month or w/e.
Oh, spoiler policy�s pretty much lifted so if anyone who�s actually a LL superfan wants to come expand on thematic elements or call me a hack for misreads go for it; I think they all hosed off in the year hiatus though.
I mean, it�s not SUPER surprising, we�re on the� what is it now? FOURTH idol group? Liella, I think. �'s broke up in 2016, it�s like still being a G-Dragon stan in 2016.
Oh god, am I old? That reference is ANCIENT.
I think you�re allowed one (1) Ko-fi plug, so other than that�

Stay safe, and I hope we both eat well. I�m gonna go watch Love Live finally.

Until then.

_{_{Hm? The TL code? I�d hate to reduce the number of people playing the game for themselves, but if you�ll keep Nico Nico Nii in your heart fourever, I guess I could give a hint.}}

MetaMeme fucked around with this message at 03:10 on Nov 27, 2022

# ? Nov 27, 2022 01:39

Left 4 Bread: Oct 4, 2021; i sleep

This was great, Meta, thank you for doing an LP of a game I'd never have otherwise found on my own!

I suppose I'll have to look into Love Live on my own sometime. Neither idols nor anime shows are really my thing, but I feel like I kinda have to give it a chance now. I still really love this game's artstyle, it really helps carry the earnest charm this game shines with.

_{nico nico nii}

# ? Nov 27, 2022 02:01

sb hermit: Dec 13, 2016

Odd Wilson posted:

I suppose I'll have to look into Love Live on my own sometime.

# ? Nov 27, 2022 02:26

Quackles: Aug 11, 2018; Pixels of Light.

Nice LP!

# ? Nov 27, 2022 02:55

Your Everyday NEET: Apr 26, 2017

Holy crap! The story is so good. I like how the game transform from a funny rouge like RPG to a somber character introspective of Nico.

Also, the presentation for the scripted final boss fight is great. It reminded me of Undertale. It turned Nico Nico Nii into such a powerful words.

# ? Nov 27, 2022 17:44

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 08:59

MetaMeme: Apr 30, 2017; You may boorishly refer to it as "Pickpocketing", but I prefer "Urban Foraging".

After much ado, the LP's up on the archive!

# ? May 19, 2023 05:37

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