Paul Chi (paulchi@ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU)
Thu, 24 Dec 1998 06:33:56 -0500
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 06:33:56 -0500 From: Paul Chi <paulchi@ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU> Subject: Hanagumi Tsushin, Steam Radio Show
>> ST Teigeki Kayou Zenshu(getting the one for ST2 later)
>
>What is that? And what are the other fan discs? What exactly are on
>those Saturn games?
>
>--
>Tom Cheng
>University of Iowa College of Engineering
>tkcheng@icaen.uiowa.edu
>http://www.icaen.uiowa.edu/~tkcheng
Well, I finally got the opportunity to go over Hanagumi Tsushin and
Steam Radio Show, and I must say, I was pleasantly surprised!
I've gone through Hanagumi Tsushin a few times, and it's definitely
worth the $25. There are two parts: The first part is a digital newspaper,
similar to a web site. (One question: does HT utilize the MPEG card if
present? The first time you start after booting up, the "host" Hanagumi
member says something about a video card. Does anyone know what it is?)
Page 1
Info on Sakura Taisen movie/TV special/performance/Kayou Show? (Sakura
narrates)
Advertisement for Sakura Taisen Sega Saturn game (Yuri)
Advertisement for a ST "photo stand"? (Kasumi)
Advertisement for ST telephone cards (Kasumi)
Page 2
CG illustrations of ST1 mecha
Sakura interviews the mecha desginer
Yuri and Kasumi find some documents in the library?
Movie of a ST-related store?
Page 3
Info on the Hanagumi plays (different one every time)
Black & white character sketches (very nice; also varies)
A Hanagumi member tells a story about themselves? (varies)
Page 4+5
Mini-scenario with LIPS (a quiz?), with a conversation with a Hanagumi
member at the end, depending on the choices you make.
Page 6
Message from one of the Hanagumi (depends on who greets you when you start
the disc up; i.e. your "host")
Name-that-tune minigame with Tsubaki (do you get something for winning this?)
Movie clip of Chisa Yokoyama in concert as Sakura (I've seen Geki!
Teikokukagekidan and Hanasaku Otome, I hope there's more)
Advertisement for Geki! CD Single and Hanasaku Otome CD single? (Yuri)
Advertisement for something, a calendar or book? (Tsubaki)
Advertisement for ST trading cards? featuring the Hanagumi
The second part is set up like the second floor of the Theater. By
visiting the six Hanagumi members' rooms, the terrace, parlor, and library,
you can see interviews with the seiyuu of the Hanagumi and Yuri, Kasumi,
and Tsubaki! This was a real treat for me, because I've always wondered
what they looked like and what their normal voices were. Michie Tomizama
especially was a nice surprise. Very Sumire-type! "Oh ho ho ho ho ho!" ^_^
I haven't really gone through much of Steam Radio Show yet. From what I
can tell, there are a lot of movie clips from the live action musical. The
"Radio Show" part is like a mini-scenario. You get to choose on of the
Hanagumi as a DJ, and you go through the standard LIPS interaction. Each
member has a new minigame, and there's a poetry minigame, where Sakura
reads part of a poem and you have to choose the right phrase to complete
it. I'm pretty sure that all of this (and more, of course) is on the first
disc, because I don't think I've touched the second disc yet. I may have
seen only about 20-30% of everything in Steam Radio Show.
To sum up, Hanagumi Tsushin is almost everything you could ask for in a
fan disc. It's definitely worth the money, and it even comes with something
that looks like a Valentine's Day card. Steam Radio Show looks good from
what I've seen, and its price has been lowered by $10 to $39 at ncsx.com
and therage.com, so it's probably worth the money as well. I recommend HT
wholeheartedly, and I don't think SRS will disappoint either.
Oh, by thw way, Virtual Idols has a good page on the Kayou Zenshu 2. See:
http://v-idols.simplenet.com/cd-rev/misc/mjca00021/mjca00021.htm
Hope this helps.