Talk:THE iDOLM@STER/@comment-174.56.118.165-20160121091940/@comment-2094030-20160124032831

First of all, the two series belong to Bandai Namco. Ace Combat 6 and THE iDOLM@STER for Xbox 360 were released on the same year, 2007. iM@S JP region in January, AC6 US region in October. However, iM@S' Platinum Collection version was released exactly at the same time as Ace Combat 6's JP region, 1 November 2007. Since iM@S is a JP exclusive series, the knowledge about it is rather limited to Japan. Maybe they thought it's a good idea to boost iM@S popularity through other series. If you see it here, you'll see that Project iM@S went through a lot to advertise the series through other games. Ace Combat is one of the most famous example. Ace Combat, as an older series with a larger player base will help the newly created series. iM@S only started in 2005 while Ace Combat series started in 1992 (or 1995 for console). Somehow it worked. Many people outside of Japan get to know iDOM@STER, and the fanbase is now one of the largest in fictional idol genre.