History VideoGame / TheIdolmasterSideM

** One with ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' in 2015. Teru, Tsubasa, and Kaoru were transported onto the Grancypher (with ElementalPowers to boot), and Pierre was a summon that could send out hordes of tiny frogs. In ''[=SideM=]'', Pierre got a special card that dressed him up as Sierokarte.

* AscendedFanon: Ken's clumsiness. At first, it was a joke about the game's hiccups being blamed on Ken, but eventually later installments gave him the capacity to make mistakes.

* AscendedMeme: Ken's clumsiness. At first, it was a joke about the game's hiccups being blamed on Ken, but eventually later installments gave him the capacity to make mistakes.

** With ''VideoGame/TalesOfAsteria'' during 2017. While Shiki and Touma ended up in the ''Tales'' universe as optional bosses and cards, [[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Yuri Lowell]] and [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Luke von Fabre]] got special edition cards for ''[=SideM=]''. Yuusuke and Kyousuke got to wear the guest stars' clothes for a card, while Beit got to wear some of the clothes from the other participants on ''Asteria'''s side.

** With ''VideoGame/TalesOfAsteria'' during 2017. While Shiki and Touma ended up in the ''Tales'' universe as optional bosses and cards, [[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Yuri Lowell]] and [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Luke von Fabre]] got special edition cards for ''[=SideM=]''. Yuusuke and Kyousuke got to wear the guest stars' clothes for a card.

* ThoseTwoGuys: As shown in the comics that come with the cards, Pierre has two bodyguards that often follow him around. They look after him like he was their kid, amusingly.

** One with ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' in 2015. Teru, Tsubasa, and Kaoru were transported onto the Grancypher (with ElementalPowers to boot), and Pierre was a summon that could send out hordes of tiny frogs. In ''[=SideM=]'', Pierre got an special card that dressed him up as Sierokarte.

* {{Crossover}}: With ''VideoGame/TalesOfAsteria'' during 2017. While Shiki and Touma ended up in the ''Tales'' universe as optional bosses and cards, [[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Yuri Lowell]] and [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Luke von Fabre]] got special edition cards for ''[=SideM=]''.

* {{Crossover}}: With ''VideoGame/TalesOfAsteria'' during 2017. While Shiki and Touma ended up in the ''Tales'' universe as optional bosses and cards, [[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Yuri Lowell]] and [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Lke von Fabre]] got special edition cards for ''[=SideM=]''.

* {{Crossover}}: With ''VideoGame/TalesOfAsteria'' during 2017. While Shiki and Touma ended up in the ''Tales'' universe as optional bosses and cards, [[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Yuri Lowell]] and Leo got special edition cards for ''[=SideM=]''.

* AprilFoolsDay: The 2017 celebration temporarily turned the game into ''Side: Muscle'', a special event where Seiji tries to put on a musical about the virtues of muscle building.

''THE [=iDOLM@STER=]: [=SideM=]'' is the third mobile game spinoff for the ever-popular ''VideoGame/TheIdolMaster'' series. First released to the mobile game platform Mobage on February 7, 2014, the game had some technical difficulties and had to be temporarily shut down. It was put back up on July 17, 2014, then later released in April 2015 to Android phones and May to [=iOS=].

''THE [=iDOLM@STER=]: [=SideM=]'' is the second mobile game spinoff for the ever-popular ''VideoGame/TheIdolMaster'' series. First released to the mobile game platform Mobage on February 7, 2014, the game had some technical difficulties and had to be temporarily shut down. It was put back up on July 17, 2014, then later released in April 2015 to Android phones and May to [=iOS=].

* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Only natural for a male idol game. They fall all over the spectrum off attractiveness, from cute like the Mofumofuen boys and Saki, to boyish like Teru, to beautiful like Asselein and Rui, to handsome like Seiji and Michiru.
* ContinuityNod: Ryo's initial [=SR=] card has him walk past a poster of himself during his days as a female idol. One of his listed talents is even [[CallBack disguise.]]

''THE [=iDOLMASTER=]: [=SideM=]'' is the second mobile game spinoff for the ever-popular ''VideoGame/TheIdolMaster'' series. First released to the mobile game platform Mobage on February 7, 2014, the game had some technical difficulties and had to be temporarily shut down. It was put back up on July 17, 2014, then later released in April 2015 to Android phones and May to [=iOS=].

What sets this game apart is its surprising subject matter -- rather than the cute girls and beautiful ladies of the previous installments, ''[=SideM=]'' focuses entirely on ''male'' idols. A playable total of 37 idols was included in the game, along with the noteworthy return of previous male idols Jupiter of ''THE [=iDOLMASTER=] 2'' and Ryo Akizuki of ''Dearly Stars''. Like its sister series ''[[VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls Cinderella Girls]]'', the game follows a digital card game format with idols and events taking the form of trainable cards.

In October 2017, the series recieved [[Anime/TheIdolmasterSideM its own adaptation]] to air in the Fall 2017 anime season. Within the same timeframe, it got a RhythmGame spinoff of its own: ''THE [=iDOLMASTER=]: [=SideM=]: Live on [=St@ge!=]'', featuring all idols present to date in the game and debuting Jupiter's new outfits.

What sets this game apart is its surprising subject matter -- rather than the cute girls and beautiful ladies of the previous installments, ''[=SideM=]'' focuses entirely on ''male'' idols. A playable total of 37 idols was included in the game, along with the noteworthy return of previous male idols Jupiter of ''THE [=iDOLMASTER=] 2'' and Ryou Akizuki of ''Dearly Stars''. Like its sister series ''[[VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls Cinderella Girls]]'', the game follows a digital card game format with idols and events taking the form of trainable cards.

* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Only natural for a male idol game. They fall all over the spectrum off attractiveness, from cute like the Mofumofuen boys and Saki, to boyish like Teru, to beautiful like Asselein and Rui, to handsome like Seiji and Michiru.

''THE [=iDOLMASTER=]: [=SideM=]'' is the second mobile game spinoff for the ever-popular ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'' series. First released to the mobile game platform Mobage on February 7, 2014, the game had some technical difficulties and had to be temporarily shut down. It was put back up on July 17, 2014, then later released in April 2015 to Android phones and May to [=iOS=].

What sets this game apart is its surprising subject matter -- rather than the cute girls and beautiful ladies of the previous installments, ''[=SideM=]'' focuses entirely on ''male'' idols. A playable total of 37 idols was included in the game, along with the surprising return of previous male idols Jupiter of ''THE [=iDOLMASTER=] 2'' and Ryou Akizuki of ''Dearly Stars''. Like its sister series ''[[VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls Cinderella Girls]]'', the game follows a digital card game format with idols and events taking the form of trainable cards.

* TheBusCameBack: After being absent for years, Jupiter and Ryou take on more active roles here.

What sets this game apart is its surprising subject matter -- rather than the cute girls and beautiful ladies of the previous installments, ''[=SideM=]'' focuses entirely on ''male'' idols. A playable total of 37 idols was included in the game, with a group even voted in by fans. Like its sister series ''[[VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls Cinderella Girls]]'', the game follows a digital card game format with idols and events taking the form of trainable cards.

* TheBusCameBack: Jupiter of ''THE [=iDOLMASTER=] 2'' and Ryou of ''Dearly Stars'' take on more active roles here.

!! ''[=SideM=]'' provides examples of:

!! ''[=SideM=] provides examples of:

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