New Player Guide

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Introduction

Welcome to the fantastic world of Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage!

Since you have already come this far, I assume you already have a vague idea about the Idolm@ster genre, an interest in anime or manga or you might already be a veteran at those and are now looking into taking it a step further and diving into this fantastic game. But many of you might have a hard time getting into this game, be it due to language issues, since it is completely in Japanese, or due to the fact that this game is only available on the Japanese app store, which many people don't know how to access.
With this guide I will try to give you as easy of a start as possible into your bright producer career, so let's get started!

Installing the app

As mentioned in the introduction, you are not able to install this game from any other app store than the Japanese one. There are undoubtedly many methods to achieve this goal, but since I'm an Android user I can only help you with a way to access the Japanese app store on an Android OS. I will look into IOS and alternate methods for Android in the future to include in this guide.

Android

Proxy-Method with Psiphon

I personally used this method to get my app installed. It was easy to do and doesn't require much effort. I will try to add pictures for the steps later on.

1. The first thing you want to do is download an app called Psiphon from the Play Store.
2. After installing launch the app and if prompted agree that you trust the app.
3. Go to the options tab and select the Japanese server. Also make sure to check the tunnel your whole device option.
4. Connect to the VPN
5. Next go to your devices account settings and add a new Google account. Make sure that Psiphon is still running, which is important for your IP to appear as a Japanese one. Go through all the steps. Now you have a Japanese Google account, which will be necessary to access the Japanese app store later. I would recommend turning all the synchronisation off except for apps, to not sync your contacts and other files you don't want to the new account. Note that it is possible to have multiple Google accounts registered on one device, so you don't have to meddle with your other ones.
6. Making sure Psiphon is still running in the background and go to the Play Store now. In the main menu of the Play Store you should now have the option to switch between all your registered accounts by clicking the profile pictures associated with them at the very top of the menu. Select your Japanese account there.
7. Congratulations, you should now be in the Japanese app store if you did everything right! Now find the Starlight Stage app and download it to your phone. After this point you can switch off Psiphon and won't need it for any future updates of the app either. To play the game it is not required either.