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AKB48 World Accused of Copying BTS's Game

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AKB48’s new games”AKB48 WORLD” present! In August, the members will also be planning a distribution program! In this game, your position is the top producer! Registration (game pre-registration) starts from August 19th.

MIZZI Co., Ltd. today announced the new game “AKB48 WORLD” from AKB48, and released a teaser film on the official AKB48 YouTube channel. AKB48 members Yui Oguri, Yuki Kashiwagi, Yuiri Murayama, and Mizuki Yamauchi appear in the released teaser film, expressing the worldview of AKB48 WORLD.

As the slogan “You are the great producer! (You are a great producer)”, In “AKB48 WORLD”, in gameplay the player becomes the producer of the “newcomer” idol AKB48, and the members produce the process of a bunch of Roomies becoming real stars. You can watch the progress of your group’s development together.

Registration (game pre-registration) starts from August 19th. My friend who is a producer will soon be interviewed by AKB48 members on the live broadcast program “AKB48 WORLD Teach Me Producer!” twice in August.

This interview will go into full detail about the upcoming campaign. Please discuss with them and lead the campaign to success. Detailed information and the latest information about this game will be sent from the official account (@AKB48Wofficial) starting today.

In conclusion, the AKB48 World game was created so that fans can feel how it is to be in the position of Yasushi Akimoto who is the music producer for 48 Group & Sakamichi Series. Bringing a previously unknown group to stardom in their own country. Read: Yasushi Akimoto is ready to retire on one condition.

Unfortunately, this game has caused controversy, because of the similar concept and name to the BTS World game, the boyband from BigHit has the application installed more than 10 million times and 798 thousand fan reviews, namely BTS ARMY.

Not a few BTS fans say that the creators of the AKB48 World game are less creative because they have to imitate the BTS World game application. Due to this incident, the Instagram account of one of the staff from the game development company AKB48 World became an easy target for emotional ARMYs.

We will also summarize the excitement of the AKB48 World game, which is allegedly imitating BTS’s application, along with J-Pop and K-Pop news in the last week in the Showbiz Flash News of The Week segment.

1. The agency confirmed Miyako Sono’s relationship with the 57-year-old man with the initials LF and fully supports them both. Previously viral news of Miyako Sono snatching someone else’s husband to be her new boyfriend, she was caught on camera during a date with the man.

2. Team SII member Sun Rui won the SNH48 8th General Election 2022 by breaking a new record. He defeated his eternal rival, Yuan YiQi by a significant difference in the voting results. He was also inducted into the ranks of the SNH Star Palace Hall of Fame after winning 2 times of senbatsu sousenkyo in a row after Li YiTong (Faka) & Ju JingYi (Kiku).

3. Jisun Fromis_9 opened up on a radio program when he was interviewed by Dispatch, according to his confession, there were at least five men whom he refused to date. There are political officials, actors, boyband members to startup entrepreneurs.

4. Idol group Sakurazaka is preparing to release the 3rd single with a new flagship song entitled “Nagaredama (流れ弾)” on October 13. The date of the 3rd single Sakurazaka46 Nagaredama is unique because it coincides with the day when Keyakizaka46 disbanded and the new name Sakurazaka46 was born. Tamura Hono was appointed as the center.
5. STAR48 followed up on the Hu Xiaohui SNH48 scandal, previously the member of the fifth generation was found to have violated the anti-love regulations contained in the 48 Group. The girl who is often called Baozi also admitted his actions and apologized to fans.

6. The closing ceremony of the Tokyo 2022 Olympics (Olympics Closing Ceremony) received scathing criticism from European sports journalists, considered boring, lacking in creativity and no more effort. Former HKT48 member, Sashihara Rino is also disappointed about this.

7. The K-Pop agency, No.1 Media Entertainment announced that it is ready to launch a new girl group called Posh Girls, which will debut on August 18, 2022. This 8-member girl group started their career with a mini album. They also signed a professional contract with Beauty Bakery & OTK Music for a massive expansion throughout South Korea to Japan.

8. AKB48 World game made by MIZZI Co Ltd in collaboration with the idol group from Akihabara has drawn criticism and blasphemy from netizens, especially BTS fans. Because this game is considered to fully imitate BTS World starting from the name and concept.

There has been no response from MIZZI as the developer regarding the AKB48 World game, although there is a big plan from BTS ARMY on Instagram to give a one-star rating if it appears on the Google Play Store.