BanG Dream! Our Notes Hands-On Event Details New Bands millsage and Ikka Dumb Rock!
The two new bands set tonal extremes (death and atonement on one side, dormitory comedy on the other) that signal the game is being positioned around drama rather than the song library, with producer and FromTokyo staff on hand to state that intent.
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A hands-on event for BanG Dream! Our Notes introduced two new bands joining the rhythm game: millsage, whose concept is "bright darkness" and whose music is math rock and progressive rock, and Ikka Dumb Rock!, a funk and ska band whose members live together in a student dormitory. The game supports iOS and Android and is planned as free-to-play with in-app purchases.
The new bands anchor a game pitched as "Gekisou Rhythm x Adventure." millsage trade a bright white costume look for a concept the developers call "bright darkness": death, atonement, and self-actualization, with five members described as clumsy people who want to become someone, and a story that runs against a stress-free narrative. Ikka Dumb Rock! trade that weight for comedy. Its five members end up in the same student dormitory by fate and build something like a family, with the catchphrase "drowning out life's hardships with blaring sound." Their genres - math and progressive rock against funk and ska - mirror the split.
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